Join emcee J.T. Knoll at the annual Little Balkans Folk Life Music Festival at the west end of Pittsburg’s Lincoln Park.
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Family fun at the Crawford County Fair
The Crawford County Fair has something for everyone during fair week: agriculture, games, live music, shopping, and great food.
Community volunteers create Pittsburg Arts District
Crista Cunningham is forging the way for Pittsburg, Kansas, artists to continue influencing and contributing to Pittsburg’s booming arts scene through her efforts as president of the Pittsburg Arts Council, and she’s more than happy to do so.
Home to six of the oldest chicken houses in Kansas
Since the 1930’s travelers have asked why fried chicken is so popular in the area. It’s a story about an inexpensive meal and survival.
Painting a Picture: Pittsburg’s Art Scene
When a The New York Times writer stopped by Memorial Auditorium & Convention Center in Pittsburg on the advice of a local, who suggested he see Pittsburg Community Theatre’s production of “The Wizard of Oz” while he was in town, he was unprepared for what he stumbled upon: A sold-out show. And it was a great one.
Special Olympics Kansas to bring first state level competition to Pittsburg
Flag Football and Powerlifting State Tournament to be held at Pittsburg High School and Hutchinson Field, July 21-22
Kansas Crossing Casino in Pittsburg, KS opens Caesars Sportsbook
Live betting sportsbook includes new, expanded bar, menu, seating and décor
Big Brutus
The world’s largest surviving electric shovel sits just across the county line. For ten years this 160-foot machine ran 24/7.
Going Cross Country
U.S. Highway 69 mostly follows what was once known as Texas Road, and was used to drive cattle herds to the north from Texas. The trail followed a military road that from 1836 to 1855 connected Fort Leavenworth and Fort Scott in Kansas, south to Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, then on […]
Kansas Fried Chicken drives narrative of novel – The real story behind ‘The Chicken Sisters’
It’s a story that dates back to 1934. It’s been featured by The New Yorker magazine, Travel Channel’s “Food Wars”, BBC Travel, among others. Now, the cluster of fried chicken houses in Crawford County in Southeast Kansas has inspired a fictional novel recently named Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club pick of the month and a New York Time’s Best Seller.
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