SHAWNEE — Gov. Laura Kelly had the late Cooper Davis and Sebastain Sheahan in mind Thursday when signing into law bipartisan legislation designed to save lives by decriminalizing in Kansas use of test strips capable of detecting presence of fentanyl in drugs.
TOPEKA — The school funding bill forwarded by the Kansas Legislature to Gov. Laura Kelly — noteworthy for what it excluded as well as what it included — contained an unexpected budget twist that potentially blindsided as many as 100 public school districts with declining enrollment.
The Newton Eagles Auxiliary made a visit to “The Table” this week, presenting the weeknight meal program a check for $3,500. The Fraternal Order of Eagles is an international non-profit organization uniting fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills and promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope.The Newton lodge is located at 120 W 5th St Newton, KS 67114 The table is a Wednesday night meal, free to anyone, served at The Porch by the So Shine Foundation.
Benefit concert to support Circle of Hope The folk-rock tunes by Seth Swartzendruber will be on display from 6:30 to 8 p.m. May 26 at Hesston Golf Course.
Carriage Factory Art Gallery. 128 E 6th St, is celebrating the Newton High School Art Department and students with exhibitions this spring.
Marsha (Seger) Moeller, a member of the Newton High School Class of 1965, will be in town this weekend taking in a choir concert at 7:30 p.m May 15 at NHS. And while she will not be performing, she will be getting some attention at the concert.
This week the Newton City Commission and approved an amended low-interest loan agreement with the State to account for increased costs of replacing the city’s oldest water tank - a project that has been ongoing for years.
Kansas state representatives this spring voted for “historic” legislation spending more than $50 million a year on preserving groundwater and restoring the state’s reservoirs. By the time the Senate finished with the bill, it was “watered down” but “a good start.” Rep.
WASHINGTON — After more than three years and 1.1 million deaths, the United States on Thursday will end the public health emergency for COVID-19 — and Congress is attempting to better prepare for a possible resurgence of that virus or another.
MANHATTAN – If gardeners are crying about their onions right now, it’s not because they’re slicing them in their kitchen. But they may soon.