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First place - Layce McCurley, Kindergarten teacher
Second place - Wendy Busch, Reading intervention
Third place - Campus police officer

Pittsburg Primary School’s 2025 Award Winning Decorated Doors

Thu, 12/18/2025 - 5:00am

Pittsburg Primary School has 55 doors. This year the Parent Teachers Organization sponsored a competition for the best dressed door. All 55 doors and all of the hallways were decorated. Seventeen doors competed for the prize money of $100 for first place, $75 for second place, and $50 for third place. Judges came in two groups, to walk the halls with the school tour guides and judge the 17 doors. There were four criteria - theme, festiveness, originality, and skill level. This year’s winners are: first place, Layce McCurley, kindergarten teacher; second place, Wendy Busch, reading intervention; and third place, the campus police officer.

Council Discusses Expanding Cemetery

Council Discusses Expanding Cemetery

Thu, 12/18/2025 - 5:00am

The Pittsburg City Council recently met. The meeting started at 4:00 attended by Mayor David Abernathy, City Secretary Maricela Fuentes, City Manager Clint Hardeman, and Councilmen, Rico Willis, Todd Diviney, Larry Hamilton and John Livingston. The meeting agenda was strictly followed: 3. No public statement was made by any Pittsburg citizens.

Commissioners talk aged county trucks

Thu, 12/18/2025 - 5:00am

Camp County Commissioners semi-monthly meeting was on December 10, 2025, at 8:30 in the County Courtroom at the County Courthouse here in Pittsburg, Texas. In attendance were County Judge A J Mason, Precinct One Commissioner Jed Hefner, Precinct Commissioner two Commissioner Tommy Rozelle, Precinct Three Commissioner Perry Weeks, and Precinct Four Commissioner Steve Lindley. The agenda had two items.

Santa’s mailbox
Mary Ruth Townsend, Special Education teacher, manning a cross-walk for students returning to campus
Students mail their letters while Santa watches from his balcony
One of the group shots of students who have just mailed their letters to Santa

Pittsburg Elementary Students Deliver letters to Santa’s Mailbox

Thu, 12/18/2025 - 5:00am

Santa watched from his local residence balcony this morning as 470 Pittsburg Elementary School second, third, and fourth graders walked over from their campus in the dewy morning last Friday, the 12th, to Santa’s mailbox sitting in front of the Shipitt office on Jefferson Street. They then walked over to the holiday-decorated Alley for group pictures, and back to their campus. The students were aided by their teachers, school staff, and police officers who manned the cross streets, ensuring their safe round trip.

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