HAYS, Kansas — This town’s water problem couldn’t be put off any longer. After an especially dry year, the wells that pumped water to Hays ran dangerously low in early 1992.
The United Methodist Church, long a mainstay of the American religious scene, is beginning to fracture. Hundreds of churches have already disaffiliated from the denomination this year, with hundreds more moving toward the exits. Many plan to join the newly created Global Methodist Church, formed by conservatives frustrated by continued defiance of denominational bans on same-sex marriages and the ordaining of openly LGBTQ pastors. So far the majority of congregations are staying, but several of the largest are planning to leave. The breakup comes amid mutual accusations of hardball tactics and spreading falsehoods.
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis appealed for unity in the Catholic Church on Tuesday as he marked the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, lamenting the divisions that its modernizing reforms spawned as the work of the devil.
By Chad Frey Newton Kansan Kansas Treasurer Lynn Rogers stopped by Northridge Elementary School on Oct. 13 with a surprise – a nice big check.… Login to continue reading Login…
The story of Tamino, a prince lost in a foreign land being pursued by an enormous monster, will be told at 4 p.m. Oct. 16… Login to continue reading Login…
Each semester, Newton High School’s Drama II Class chooses a drama service project, something to improve the community. This semester’s class is performing multiple self-written… Login to continue reading Login…
It’s not a huge curveball for the Harvey County Commission as they consider proposed Commercial Renewable Energy Project regulations - but a letter from Equus Beds Groundwater Management District No. 2 does ask the county to consider changes to the regulations being considered Oct. 13.
Ten states have joined the federal government to sue major pesticide makers, contending that the companies effectively shut off farmers from cheaper, generic products. Kansas is sitting out the case even though nearby farm states — including Nebraska, Iowa and Texas — signed on.
TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas’ Republican attorney general told a racial justice commission two years ago that racial bias “obviously” exists in law enforcement, but he said Tuesday that he wasn’t saying systemic racism exists and stood by campaign attacks on the state’s Democratic governor for using that phrase. Attorney General Derek Schmidt and fellow Republicans are portraying Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly as anti-police as Schmidt tries to unseat Kelly in the Nov. 8 election. George Floyd’s death in 2020 led Kelly to form a Commission on Racial Justice and Equity to examine policing, declaring as she did, “Systemic racism within law enforcement must end.”
HMCDDO to meet The Board of Directors of the Harvey- Marion County Developmental Disability Organization will hold its regular monthly meeting at 4 p.m. Oct.