Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce holds annual banquet

PITTSBURG, Kan. – The Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce Thursday held it’s annual banquet.

Sen. Jerry Moran was in attendance for the event, which presents awards to area businesses like “Small Business of the Year” and the “Spirit of Pittsburg Award.

“I’m certainly supportive of the businesses in Pittsburg and the members of the Chamber of Commerce,” said Sen. Moran. “But I’m supportive of them because one: its the American dream. People have an idea about starting a business and growing a business, but the most important thing is how we employ people. It’s how (to) earn a paycheck. It’s how people can then save money for their kids education. How we can save for retirement.”

The banquet was held in Pitt State’s Overman Student Center.

Sen. Jerry Moran tours Parsons Cytocheck Laboratory

PARSONS, Kan. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran made a stop in Parsons, Kansas.

Among his stops was Cytocheck Laboratory. The lab provides pathology services to doctors offices.

“If you want rural America to grow and our kids to stay or to return home, these kinds of opportunities are ways that we can do it,” said Sen. Moran. “So from a health public safety point of view, (it’s) great to see this laboratory and what they do from the growth of Parsons, Kansas. It’s great to see these employment opportunities are here.”

During the pandemic, the lab got permission to process COVID-19 tests for local hospitals and providers.

NMRMC breaks ground on new SEK Impact Center

CHANUTE, Kan. – Officials with the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center held a ground breaking ceremony for the new SEK Impact Center for Wellness, Education and Business.

The new Impact Center is in Chanute, Kansas at the site of the former tuberculosis hospital. Officials are using a $2.6 million state award to demolish the old hospital and build the new center which will be 9,200 square ft.

Construction is expected to start in 2023 and end in 2025.

Kansas’s Lieutenant Governor David Toland and U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas spoke at the groundbreaking.