Railer baseball team ends season with sweep
Newton takes two games from Salina South, finishes a half-game out of regionals By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan cschnabel@cherryroad.com It was a bittersweet night for… Login to continue reading Login…
May 2025
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Newton Kansan Athletes of the Year voting opens
The voting for the Newton Kansan Athletes of the Year for the 2024-25 school year has opened. The site is at This year’s nominees… Login to continue reading Login…
FAMFEST: Spring into Joy
The Newton YMCA helped families take family night to the next level on May 10 with “Spring into Joy FAMFEST.”
County, city commissions to meet
The Newton City and Harvey County Commissions will meet for a joint work session at 5 p.m. May 13 in the Intrust Community Room of Newton Public Library, 223 E 7th St.
County Parks readying for Memorial Day
For Harvey County Parks this has been a good news, bad news kind of week as the Memorial Day weekend looms on the horizon.
Pope Leo XIV: Why the College of Cardinals chose Chicago native and Augustinian to lead the church
When 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as Pope Leo XIV on May 8, he was cheered loudly by the huge crowd of pilgrims, tourists, local Catholics and other onlookers who had waited hours for the first sign of white smoke and the official announcement.
Amish Cook: Savoring the quiet days while wanting the children home
Today feels like a rare day. It’s a day much like the other 160 school days of this term, yet it has a different dimension. Today marks the last day for the five schoolchildren to go off to school.
End of the “American Century”
On February 17, 1941, Henry Luce, publisher of Time magazine, first proposed a future “American Century” where the U.S. would end its isolationism and work to spread democracy worldwide.
Trump’s Mass Deportation Scheme Is Failing. Good.
by Thomas L. Knapp On May 5, the US Department of Homeland Security announced that immigrants in the US can use a smartphone app to… Login to continue reading Login…
Defending Democracy Is My Retirement Plan
In early April, I attended the Hands Off! Rally in Washington, DC. Living near the nation’s capital, I’ve always tried to engage in protests and events to support causes I believe in, often as a family with my wife and children. I fondly remember attending Barack Obama’s first inauguration, watching it on jumbotrons with thousands of others.