Pratt City Commissioners approved the General Contractor agreement with Robert Smiley of Smiley Concrete LLC for construction the The Point Pavilion at their October 20 meeting. The Point is a new sports complex to be built near the Bill Keller Family Sports Complex on the east side of Pratt.
Rain showers and 50-degree weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of young athletes who came to participate in Championship Saturday last weekend in Pratt. Parents and other spectators might have complained, but the flag-football competitors had a blast.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. Governor of Kansas candidate, Stacy Rogers, has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the Term Limits Convention pledge.
Ladies Night Out on Thursday, October 16 brought hustle and bustle to Pratt’s Main Street shops, and to other places around town as well. There were grand openings to celebrate, such as at The Bee on Main, as well as a pending transition of ownership at The Flower Shoppe to take in, but the overall mood of the crowds flowing from one abode to another was that of fun and discovery.
The Scholastic Book Fair has been around since the early 1980s, and it is a student favorite at Skyline Schools, Pratt. Who can remember walking into the library and finding table after table of books to buy? The luckiest students got to shop the inventory and purchase a book, and actually take it home. For a rural kid before Amazon and no experience with Borders or Barnes and Noble, the concept was intoxicating.
Arley Morrell Pratt High School senior football player Arley Morrell set several school records in last Friday’s Greenback 62-34 win over Phillipsburg. While the game… Login to continue reading Login…
Kiowa County Memorial Hospital (KCMH) in Greensburg, Kansas is proud to announce it has earned a 5-star rating from the National Rural Rating System (NRRS), the highest possible distinction for hospital quality. This recognition reflects KCMH’s ongoing commitment to exceptional patient care, safety, and service to the community.
At its October 6 regular meeting, the Pratt City Commission passed two different measures related to renovation work on the Pratt Municipal Building on West 3rd Street. The renovation will specifically focus on replacing the building’s aging windows. The first act of the commission was to ratify a donor pledge for $350,000. This pledge was anonymous by request, so the version of the measure released to the press had the donor’s name redacted.
I am reaching out to just give a reminder to all that our Filley Festival of Trees, Wreaths, and Decorations is coming up super soon at the Vernon Filley Art Museum and we have our Call For Entries open on the website until October 28. That is only TWO WEEKS away.
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is scheduled to reduce U.S. 54 to one lane each way in Pratt County beginning Monday, Oct. 13, for concrete patching work. Crews will be working on approximately 8 miles of roadway starting near the Ninnescah River bridge and ending at the Pratt/Kingman county line.