The state labor report for October is filled with good news and bad news.
Local unemployment rates continue to decrease in the latest labor report issued by the Kansas Department of Labor.
When Dr. Steve Scott became the new Pittsburg State president, it opened up another position on campus: his old one.
In an age of Kindles, e-books, iPhones and the ever-expanding Internet, who needs actual turn-the-pages books?
The group’s Web site describes K-Kids as the “fastest growing service organization for elementary students worldwide.”
Lanora Michelle Driskill Spigarelli, 43, Frontenac, was sentenced Wednesday to three years federal probation and ordered to pay more than $74,000 in restitution for her part in embezzling money from Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Frontenac.
National Pizza Co. eliminated 13 long-term corporate jobs this week, with company officials hoping that those employees will transition into jobs at the National Pizza Co. call center.
A national study examining health factors for all 50 states ranked Kansas at or near the middle in most of its categories.
Recent estimates show that the average worker will change jobs seven to eight times in his or her lifetime.
A group with a lot of recent history has a new look and a new name.
Lanora Michelle Driskill Spigarelli, 43, Frontenac, was sentenced Wednesday to three years federal probation and ordered to pay more than $74,000 in restitution for her part in embezzling money from Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Frontenac.
Latest estimates say that the average worker will change jobs seven to eight times in his or her lifetime.
Wednesday, some Pittsburg High School juniors practiced for their first potential job with a round of mock interviews at the school.
A national study ranking the health of the 50 states is showing a mixed picture for Kansas, with the health of the population improving in some ways and declining in other ways in the past year.
According to the report, released by the non-profit United Health Foundation, Kansas has experienced a steady decrease in the prevalence of smoking and binge drinking. At the same time, the prevalence of obesity has continued to grow, and more Kansans are now reporting mental health problems, although “poor mental health days” per month are lower in Kansas than the average in most other states.
Overall, the study ranks Kansas 24th in health nationally, compared with 23rd place in the same survey last year.
As some Kansas school districts prepare for another possible legal battle against the state over education funding, district administrators here ponder whether or not a new lawsuit would be at all effective.
According to a recent evaluation, about 65.5 percent of Pittsburg’s streets are in need of some degree of maintenance, a problem that Pittsburg City Commissioners may try to solve by raising the city’s sales tax.
Shelley Ascanio, Citizens Bank branch manager, lead a group of Lakeside third grade students through the bank’s vault, garnering plenty of questions about the function of safe deposit boxes.
Roughly two months ago, Kansas Department of Transportation secretary Deb Miller came to Pittsburg to address government and business leaders about the need for transportation funding and the imperative nature of that need.
Plenty are slots are still available for the 2009 12th Annual Girard Christmas Parade.
The Fort Scott police department and other area police agencies, are participating in the Kansas Thanksgiving Traffic Enforcement Campaign, beginning Monday, November 23 through Sunday, November 29. A grant from the KDOT will enable the department to have more officers present on roadways, to aggressively enforce Kansas traffic laws. They will be watching for driving impaired, children, teens and adults that are not properly restrained.
