Spartan Staffing Announces Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting

EMPORIA, KS – Spartan Staffing, in conjunction with the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce, today announced the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting for Spartan’s new Emporia, Kansas branch.  Members of the media are invited to attend, as follows: Spartan Staffing Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Date:         Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Time:         11:30 a.m. Location:   [...]

SOUTHEAST KANSAS RECYCLING CENTER ANNOUNCES PITTSBURG E-WASTE EVENT

Southeast Kansas Recycling Center, Inc is pleased to announce that  it will be sponsoring an E-Waste  collection event.  This will provide free recycling of any e-waste January 10 through January 14, 2012.  This week long event will be an opportunity to recycle any e-waste in the drive through tunnel and will be protected from the [...]

SEK, INC. Manufacturer’s Forum to host Senator Umbarger & Senator King at the VFW in Parsons KS December 6th

PARSONS, KS: The Southeast Kansas, Inc. Manufacturer’s Forum will be held Tuesday, December 6th at the Parsons V.F.W. at 105 Main Street from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  The Forum format will be roundtable style and the Senators will be reporting on the “Together We Succeed” Southeast Kansas Economic Improvement Initiative held November 17th in [...]

New online class offered at Independence Community College

Independence, Kan. –  Jim Correll, the Facilitator/Business Coach for the Successful Entrepreneur Program at Independence Community College, has developed an online, self-paced class that offers exposure to balance sheet accounting principles while also familiarizing students with the features of QuickBooks.  The course work is helpful for not only those new to QuickBooks, but also to [...]

Edward Jones Ribbon cutting ceremony

Fort Scott, Kan. — On November 18, 2011 at 12 p.m. Edward Jones investing firm held a ribbon cutting ceremony to open it’s new office at 1713 South National, Suite D in Fort Scott, Kansas. For more information contact Jamie Armstrong at 620-223-1866.

Southeast KANSASWORKS focuses on manufacturing

Independence, Kan. — The quarterly workforce partner meeting of KANSASWORKS will take place in Independence on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. at 200 Arco Place, Suite 101. The focus will be on manufacturing, with a discussion of current challenges in recruitment and finding solutions. Rick McKenna, VWIP Coordinator for the Kansas [...]

Spartan Staffing Expands to New Emporia Location

EMPORIA, KS – November 8, 2011 Spartan Staffing today announced the relocation and expansion of its Emporia Branch to 331 Commercial Street.  “We’ve moved to a larger facility which will allow us to better serve our customers and employees,” said Marie Haba, operations manager. “Our new office is centrally located downtown, at the corner of [...]

Our Latest Online Edition is Here

The Southeast Kansas Business Journal’s November/December online edition features the City of Pittsburg along with Crawford and Cherokee County businesses. Find out how Pittsburg is weathering the current recession. Apex Stages, our Spotlight on Business, is one of the top three portable stage manufacturers in North America. Learn how our Featured Entrepreneur, Outback Archery and [...]

Job Fair – Fort Scott

Thursday, November 10, 2011 * 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Danny & Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center * Fort Scott, Kansas Atkinson Industries, Pittsburg, KS 1st and 2nd Shifts Welders – MiG + TiG Fabrication Assembly Electricians Painters Material Handlers Project Engineers Shipping/Packing Accounting/AP Clerk Carlisle Transportation Products, Fort Scott, KS Production Operaters The [...]

Neewollah Celebration

Independence, Kan. – SEKBJ attended the Grand Parade at the Neewollah celebration Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 where there were many arts and crafts vendors displaying their wares as well as a variety of food vendors.  I finally decided upon a German sausage with sauerkraut and was not disappointed.  The weather turned out to be perfect [...]