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Kansas Wildlife and Parks approve regulation and fee changes
By Jennifer Stultz Tri-County Tribune The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) Commission met August 27, 2026 and voted to approve several regulation changes. The approved actions include: Kansas…
- Kansas Wildlife and Parks approve regulation and fee changes
- Managing raccoons starts with food removal
- Kansas lawmakers push Trump for greater cattle market certainty
- USDA SPUR program to support beef processors
- It’s time to harvest herbs
Opinion

From the Bleachers: Your time is now
This week’s From the Bleachers is a little different. It is a personal letter to a former athlete, as he prepares for his college season opening game.
News

Antique flag part of museum activity
A very special flag was on display at the Vernon Filley Art Museum on Saturday, September 12, part of a special America 250 flag-making art project. The flag, owned by Beth Novotny and her husband, has 48 stars, making it a circa 1940s creation.
- Antique flag part of museum activity
- Maple Street closed for bridge repair on east side of Pratt
- Pratt Community College gets $1.4 M grant to enhance workforce training
- The Bin Wranglers becomes a growing Great Bend business
- Stanion Golf Tournament helps surpass $2 Million for Special Olympics Kansas
Community

Free admission to Kiowa County Homecoming football game
Kiowa County High School Fall Homecoming festivities will take place Friday, September 18 in Greensburg.
- Free admission to Kiowa County Homecoming football game
- Pratt student selected for National FFA Chorus
- Special recognition for Coach Jim Lewis planned for Friday in Pratt
- FHSU announces fall career fairs
- One from the road: Stopping for a school bus not so simple
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Photo Gallery

3rd Annual Pratt Elks Car and Bike Show in Pratt
Photos by Jennifer Stultz/Tri-County Tribune
Sports

Skyline High School wins football opener; loses to Stafford in week 2
On Friday, September 4, Skyline Thunderbird football officially kicked off the 2026 season with a win on the road against the Eagles of Norwich, 20-18. The game was definitely not a pretty or poetic display of football for either team, with first-game jitters to work out, however, the Thunderbirds persevered, showing their grit.
- Skyline High School wins football opener; loses to Stafford in week 2
- Area football scores provided by Tri-County Tribune – Week 2
- Skyline girls win cross country meet at home
- Kansas schools hoping for $1 million football field funding from T-Mobile; Kiowa County in the hunt
- Tri-County Tribune area high school football scores
Conversations

Coming Events
* 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
- 9/11 changed our world forever, but not our Christian foundation
- Updated: Rosales injured in Kiowa County crash on Monday
- Coming Events
- Coming Events
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
- Morrell wins 2026 Tri-County Tribune Male Athlete of the Year
- 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
Outdoors

Kansas Wildlife and Parks approve regulation and fee changes
By Jennifer Stultz Tri-County Tribune The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) Commission met August 27, 2026 and voted to approve several regulation changes. The approved actions include: Kansas State Park fee increases for…
- Kansas Wildlife and Parks approve regulation and fee changes
- Managing raccoons starts with food removal
- Kansas lawmakers push Trump for greater cattle market certainty
- USDA SPUR program to support beef processors
- It’s time to harvest herbs
Opinion

From the Bleachers: Your time is now
This week’s From the Bleachers is a little different. It is a personal letter to a former athlete, as he prepares for his college season opening game.




