NCT plans fund-raising cabaret
It’s not really news that Newton Community Theatre is putting on a show, but it is news that what they are planning is a little different.
Chad Frey
NHS senior becomes Presidential Scholars Program candidate
Anahi Sanchez, a senior at Newton High School, has been named one of more than 5,000 candidates in the 2024 U.S.
Regier selected for intercollegiate honor band
Eli Regier, Bethel College senior from Newton, has been selected for a regional honor band.Regier will represent Bethel – and private Kansas colleges – in the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Southwest Division Intercollegiate Honor Band at the annual conference, which takes place this year from Feb.
Rail Caucus to talk Heartland Flyer
Sen. Carolyn McGinn (R-Sedgwick) will host a Passenger Rail Caucus meeting at noon Feb. 7 in the Kansas Capitol Building and online at The… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Kindergarten enrollment opens
The Newton Area Chamber of Commerce will host a legislative update from 9 to 10:30 a.m.
Inch by inch, K-State’s Technology Development Institute makes a digital twin of a rural Kansas school
MANHATTAN — For nearly a century, the Memorial School Building had been the pride of Hill City and one of the finest in western Kansas, serving originally as a high school and then as Longfellow Middle School, until its closure in 2009.But thanks to efforts of two K-State 105 partners — the Innovation Center in northwest Kansas and the Technology Development Institute, or TDI, at Kansas State University’s Carl R.
‘STEAMwSeniors’ launches in Hesston
After Craig Gingerich’s mother died, his father then 85-year-old father started volunteering volunteering with the high functioning memory group at Schowalter Villa in Hesston.
Education Frontlines: Edgar Snow
Persons who never venture to another country, learn another language, or intermingle with foreigners are very inclined to think that all people think as they do.
Doom-laden bombast about future of journalism overlooks striking work in Kansas, elsewhere
When I was growing up, not that long ago, my family subscribed to two daily newspapers.The Wichita Eagle arrived in the morning and had the biggest comics page, which my brother, sister and I would fight one another to read.
Divide between lawmakers and citizens on Kansas gun policy
Kansas has some of the most permissive gun laws in the country, and last week the state house began debate on a bill that, if passed, would put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to further enshrine gun rights in the state constitution.The proposed amendment would change the language of Section 4 of the Kansas Bill of Rights to include possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories, and firearm components as constitutionally protected rights.