Church to host forum
Shalom Mennonite Church, 800 E.
Chad Frey
City launches survey about downtown
The city of Newton is launching a survey concerning downtown through Choose Newton.
Many homeless Kansans have jobs but can’t afford a place to live
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Kansas — Julie Riggins has spent much of her adult life looking for housing to avoid being homeless.Despite earning a paycheck during many of those years, Riggins rarely had enough money to afford rent for the housing that was available.Although she was working at gas stations and restaurants, she often had to choose between paying for food or paying her rent.
Two children almost died at a Kansas foster office. What that says about the system
Poor supervision at offices has been a problem for years.
Kansas is covered in farms but isn’t growing enough local produce for school lunches
GARDEN CITY, Kansas — Deep into western Kansas, there’s an abundance of corn and cattle.
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Museum explores immigration in new exhibit
Kauffman Museum’s new exhibit looks at a historic year for Mennonite immigration – 1874 – while considering the broader topic at the forefront of today’s news and conversation.The museum on the campus of Bethel College will open a new special exhibition, “Unlocking the Past: Immigrant Artifacts and the Stories They Tell,” Sept.
Consider these lingering mysteries of life and politics
This year I will celebrate my 70th birthday.
As presidential election approaches, my stomach quivers. Here’s how to steady our nerves in Kansas
If I could take any time off from being a journalist or feeling interested in politics, it would be the October before a presidential election.No disrespect to those of you who find these weeks thrilling and exciting.
Kansas profiles: Helping companies solve engineering problems that are out of this world.
Today let’s go visit one of the first spacecraft in which American astronauts flew into outer space: the Liberty Bell 7, the second U.S.