Girard News

Girard, Kan., residents from left, Jaylynn Jenkins, Jordan Gibbs and Alexis Jenkins watch the Girard fireworks display from bleachers in Red Wutke Park on Friday evening as part of their Fourth of July celebration.

GIRARD, Kan. - McCune Mayor Don Call, who has maintained that he was justified in shooting a resident's two dogs, was bound over for trial after a preliminary hearing Monday in Crawford County District Court.

A Mulberry man was injured in a one-vehicle accident late Friday near Girard. At 11:56 p.m. Friday, Christopher Davidson, 27, was injured when the 2001 Honda 400EX all-terrain vehicle he was driving overturned and landed on top of him as he was attempting to go up a creek embankment on private property west of Girard, according to the Crawford ...

Promoters say it's the largest construction project in Girard, Kansas history. A groundbreaking ceremoney Tuesday marked the start of an expansion project for the Girard Medical Center .

Brookville Hotel in Abilene: The family-style chicken menu has been the same since 1915.

Two people were injured in a single-vehicle crash at 9:39 a.m. Friday on Kansas Highway 47, just east of 170th Street, according to a release from the Crawford County Sheriff's Department.

Crawford County fried chicken restaurants were among the winners in the Eight Wonders of Kansas Cuisine promotion announced this morning.

The 28th Annual Good Ol' Days Festival baby contest had an above-average turnout last weekend.

A tornado warning is in effect for northern Crawford County, Kan., until 4 p.m. today, according to the National Weather Service station at Springfield.

GIRARD, Kan. - A 74-year-old Arma man died Monday while awaiting trial on a felony charge accusing him and his wife of bilking more than $900,000 out of a 97-year-old woman.

A Lamar man remains hospitalized after a weekend ATV collision with another vehicle, according to officials at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin.

Fifty-nine students recently graduated from Step UP, a high school diploma completion program.

When Joe Klinkon received the parking citation in the mail from Kansas City Municipal Court, he was confused.The license plate cited for the ticket was in his house, not even on a vehicle.

Eight years ago, someone else's son had to die so Alice Smirl's son could live. Smirl, of Girard, Kan., has been looking for a way to say "thank you" ever since.

GIRARD, Kan. - A 30,000-square-foot expansion at Girard Medical Center is expected to have a long-lasting impact on the health of Southeast Kansans, hospital officials said Wednesday.

PITTSBURG, Kan. - Lives are at stake, officials with the Kansas Department of Transportation said Thursday during a meeting for discussion of the low rate of seat-belt usage among residents in Southeast Kansas.

GIRARD, Kan. - After nearly 140 years of operation, The Girard Press will cease publishing on March 25 because it is no longer profitable.

The Girard Press newspaper will publish its last edition on March 25, according to a release from the paper's publisher and the town's mayor.

GateHouse Media, the parent company of The Girard Press and The Morning Sun, announced Tuesday that it is closing The Press.

The expiration date for filing applications for Emergency Disaster loans by farmers and ranchers in Bourbon and Crawford Counties is March 18, 2009 according to Robert E. White, Farm Loan Manager, for the Farm ...