Morning minute: Wichita photographer at NPL
Fourth Tuesday Photography at Newton Public Library will feature Photographer Cary Conover at 7 p.m. Jan. 25. Conover will give an online talk about his… Login to continue reading Login…
January 2022
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Trash, recycling schedule changes for holiday
The City of Newton will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 17, as a holiday — altering the curbside trash and recycling collection schedule.… Login to continue reading Login…
Morning minute: MLK observance to be at Memorial Hall
It was nearly 62 years ago that Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on the stage of Memorial Hall on the campus of Bethel College. It… Login to continue reading Login…
Railers fight off South comeback to snap skid
SALINA — The third quarter for the Newton High School girls’ basketball team resembled the third quarter of a number of Railer games this season, watching a close game get away. It almost happened again after getting outscored 19-8 in the third quarter against Salina South, but the Railers put things back together in the fourth quarter to claim a 47-43 win over the host Cougars Tuesday in Salina.
Fate of Lindley Hall to be considered this month
The future of Lindley Hall will be decided soon — this week the Newton USD 373 board of education reviewed an architectural and structural building evaluation by Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey Architecture of Wichita.
Newton High School boys’ basketball suffers repeat of previous game
SALINA — The Newton High School boys’ basketball team had an almost identical game Tuesday in a 69-47 loss at Salina South as they had Friday against Valley Center. In both games, Newton struggled from the field and fell behind early, while the Railers’ opponent had the hot hand on offense.
Area Basketball Roundup
Prep girls Central Kansas League Nickerson 55, Hesston 40 HESSTON — Ava Jones scored 30 points to lead the Nickerson Panther girls to a 55-40 win over Hesston Tuesday in CKL play. Nickerson led 30-23 at the half and 41-30 after three quarters.
Bethel College men’s basketball team wins eighth straight
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Bethel College men’s basketball team played in the city where it wants to end the season and now needs to keep up the momentum to get downtown.
Vaccine protest erupts in Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria – Protesters opposing COVID-19 restrictions in Bulgaria clashed Wednesday with police as they tried to storm the Parliament in the capital of Sofia. A heavy police presence prevented protesters from entering the building, and some were detained.
US, Britain may see rapid decline in omicron cases
Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19’s alarming omicron wave might have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases could drop dramatically. The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it may already be running out of people to infect, just a month and a half after it was first detected in South Africa.