
As he prepares to step down as the Crawford County Sheriff, Sandy Horton has been named the 2012 recipient of the Pittsburg Community Schools Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Sheriff Horton is a 1973 graduate of Pittsburg High School. He will address the class of 2012 at Saturday's PHS commencement ceremony and his portrait and a plaque in his honor will soon hang on the Distinguished Alum wall at the high school.
Horton has dedicated more than 30 years to serving Crawford County.