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Arma City Library Director Brenda Banks assists a young child with her sewing project during the Arma City Library’s Beginner Sewing Class, held from noon to 3 p.m. on Fridays. Sign-up is required for the class, which is mainly geared towards kids.
Sewing class held at Arma City Library
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ARMA, Kan. — Some serious sewing is going on in Arma.   On Monday, Arma City Library Director Brenda Banks told Arma City Council members about the library’s beginner sewing … more
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A Special Olympics athlete representing the Topeka Junior Blues deadlifts during Friday’s State Powerlifting competition held at Pittsburg High School, which featured more than 70 athletes from across the state.
SOKS State Powerlifting held in Pittsburg
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — Special Olympics Kansas (SOKS) hosted its second-ever state-level competition in Pittsburg on Friday with more than 70 Special Olympians from across the state gathered at … more
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Local impact of global outage
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CRAWFORD COUNTY, Kan. — Much of the world woke up Friday morning and found they were unable to access bank accounts, flight reservations, and other amenities online. A global tech outage, … more
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Emile De Becque (John Womeldorff) and Ensign Nellie Forbush (Brandi Holt) share an early morning tea at De Becque’s plantation on a South Pacific island.
PCT presents ‘South Pacific’
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — Set on a fictional island in the Solomons during World War II, “South Pacific” centers around the budding relationship between a young naive nurse from … more
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Kelly announces CCLIP recipients
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Governor Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that a combined $26 million is being awarded to 33 projects to improve intersections and roads in cities across the state that have been … more
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On Wednesday afternoon, a room full of area residents joined together in the Pittsburg Public Library’s conference room for the “iCraft Open House,” where attendees painted by number, creating a masterpiece. For future iCraft events, visit the local library’s calendar at pplonline.org/calendar/.
A colorful kind of day
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SEKAA to hold adoption event during weekend
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — SEK Animal Advocates, a non-profit organization based out of Arma, is teaming up with Petsense Pittsburg to hold an adoption event for cats this weekend.    … more
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Fresh tomatoes along with other fruits and vegetables continue to grow within the McCune Community Garden, maintained by the town’s Lions Club.
Can you dig it?
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MCCUNE, Kan. — According to t he Kansas Healthy Food Initiative, more than 750,000 Kansans did not have access to healthy food within a reasonable distance of their home in 2023. Approximately … more
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Misty Morning Farms served a trailer full of watermelons and melons during Tuesday’s Girard Farmers Market, which takes place every Tuesday in the town’s square until the end of September.
Planting fruitful thoughts
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GIRARD, Kan. — Growing up, my grandfather built a garden of tomatoes, asparagus, and lettuce. However, he had one heck of a time getting his watermelon just right for the season as he became as … more
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Girard Council, Main Street discuss crosswalks
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GIRARD, Kan. — Several crosswalks around the city of Girard will soon receive a new, eye-catching look courtesy of Main Street Girard following Monday’s council meeting.    … more
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The Spicer-Adams Building, far left, at Fourth and Grand may soon become the area’s newest destination as it is transformed into a speakeasy and food truck park by Blue Spoon, LLC. The remaining two buildings will be removed to make room for a picnic area, outside stage, projection screen, and possibly pickleball courts. Owners hope to be open for business by March of 2025.
A new speakeasy possible in Pittsburg
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — The dynamic duo behind Blue Spoon, LLC, Brenda Davis and Christina Oberle, presented a concept for a new community hotspot to the Economic Development Advisory Council on … more
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Around 270 athletes and volunteers hit the lanes Tuesday at Holiday Lanes in Pittsburg, competing in the Southeast Adult Regional Bowling tournament.
SOKS hosts SE Adult Regional Bowling
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — The Special Olympics Kansas (SOKS) Southeast Region held its Southeast Adult Regional Bowling tournament on Tuesday, bringing hundreds of athletes and volunteers to the lanes … more
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Arma Council talks pickleball courts
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ARMA, Kan. — The Northeast School District will soon be expanding its pickleball court in response to the growth of the sport of pickleball in Arma following a discussion at Monday’s … more
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MHM announces ‘Game Day’ cancellation
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Franklin, Kan. — The Miners’ Hall Museum regrets to announce the cancellation of "Game Day” this Sunday, July 21, due to scheduling conflicts. The museum still invites visitors … more
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Front row (left to right) Gavyn Young and Austin Maycumber; back row (left to right) Jessica Young, Nancey Konek, Rosemary Stapleton, Jonathan Hunziker.
Local dojo competes in Sunflower State Games
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Students from the Genbu-Kai karate dojo in Pittsburg participated in the Sunflower State Games in Topeka over the weekend, capturing several top honors. Austin … more
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Frontenac begins budget process
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FRONTENAC, Kan. — The Frontenac City Council began their annual budget process last night and some hard decisions lay ahead. In recent weeks, the city has seen a boon in its fortunes with … more
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Ace Hardware, located at 615 W. St. John St. on the west end of town less than half a mile east of the Girard Medical Center.
Ace Hardware celebrates 100th anniversary
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GIRARD, Kan. — Cronister Ace Hardware in Girard hosted a celebration at the end of June to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ace Hardware, the worldwide hardware retail cooperative.   … more
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Several Crawford County residents gathered in the Pittsburg Public Library’s conference room on Sunday in attendance for the “Community Sing Along” featuring JT Knoll and Don Viney. The Pittsburg Public Library noted that its Adult Reading Program continues through Aug. 2 and residents are encouraged to stop by the second-floor reference desk for a book recommendation.
‘If you know it, sing it’
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Autumn Leaves
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ARCADIA, Kan. — Hot dogs, brats, hamburgers, watermelon and seasonal sides and yummy desserts were served to 14 people at the July Autumn Leaves Luncheon.   The flag salute and … more
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According to County Commissioner Tom Moody, a witness saw a CARDS truck carve this deep gouge into the pavement of Free King’s Highway near 27th Street coming out of the Industrial Park. Moody said the scar runs for nearly 2.5 miles and will not be cheap to fix and CARDS will be charged for the damages. According to the witness, the CARDS truck had lost a tire and was riding on its wheel, digging into the asphalt.
Jack’d up!
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