PSU, Chamber host legislative send-off PITTSBURG — The Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce and Pittsburg State University hosted the annual legislative send-off at the Wilkinson Alumni Center on the PSU campus Friday afternoon, The Pittsburg…

Iola High School orchestra students were accepted into the District Honors Orchestra and performed at the Bicknell Center for Performing Arts at Pittsburg University on Dec. 2.

Music students from Iola and Marmaton Valley schools took part in the Southeast Kansas Music Educators Association Honors Ensembles Concert on Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts in Pittsburg. Both…

Iola High School is hoping to land a hydroponic container farm.  Leafy Green Farms of Pittsburg set a goal to establish a hydroponic farm at one high school in every Kansas county, starting with Southeast…

PITTSBURG — Blake Benson stood in his hometown’s hospital lobby to deliver economic and health care justification for expanding Medicaid enrollment among lower-income workers in Kansas. Benson, president of the Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Phillies fan and his emotional support animal, an alligator named WallyGator, were denied entrance to watch Philadelphia host Pittsburgh. Social media posts showed the gator on a leash with a harness…

PITTSBURG — Iola Middle’s volleyball teams dropped matches at Eureka and Pittsburg on the road last week.  Iola’s A team lost to Pittsburg in two sets, 25-9 and 25-15. Nahla Jenkins led the Mustangs with…

Pittsburg housing projects get boost PITTSBURG — Two housing projects in Pittsburg will benefit from a federal grant and state tax credits, according to The Morning Sun. The Smithsonian Apartments project at 9th and Broadway…

PITTSBURG — Authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspects in an early Sunday morning shooting that left a man dead. Justin E. Krogen, 36, of Pittsburg, was killed in the shooting outside…

Labette to fund transportation program OSWEGO — Labette County will help fund a public transportation service. Commissioners approved a $4,826 expenditure to help fund the service, which will be administered by the Southeast Kansas-Community Action Program…