Giving Tuesday will be on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025. Planning for this year’s 12th Giving Tuesday has started at the Golden Belt Community Foundation. Again, this year the foundation is inviting all qualified charitable organizations in Barton, Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, and Stafford counties to participate in the giving campaign and celebration.
Am I the only one who has noticed increasing vulgarity in everyday speech? This blog looks at changes in what is acceptable in social speech and how it has changed over the years.
Mormon(1), nearing the end of his life, began to write and prophesy about the days before the Lord Jesus Christ will come again - which are our days.
Spanish and French students from Pratt High School have been notified of awards they earned from their participation in the National Spanish Exam and the Grand Concours, the national French exam.
The Pratt Community College (PCC) women’s soccer team is excited to release their 2025 season schedule. The Beavers will play 19 games this season, nine at home and 10 away. Twelve of them will be conference games.
I could not help humming the little tune from a past worship experience, “For we are strangers no more, we’re part of one big family, strangers no more, we’re sisters and we’re brothers now,” as my husband and I cruised across the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport for the third time, chasing gates changes and delay schedules last week.
Growing nice tomatoes in our climate can be a little tricky, but the persistent gardener will be richly rewarded come harvest. Below are some of the problems we face here in South Central Kansas.
We are excited to announce this year’s Greenback Hall of Fame Class. The 2025 inductee is Ken Jones. Congratulations to Ken and his family! The Reception and Induction Ceremony will be on Friday, October 3, 2025 starting at 5 pm in the Vernon Filley Art Museum. Also, Ken will be introduced at the Homecoming Assembly at 1:30 pm in the PHS gym. Ken’s picture will be permanently displayed in the Greenback Hall of Fame Display located in the Pratt High School Commons.
Recently, Pratt Recreation hosted their annual Smoky Ford Baseball tournament, which was held at Green Sports Complex on June 21-22. This year, teams of ages 8U, 9U, 12U, and 13U traveled to Pratt to compete in this tournament for a shot at their respective championship titles.
What happens when you invite 8,000 people to a beautiful, natural prairie/ranchland setting in Kansas for a day of educational talks, poetry, music, art, and dancing, capped off by a performance of the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra (with a little Logan Mize mixed in)?