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Stafford County leaders have been working to finalize details in opening a commercial kitchen at the Stafford County Annex in St.

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True to a mission statement developed in the mid-90s, South Central Community Foundation handed out more than $190,000 in community, education and non-profit grants last week in Pratt to help “assure a bright future for South Central Kansas.”SCCF serves seven southern Kansas counties and has already conducted or has planned similar award ceremonies in Barber, Comanche, Kingman, Kiowa, Rice and Stafford counties, similar to what took place in Pratt on Tuesday, October 24.Assisted by several teens who make up the YMAD (Youth Making a Difference) group, SCCF director Holly Launchbaugh and office professional Hannah Brummer passed out award checks to county, teacher, and achievement organizations and those representatives shared snippets of what the money they received would be used for in future or on-going community-based projects.A $5,000 Children’s Heath Grant, for example, was awarded to DeWayne Bryan and the Pratt Health Foundation.

The South Central Community Foundation has announced the members of the 2023-2024 Leadership League class.

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt has released the annual “Overview of the Health Insurance Market in Kansas.” This report details the 2024 Kansas Health Insurance Market (Marketplace).

Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Kansas following President Biden’s federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding that occurred July 14 - 21, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S.

On Monday, October 9, the USD 438 Board of Education met for their monthly meeting.

Kristi Leslie of Pratt was still shaking days after getting run off the road by a suspect in a high-speed car chase that ended with an officer-involved shooting last Monday on the western side of Pratt County.“I was just getting ready to head out to work when my husband texted me there was a high speed chase on the highway I drive,” Leslie said.

The Board of Education of Unified School District No.

When asked what makes a school district successful, people give a lot of different responses.