PREP GIRLS Wheat State League Little River 59, Goessel 25 GOESSEL — The Goessel girls fell to topranked (KBCA, Class 1A-I) Little River 59-25 Tuesday in Wheat State League play in Goessel. Little River led 21-3 after the first quarter, 31-12 at the half and 54-21 after three quarters.
DERBY — The Newton High School boys’ basketball team couldn’t find the offensive firepower it had last week in a 58-31 loss to fourthranked Derby Tuesday in AV-CTL I play in Derby. “We brought the toughness, we played hard,” Newton coach Demetric Williams said.
This week the city commission was charged with setting rules for the discharge and sales of fireworks in 2023. “This community, there is something about fireworks that we have a love affair with,” said mayor Leroy Koehn.
Holiday changes trash schedule The City of Newton will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan.
Jim Schrag, 78, pastor, leader and first executive director of Mennonite Church USA, died on Jan. 7, in North Newton.
Dear Doctors: I’m having my first colonoscopy in a few months. My friends say it’s unpleasant, and I’m already dreading it. I think it would help if I knew what’s going to happen. How often do you need to get a colonoscopy? And is there any way around having to use that prep drink?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Breathe deep to get relief. You know what you must do to start the party. Embrace the highs and lows with enthusiasm and positivity, and seek out people who can help make your dreams come true.
Second Girls’ Tournament 9 a.m. Thursday Ravenscroft Gym Schedule First round Quarterfinals First consolation round Lunch (30 minutes) Consolation quarterfinals Championship semifinals (west mats) and consolation semifinals (east mats) Break (20 minutes) Medal rounds Teams Newton, Arkansas City, Baldwin, Bixby (Okla.), Derby, Douglass, Emporia, Garden City, Hutchinson, Manhattan, McPherson, Salina Centra,l Tonganoxie, Valley Center, Washburn Rural, Wellington, Wichita North.
We visited a large conservatory that housed many tropical and warm climate plants. All of these plants could be houseplants in your home.
MANHATTAN — The extreme late December drop in temperatures drove many to retreat to the indoors to stay warm, but for beef cattle out on pasture, bedding in a warm barn is not always an option, said the experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute on a recent Cattle Chat podcast.