2025 Pratt County Wheat Plot Tour event announced
All are invited to the Pratt County Wheat Plot Tour on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 6 p.m.
April 2025
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Pastoral Commentary: Seek to bear good fruit
Barclay College Chaplain and Kaleo Academy National Friends Youth Training Director
Morrell leads Pratt track team at invitational; boys take second, girls seventh
The Pratt High School track and field team recently hosted their annual varsity invitational on Friday, April 11 at the Bill Keller Family Sports Complex. Here, the Greenbacks hosted several teams from around the state of varying size, and they were able to put up solid results.
KDOT to host meeting about 54/400 interchange project near Mullinville
A public open house in Kiowa County will be hosted from 4-6 p.m. on April 30 by the Kansas Department of Transportation to discuss the project to redesign and rebuild the nearby U.S. 54/400 interchange.
Williamson wedding proposal goes viral
Terry Williamson is most widely known in Pratt as an entrepreneur with a varied portfolio including rental properties, a laundromat, storage facilities, TK Handyman Services, and car rentals. What most don’t know is that he is also an airplane pilot with a romantic side, and that romanticism recently found Williamson making local, national, and international news.
Find wildflowers on Barber County tour
The Barber County Conservation District is hosting its 39th Spring Wildflower Tour on May 10, 2025.
Arbor Day plans set for Friday, April 25 in City of Greensburg
The Greensburg City Council met April 7, 2025 at City Hall for regular business, called to order by Mayor Matt Christenson. Following a Pledge of Allegiance roll call was taken and agenda approval secured.
Adventures in Reading: What should children read?
I have quoted Albert Einstein’s remark about the importance of reading to young children, and when asked what else he would suggest, he replied, read to them even more. I have blogged about students in college who cannot read, as well as about efforts by teachers to help students that are falling behind because they cannot read and yet receive no time for special instruction and are passed on. Recently, I have read that educators are trying to correct those inadequacies with special teachers to help students struggling to read.
Simmons is ready for Ice Age Summit in Haviland this weekend
The Great Ice Age Summit will take place this weekend, April 25-27, at the Heart of America Science Resource Center and Museum Curator Jerry Simmons is ready.
Pratt softball sweeps Nickerson and Hoisington in CKL match ups
The Pratt High School softball team was able to pick up needed wins against multiple CKL opponents after a slow start to the 2025 season. These were against Nickerson and Hoisington, who the Lady Greenbacks were able to sweep to improve their regular season record. First, Pratt most recently matched up against the Nickerson Panthers in a doubleheader at Green Sports Complex.