Pratt News

New University of Kansas students and their parents from Barber, Harper, Kingman and Pratt counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, in Kingman.

Frank Evans, Dodge City, will celebrate his 80th birthday Thursday. He was born in 1929 to Ruth and Cress Evans in Dodge City, and at age 6, moved with his family to New Mexico where he graduated from Santa Fe High School.

A Pratt man remains in critical condition in a Wichita hospital as the result of a gas tank explosion June 17.

Robic and Wyss continue their duel at the top The leading male soloists were bolstered as they hit sections with more net descent in them, after tough times in Colorado and New Mexico.

Becki Ronen, a Kansas State University student competing as Miss Flint Hills, was named Miss Kansas 2009.

Pratt, KS - infoZine - Warm summer weather swept across the Sunflower State over Memorial Day weekend, luring Kansans out of the house and onto the water to beat the heat and soak up the sun.

The Pratt Community Center, 619 N. Main St., will host an AARP drivers' safety class June 10 and 11.

Pratt Community College announced Wednesday a new scholarship for unemployed workers and members of their family.

Pratt, KS - infoZine - Outdoor enthusiasts looking for the next great adventure will find it in a geocaching contest this summer at Kansas state parks.

Residents in Pratt were woken early Sunday not by the Easter Bunny, but by a police officer after a vandal made his way up and down the streets of their town armed with a pellet gun.

Pratt police arrest a 20 year old man over the weekend. They accuse him of criminal damage to property.

"It's kind of nice to see the plans you've seen on paper and to actually see the dirt start to move.

Pratt, KS - infoZine - Want to know where the fish are biting? The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks can help.

Pratt, KS - infoZine - While the most severe blizzard to hit parts of Kansas in decades may have come the last week of March, warm weather will soon make this event a fleeting memory, enticing Kansans across the state to visit their favorite state parks.

Mica and Christopher Nelson, Pratt, Kan., welcomed Adler Pierce Nelson 7:25 a.m. March 26 at Pratt Regional Medical Center.

Preston will most probably be the state record holder for the weekend's snowfall with 30 inches reported, says state climatologist Mary Knapp.

It may be April Fools Day, but this is no joke. The Sacred Heart Elementary and Holy Child Preschool in Pratt will have to relocate.

A 72-year-old Hutchison man died Saturday from a heart attack he suffered while shoveling snow, officials in Reno County said.

Many in Pratt county can't believe what a difference a day can make. Saturday morning the county was shut down.

Nine counties have issued disaster declarations: Barton, Harper, Pratt, Reno and Seward are the latest to do so.