Last week, the Kansas State Board of Education heard a report from their staff encouraging them to promote Kansas joining the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact. Similar to states across the country, Kansas schools are experiencing growing vacancies statewide.
A live nativity walking tour called Night in the Barn was hosted by Tabor Mennonite Church Dec. 17 and 18 at Patchwork Farms (formerly Papa’s Pumpkin Patch) at 372 70th St, Newton.
“Mom, don’t close your eyes,” said an anxious little voice by my side. I was taking advantage of several quiet moments after lunch with thoughts of catching up on lack of sleep.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Newton High School wrestling teams posted some of their best team results at the multi-state Kansas City Stampede Friday and Saturday at Bartle Hall.
The Newton High School girls’ basketball team hit just 15 percent from the field (six of 40), falling to Maize South 59-19 Friday in Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League Division I play at Ravenscroft Gym. Maize was 24 of 43 shooting.
PREP GIRLS Wheat State League Goessel 41, Rural Vista 26 GOESSEL — The Goessel High School girls’ basketball team had seven players score, while Rural Vista had just three score in a 4126 Goessel win Friday to open Wheat State League play.
Are they crazy? At the last city commission meeting it appeared to me that most of the commission are determined to raise Newton’s water rates in January 2023. With the rate of inflation being the highest in forty years our commissioners appear to be blind to the plain Newton citizens are currently having to deal with higher prices for food, gas and electricity.
The Respect for Marriage Act (RMA) provides stronger federal safeguards for married same-sex couples in Kansas. Bipartisan majorities passed it through Congress and President Joe Biden recently signed it into law.
Avid supporters of coal, oil, and gas (and opponents of wind and solar energy, but I repeat myself) seem convinced that they’ve got the ultimate gotcha arguments in “intermittency” and “energy density.” They’re right, but not in quite the way they seem to think.
Hello, dear readers, and welcome back to the continuation of our monthly letters column. You’ve been keeping our inboxes full, so we’re diving right in.