The owners of Haviland Broadband have announced plans to bring FIBER INTERNET to the town of Mullinville in Kiowa County. Over the last several years, Haviland Broadband has been working to replace copper lines in Conway Springs, Haviland, Argonia, 99 Springs, sections of rural Norwich and Conway Springs, as well as bringing fiber to Greensburg and Coldwater.
Kiowa County commissioners met in regular session on June 20, 2022. Their general business included approving a consent agenda, payroll, accounts payable, and the June 6 meeting minutes.
Traveling 12 hours on the road to Louisville, Kentucky, two Pratt High students sophomore Addison Hopkins and junior Alyssa Green made their way to National Speech and Debate Association’s (NSDA) national tournament, June 12-17. Hopkins competed in Humorous Interpretation and Green performed Program Oral Interpretation, both acting events. With a strong imitation of several Muppet characters in a play entitled, “Sesame: Life on the Street” by Andrew Messer, Hopkins even made it past six rounds of preliminary competition, past two rounds of octafinals, and into the two elimination rounds of quarter-finals, one of 30 students in the nation to progress that far.
06/01/2022 Dustin Clark bonded with court set for later date. 06/03/2022 Chantel Poppelreiter was arrested for expired tags and no insurance.
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National attention has turned, once again, to the gun debate following the horrific events at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas last month. One day prior to the school shooting that killed 19 children and 2 adults, the Kansas legislature adjourned without taking action on proposed bills aimed to ban so called “ghost guns”, like the one used in the shooting at Olathe East High School in March of this year.
Summer activities for middle and high school at USD 382 began this week with summer weights, speed camps and football workouts. The PHS weight room is now busy Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays with Greenback athletes looking to stronger and faster for the coming fall sports seasons.
The Peoples Bank celebrated 135 years of service on Friday with a special outdoor picnic lunch for the community at the corner of Third and Main streets last Friday in Pratt. Colorful canopies filled the blocked-off street providing shade for those who stopped by for a free lunch and visiting with bank employees, as well as neighbors and friends.
A time-honored tradition of pairing Miss Kansas candidates with elder residents of Pratt for a light luncheon and noon hour of entertainment continued this year on Wednesday, June 8 at the Pratt Municipal Building.