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Speakers “What’s In Store” shop owners Rob and Andrea Franzese introduced by Kathy Carpenter, Realtor with Century 21 Premier Group Realtors

Lions Learn What’s Coming

On May 14, the Pittsburg Lions Club met at noon in the NTCC Hanson Sewell Center meeting room. Kathy Carpenter with Century 21 Premier Properties introduced Rob and Andrea Franzese, who own the Jefferson Street store front called “What’s In Store”. It is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization tasked to help individuals with barriers to employment overcome those issues. It is not a job placement organization. Rob and Andrea have over 30 years experience in Human Resources Management, Applied Behavior Analysis, special education (youth and adult), and corporate organizational development. Their vision is to break through barriers to employment and give hope. Services available are vocational rehabilitation, job skills training, interview training, resume training, life skills, volunteer opportunities, prayers warriors, community outreach, and referrals to resources. They would be supplying those services to Camp, Titus, and Upshur counties. People could shop What’s in Store from donated items they have received. People can donate items to the store. And people can volunteer for What’s in Store.

Commissioners Steve Lindley, Perry Weeks, Tommy Rozell, and Jed Hefner discuss points made by County Judge A J Mason.

Commissioners Set Contracts, Fireworks

On Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at 8:35 am, Commissioners Court was called to order by County Judge A J Mason. Commissioners Jed Hefner, from Precinct 1, Tommy Rozell, from Precinct 2, Perry Weeks from Precinct 3, and Steve Weeks, from Precinct 4, were in attendance. There were no public comments or requests for information on non-agenda items. Approved were the bills, and any claims. and Commissioners Court Minutes from the last meeting on May 13.

Peter C Hall cut the Chamber of Commerce ribbon on Friday, May 22, officially opening his new one-room law office in Pittsburg at 175 Jefferson Street, Suite 4. Courtesy photo

Lawywer with a One-Room Office

Walk up the steps, straight down the main hall, to his office door. Peter C Hall, Attorney at Law, specializes in estate planning, probate, real estate transactions and business formation. Mr Hall has a corporate office in the Dallas metroplex, in Plano, but chose to open an office in Pittsburg because he now lives in Leesburg full time. He went to school in Austin, college at Texas A & M, law school at Texas Tech, and has practiced law for 21 years. He and his wife, Molly, have two children, a daughter, 26, who is a news reporter for station KCBD in Lubbock, and a son 20, a sophomore at Oklahoma University.

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