December 2022
WEDNESDAY BEST BETS
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 7 p.m. on KAKE Pop-culture legends Pat Sajak and Vanna White bring celebrities to the Wheel for a star-studded spin on America’s Game in the new episode “Janelle James, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Chris Perfetti.” The stars of ABC’s smash hit comedy “Abbott Elementary” will spin the world’s most famous Wheel and solve word puzzles for a chance to win more than $1 million for a charity of their choice.
MONDAY BEST BETS
134th Rose Parade 10 a.m. on KSNW The grand marshal of this year’s colorful parade, for which the theme is “Turning the Corner,” is former Arizona Rep.
SUNDAY BEST BETS
Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom 4 p.m. on NGEO This series gives viewers an allaccess pass to explore Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge and The Seas With Nemo & Friends at EPCOT, paying tribute to an array of more than 5,000 animals and their animal care experts who keep things running.
SATURDAY BEST BETS
The Twilight Zone 6 p.m. on SYFY As part of the channel’s annual Countdown to 2023 all-day marathon of “The Twilight Zone,” after debating with a member of his club whether you could go back in time and change major events, Pete Corrigan (Russell Johnson) seems to go back to April 15, 1865 — the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Prayers for ailing Benedict in retired pope’s native Bavaria
MARKTL AM INN, Germany (AP) — People in Pope Benedict XVI’s Bavarian homeland prayed Thursday for the retired pontiff, a favorite son of the region even 40 years after he left Germany for the Vatican and nearly a decade after his resignation stunned the world.
Kansas Prole: Small town athletics at its best
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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.
Kansas congressmen introduce latest attempt to overturn protected status of lesser prairie chicken
TOPEKA — Kansas congressmen are trying to use a federal tool to strike down the listing of the lesser prairie chicken as threatened or endangered, saying protecting the birds would have negative consequences for Kansas’ economy.
Gov. Kelly searching for new secretaries of transportation, administration and a fire marshal
TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s list of second-term executive branch vacancies climbed to three with retirement of the state’s fire marshal.