County commission meetings are typically poorly- attended governmental affairs. However, Friday’s meeting was quite different, as every seat in the room was filled for a public hearing on the Franklin sewer project.

Northeast Elementary School students collected an amazing 2,000 items for the needy during a recent food drive.

International Education Week is a time that often shows that foreign students take academics seriously. But the culmination of the week, Tastes and Sounds of Nations, is a time to show the community that foreign students can have fun, too.

Approximately 60 local kindergarten students have a new kickball to play with this weekend thanks to a guy who made a name for himself playing with a different type of ball.

Nathan Johnson, 19, Pittsburg, was found on Nov. 12 to have violated his conditions of probation of four prior convictions: Two felony theft convictions, a misdemeanor theft conviction and a misdemeanor obstruction of official duty conviction.

When: Noon, Friday

What's happening next week at local schools.

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.