Pratt Regional Medical Center is sponsoring a COVID-19 Mass Testing Site, assisted by the Kansas National Guard January 24 through February 18 at the Pratt Community Center. Every Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.
Seven Pratt Wrestling Club student-athletes participated in PWC Elite testing on Monday night, with Jameson Grizzell (8U), Noah Ricke (8U) and Wyatt Ritz (10U) were named Elite Qualifiers. To make the Elite team, wrestlers must meet all of the following criteria: .
The Nemaha, Jackson, Pottawatomie and Shawnee County Conservation Districts along with a large group of sponsors would like to invite all Kansans to the attend a statewide Women in Agriculture event February 26, 2022, in Corning, Kansas.
The Pratt girl’s and boy’s powerlifting teams had strong showings in a recent meet against Wellington. The girls finished fourth and the boys fifth overall.
It all started with a few butcher hogs that inspired a 4-H project five years ago. Next came successful Pratt County Fair blue-ribbon projects Goose and Mose. And now Brett Atteberry, 16, and his brother Wiley, 13, couldn’t be happier to be caring for 10 wiggling, snorting, cavorting baby pigs born in their backyard on Christmas Eve at their small farm just off 20463 S. U.S. Highway 281 in Pratt County.
Darren Parker of Cunningham will be opening a photo exhibit at the Vernon Filley Art Museum on January 29 that features his own work that captures southcentral Kansas landscapes at sunset. Well-known for painting area Kansas landmark memories, Parker now focuses his camera lens on sunset beauty on the plains.
Pratt High School boys and girls basketball teams continued impressive play at the Hoisington Cardinal Winter Jam Tournament last week. The Greenbacks boys improved to 11-2 following a 53-45 championship game victory over Ellinwood Saturday.
Like many other entities in Kiowa County last week, the Kiowa County Senior Center had to make decisions about holding open hours or closing due to a rise of COVID-19 positive cases in the area. Under advisement from the Kiowa County Health Department the Kiowa County Senior Center Board of Directors voted to close the center to all dining in and activities for a week.
Stafford County Fire Department Director Marshall Sanders is proud of the work his 60-member volunteer crews performed during 2021, and rightfully so. With more than 1, 385 training hours, and nearly the same amount of actual fire-fighting time logged on more than 94 emergency calls that included grass fires, vehicle and equipment fires, structure fires, vehicle accidents, citizen assists and EMS assists, the level of commitment from these teams is notably phenomenal.
In the St. John-Hudson board of education looked at several protocols related to ESSER funding, coronavirus precautions and the proposed daycare idea for the district at their Dec.