Pratt, Kan. - The Pratt Community College (PCC) athletic department is excited to announce the transition of Charles Keefer to full-time esports head coach. For the past three years, Keefer has served as both the esports head coach and sports information director. He transitioned to the athletic department in September 2021 to take over the sports information director position.
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For thousands of years if you asked who the two greatest teachers of all time were, the answer would be Jesus and Socrates. Tragically, these celebrated instructors share another trait: they were both executed by their societies, perhaps particularly for their effectiveness in “corrupting the youth” with truth.
At its regular September 15 commission meeting, the City of Pratt leaders acknowledged the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and the Peoples Bank Heartland Foundation for grants that have allowed the city to purchase the Green Recreation Trail.
For more than 70 years, AAA’s ‘Your Driving Costs’ analysis has offered valuable insights into vehicle ownership expenses. This year’s analysis shows that the total cost of owning and operating a new vehicle is $964.78 per month, or $11,577 annually, a $719 decline from 2024.
The Kiowa County Mavericks entered the 2025 season with a veteran core and a renewed sense of confidence under head coach Clint Young, now in the second season of his second stint leading the program. After finishing 4-5 in 2024, the Mavericks hope key experience on both sides of the ball will help them climb the standings in 8-Man I District 5. Two tough losses at the beginning of the season against Sublette (66-48) and Chase County (70-50) have dampened that early enthusiasm but there is plenty of time to get back to winning.
What dinner table rules did your family have growing up? What did your parents correct every single time?
There’s nothing more refreshing than an ice-cold drink of water after spending time in the Kansas heat in August. According to Kansas State University beef cattle experts, cattle feel the same — and clean water is the most critical nutrient for the animals’ health and performance.
The exodus had begun. Jared and his brother and their people whom the Lord had spared were led out and away from the land of Babel(1) and their language was not confounded. Their record(2) tells of the great overland journey to the seashore, how they lingered there for four years in spiritual decline, and how “it came to pass at the end of four years that the Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and talked with him. And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord.”
STILLWATER, Okla. – On Sept. 2, two Pratt County students were honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculturewith academic scholarship support for the 2025-2026 academic year.