Outdoors

Thin wheat creates weed challenges
Thin wheat stands and recent rainfall are creating ideal conditions for weed growth, prompting agronomists to encourage producers to closely monitor fields before and after harvest.
- Thin wheat creates weed challenges
- Know the hidden importance of wasps and native bees
- Wheat harvest not awesome
- Cattle Chat: Risk management strategies to consider
- Kansas officials urge vigilance after New World screwworm detected in Texas calf
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Students experienced blindness with Into the Light at end of school year
Pratt USD 382 JAG instructor Will Ponder and several high school students prepare to experience the world of a blind person with Into the Light, a mobile trailer conceptualized by Andrew Crane of Wichita.
- Students experienced blindness with Into the Light at end of school year
- Morrell wins 2026 Tri-County Tribune Male Athlete of the Year
- Pratt native recognized as InvestmentNews top female advisor
- Award secured to fight food insecurity
- Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt offers assistance after Kansas storms
Community

Teacher celebrates retirement but likely to continue learning, teaching
Retired USD 382 foreign languages teacher Michelle Popovich enjoyed a chicken dinner with all the sides in her honor at the end of the school year with family, friends, and students at The Servateria in Pratt.
- Teacher celebrates retirement but likely to continue learning, teaching
- Free art fun ongoing in Greensburg
- Macksville welcomes new Wall of Fame Reader
- Massages, meals, and more
- Cornerstone Armory reaches out to communities with Cruise Giveaway raffle
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Photo Gallery

Blue Sky Farms, Twin Circles Dairy photo gallery from 2026 grand opening
Photos by Jennifer Stultz/Tri-County Tribune/CherryRoad Media
Athlete of the Week

Hughes named Female Athlete of the Year for 2026
By Jennifer Stultz/Tri-County Tribune Editor jstultz@cherryroad.com Hope Hughes, 5/9” graduated senior from Pratt High School, led her team in many ways throughout her high school career but her leadership in 2026 propelled her name to the top of the Tri-County Tribune’s Athlete of the Week list, and ultimately, to Female Athlete of the Year 2026…
- Hughes named Female Athlete of the Year for 2026
- Congratulations to all Tri-County Tribune Athlete of the Week 2026 (Fall, Winter, Spring) winners
- Congratulations to all Athlete of the Week selections
- Tri-County Tribune week 6 Athletes of the Week are Kern and Reyes-Holguin
- Schmidt, Myers top Week 5 Athlete of the Week lists for Tri-County Tribune
Sports

Women’s Flag Football Reaches New Heights as NAIA Approves Championship Status
By Mark Shelton CherryRoad Media Share Women’s flag football continues its rapid rise across the country, and now the sport has reached another historic milestone. The National Administrative Council (NAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially approved women’s flag football as the association’s 30th championship sport, elevating the growing game from…
- Women’s Flag Football Reaches New Heights as NAIA Approves Championship Status
- Morrell wins 2026 Tri-County Tribune Male Athlete of the Year
- Smoky Hills PBS to televise Shrine Bowl
- This Kansan is bringing official World Cup stats to FOX Sports FIFA broadcasts
- Melton comes back to Barclay as head women’s basketball coach
Conversations

Coming Events June, July 2026
* Send your Coming Events for Pratt, Stafford, and Kiowa counties to jstultz@cherryroad.com for inclusion in this free listing of events from the Tri-County Tribune coverage area! Many people show up at these events because “they read it in the paper!”
- Coming Events June, July 2026
- Coming Events June, July 2026
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- Coming Events May 2026 and more
Outdoors

Making homemade salsa workshops coming soon
- Thin wheat creates weed challenges
- Know the hidden importance of wasps and native bees
- Wheat harvest not awesome
- Cattle Chat: Risk management strategies to consider
- Kansas officials urge vigilance after New World screwworm detected in Texas calf
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