The Greensburg City Council met August 4, 2025 for regular business, minus Mayor Matt Christenson. Council President Mark Trummel called the meeting to order with a Pledge of Allegiance and invocation provided by Pastor Dave Vernon.
For 2023 Pratt High School graduate Grace May, the journey from Pratt to Yale has become more than chasing opportunity—it has been a way to take that homegrown Pratt pride with her every step of the way.
Editor’s Note: Parent meetings, school shopping, lunch planning, meet and greets - most of the early school prep boxes have been checked and students are off to a great start in the Tri-County Tribune coverage area as Back To School season gets underway. Following is a list of new teachers and other information and photos shared by districts across the three counties covered by this newspaper. Those that didn’t make it in this time, we will hear from you next week, hopefully.
Members of the Pratt Rotary Club were given an inside look at the soon-coming The Point Pavillion sports facility at their August 15 meeting by newly-hired City of Pratt Recreation Director Justin Crouch.
The City of Pratt will be doing road work in city limits (weather permitting) in the following locations, according to a news release on Monday, August 19. The street department has acknowledged that this will be an inconvenience but hopes it will be a very short project.
Tonya Younie, K-3 Resource Teacher at USD 382 Southwest Elementary School, has been named SCKSEC 2025 Teacher of the Year.
Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma will proudly unveil its newest campus landmark thanks to the generosity of Liz Smith, Jeff Allen and Woody Glass. The public dedication will take place on Aug. 23 at 6 p.m. at the entrance to Ranger Field.
According to a public statement made by Pratt Fire Chief Todd Hoffman, a house fire a 502 Ridgeway on Saturday, August 16 resulted in the loss of garage, laundry and kitchen areas but no lives were in danger.
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is warning about a new scam circulating via text message. The texts falsely claim to be from KDOT and the Kansas Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) giving a final notice of unpaid traffic tickets, and that enforcement will begin soon.
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