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The Pittsburg Pirates’ 17U summer baseball team steamrolled an overmatched Paris team 12-2 to win the 2013 Dixie Pre-Majors State Championships held at Paris Junior College July 5 through July 10.  
 

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Left photgraph: Meagan Peters won one of the Athletic-Academic All Star Scholarship from the Pittsburg Pirate Athletic Booster Club. She was one of nine recipients who received the award. This year, the booster club teamed up with Coca-Cola refreshments to provide more scholarships. She is pictured here with Turnette Truitt, right. Center photgraph: Katelynn Rochelle (Ro) Burns, left, also received a scholarship from the athletic booster club. Right photgraph: Rachel Green received one of the nine scholarships as well. Billy Hashaway hands her the check. Other students that received the scholarship money were Ashlynn Ernest, Ali Wood, Keldrus Wallace, Marcos Carrillo, Karly McGraw, and Makenzie Roach.

Tonette Harrel, left, receives a $1,000 check for her winning ticket in Parachute Bingo. Ms. Harrel participated in the Fourth of July fund-raiser by purchasing 10 tickets, five for herself and five for her mother. Mayor Shawn Kennington hands her the check.

Allen Gibson, the owner of Allen’s Taxidermy, located on Rusk Street, competed and placed in the Texas Taxidermy Association’s annual convention in Killeen on June 27-29.
“It’s my first award since I’ve been back,” Mr. Gibson said. He’s been in the business for 43 years, and he got out about 10 years ago. Just a few years ago, he decided to start again in taxidermy.
Mr. Gibson competed in the professional division, and placed third on a whitetail deer pedestal mount and third place with a life-size Urial sheep.
“It’s an honor, as tough as that competition is,” he said.

By Susan Taft
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There are 1,101 veterans in Camp County. Those veterans and their families benefit greatly from Veterans Service Officer Phillip A. Jones’ training and dedication to his job. Mr. Jones, who holds the Veterans Administration’s highest level of certification, is an advocate for fully-developed claims, which he helps veterans and their dependents with on a weekly basis.

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By Susan Taft
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Danny Paul Johnson, age 42, of Pittsburg, was arrested July 11 and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child. The alleged offense occurred sometime in March, 2012, according to Camp County Sheriff Alan McCandless.

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By Kim Cox
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Linda Reynolds said she is blessed that World Changers came to town.
The Pittsburg resident, who was caring for her grandson at the time, watched the week of June 24 while a roofing crew from World Changers, a Christian volunteer service organization, re-roofed her home and painted it.

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Services for Clint “Cowboy” Williams, 43, of Pittsburg, were held on July 8 at Erman Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Doyle Rust officiating. Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Williams was born May 5, 1970, in Paris and died July 5 at his home in Pittsburg.

By Kim Cox
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The Pittsburg Police Department has made an arrest concerning a hit and run incident on Daingerfield Street on July 2.

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By Kim Cox
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Almost two months after holding a special election widening the requirements for city manager, the city council hired Clint Hardeman to replace former city manager Jim Gibson, whose contract was not renewed over two years ago.

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