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Kansas oil spill contained, but chemicals found downstream

Chemicals from the Keystone pipeline spill in north-central Kansas have shown up farther downstream in Mill Creek than the oil company’s repeated statements suggest. TC Energy and regulatory agencies say the oil spill is limited to a containment area — the length of the stream that lies between where the company’s pipeline burst and where workers quickly built an earthen dam about four miles downstream.

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What does Christmas mean to you?

Christian author, outreach minister, and community chaplain billyhollandministries.com I’ve read articles over the years about how Christmas is a combination of Christian and pagan symbolism along with some folklore traditions and for the most part, this is true. I also realize that most people do not want to hear about such things. Beyond the bah-humbug, I will admit that even though Christmas is not as much fun now as it was when I was a kid or when our children were young, I still enjoy the season. I remember laying under the tree and how I was mesmerized looking up at all the twinkling lights. To me, Christmas has always been a special time and heaven forbid I use the term, “magical” but as a child, my overactive imagination had no problem believing the fables especially after I learned about Saint Nicholas that knows everything and can give every child in the world exactly what they want. Now that we are adults, it seems we still hold onto the memories of Christmas past and even have a little excitement left for Christmas future no matter how old we are.

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City pool tops discussions, decisions, and donations, for the year – Year in Review 2022

Looking back at the top stories published each year in the Pratt Tribune is always a trip down memory lane. Sometimes it is hard to believe all that has happened in just one year, other times it’s just hard to understand how time flew by so quickly. Sometimes looking back at a year in review helps one understand the bigger picture, the slice of life, all that we have to be thankful for here in Pratt, the Gateway to the High Plains.

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IN MEMORIUM

We share these names of those who passed in the year 2022, as published in the Pratt Tribune, Kiowa County Signal and St. John News.

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We share these names of those who passed in the year 2022, as published in the Pratt Tribune, Kiowa County Signal and St. John News.

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Winter storm Elliott blasts through Pratt

An arctic blast dubbed Winter Storm Elliott hit the High Plains and much of the central United States the week of Christmas, causing many to adjust holiday plans. For those living in Pratt County, Kansas, it was just a part of life to deal with as below zero temperatures and dangerous wind chills were part of a system that caused power outages and hit the Pratt area December 21-23. A -7 temperature was recorded at the Peoples Bank Building just after 7:30 a.m. on Thursday. Area weather stations predicted -30 and -40 degree wind chills for Wednesday night and Thursday.

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Wheat industry celebrates 10th anniversary of the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center

Traditionally, the 10th anniversary is celebrated with a gift symbolizing the strength and resilience of a relationship. Those traits describe well the ties between Kansas wheat farmers and the public and private research partners that come together at the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center in Manhattan for the betterment of the wheat industry.

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