The Family Crisis Center kicked off Sexual Assault Awareness Month (S.A.A.M.) with the National Day of Action (Go Teal Day) on April 1 by presenting teal keys of solidarity at Hearing Life, The People’s Bank, and Legacy Bank.
With the last quarter of the school year starting, the 2025 softball season has just gotten underway for the Pratt High School softball team. The Lady Greenbacks, who have a team with players of mixed experience levels, have played two doubleheaders thus far against tough opponents in Halstead and Great Bend.
Kansas State University (KSU) junior and Pratt High School graduate Matthew Hook is proudly representing his Pratt baseball roots as a student equipment manager for the KSU baseball team, a team currently ranked 22nd in the nation. Hook played third base for Pratt High’s varsity baseball team and has great memories of his time there while playing for Head Coach Ron Hill.
As those of you who regularly read my column know, I often include Presidents and other important men and women who have served our Nation in various ways. Much of what I write about is history, before I was born, but it occurs to me that I have reached an age when more Americans think of “history” as years I regard as “several years ago.”
Acts 3: 6 “Then Peter said, silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.”
With a team composed of lifters of varying ages, the Pratt High School powerlifting squad has had a very successful year on both ends. The team, which has a squad of dedicated competitors, competed at the 3A State Powerlifting Meet on Saturday, March 29. There, all students lifted very well in three separate categories, and a couple of Greenbacks were crowned state champions.
It’s a crazy time in the chicken business, according to poultry farmer Luke Laha, who with his wife, Caitlyn, operates the 5 Acre Farm near Iuka. The poultry business is hot right now, but not because the price of eggs is high in the grocery store.
Jewell Glover from 21 Central District K-State Research and Extension agency visited USD #351 Macksville last week for career and life planning education.
Thank you to those who submitted their first flower pictures of the 2025 spring season to share with Tri-County Tribune readers. The bright colors and new life are always an inspiration for many.
