By Adam Strunk This Saturday, a pottery store, gallery, and studio opens on Main Street in Newton. The location, Mostaza, will sell various functional and decorative pottery items at 615 N. Main ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now HESSTON—Brady Weimer held a yellow and green sponge and backed himself into a garbage can, demonstrating how he and the other three business owners/operators clean ...

By Adam Strunk Please help decide Newton School District’s future facility investments. That’s the message being sent by USD 373. The District extended the deadline for patrons to fill out a ...

By Adam Strunk Halstead City Halstead residents will see at least eight names on their ballot in November’s local City election. With two business days left until the June 2 filing deadline, there are ...

Michael Eugene Arellano, 68, lifelong Newton, Kansas resident, died Saturday, May 24, 2025, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on January 21, 1957, in Newton, the son of Jesse and Amelia ...

By Adam Strunk NEWTON—Welcoming. Comfortable. Inviting. Kimberly Kirchmer repeats these words several times when discussing what she wants her new community pub to be in Newton. You can see her ...

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by Bill Bush SEDGWICK—The USD-439 Board of Education made several hires during a special meeting Tuesday evening: •Lee Weber, business/PE, summer weights, high school head football coach. •Katie ...

By Rusty Whitcher NEWTON—Thankfully, the rains sprang down during the recent bout of monsoon season, or things could have become dicey for the City of Newton. Newton was about to be in a water ...

Kendall Edwin Schwanke, 72, of Hesston, Kansas, died Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Schowalter Villa. He was born on Dec. 24, 1952, in Topeka, Kansas, to Edwin C. and Marlee (Fishburn) Schwanke. He grew ...

by Bill Bush SEDGWICK—Sedgwick’s new fire/EMS station is on schedule and on budget, according to Greg Urban with BG Consultants. Urban told the city council in a special meeting prior to its regular ...

More than 280 students crossed the stage on Saturday night as the stands at Fischer Field were filled, which A graduate crosses the stage. left some people standing to watch. Students walked onto the ...