News

City of Pratt adopts Strategic Plan for Street Maintenance

By John HuxmanFreelance ReporterAt its November 2 regular meeting, Pratt City commissioners approved a 10-year strategic plan for the street department. Over last several decades, the street department has come to rely on outside contractors for its major projects, such as mill and overlay. The department lacks all of the equipment and training that would…

Community

A look back at history>Drama at the Stafford County Courthouse

By Michael Hathaway, Stafford County Historical SocietyThe history of the Stafford County Courthouse is filled with political maneuvering, public controversy, and even a bit of trickery. The county’s earliest courthouse was a modest wooden structure. But as St. John grew, prominent citizens decided their county deserved something grander. Not everyone agreed on where it should…

Special Sections

Photo Gallery

Digital Edition

Outdoors

Opinion

Pastoral Commentary>Heaven will be a great reunion

By Rev. Doug Enick, Trinity Evangelical ChurchThe Lord has many great things in store for those who love him when they depart this life. One of them is that we will enjoy the company of…