Pratt News

Published online 11/5/2009 7:49 AM Morning blend: News from around Kansas Compiled by Edie Ross - The Hutchinson News - eross@hutchnews.com Suspect in fatal stabbing pleads guilty to lesser charge The Pratt Tribune Daniel Riendeau pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Wednesday in Pratt County District Court for the November murder of Alesia ...

A blizzard that dropped 30 inches of snow on Pratt County in March will set a record for the most snow in a 24-hour period in the state's history, State Climatologist Mary Knapp said.

An alert marine service professional noticed the adult zebra mussels attached to the motor's lower unit and called the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.

The Pratt Humane Society is in desperate need of help. Without it they don't know if they can stay open and help the animals.

PRATT, Kansas - A Kansas animal shelter may have to shut its doors if it can't raise thousands of dollars to pay off a bank loan.

Published online 9/29/2009 10:13 PM City, former commissioner square off She's being sued by Pratt over her efforts to force an election on street project.

Jason Epp/High Plains Daily Leader Senior Cassi Bryant was crowned queen Friday night in Hooker.

Pratt police are looking for vandals that hit mail carrier trucks and police and sheriff's cars late Tuesday or early Wednesday morning.

Jim and Lynn Southard, Pratt, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Stephanie Southard, to John Godfrey, son of Leroy and Redeara Godfrey, Anthony.

As I slowly awoke from my surgery, I was finally able to to focus on the sign in front of my hospital bed.

Supporters of a museum dedicated to central Kansas role in training B-29 bombers during World War II are celebrating another step in making the museum a reality.

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.