September 2022
SUNDAY BEST BETS
The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family 7 p.m. on KPTS Sometimes you’ve got to be careful what you wish for.
MONDAY BEST BETS
74th Emmy Awards 7 p.m. on KSNW It’s time to celebrate the best of the best on television! And while “Succession” rules the roost with 25 nominations, “Ted Lasso” and “The White Lotus” also came to play with 20 nominations each.
SATURDAY BEST BETS
Moonfall 7 p.m. on HBO A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit and sends it on a collision course with Earth.
Kansas Supreme Court decision against grandmother could shape foster care custody rights
TOPEKA, Kansas — A woman lost her appeal to wrestle custody of her grandchild from the Kansas foster care system when the Kansas Supreme Court ruled against her on Friday. A 4-month-old, called N.E.
How to register to vote for the Nov. 8 election in Kansas
The general election in Kansas is on Nov. 8, giving voters the opportunity to decide on local, statewide and federal offices. On the ballot this November are the state’s highest offices, including governor, attorney general, treasurer, secretary of state and commissioner of insurance. One U.S. Senate seat is on the ballot, as are seats for all levels of the state judiciary. And Kansans statewide will vote for the first time for representatives in newly redrawn districts for each of the state’s four congressional representatives, 125 state house representatives and five state Board of Education seats.
Knock, knock: Jehovah’s Witnesses resume door-to-door work
Jehovah’s Witnesses have restarted their doorto- door ministry after more than two and a half years on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, reviving a religious practice that the faith considers crucial and cherished.
New church at prison will serve women of multiple faiths
PEARL, Miss. (AP) — Incarcerated women of faith inside Central Mississippi Correctional Facility have struggled to find a reliable worship space for years, but that will soon change. The prison in Pearl, the only state prison that holds females, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony recently for a new church that will primarily cater to those women.
Library Happenings
Newton Public Library 720 N Oak Street Newton, KS 67114 (316) 283-2890 fax: (316) 283-2916 www. newtonplks.org library@newtonplks.org Library Hours: Mon-Tues, Thurs: 9 a.m.
Teresa Mary Gatz Sawyer
in Newton, Kansas. She joined her beloved husband, Ric Sawyer in the arms of Jesus on August 30, 2022, the National Day of Grief.