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Heritage Tractor honored as 2024 Employer of the Year by City of Pittsburg
PITTSBURG, Kans. — In a ceremony held on Thursday, May 16, Heritage Tractor, a local John Deere dealership, was celebrated with the 2024 Employer of the Year award by the City of Pittsburg. This accolade recognizes the dealership’s contributions to the community, particularly in terms of quality job creation, innovation, and substantial reinvestment in the local area.
Pittsburg mini golf course officially re-opens
PITTSBURG, Kan. — A new attraction is now officially re-open in the city of Pittsburg. A new 18-hole mini golf course opened to the public Thursday, as part of Four Oaks Golf Course inside Lincoln Park. The previous course had drainage issues but now the course is open with...
All Kansas universities request tuition hikes; Emporia State plans to slash student fees
TOPEKA — All six of Kansas’ state universities have proposed tuition increases for the 2024-2025 school year, citing inflation, declining enrollment and staff retention costs. Emporia State University, diverging from the other institutions, proposed cutting student fees to fully offset the increase in tuition. University officials on Wednesday...
“Even if you think it’s the smallest thing, call us,” Southeast Kansas authorities emphasize they never quit looking into Judd murder
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Kan. — In part one of our special report, you got to know Jennifer Judd – a Picher, Oklahoma native who was brutally murdered in her Baxter Springs apartment 32 years ago. Now, we take a look at the day Jennifer died – and the frustration surrounding this decades-old investigation.
32-year-old cold case gets a new look in a southeast Kansas homicide
BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. – For over three decades an eight-inch blood-stained knife blade remained securely packed away in a cardboard evidence box. Officials removed it from the back of a young Kansas woman, murdered just nine days after her wedding. The broken knife recovered by deputies from Jennifer Bryan...
GMFS Quapaw Farmers Market!
Michelle Bowden and Jean Ann Blalock with the Quapaw Farmers Market came in this morning to talk about their customer appreciation day coming up tomorrow! They appreciate ALL of their customers, so much they want you to come have lunch with them!! Each customer will get a FREE Burger and a small bag of chips. It will be on May 17th from 10 am-2 pm (or until supplies run out) and will be located at the Quapaw Farmers Market & Food Hub. By attending you will receive a free ticket to be in a drawing to win a Beau Jardin charcoal grill, a barbeque tool set, charcoal and lighter fluid, and $100 in additional vouchers from Quapaw Casino! You can learn more by visiting their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/QuapawFarmersMarket.
Pittsburg street project concludes after two years of effort
PITTSBURG, Kan. — After two years of hard work, a street project in Pittsburg is now finished. There are now three-lanes, a dedicated left-turning lane at the Rouse intersection, and a five foot sidewalk on both sides of Quincy Street. These improvements also include new street lighting, a storm...
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