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Stanion Golf Tournament helps surpass $2 Million for Special Olympics Kansas
Stanion Wholesale Electric Co. has announced that the 2026 Stanion Golf Classic raised $130,700 for Special Olympics Kansas, pushing the tournament’s lifetime fundraising total to more than $2 million.
Community
Special recognition for Coach Jim Lewis planned for Friday in Pratt
Former Pratt High School football coach Jim Lewis will be honored at the home Greenback football game on September 18, 2026 at Zerger Field.
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3rd Annual Pratt Elks Car and Bike Show in Pratt
Photos by Jennifer Stultz/Tri-County Tribune
Sports
Kansas schools hoping for $1 million football field funding from T-Mobile; Kiowa County in the hunt
On Tuesday, September 8, 2026, T‑Mobile announced that Kiowa County High School (Greensburg) and Spearville High School have been added to a Kansas schools competition with an end prize of $1Million for football field transformation. Both Kiowa County and Spearville have received $5,000 in funding.
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9/11 changed our world forever, but not our Christian foundation
By Van Yandell Retired Industrial Arts teacher, an ordained gospel evangelist and missionary vmy3451@gmail.com One of our most precious freedoms is freedom of religion. On 9/11, 2001, the day our world changed forever, and in the days that followed, I saw a unity and devotion to patriotism, including a recognition of the importance of religious…
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…