September 2022

Allara needs a home

—Pet of the Week— Sponsored by the Pratt Tribune It’s fall and who doesn’t need a special furry friend to cuddle up with and share the long winter evenings just around the corner. Come the Pratt Area Humane Society and check out the large selection of domesticated cats, including this beauty, Allara.

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Show us your fall

The Pratt Tribune, Kiowa County Signal and St. John News staff invites all readers to “Show us your fall” displays! Send pictures to JStultz@cherryroad.com for inclusion in a future issue and to be part of an online photo gallery.

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Pratt County wheat earns top scores for Fox Farms at Kansas State Fair

A Fox Farm’s wheat sample won first place at the 2022 Pratt County Fair in July with an entry of Doublestop CL+ kernels going on to the state fair competition last week. Nick Fox, sample owner, said Monday that a Reserve Grand Champion award from the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson for that entry was a pleasant surprise, and one that he felt pretty good about.

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Free COVID-19 tests now available for all Kansas communities

TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation’s public charity, RF Catalytic Capital, and Project Access to Covid Tests (Project ACT), is now offering free at-home COVID-19 tests to households in all Kansas communities. All Kansas households can now visit AccessCovidTests.org and enter their zip code to place an order for 5 at-home COVID-19 test kits. Amazon will deliver the test kits directly to your house.

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