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Work is expected to begin soon at two city parks that will receive upgrades as the result of grants from the Pritchett T...
09/15/2025

Work is expected to begin soon at two city parks that will receive upgrades as the result of grants from the Pritchett Trust. Recently, the trust announced that it had approved grant requests totaling $29,557 to make improvements at Pittsburg’s Paul B. Leffler Rotary Park and Schlanger Park.

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Dr. Paul Grimes, dean of the Kelce College of Business at Pittsburg State, showed off his new Broadway digs to the Advis...
09/13/2025

Dr. Paul Grimes, dean of the Kelce College of Business at Pittsburg State, showed off his new Broadway digs to the Advisory Board on Friday. With new PSU President Dr. Thomas Newsom, Grimes gave a quick tour of the new facility, scheduled to be open for classes for the Fall, 2026 semester.

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After 20-plus years, Grant has decided to step down and retire from public service.For more than two decades, Lynn Grant...
09/12/2025

After 20-plus years, Grant has decided to step down and retire from public service.

For more than two decades, Lynn Grant has served the people of Frontenac, Crawford County, and southeast Kansas, from Cherokee to Frontenac. She most recently represented the people of Frontenac’s Third Ward on the city council.

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Congratulations to the Paint the Town Red Decorating Contest winners!The competition was fierce as always with the annua...
09/12/2025

Congratulations to the Paint the Town Red Decorating Contest winners!

The competition was fierce as always with the annual Paint the Town Red Business Decorating contest. Leaning into the “Wizard of Oz” theme of Follow the Crimson and Gold, iconic characters and images were featured all over town from corporate chains to local small businesses.

Division 1 – Pitsco Education
Division 2 – GN Bank
Division 3 – Pence Financial Group
GOAT (Greatest of all time) winner is City of Pittsburg/Memorial Auditorium

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Help us keep momentum going in your community at the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's, the world's larges...
09/12/2025

Help us keep momentum going in your community at the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's, the world's largest fundraiser to fight the disease. Register for Pittsburg, KS at https://act.alz.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=18615

The sun-faded sign with missing letters of Camptown will soon have a flashy new look, much like the building’s interior....
09/10/2025

The sun-faded sign with missing letters of Camptown will soon have a flashy new look, much like the building’s interior. After decades of sitting empty and unused, the former dog track at 313 U.S. 69 Highway is being revitalized as Camptown Event Center.

“It was an eyesore,” Director of Event Sales and Coordination Demaris Rector said. “So, one of the things they wanted to do was buy it, fix it up and make it a source of pride for this area, something for the community.”

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Meet Penelope, our Pet of the Week, sponsored by Claws & Paws. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR FURRY (or scaly) FRIENDS! Like this p...
09/10/2025

Meet Penelope, our Pet of the Week, sponsored by Claws & Paws. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR FURRY (or scaly) FRIENDS! Like this post and comment below with a picture and brief description of your critter to be considered for next week's Pet of the Week.

Mark your calendars for the upcoming Citywide Garage Sale from Friday, October 3, through Sunday, October 5. Contact The...
09/09/2025

Mark your calendars for the upcoming Citywide Garage Sale from Friday, October 3, through Sunday, October 5. Contact The Morning Sun today if you would like to list your sale. (Sales ad deadline is Friday, September 26) A full list and map of sales will be available, Thursday, October 2.

09/08/2025

Take a walk in front of the Pittsburg Police Department, 201 N. Pine, and recognize their work to promote Su***de Prevention month. Second video in comments. 👇

Resources are available. Call 988 if you are in crisis.

The Pritchett Trust grant reception was held Thursday afternoon at the BMO Bank in Pittsburg. Awardees representing scho...
09/06/2025

The Pritchett Trust grant reception was held Thursday afternoon at the BMO Bank in Pittsburg. Awardees representing schools, hospitals, museums, churches, and children gathered to celebrate the dispersal of $508,509 to various projects that will ultimately enrich and benefit Crawford County communities.

Among the awardees was Outside theWire, a veterans help group that specializes in activity-driven treatments. To accept the award was OTW founder and Iraq War veteran Carol Bakke (center) with OTW board member Robin Brock (left) and intern and Iraq veteran Cory Strong.

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Pittsburg boys soccer defeated Parsons 8-0 in one half of soccer and Pittsburg volleyball swept Parsons, Labette County ...
09/05/2025

Pittsburg boys soccer defeated Parsons 8-0 in one half of soccer and Pittsburg volleyball swept Parsons, Labette County and Independence in non-league matches on Thursday night.

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The History of your local Newspaper

The Morning Sun is a newspaper published in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. Though its history dates to the 1880s, it has been known as the Morning Sun since 1973.

The Morning Sun traces its origin to the Pittsburg Headlight, a weekly which began publication in 1885, under the ownership of brothers Millard Fillmore (M.F.) Sears and W.F. Sears and cousin Harry Sears. M.F. Sears soon became the sole owner and took on Clarence W. (C.W.) Moore as his partner. In 1886, the Headlight bought out the Pittsburg Democrat, which had been published by Thomas P. Montfort. (Montfort had acquired that publication around 1881, when it was called The People's Exponent (founded 1880), and had renamed it. By 1887, Sears and Moore were publishing the Pittsburg Daily Headlight as a daily paper. After C.W. Moore bought out M.F. Sears' interest, he began publishing with his father, William Moore (d. 1897) as "William Moore and Son" by 1888. Two other sons of William Moore, J.T. and George A., joined by 1896, and eventually succeeded to ownership of the paper.

In 1915, Paul Jones founded the Pittsburg Sun, which was a morning paper. The Moore brothers purchased that paper in 1927, and both the Headlight and Sun were purchased that year by Oscar Stauffer. Stauffer's media holdings developed into Stauffer Communications.

Perhaps the most notable editor of the papers was Frederick W. (F.W.) Brinkeroff (b. Feb. 13, 1885, d. Aug. 13, 1966), who became editor of the Headlight in 1911, and also editor of the Sun in 1927. He served as editor of both papers until his death in August 1966, and was soon after inducted into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame.