MARSHA GIGGY loves Iuka, especially at Christmas. As mayor of this small Kansas town located just six miles north of Pratt, population 185, Giggy said that any idea the town can use to draw interest and excitement to the community is a win-win event. Last Saturday’s annual Christmas With Santa event filled her wishes for community love and spilled over in a variety of ways.
SUE’S ULTIMATE EMBROIDERY, located at 206 S Main in Pratt, serves many different creative sewing, craft and embroidery needs. Sue DeWeese, business owner, has been running the company since 2010. She started her company with a onethread machine, and at that time she was still employed as a local schoolteacher.
AS FORMER U.S. SENATOR and native Kansan Bob Dole was laid to rest with a funeral last Friday in Washington D.C., memorial services in Russell,… Login to continue reading Login…
CLIP-CLOPS RINGING on pavement and jingle bells tinkling in the wind brought smiles to faces of children (and adults) in Pratt on Sunday afternoon when Tia Vogel of Bit and Spur Training, Isabel rode through Pratt on horseback, along with a company of several other horse riders.
AS THE secretary of the Kansas Department of Agriculture, I regularly talk with farmers, ranchers, agribusiness owners, and other stakeholders across the state. Sadly, the issues of ag stress, mental health and even suicide have been at the forefront of many discussions over the past three years.
WOULD YOU LIKE to buy a fourdoor truck for $180? How about a semi-truck for $225? Maybe a stock trailer for $150? Those prices can’t be real, so you must know that I’m just toying with you. Today we’ll meet an innovative Kansas company that has diversified its product line to include miniature-sized trucks and farm equipment -- toys that are being shipped coast to coast and beyond.
WICHITA — For the Boys and Girls Club of Topeka, $25,000. For the Ellis Foundation — giving out scholarships to kids in the Fort Scott area — $120,000. For the naming rights at Naftzger Park in downtown Wichita, $1.4 million.
MAYCE RUSSELL scored a game-high 16 points, and teammates Kambry Adams added 13 points and Abi Ibarra 12 to power Macksville to a 55-17 high school girls’ basketball nonconference victory against visiting Kinsley on Thursday night.
MACKSVILLE BOYS' BASKETBALL coach Jeff Kuckelman wants his junior-dominated team to gain confidence throughout the season. The Mustangs have earned a healthy, humble swagger by starting 4-0, including impressive season-opening victories against Ness City (63-45), Spearville (76-43), Kinsley (74-33) and previously-undefeated Class 3A powerhouse Hoisington (56-42) Saturday.
THREE YEARS ago, most of St. John cringed when former USD 350 Tigers basketball star went down during a Kansas State University men’s basketball game. It was an unfortunate injury at a bad time in a storied career that put the small town of St. John, Kansas on the map when it came to rising stars in the basketball world.