Busy times at the senior center this past week as high school teacher Mr. Llording and the current events class came to talk to our Veterans about helping with their Veterans Day program at the school. And the health department was here to do our flu shot clinic.
* Send your Coming Events for Pratt, Stafford, and Kiowa counties to jstultz@cherryroad.com for inclusion in this free listing of area events! Many people show up at these events because “they read it in the paper!”
Local breast cancer survivor Cris Richardson-Seidel looked death in the eye in 2016 and survived. It is not something she did on her own but it was a long, lonely journey, and as she nears her 10-year mark of that fateful time in her life she has important information for others who might be going through something similar.
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is seeking input from the public on regional transportation priorities at Local Consult meetings across the state in October.
As Moroni(1), son of Mormon, summarized the record of a much more ancient people who were led out of the land of Babel, and whose language was not confounded(2), he recounts how they were led to build boats, and to cross the great deep to a promised land prepared for them, and their deep gratitude to God, and their settling in to their special place.
The Pratt Community College (PCC) Overwatch 2 team embarks on a new mission competing in the Fall 2025 Collegiate Overwatch Homecoming Open sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE). The team consisting of freshman Jaden Pugh, Alexa Garcia Pedroza and Isabel Ann and sophomores Joshua Packard, Carlos Garcia Pedroza and Taj Thomas will compete in a collegiate Overwatch league for the first time as a program under head esports coach Charles Keefer.
Pratt’s Merchant Park will soon have new mural. IMPACT Pratt has secured approval for a $5,924 grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce’s Office of Rural Prosperity. IMPACT stands for Investing in Meaningful Projects and Community Togetherness and is a brand new organization founded in 2025. Their mission is is “to enhance Pratt’s small-town charm through beautification, revitalization, and community connection.”
Topeka, KS – Kansas State Treasurer Steven Johnson today announced the awarding of $1.5 million in grants through the Home in the Heartland program. The initiative was established by the Kansas Legislature in 2025 to strengthen local economies by recruiting new residents.
Everyone, and I mean everyone, comes to a place in their life where they try to figure out the point of all that they do. Sometimes it leads to life changes, and other times it leads to depression and anger. Sometimes there seems to be a wall that just wants to hold us back and we are just too tired to figure a way around the wall.