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Billie Blair Pratt Tribune Information shared at Pratt County Commission meetings during the month of April included several presentations by Pratt County Economic Director Heather Morgan. Over the coures of the past several weeks, she shared that the state had lifted the mask mandate and that it is now up to separate entities to decide whether to continue the mandate. Morgan said that SB 40, a major law overhauling how governments can respond to the COVID- 19 pandemic, was signed by Governor Kelly. She also reported that money has been set aside for Pratt county businesses with large gas bil...

COVID-19 cases surge 16.3% in Kansas Mike Stucka USA TODAY NETWORK New coronavirus cases leaped in Kansas in the week ending Sunday, rising 16.3% as 1,717 cases were reported. The previous week had 1,476 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19. Kansas ranked 43rd among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 15.4% from the week before, with 344,463 cases reported. With 0.88% of the country's population, Kansas had 0....

4/30/2021: 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., New Beginnings Church, 2021 N Western Ave. _______________ More about the blood drive ( from their press release): With no substitute for blood and no way to manufacture it, volunteer donors are essential for hospital patients in need of transfusions. During National Volunteer Month this April, the American Red Cross is celebrating the blood donors who help fulfill its lifesaving mission and urging healthy individuals to join them in giving.  Nearly 2.6 million Red Cross volunteer donors step up every year to ensure blood is on the shelves when patients need it...

Last year, after years of fundraising, Haven High School's greenhouse became a reality. Before the pandemic hit, students in the agriculture program grew lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers and gave the vegetables to the school's cafeteria, where they were placed in the salad bar.  This model, along with lettuce from indoor school tower gardens, is taking place at schools throughout the state - from Hutchinson to Wellington to Medicine Lodge. Dozens of schools are also buying onions and carrots from Kansas farmers, as well as hamburgers and pork chops from Kansas ranchers. Hundreds of school ch...

Pratt County vaccination schedules are now wide-open and county health administrator Van Der Vyver recommends April scheduling as soon as possible.