Prep Football: Week 1
All games 7 p.m. Central Kansas League Halstead @ Smoky Valley Halstead will mark the debut of new head coach Derek Racette. The Dragons are… Login to continue reading Login…
August 2022
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Hesston tops Defenders HESSTON — The Hesston High School volleyball team downed the Wichita Defenders in three sets in a dual meet Tuesday in Hesston.… Login to continue reading Login…
Larks take fourth at home meet
Bethel takes 12th at Fall Kickoff The Kansan Staff HESSTON — The Hesston College golf team opened the season with a fourth-place finish Monday and… Login to continue reading Login…
Newton spikers drop match to Maize South
Rains leads attack with 13 kills By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan The Newton High School volleyball team opened Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League Division I play… Login to continue reading Login…
Strong start of second half lifts Railers
Valdivia Rodriguez posts hat trick for NHS soccer team By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan In an otherwise close game, it was the three goals the… Login to continue reading Login…
Photo gallery: Newton Railers Soccer Club
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Newton teams unveiled at Fall Sports Fest
By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan Newton High School hosted its annual Fall Sports Fest Friday at Fischer Field, Newton High School and Chisholm Middle School, featuring either scrimmages or introductions of all the Railer high school and middle school sports teams, band. cheerleaders and dance team, along with the Newton Football Club.
Amish cook: Heading back to school
School bells are ringing, or more accurately, they are about to ring for the first time in two and a half hours. It’s true; after a term of homeschooling, we are having school again in our little country school! A narrow strip of woods lies between the school and us.
When Politics and Constitutions Collide
Thomas Jefferson once wrote critically of those who “look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.” While he firmly opposed “frequent and untried changes in laws,” he argued that, in the end “laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.” In other words, as people learn and grow and change, their constitutions necessarily should too. These words are on my mind today, with one failed constitutional amendment in our recent past and another constitutional amendment facing Kansas voters this coming November.
NASA scientists visit Moundridge farm
A historic farm near Moundridge has a habit of making history, and teaching others about useful farm practices. This month that teaching extended to members of NASA, who visited The Flickner Farm.