Suspicious device removed from Pittsburg State campus Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, March 4, 2021 PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) - A “suspicious device” that was found near the Pittsburg State University campus contained a “small amount of incendiary components,” police said. The device was found Wednesday in a block adjacent to the campus. The Kansas State Highway Patrol’s Hazardous Device Unit was called and left with the device Wednesday evening after it was safely dismantled. Pieces of the device will be sent to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s Forensic Laboratories for further examination of trace evidence, police said in a news release. Police did not provide a description of the device.