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SEKHS receives check, continues adoption event
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — The Southeast Kansas Humane Society (SEKHS) recently received a generous gift from the city. Last week, the Pittsburg Parks and Recreation Department (PPRD) office crew …

Arma Council talks mural, library
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ARMA, Kan. — Northeast High School Art Instructor Olivia Kittrell along with a student made a visit to Monday’s Arma City Council meeting, informing the council of a potential project at …

The Blanket Brigade warms those in need
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PITTSBURG, Kan. –– More than 40 years ago, a group of women at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pittsburg began making quilts and blankets for the less fortunate. Today, that tradition …

KDOT officials making the rounds in SEK 
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PITTSBURG, Kan. –– Vanessa Lamoreaux and Greg Schrieber of the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) have been visiting southeast Kansas towns this week. On Monday night, they …

Frontenac Library is taking shape
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Arma family receives home from Habitat for Humanity
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ARMA, Kan. — The Fearmonti family received the keys to their brand-new two-bedroom home from Habitat for Humanity of Crawford County on Sunday.  Habitat for Humanity board members, collaborators, community members and friends and family of the Fearmontis gathered at the freshly built home at 316 S. Pine St., Arma, for a presentation of the keys. 

GFD holds annual Fallen Firefighter’s Memorial Service
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GIRARD, Kan. — Bagpipes and bells filled the air in Girard on Sunday as the city’s fire department held its annual Fallen Firefighter’s Memorial Service.    The …

Trunk or Treatment set for Saturday
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PITTSBURG, Kan. –– The Crawford County Mental Health Center (CCMHC) will host its annual Trunk-or-Treatment at Meadowbrook Mall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26 th .   …

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Funny-money circulating in Pittsburg
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 23, 1924 Distribution of spurious $10 bills by counterfeiters in Pittsburg and the surrounding mining camps …
From Our History

Corpse turns out to be very much alive … and drunk
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 22, 1924 Efforts are being made at the Teachers College to revive the Green Lizard society, which was …

Local surprises
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     I have always found it interesting that many people are always anxious to learn about people and places far away from home and often times to even visit those places which is …
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Getting a new gas meter
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After my afternoon nap a couple weeks back, I descended the stairs and heard strange, rattling noises below my kitchen window. Upon investigation I discovered a youngster (in his 30s) wrangling …
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Hall of fame coach will match every Boo! Books purchase at local area Wendy's, up to $30,000, to benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for AdoptionDUBLIN, Ohio, Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --WHAT: …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 23, 2024--Narsingh Chaudhary has been appointed president of the Black & Veatch’s Fuels & Natural Resources (FNR) sector, effective …
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Movie Review: It’s all politics at the Vatican in ‘Conclave’

In Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” the selection of the pope is no holy affair. Instead, it’s a petty, political campaign carried out in secrecy, where gossip flows, agendas are malleable and …

Louisiana's 2020 Teacher of the Year is trying to block the state's Ten Commandments law Louisiana’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1. This is the …
US home sales slowed again in September, falling to weakest annual pace in nearly 14 years Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in September to the weakest annual pace in nearly 14 years even as mortgage rates eased and the supply of properties on the market continued to climb. …
Fallout from 2023 Hamas attack lingers as Jews worldwide prepare for a holiday meant for joy Customarily, Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar, highlighted by exuberant dancing around a Torah. Jewish leaders say the joy will return this week, even as Jews …
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Gorillas sweep Jets in MIAA opener

Pittsburg State’s Jadyn Jackson (14) and Carly Clennan go up for a block against Newman in Tuesday night’s match at John Lance Arena.
Pittsburg State started strong and finished strong while sweeping Newman 3-0 (25-11, 25-20, 25-15) to open the MIAA volleyball season Tuesday night at John Lance Arena. Janae Thurston slammed 11 …

Buffalos hand Trojans first district loss
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The Girard Trojans fell into an early hole and could not climb out as they fell 49-14 to the Prairie View Buffalos in a battle of the top two teams in Class 3A District 2 on Friday in La Cygne. …

INSTANT CLASSIC!
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CHANUTE, Kan. — Pittsburg and Chanute played a high school football game for the history books Friday night inside the Chanute Community Sports Complex. The Purple Dragons and the Blue …

Late TD boosts Gorillas past Tigers 18-17
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Pittsburg State’s offense struggled in the red zone most of the game. But on the final trip, quarterback Chad Dodson hit wide receiver Jack Roberts with a five-yard touchdown pass with one minute left to lift the No. 7 Gorillas to an 18-17 victory over Fort Hays State before a homecoming crowd of 9,265 Saturday afternoon at Carnie Smith Stadium.

Dragons beat Chanute in overtime thriller
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CHANUTE, Kan. — Pittsburg and Chanute played a high school football game for the history books Friday night inside the Chanute Community Sports Complex. The Purple Dragons and the Blue Comets exchanged big play after big play offensively, defensively and on special teams, and the quality of their play could not be contained within 48 minutes.
Regional Sports
Kansas State aims to return to NCAA Tournament after just missing out in Jerome Tang's second season

Kansas State aims to return to the NCAA Tournament this year after barely missing out last season. The Wildcats wound up in the NIT after making a run to the Elite Eight in Jerome Tang's first season …

No. 5 Iowa State earns highest preseason ranking with 3 starters and a key reserve returning No. 5 Iowa State has its highest preseason ranking entering 2024-25 and brings back most of the major contributors from the team that posted the second-most wins in program history, finished second …
No. 1 Kansas intends to live up to preseason billing after struggling down the stretch last year Kansas is the preseason No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 for the second straight year. But unlike last year, when they struggled with injuries and a lack of depth and were trounced by Gonzaga in the NCAA …
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College football picks: No. 25 Vanderbilt, No. 24 Navy get chances to punch above their weights

