Kansas’ new prohibitory law, adopted in November 1880 and taking effect on May 1, 1882, still needed enforcement legislation. Several enforcement bills were quickly introduced in the legislature, and meanwhile (as noted in part 2) selling liquor for medicinal purposes as allowed under the law quickly became the largest loophole, with physicians prescribing intoxicating liquor for a wide range of illnesses.

After receiving encouragement from her biology teacher, Donna Maus, to enter, St. Mary’s Colgan senior Meg Norman was awarded first place in the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts (KACD) annual speech competition on Monday. 

The holiday season is approaching quickly, and to help its citizens feel the Christmas spirit, the City of Frontenac will light up its downtown with a special ceremony featuring Santa and Mrs. Clause on Sunday evening.

Over the next month, The American Red Cross will be deploying its mobile blood drive units and making stops in several locations in Crawford County including Pittsburg, Girard, and Frontenac, to try to combat the blood crisis.

National Adoption Month is held every November to celebrate families who have grown through adoption, and to bring awareness to the need for more adoptive families to care for the large number of children in the foster care system.  

The Kansas Food Bank and Sacred Heart Community Food Pantry in Frontenac are introducing a USDA program to help provide monthly food boxes to low-income seniors.  The Commodity Supplemental Food Program will be available in Frontenac to persons age 60 and above who qualify by meeting income requirements.  Distribution will start in January. 

Initially appointed as the interim fire chief in September, after Chief Dennis O’Reily announced his retirement, Taylor Cerne (pronounced Chur-nee) officially became chief on Monday, Nov. 14.  A 17-year veteran of the Pittsburg Fire Department, Cerne began his fire career at the age of 20 while working at a grain elevator in Labette County when his boss asked him to volunteer with the Hackberry-Bartlett Fire Department in 2001.

Drink up! Last Friday, the Miners Hall Museum hosted a sold-out fundraiser called "Making Spirits Bright" at which the participants learned how to make craft cocktails. The event also featured …

Growing up, I did not associate Thanksgiving with books and reading.

Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives

The Frontenac girls and boys cross country teams took first and second, respectively, at the Columbus Invitational at Brush Creek Golf & Grill in Columbus on Tuesday. The girls finished first …