Through the lens: Old Settlers car show

Halstead Old Settlers Festival 2025 hosted a full schedule of events Aug. 7 through 10.
Halstead Old Settlers Festival 2025 hosted a full schedule of events Aug. 7 through 10.
One of the bloodiest days in the history of Newton will be commemorated this week, when the Harvey County Historical Society will host a reenactment… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
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All photos my Michele Clark, Newton Kansan Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Newton Public Library’s first used book sale since moving to the new building will be held Friday and Saturday, Aug. 15-16 at the library, 223 E. 7th.
August 6 and 9 are the 80th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The killing of 140,000 civilians at Hiroshima was the effect of detonating a 60-million-degree Celsius explosion (10,000 times hotter than the surface of the sun) over the city. Richard Rhodes’ The Making of the Atomic Bomb reported, “People exposed within half a mile of the … fireball were seared to bundles of smoking black char in a fraction of a second as their internal organs boiled away…”
I stood at the edge of a two-story dock, frozen.
“My bill,” US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tweeted in June, “will require the U.S. Census Bureau to conduct a new census immediately upon enactment of the bill. In conducting the new census of the U.S. population, it shall require questions determining the citizenship of each individual, and count US citizens only.”
by Melinda Myers As temperatures rise, some annuals slow down or stop flowering due to heat stall. They will recover as temperatures cool but may… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Have you ever stood up too quickly and felt the room spin? Or rolled over in bed and suddenly felt like you were on a merry go round you didn’t ask to ride? Maybe you’ve started to notice you feel a little unsteady when walking or need to hold onto furniture “just in case.” If that sounds familiar, you are not alone. And more importantly, you are not without options.