Outdoors

Warm-season grasses offer summer grazing option for cattle producers
Producers looking to improve summer grazing and reduce the impacts of toxic fescue may want to consider warm-season grasses, according to Rusty Lee of University of Missouri Extension.
- Warm-season grasses offer summer grazing option for cattle producers
- Drought conditions increasing in Kansas
- Ten rules for planting trees this spring
- For beginning farmers, land access may lie in being creative
- Farmers should identify corn diseases before spraying
Opinion

Peaceful Prairies Poetry: God offers hope; Christ gives us courage
There are mountains… with the valleys…
News

Pratt Rotary picks up trash
Whether it’s Adopt a Highway program or coming Earth Day appreciation, it’s a pretty good bet that Pratt Rotary puts in the time each spring to pick up trash along city-limit highways, sometimes beyond.
- Pratt Rotary picks up trash
- Future of Water: Scarcity is reshaping agriculture
- City of Greensburg delves into gas storage and artist mural payment
- Jett’s building has a story to tell
- Pratt leaders support City Manager Goff
Community

Easter events provided many participation options
Between community scheduled Easter egg hunts and church/sunrise services, those in and around Pratt had more than 55 options of events to take part in over the 2026 Easter weekend.
- Easter events provided many participation options
- Kiowa County forensics wins league title
- Lisa Perez-Miller wins HLC 2026 Peer Review award
- Colby Community College student Bailey Jackson named to All-Kansas Academic
- Pratt County student awarded OSU scholarship
Special Sections
Photo Gallery

Real Encounters at Pratt Photo Gallery
Photos by Jennifer Stultz
Athlete of the Week

Spring Sports AOTW winners for week 2 are Morrell and Reyes
Arley Morrell Pratt High School senior Arley Morrell played for the EAST BOYS TEAM in the Central Kansas All-Star Basketball Classic on Sunday, March 29 at Barton Community College’s Kirkman Activities Center and was named MVP. He scored 20 points in the East’s 137 win over WEST 131. Morrell embarks on his last prep year of track and field, looking to eclipse a junior…
- Spring Sports AOTW winners for week 2 are Morrell and Reyes
- Staats and Hoelting named Spring Athlete of the Week winners as winter sports wrap up
- Winter sports list of AOTW winners
- Strong and Reyes round out Tri-County Tribune Winter Athlete of the Week picks in Week 12
- Bair, Espericueta earn Tri-County Tribune Athlete of the Week awards for Week 11
Sports

Strong sparks early season power at the plate for Pratt baseball
The Pratt High School baseball team has gotten off to a solid start to open the 2026 season. They recently competed in doubleheaders against the Halstead Blue Dragons and Great Bend Panthers and were able to go 3-1 through those contests.
- Strong sparks early season power at the plate for Pratt baseball
- Mavericks bring a team of contenders to the golf greens
- Skyline High School softball fields good numbers
- Track and field Mavericks listed for Spring season
- Pratt track looks to repeat past success this new season
Conversations

Coming Events April, May 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 April, May 2026
- Coming Events April, May 2026
- Holy Week services open to all at St. Paul
- Coming Events March, April 2026
- Coming Events March, April 2026
Outdoors

Pratt Community College students gain hands-on experience at Ringneck Haven
Pratt Community College students in the Upland Game and Turkey Management course recently took learning beyond the classroom with a visit to Ringneck Haven in Pretty Prairie.
- Warm-season grasses offer summer grazing option for cattle producers
- Drought conditions increasing in Kansas
- Ten rules for planting trees this spring
- For beginning farmers, land access may lie in being creative
- Farmers should identify corn diseases before spraying
Opinion

Peaceful Prairies Poetry: God offers hope; Christ gives us courage
There are mountains… with the valleys…


