Kansas is flush with cash, updates to the state’s fiscal forecast released Wednesday project, and the news is sure to prompt considerable jockeying among legislators and Gov. Laura Kelly over how to spend the expected windfall.
For some, when the hits keep coming it's a bad thing. For Youth Core Ministries based in Greensburg and Core Community in Pratt and 14 other central Kansas sites, the hits that have been coming in October and November have been all good.
State support for community and employer-based COVID-19 testing would continue into 2022, thanks to $42 million in funding which was granted preliminary approval Monday. Legislators and the state’s business community raised alarm last month when it was disclosed the Kansas Department of Health and Environment was going to run out of funds to support some testing providers by the end of November.
Pilot Club honored their Pilot Express engineers with a dinner, certificates of appreciation, breads of many different fl avors and a chamber bucks certificate in a ceremony Wednesday, November 10 at the Pratt Public Library.
Often times consumers don’t usually think about exactly where the food on their table comes from. Yes, it is purchased at the store, but where did it originate from? How did the store get it? The Kanza Coop in Iuka, Kansas is one of those places that has been helping farmers bring food to the table for years.
Unofficial election results from November 2, 2021, available online at prattcounty.org, show that Pratt County voters took interest in several small-town government and area school board positions, even though it may have been an overall light day at the polls.
Farmers, ranchers and agricultural advocates spoke to new senators and congressional leaders on the House and Senate agricultural committees and USDA representatives about the next farm bill and how to make it equitable for all.
It's not often a Friday Lunch-and-Learn event at the Vernon Filley Art Museum combines mythical painting, quantum physics, classical music and Kansas weeds, but last week Pratt native Laura Krusemark's presentation managed to do just that. A larger-than-usual crowd attended the jaw-dropping exhibition and many came away much inspired from the event.
Federal authorities have finalized a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, including those at nursing homes, as outbreaks at Kansas facilities tend to coincide with low staff vaccination rates.
The following photos and information has been submitted by friends and family members from our Pratt Tribune, Kiowa County Signal and St. John News subscribers honoring veterans who serve and have served among us.