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, center, celebrates the team's 40-35 win over No. 1 Alabama after an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Opportunity comes knocking Saturday for two of the surprise teams in college football. No. 25 Vanderbilt hosts No. 5 Texas three weeks after it shocked the nation with its upset of then-No. 1 …

Washington Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels will not practice today because of a rib injury. Coach Dan Quinn confirmed Daniels would not take part Wednesday. Daniels is listed as week to …

Washington Mystics part ways with coach Eric Thibault and GM Mike Thibault

FILE - Washington Mystics head coach Eric Thibault signals to his team as they play against the Indiana Fever in the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

The Washington Mystics are parting ways with coach Eric Thibault and general manager Mike Thibault. Eric Thibault is the fifth WNBA coach to be let go this offseason, joining Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago …

Southeastern Conference quarterbacks have played themselves out of the Heisman Trophy race for now. Alabama’s Jalen Milroe has more interceptions than touchdown passes in four league games. …

World Series analysis: Despite so much star power, Yankees-Dodgers could be decided by role players

New York Yankees' Gleyber Torres hits a RBI single as Cleveland Guardians catcher Bo Naylor reaches for the pitch during the ninth inning in Game 4 of the baseball AL Championship Series Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Aaron Judge, Juan Soto and Gerrit Cole. Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. No doubt, many of baseball’s biggest names will be center stage when the New York Yankees and Los Angeles …

Lamar Jackson couldn’t have performed much better as a passer when he threw five TD passes, only five incompletions and no interceptions while throwing for 281 yards in a victory for Baltimore over …
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Leadership Kansas spends a little time in Pittsburg
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — For the past three days, 40 leaders from across the state have been touring and learning about the southeast Kansas area as part of Leadership Kansas, a statewide program dedicated to connecting leaders.   The group toured places such as Big Brutus, Brush Creek, Pittsburg State University, downtown Pittsburg, Pitsco, Community Green Farms, Mpix and others.  

‘Trade Pull’ shows city’s growing strength
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One of the ways commonly used to determine the strength of a local economy is to calculate a statistic called the “trade pull factor.” This measures the relative strength of a …

Strengthening the regional food chain
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — Last month, Schenker Family Farms LLC was awarded a grant to help strengthen the supply chain in the region.   For the past 16 years, Cherie Schenker and her family have been working to get high quality meat and other products to more people in the area. The business recently received a $512,000 grant from the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program through the Kansas Department of Agriculture and USDA. 

Indian food now available in Pittsburg
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — For years, Al Patel has been wanting to open an Indian food restaurant in Pittsburg.   “I promised the community a couple of years ago that I would bring Indian food here very soon,” he said. “But now I have fulfilled my promise to the community.”  
World
Israeli weapon seen in rare AP photos of Beirut airstrike appears to be a powerful smart bomb

In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer’s camera captured the moments that a battleship-gray Israeli bomb plummeted toward a Beirut building before detonating to bring the …

Tim Burton talks about his dread of AI as an exhibition of his work opens in London The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits. All are on display at an exhibition that is opening in London just in time for Halloween. “The World of …
Peruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, father of influential liberation theology, has died Peruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the Vatican once criticized for its Marxist undercurrents, has died. He was 96. The …
Obituaries
Larry E. “Chopper” Gatewood
Larry E. “Chopper” Gatewood, 73, lifelong Parsons resident, died at 3:50 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 at his home. He was born Dec. 18, 1950, in Parsons, to Henry A. and Maxine …
Joeseph Francis Murnane
Joeseph Francis Murnane, 92 of Girard passed away at 8:43 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, at the Girard Medical Center. Joe was born in the house that his grandfather Thomas Murnane built on the …
Audrey Louise Shriver Smith
Audrey Louise Shriver Smith passed away on Oct. 19, 2024, in Pittsburg, Kansas surrounded by her family. She was born to John F. and Alpha (Freund) Shriver on Dec. 10, 1935, in Gardner, Kansas. …
Ray A. Jones
Ray A. Jones, 82, of rural Girard, passed away at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, near his residence. He left this Earth doing what he loved best, combining the fall harvest. Ray was born …
Sherry Kay (Bragg) Snare
Sherry Kay (Bragg) Snare, age 82, of Arma, Kansas passed away suddenly on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, in Joplin, MO after suffering multiple organ failure. A memorial visitation for Sherry will be held …
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Club Notes
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Everyday   Alcoholics Anonymous  Need help or need to talk. Meetings daily. For meeting times, call 620-363-4571 or 620-231-4446. Located at 911 N. Fairview, Pittsburg. …

  • Area Events
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    Wednesday, Oct. 23   Arma Public Library    Silver Sneakers meets at the Arma …

  • Relative’s spouse is unwelcome at family gatherings
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    DEAR ABBY: Many months ago, a family member's husband was charged with possession of and distributing …

  • Club Notes
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    Everyday   Alcoholics Anonymous  Need help or need to talk. Meetings daily. For …

  • Area Events
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    Tuesday, Oct. 22    Yoga with Mona  Eclectic Soul Studio has Yoga sessions …

  • Comments overheard years ago still echo in wife’s ears
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    DEAR ABBY: I caught my husband talking on the phone to another woman. I heard him say, "Get some …

  • Liam Payne
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    **Trigger Warning This article discusses mental health and substance abuse issues.** If you …

Trojan Tribune
GHS prepares for Homecoming
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As Homecoming week grows near, GHS students are preparing for the festivities in preparation for the Homecoming game against Burlington Friday, October 11.
GHS students participates in Greenbush Culinary Arts program
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Two GHS students develop their culinary skills at Greenbush five days a week from 8:30-9:30. Ava Hardwick and Alexa Lopez attend the Greenbush Culinary Arts program.
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