Pittsburg Gazette
Annual Texas Hot Link Festival returns to Pittsburg
It’s time for the annual Texas Hot Link Festival to return to downtown Pittsburg April 27 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The 10-hour, jam-packed event brings together the best of live music, rich cultural heritage and great food to satisfy almost any tastebud. Last year’s festival centered around the centennial birthday celebration honoring Camp County legend and race car driver/designer Carroll Shelby. A celebration fundraising dinner will be held in his honor to benefit students in the Carroll Shelby Automotive Program at Northeast Texas Community College.
These boots are made for stompin’!
Pittsburg Rodeo Royalty contest kicks off
Flora Llaosantos turns 100-years- old today
Born in 1924, Pittsburg resident Flora Llaosantos is turning 100-years-old today, April 25. She was born in Kealea, Kauai in Hawaii, and at 3-years-old, her family moved to California. Her mother was divorced and remarried Llaosantos’s stepfather, who worked farming tomatoes, asparagus and pears.