Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives

100 years ago

June 2, 1926

Cross examination by defense counsel of the first witness placed upon the stand this morning by the state in the trial of W. E. Tindel, Pittsburg patrolman, on a charge of murder for the killing of Sam Lyle, jr., on the night of Dec. 18, 1925, showed clearly that the defense of Tindel will be that he shot and killed Lyle to prevent him from escaping after being arrested for investigation. After using four witnesses, the state closed its case rather unexpectedly early this afternoon.

A busy social season is in store for students and faculty members of the Teachers College, according to the social calendar announced late this afternoon by Miss E. E. Roseberry, secretary to the social committee. The first event will be President Brandenburg's reception to the summer faculty members which will be held Monday or Tuesday night in his home, 1801 South Broadway.

Charter members of the Crawford County Historical Society, which was formed on the day of Pittsburg's golden jubilee, May 20, number 623 at this time, records of Mrs. Theresa G. Randolph, secretary, show. All of the old settlers who have lived here 50 years or longer constitute a separate group in the historical society and all persons who have come to the county since 1876 comprise another special division.

50 years ago

June 2, 1976

Difficulties in communication have prevented a decision on whether or not to declare a legal impasse in salary negotiations between the Kansas State College of Pittsburg faculty and Board of Regents, Jerry Powell, executive director of the Public Employe Relations Board, said Tuesday. "I hate to declare an impasse until I'm sure we've tried to resolve everything we can," Powell said in a telephone interview from Topeka.

The city of Pittsburg and the McNally Pittsburg Manufacturing Corp., agreed to a contract Tuesday for industrial fire protection at the company's site west of the city. The agreement, which was approved at the city commission meeting, gives the McNally property (the former Helio site) fire protection by the Pittsburg Fire Department. Billy Rogers, director of finance, said that McNally will pay the city $550.72 for this year's fire protection.

GIRARD - A contract for suppling air conditioning equipment for the renovated Crawford County jail was awarded Tuesday by the Crawford County Board of Commissioners. The low bid was $6,526 from B & L Sheet Metal Co., 118 W. Third. Other bids taken were from Kenneth Swartz Construction Co., Pittsburg, 1,935.68 for wiring only; Shaeffer Refrigeration, Pittsburg, $6,930.48; Hofer Electric Co., Arma, $9,400 and Fettig Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration, Pittsburg, $6,779.30.

25 years ago

June 2, 2001

GIRARD - Some of the famous sayings in American history still ring clear after all these years: "Remember Pearl Harbor," "Give me liberty or give me death!", "Where's the beef?" Now, Crawford County is employing a new slogan- "Save the bison." It all started earlier this week when county commissioners received a number of telephone calls from residents concerned about the possible fate of the bison herd north of Pittsburg in the Mined Land Wildlife Reserve. The problem was first documented in The Morning Sun earlier this week.

GIRARD - The Covenant Harvest Church property at Seventh and Elm streets in Pittsburg now belongs to Crawford County. Crawford County commissioners Friday signed a contract to buy the property at 609 N. Elm from the church for $175,000. In addition, the contract stipulates that 60 percent of whatever is salvaged from the building will go to the county, with the remainder going to the church.

St. Mary's-Colgan seniors Matt Weber, Eric Schiefelbein and Pat Moodie were selected to the first team while junior Paul Gill was a second-team pick and four other Panthers earned honorable mention recognition on the recently released Class 2-1A All-State baseball team as voted on by the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches. Colgan, which won its fourth Class 2-1A state championship in the last five years on Saturday, finished 24-1 and led wire to wire atop the KABC 2-1A rankings.