Controversial Rep. Aaron Coleman, D-Kansas City, Kan., has been banned by the Kansas Department of Labor from its premises for allegedly trying to access an employee-only segment of the agency’s headquarters and for “disruptive, intimidating and berating” behavior — charges Coleman disputes.
LAWRENCE — For the first time in more than 30 years, Kansas will count all of its college students in the towns where they go to school for redrawing state legislative districts next year. Since 1990, Lawrence, Manhattan, Emporia and other college towns lost out on the potential political clout those students represented in an archaic and costly census readjustment aimed at preserving rural political power.
What Causes Fall Color in Trees Part of the allure of fall foliage is color variation. There are trees that turn red, purple, yellow, orange and brown.
OCTOBER 25, 2021 – PRATT & WICHITA, KS - Ninnescah Electric Cooperative joins 11 other rural electric cooperatives in Kansas in deploying sun farms and investing in over 20 megawatts (MW) of solar power to be deployed across 800 miles of the state, and power 80,000 homes in rural Kansas.
There's often more to successful farming than meets the eye and Ag Astra, a six-state grain marketing consulting and coaching firm based in Pratt, is helping bridge the gap between production and financial stability.
To inaugurate the new creative writing club, and to celebrate the South Central Community Foundation grant which will fund materials, Pratt High students, teachers, staff, and former staff wrote a crowd-sourced poem. Almost 100 people participated, and PHS English teacher Rose Beilman edited the final poem. Here it is:
Voters looking for contested races in November 2, 2021 elections won't find many in Pratt County. Position openings match up with candidates running in most school, city and county offices. The city of Iuka may be fielding the most exciting race with 7 candidates for 5 positions, but in most cases, Pratt County ballots will be fairly bland this year.
Many events occurred October 14th at Sunflower Senior Center. Beginning with sharing of desserts at our “Dessert Tasting” while celebrating birthdays July through October. Following the singing of Happy Birthday, everyone settled down to decorate a Fall or Halloween Pumpkin. The pumpkins were donated by Jill and Mike Osborne.
Pratt Community Concert goers enjoyed a high energy, fun, and humorfilled evening recently, when the Everly Set came to town. Sean Altman and Jack Skuller brought their virtuoso performance to the Carpenter Auditorium stage at Pratt Community College, regaling the audience with not only songs from the Everly Brothers but also stories interlaced with their special brand of humor.