The concerns of Thomas Jefferson
By Lyn Fenwick Macksville author, lawyer, columnist Special to the Tri-County Tribune We can learn much by studying what history has recorded about our past… Login to continue reading Login…
June 2025
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U.S. Rep. Davids, U.S. Sen. Moran of Kansas share frustration with NWS staffing shortages
Weather reporting from Goodland station becomes compromised BY TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids denounced Tuesday “indiscriminate” staffing cuts at the National Weather Service that limited…
Deterding named Larned High School Athletic Director
USD 495 Larned has announced the hiring of Brian Deterding as the new Assistant Principal and Athletic Director at Larned High School. Deterding brings over a decade of leadership experience and a passion for student development as he steps into his new role ahead of the 2025-26 school year.
KU student-athletes once again set department GPA record
Kansas Athletics continues to raise the bar in the classroom, achieving a department-record 3.50 GPA during the Spring 2025 semester — the highest mark in school history. The milestone eclipses the previous record of 3.45, set just months earlier in Fall 2024, and marks the sixth consecutive semester the Jayhawks have tied or broken the department GPA record.
City of Pratt pledges $2M towards multi-sport construction project
At its June 16 regular meeting, Pratt City commissioners voted to support the construction The Point Pavilion. This involves the city pledging two million dollars towards the project. The Point was later described in an announcement by the city as follows.
Who’s Your Hero: Bergner pursues lifelong dream at Army Ranger School
Samuel Bergner, Pratt High School class of 2023, comes from a long line of patriotic Pratt County Bergners and over the course of the past two years has been busy pursuing a life-long dream.
Kansas Department of Insurance Commissioner names new Assistant Commissioner
Topeka, Kan. – Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt has announced the appointment of Clay Johnson as the new Assistant Commissioner of Insurance for the Kansas Department of Insurance (KDOI). Johnson succeeds Barb Rankin, who retired earlier this month.
Another View: The Book of Mormon and the cost of Liberty
It was during the 74th and 73rd years before the coming of Christ that the Nephites(1) were embroiled in a desperate war, their enemies having combined to form an overwhelming force under one Zerahemnah(2), whose intent was conquest, to bring the Nephites into bondage to him. The Nephites, on the other hand, rallied in righteousness under the great leader Moroni, and were inspired by a greater cause. They fought to protect their lands, homes, wives and children, and their liberty “that they might worship God according to their desires…for they knew that if they should fall into the hands of the Lamanites, that whosoever should worship…the true and living God, the Lamanites would destroy.”(3) The battle was fierce, but the greatly outnumbered Nephites prevailed, and finally Moroni caused that the work of death should cease, and suffered the Lamanite army to depart, after they had entered into to a covenant of peace with the Nephites. And the number of the dead on both sides was “exceedingly great”(5).
Summer music camp culminates with Jungle Book shows
More than 130 children ages 3 to fifth grade fit onto the Pratt Community College Performing Arts stage in Carpenter Auditorium last weekend to showcase two weeks of work in Summer Music Camp Theatre with performances of Disney’s The Jungle Book Kids.
Pratt youth team wins state baseball championship title
Pratt Baseball Club members, coaches, families and friends celebrated a special milestone last week when the 14-Under team won the state championship title for their division in Topeka.