Arizona man jailed in Pratt
An Arizona man is in Pratt County Jail after being arrested for driving without a license, no proof of insurance and open containers of alcohol.Ricardo Hernandez-Ramirez of Phoenix was stopped for...
View ArticleStafford shooting leaves one dead, one in jail
Police have confirmed that Thursday's shooting was a fatal event. Names have still not been released.
View ArticleHoward charged with disorderly conduct
Pratt City Manager Dave Howard has been charged with one count of disorderly conduct in connection with an alleged domestic battery incident on Feb. 19.
View ArticleNames released in Stafford shooting death
Stafford police released the names of victim and shooter in Thursday's homicide, the community's first murder in 20 years.
View ArticleUPDATE-Domestic dispute turns fatal
A late night gunshot ended the life of one Stafford resident and sent another to jail on murder charges in the city’s first homicide in more than 20 years.
View ArticleGrass fire burns over 100 acres north of Byers
A grass fire of unknown origin burned over 100 acres of CRP grass north of Byers Saturday afternoon.
View ArticlePratt County firefighters give aid at grass fire in southern Kansas
A fire in Comanche and Barber County that began around noon on Tuesday continues to burn this morning, with smoke and the odor of fire apparent in Pratt County. Fire departments from Cullison, Coats...
View ArticlePolice investigate broken gas meter
Pratt Police are investigating a hit and run that broke off a gas meter at 1006 Champa.
View ArticleWildfire burns across thousands of acres in Kansas, Oklahoma
Authorities say a wildfire that started in Oklahoma and spread into Kansas has burned tens of thousands of acres of rural land.The National Weather Service says the fire started Tuesday night near the...
View ArticleUpdate Massive fire out of control in Barber County
A massive fire that started in northern Oklahoma is now burning out of control in Barber County.
View ArticleBarber County wildfire: Red Cross shelters one family in Pratt
A shelter was established at the Pratt Community Center Wednesday afternoon to aid evacuees from a massive wildfire in Barber County. One family from Medicine Lodge, 30 miles to the south, stayed...
View ArticleUncontained grass fire continues to burn
A massive grass fire continues to burn uncontained over 42 hours in Barber and Comanche Counties and northern Oklahoma.
View ArticleAmerican Red Cross shelter remains open in Pratt
The American Red Cross has opened one shelter for families displaced by the wildfires in Barber, Comanche, Harvey and Reno Counties. Anyone impacted by the wildfires is urged to come to a Red Cross...
View ArticleRelief effort under way to help ranchers affected by wildfire
Relief effort under way to help ranchers affected by wildfireA large wildfire that started in Woods County, Okla., and spread to Comanche and Barber counties in Kansas burned an estimated 100,000...
View ArticleHay needs for Barber, Comanche county ranchers met for now
The Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) has been met with overwhelming generosity in their efforts to coordinate support for the victims of the wildfire in southcentral Kansas this week. The large...
View ArticleWildfire the biggest in state history
Though some progress has been made to contain it, the persistent wildfire that spread north from rural Oklahoma into a sparsely populated section of Kansas is the largest one in Kansas history,...
View ArticleWildfire: Contingency plans made for livestock
When folks in the southern part of Pratt County woke up Wednesday morning, they could smell the smoke from wildfires that stretched across Barber and Comanche counties, and in many cases see the blaze...
View ArticleFirefighters' efforts hampered by rugged terrain
With a fire as big as the Anderson Creek blaze that has burned almost 400,000 acres in Kansas and Oklahoma since starting on March 22, it shouldn’t be hard for firefighters to get to the fire.But the...
View ArticleFirefighters make progress in Barber County
Fires continue to burn in the Gyp Hills in Barber County — although on Monday the blaze was reported as 81 percent contained by the Kansas Adjutant General’s Department public affairs office — a...
View ArticleAgencies coordinating relief in fire areas
The Anderson Creek fire in Barber and Comanche counties is mostly controlled, but farmers and ranchers will need help to recover. Miles of fencing have been destroyed, buildings burned and cattle have...
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