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Billie Blair Pratt Tribune Ongoing conversations about the construction of the Pratt Safety Building throughout the month March for Pratt County Commissioners included a change in the footings, some concerns about the gas line, and setting up a meeting with the architect and construction company.  Kelly McMurphy, Landmark Architect, did report a savings of $346,599 due to changes made in the HVAC system. He also reported that there would be progress meetings with email reports to commissioners Tom Jones, Rick Shriver and Dwight Adams every two weeks. Actions taken by the commission during th...

Pratt Tribune A 68-year-old man, Kenneth Gatlin, who had been missing since last Thursday and for whom a statewide Silver Alert had been issued, was found deceased Monday just after noon, approximately 1/4 mile from a rural roadway in a pasture fence-line on the Northwest side of Pratt. Gatlin, who moved from Colby to Pratt a year ago and was a resident at Parkwood Village, was reported missing from the care facility at 401 Rochester Street in Pratt, on April 8. According to an official news release from the Pratt Police Department, Gatlin, who suffered from dementia, walked away from the fac...

Billie Blair Pratt Tribune Pratt is unique in its small-town ability to help people needing help. Three local organizations available here for those seeking assistance are the Hope Center, Circles of Hope, Pratt County, and Prairie Independent Living Resource Center, Inc. (PILR, pronounced Pillar). These three programs function independently, yet as they work together, more people are helped.  “These organizations work together so no one group is spinning its wheels,”  said Pam Ford, Director of the Hope Center. “We are cohesive so real help happens.” The Hope Center is the hub of h...

Pratt Tribune Pratt County Noxious Weed Department Director Robert Torres has issued a general notice to control noxious weeds, effective March 10, 2021. According to Torres, the Kansas Noxious Law K.S.A 2-13-14 requires all people who own or supervise land in Kansas to control and eradiate all weeds declared noxious by legislative action. The weeds declared noxious are: field bindweed, musk thistle, Johnson grass, bur ragweed, Canada thistle, serivea lespedeza, leafy spurge, hoary cress, quack grass, Russian knapweed, kudzu and pignut. "Notice is hearby given pursuant to the Kansas Noxious ...

Pratt Tribune Bright colors splashed across paint canvasses in the form of cats, flowers and birds have brought joy to Debbie Withers in her Pratt home for many years, and now she is sharing those paintings, created by her mother Virginia Mills Garrison, with the public for several months at the Pratt County Historical Museum. "My mother was very much an extrovert. She loved bright colors, she loved glitter; painting was such a joy for her," Withers said. "That's just the way she was. Her art was her saving grace. It kept her going. She would be thrilled that we are having another exhibit wit...