A recent windstorm tore off a large portion of the roof of the Pratt Municipal Building. The Municipal building has eight roof sections, all of which are aging. More than eighty percent of one of these sections was blown off of the building in the windstorm. “We were lucky this… didn’t fly down like frisbies onto Jackson Street onto cars.” said Brad Blankenship, the City Building Inspector.
The Board of Education of Unified School District No. 422, State of Kansas, Kiowa County, met for a regular meeting at the school district office, 710 S. Main Street in Greensburg. The meeting was called to order by President Ki Gamble at 8:03 p.m. Those present included: Gamble, Paul Kendall, David Allison, J. Wynn Fleener, Mike Greenleaf, Tony Rhodes, Cory Zenger, Mark Clodfelter, Stephanie White-Neuhold, Travis Powell, Marcus Mitchell, Cassie Kirby (via ZOOM), Liberty Gilkey, Hannah Greenleaf, Landan Monroe, and Patrick Dake.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As gruesome videos and photos of bodies emerge from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, Kremlin-backed media are denouncing them as an elaborate hoax — a narrative that journalists in Ukraine have shown to be false.
Pratt High School students Airam Fernandez, Mylee Gerber and Conrad Buena took first place at the JAG-K State CDC in the Business Plan event last week. As state champions, they will go on to compete at JAG Nationals May 5-8. Instructor Shaphan Staats and helpers Jack Schaffer and Cade Hopkins were instrumental in the team’s success.
TOPEKA – The Governor’s Council on Tax Reform has published its final report, which strongly advocates for an immediate end to the state sales tax on groceries and the restoration of a more diversified and balanced tax base. The Council found that returning to a better balance of sales, income, and property taxes provides more stability for the state budget and increases equity for the state’s taxpayers.
The Kiowa County Commissioners convened on Monday, April 4, 2022. The general business agenda included the approval of a consent agenda and the meeting minutes from March 31.
TOPEKA, Kansas — One of the largest residential facilities in Kansas for boys who need more help than most foster care homes can offer looks to be spared from closure. Sequel of Kansas LLC signed the original lease for the Lakeside Academy in Wichita around 2008 and recently told the Department for Children and Families it would no longer operate the facility.
KCHS seniors Cayden Pore and Kaiden Brunkow enter under the flowered arch for the 2022 Kiowa County High School prom held last Saturday in Greensburg. Courtesy photo All dressed up for the 2022 Kiowa County High School prom on Saturday, April 9 are Charleigh Friesen and her date Tucker Uhl.
Kiowa County High School students put on their finest clothes on Saturday, April 9 and went to Greensburg for their 2022 Prom. Some random photos from the event follow. An after-prom event took place from 12 a.m. to 2 a.m. on April 10 for those who wished to extend their prom experience a little longer. A good time was had by all.
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