September is emergency preparedness focus month
The Pratt County Health Department is asking people to note that September is National Preparedness Month. This year’s theme is Preparedness Starts at Home.
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Kiowa County Senior Center plans a fall painting class
Kelly Askew from the 5-4-7 Arts Center will be here teaching a fall painting class on September 8 starting at 1 p.m. All supplies will be provided. For more information and the cost (minimum) to attend and to sign up, please call Kari at 620-723-2288.
The sky is not the limit when flying
It was a foggy morning on Labor Day, but that didn’t stop Terry and Taylor Williamson (and friends) from providing kids with a bird’s-eye look at Haviland from a seat in a small airplane on September 1 at Fly-In Day.
Eggtooth earns top poetry honor in Kansas
Jesse Nathan, a poet whose voice rises from the Kansas prairie and reaches far beyond, has been named the winner of the 2025 Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award in Poetry for his collection, Eggtooth. The $1,000 award will be presented on Friday, September 19, at 4 p.m. in Room 120 of the Plass Learning Resources Center (1731 Plass Ave) on the Washburn University campus just ahead of the annual Kansas Book Festival. Nathan will be present to give a reading from the book.
In case of an emergency truckers can teach
Truck drivers are used to the word emergency. Almost every load is an emergency—the consignee always needs it as soon as possible. But when you finally get there, you sit for hours because they didn’t really need it.
Pratt Community College fields competitive men’s soccer team this year
PCC Men’s Soccer Head Coach Kevin Kewley has high expectations for this year and looks forward to tough competition that will bring his competitors to the top of their game.
Beck and Encore continue to provide music in the community
For more than 27 years, Misty Beck, director of the Pratt Performing Arts Club at Pratt Community College has been providing community music in a variety of ways to the Pratt area public. Her dedication to building community, and family, has not gone unnoticed.
KDA to Host 19th Annual Kansas Grape Stomp at the Kansas State Fair
Feel the squish of the grapes in the time-honored tradition of grape stomping as you help celebrate the grape and farm winery industries in Kansas. The Kansas Department of Agriculture will host the 19th annual Kansas Grape Stomp on Saturday, September 6, at 1:00 p.m. in Gottschalk Park at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.
USD 422’s McMurry awarded with Hall of Fame honor
USD 422 Kiowa County High School teacher, educator, and foresics coach Kim McMurray was inducted into the Kansas Speech Communication Association’s High School Hall of Fame last month. She received her award on Friday, August 25 at a special ceremony in Wichita.