There’s a solar eclipse coming
On April 8, much of the state of Kansas will be able to witness 80 percent of a total solar eclipse based on the moon’s orbital path.
April 2024
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Leader of Barclay College Herb Frazier passes away, along with wife, Shirley
A man credited to saving Barclay College and lifting it, by enlisting alumni support, to it’s current status as one of the premier Bible education, mission preparatory, and quality four-year post education schools in southcentral and western Kansas, has died.Herb Frazier, who along with his beloved wife, Shirley, have been considered best friends of many Friends and others who passed through the doors and hallways of Barclay College and Haviland.
Great Plains Wondering: Green wheat in spring – it’s all good
Green has been my favorite color since childhood.
Long-ago Kiowa County lawsuit changed the way grass fires are fought
Fire season has long been a part of life in Kiowa County.
Chavez and Lara win state powerlifting titles for Pratt
The Pratt High School Powerlifting squad competed at the 3A State Meet on Saturday, March 23.
Stabbing in Pratt part of busy string of emergencies
There were several emergency call-outs with response from area medical and law enforcement teams in the Tri-County Tribune coverage area that took place as the calendar turned from March to April.On Saturday, March 31, a medical emergency as confirmed by the Kiowa County Sheriff’s Department took place on Main Street in Haviland, about the same time Easter egg hunters were wrapping up festivities at the Haviland Heritage Park on the other end of town.Kiowa County EMS, Kiowa County Sheriff’s Department deputies, and other local first responders converged at a duplex home on Main Street in Haviland to provide a family there unidentified assistance.On Monday, April 1, at 6:11 a.m., the Pratt Fire Department was dispatched to the 200 block of S.
Opportunity meets expectations, and more
It’s all still a work in progress, but as Mackenzie Musgrove settles into new ownership of the Balloons and More establishment in Pratt, she is finding that the opportunity meets all her expectations, and more.Musgrove, a stay-at-home mom in Pratt, said she had been looking for a brick and morter place to showcase her side hustle of refinishing furniture when Balloons and More, formerly owned by Tonja Harrison, went up for sale.“It was just what I was looking for, the location, the parking, the space; I’m just a very fortunate woman that my husband let me do this,” Musgrove said.
Ninnescah Rural Electric awards scholarships at annual meeting
Ninnescah Rural Electric Cooperative, which provides electrical service to more than 4,000 meters in all or part of ten counties in South-Central Kansas, including the counties of Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford, and Reno, held their annual meeting on March 19, 2024 in Pratt.
Understanding the crucifixion
Matthew 27:35 “And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.”Many fear we have heard said, “Christ dies for our sins,” to a point we begin to form an attitude about the crucifixion of Christ that trivializes His suffering.
Another View: The Book of Mormon and finding God
Alma (1), having forsaken the judgment seat and gone forth among the people to teach them about God, went to a city of people who had dissented from the Nephites(1), rejected their prophecies of the coming of Christ, and settled on the idea that they were a people chosen by god while all others around them were condemned to an awful hell.