S&T was founded as a Cooperative in 1952 to provide much-needed rural telephone service in western Kansas. Eventually, Cable TV and High-Speed Fiber internet were added as core services. Still a Cooperative, S&T has expanded its geographic reach beyond the original nine telephone exchanges, providing telecommunications services to over 34 Western Kansas communities. In 2019, as part of a rebrand, S&T established separate business divisions for Residential, Business, and Advertising services. An additional division, S&T Community, was also founded to better focus on community development efforts and charitable contributions.