THURSDAY BEST BETS
NBA Basketball 6:30 p.m., 12:30 a.m. on TNT A clash of the top two teams in the Atlantic Division begins tonight’s TNT doubleheader as Jayson Tatum and the first place Boston Celtics drop in on Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets.
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‘Healthy Holiday’ effort continues
Bargain hunters who stopped by the Et Cetera Shop, a thrift store in downtown Newton, January 5 found a few deals that were even better than normal. The found free stuff – free vitamins, hand wipes, toiletries, blood pressure monitors and COVID-19 tests at a table draped with a Health Ministries banner.
Meeting notices
BOE to meet The Newton USD 373 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Jan.
Free Narcan training coming to The Porch
First responders in Harvey County have been using Narcan (Naloxone) to save lives. The drug, administered properly in a timely manner, can literally bring someone back from death who is overdosing on opioids.
Sports briefs
Thunder falls to Idaho WICHITA — The Wichita Thunder fell to the Idaho Steelheads 5-3 Wednesday in ECHL play in Wichita. Idaho led 4-1 after two periods.
Late run sinks Thresher men
WINFIELD — An 18-6 run in the final six minutes of play handed sixth-ranked (NAIA) Southwestern a 90-79 win over the Bethel College men’s basketball team Wednesday in KCAC play in Winfield. Bethel took a one-point lead on a Nick Bonner 3-pointer with 5:59 remaining, but quickly fell behind by six and never recovered.
Bethel women open year with win at Southwestern
WINFIELD — The Bethel College women’s basketball team hit the road and came away with an 81-45 win against Southwestern in Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference play Wednesday in Winfield. Bethel snaps a three-game losing streak to end December.
American politics is designed to minimize “reckonings”
“The question,” Bonnie Kristian writes at The Daily Beast, “isn’t whether we want a Republican reckoning or not. It’s whether we want the dream of mass public repentance for bringing Trump to power or the reality of Trump remaining out of power.”
Editorial: Be more specific, please
The devil, the say, is in the details. And this week, we really want more details from Secretary of State Scott Schwab.
A farewell letter from Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt
Serving as your attorney general these past 12 years – the second longest tenure in Kansas history – has been a privilege. Most of the quiet good our professional team accomplished made few headlines: We recovered $1.1 billion for Kansas consumers and taxpayers, far more than any prior administration, while spending less than $300 million running the office – a nearly four-to-one return on investment.