Looking Back - The Morning Sun

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This year is the 248th birthday of the United States. Next April marks the 250th anniversary of the start of the War of Independence at the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775. What followed was … more

By Dustin R. Strong / [email protected] | 7/3/24

Beachwear Construction employees finish concrete section of U.S. 69 Bypass at the intersection of Atkinson and Broadway.

Inflation a driving issue of election

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago June 29-July 1, 1924 Workmen are pouring concrete on the last section of the stadium, which probably will be … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 6/29/24

Police say over 120 arrested in CR so far this year — most are alcohol -related

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 1 00 Years Ago June 28, 1924 M. M. Rose of Fort Scott was unanimously elected superintendent of Pittsburg schools at a special … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 6/28/24

Members of the Pittsburg Repeater Organization work to secure a field radio communication station antenna.

Man arrested for selling stolen Ford in Pittsburg

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago June 27, 1924 Crawford County's total tax evaluation, including both rural and city property, personal and real, … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 6/27/24

The Big Pool

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This photo taken from the west end of the old Municipal Pool (“The Big Pool”) in Pittsburg’s Lincoln Park shows plenty of action in the water as well as the old high diving board … more

By J.T. Knoll | 6/27/24

Pitsco received People’s Choice Award

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago June 26, 1924 The Teachers College picnic tonight at Lincoln Park will be the largest in school history, it is … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 6/26/24

Sheriff Sandy Horton holds a certificate pledging the department’s support for stronger enforcement of the state’s seat belt laws as Mickey DeHoo, Kansas law enforcement liaison, ponder a question during a press conference at the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office.

Cherokee man arrested with 35 gallons of chocolate liquor, some of it chilled

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago June 25, 1924 Pittsburg today was thronged with a veritable "circus parade crowd,” as one merchant aptly … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 6/25/24

Ritchie Valens

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This is the final column about the three rock ’n roll musicians that perished in that wintery fatal plane crash just outside of Clear Lake, Iowa on Feb. 3, 1959 … more

By Lois Carlson | 6/25/24

Summer of ‘62

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Last Wednesday morning I heard the neighborhood rooster crow and started having summer flashbacks, starting with the chicken yard out back of our bungalow in the Frontenac. How, as a … more

By J.T. Knoll | 6/22/24

Four busted in Frontenac & a foiled escape at county jail

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago June 22-24, 1924 During the past two years, the Cherokee community high school has changed its agricultural course … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 6/22/24

St. Francis Catholic Church in St. Paul has been closed by the Passionist Priests, who own the church and serve the Parrish, due to the condition of the century old structure. The church marks the site of Osage Mission, one of the first successful Indian missions in Kansas which has grown from settlement to the present town of St. Paul.

Two quarts wine, 1 pint whiskey, & 1 still send Croweburg man to jail

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago June 21, 1924 Alexander Howat, deposed head of the Kansas United Mine Workers union, yesterday placed in … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 6/21/24

Attendees to a free genealogy class at PSU’s Grubbs Hall on Thursday scour the internet for clues, documentation, and photographs of their family from generations past.

Investigating the past

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PITTSBURG, Kan. — Half-dozen students interested in researching their family history attended a genealogy class at Pittsburg State’s Grubbs Hall on Thursday. Led by PSU history professor … more

By Dustin R. Strong / [email protected] | 6/21/24

1957

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This week’s 1957 picture from “Images of Pittsburg” by Randy Roberts and Janette Mauk has a caption that points out the Hotel Besse towering over downtown Pittsburg and a KOAM Radio … more

By J.T. Knoll | 6/20/24

Dual county’s Tony Grant hits a home run in a 30-14 win over Howard’s Garden Center in the Men’s Division II bracket of the Jock’s Nitch tourney.

What to do as double b-day celebration approaches

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago June 20, 1924 A record attendance was established at Lincoln Park last night on the occasion of the first … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 6/20/24

Crap game robbed of $130 in cash and property; bandits escape

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago June 18, 1924 That Crawford County farmers will do well to get into the dairying business, was the consensus among … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 6/18/24

Buddy Holly

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On a recent bus tour to Iowa, our group visited numerous places and among them was the Surf Ballroom at Clear Lake, Iowa. Many of you reading this will remember the tragic plane … more

By Lois Carlson | 6/18/24

Maj. Stu Heigeson, Maj. H. Mike Monroe, and Maj. Art Bomschein are biking and running across the country to raise at least $100,000 for the Children’s Hopes and Dreams Wish Fulfillment Foundation. The men stopped at the Meadowbrook Mall on the 15th day of their mission.

Police on trail of stolen car ring

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago June 15-17, 1924 The first Kansas state convention of the Izaak Walton League is being held today at the Chamber … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 6/15/24

Pittsburg’s Kyle VanBecelaere delivers a pitch during the second game of a doubleheader at Jaycee Ball Park.

Pittsburg’s Senior Babe Ruth team improves to 9-0

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago June 14, 1924 Earl Patton of Radley and family have returned from a motor trip through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 6/14/24

Hidden lessons in the flag

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"Resolved. That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." … more

By Dustin R. Strong / [email protected] | 6/14/24

Hooch sends wedding party into ditch

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago June 13, 1924 Gus Herby, who brutally murdered his estranged wife at Arma earlier this week, was found dead in his … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 6/13/24