City launches comprehensive planning process
The City of Newton has begun its new comprehensive planning initiative, Newton Next.
Chad Frey
Labor Day to alter trash pickup schedule
Newton City offices will be closed Monday, Sept.1 for Labor Day, which will also alter the trash collection schedule.
Airport project to cost city, county less than expected
When the city and county greenlighted a runway reconstruction project for the Newton City/County airport in July, one grant of several had not yet been received even though it had been approved.
Successful so far: Microschools still rare but gaining traction in Kansas
Olivia Sumner, a teacher at Creative Minds Academy, started last fall with about 15 students in kindergarten through sixth grade. This fall, the popular microschool operated by the Wichita school district will more than double its enrollment.
Eggtooth earns top poetry honor in Kansas
Jesse Nathan, a poet whose voice rises from the Kansas prairie and reaches far beyond, has been named the winner of the 2025 Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award in Poetry for his collection, Eggtooth. The $1,000 award will be presented on Friday, September 19, at 4 p.m. in Room 120 of the Plass Learning Resources Center (1731 Plass Ave) on the Washburn University campus just ahead of the annual Kansas Book Festival. Nathan will be present to give a reading from the book.
City creates framework for hotel incentive program
This summer city staff have been working on an idea, a set of incentives to try and attract more hotels to the city of Newton.
NPL to host local author day
Author registration will opened for Newton Public Library’s first-ever Local Author Day.
NPL to host local author day
On Monday, Sept. 1, author registration will open for Newton Public Library’s first-ever Local Author Day.
Eggtooth earns top poetry honor in Kansas
Jesse Nathan, a poet whose voice rises from the Kansas prairie and reaches far beyond, has been named the winner of the 2025 Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award in Poetry for his collection, Eggtooth. The $1,000 award will be presented on Friday, September 19, at 4 p.m. in Room 120 of the Plass Learning Resources Center (1731 Plass Ave) on the Washburn University campus just ahead of the annual Kansas Book Festival. Nathan will be present to give a reading from the book.
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