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Walton Elementary will stay open next year, though it will look much different. It is not the only elementary that will look different next fall, either.

What to charge for water and sewer services has been the topic of discussion of the Newton City Commission – which doubles as the Newton Utilities Board – for months. A consultant and city staff advocated for rate increases in October of last year, while the commission has pushed back.

The five-member Newton City Commission needed a “super majority” vote to override a recommendation of the Newton/ North Newton Planning Board and rezone a property in the Kansas Logistics Park as requested by GAF Materials, a company looking to purchase acreage for a possible manufacturing facility.

TOPEKA — Puberty blockers, mastectomies, surgeries that remove “any body part or tissue” and prescribing estrogen to males or testosterone to females to treat gender dysphoria could be essentially unavailable in Kansas to people under 18.

Full Vision was founded in 1958 and celebrated its 65th anniversary with a major expansion to its current operations located at 3017 Full Vision Dr. The employee-owned company will construct a $7 million, 32,000 square foot addition to its manufacturing facility at 3017 Full Vision Drive.

TOPEKA — The superintendent of Kansas’ second-largest school district Monday told a Kansas House education committee the social-media narrative portraying teachers as unprofessional and unworthy of respect was a prominent reason for resignations among classroom educators.