November 2023

The city of Pratt, Kansas, is home to around 6,500 people.But the small town is rife with new developments.

Robyn Adams struggled to support her husband and teenage daughter on $16,000 a year during the pandemic.Then the pandemic ended and her family lost its Medicaid coverage.“We went into panic,” she said.The family relied on a temporary expansion of coverage authorized by the federal government during the pandemic to weather the bills that came with her rheumatoid arthritis, her husband’s heart condition and her daughter’s Type 1 diabetes.Suddenly, the family faced a cost of prescription drugs that runs thousands of dollars a month.

What was known entering the Newton City Commission and Newton USD 373 Board of Education elections is there would be new members of both of those board.

The Newton High School drama department is about to stage a production with heavy themes and a tragic backstory.“Dealing with deep subjects is something we all go through in the human experience.

A Newton High School teacher will exhibit her artwork in the Bethel College art gallery this month, with a reception coming from 6 to 8 p.m.