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August 6 through August 14, All times Central NOTE: All competitions are subject to change. Check with www.thekansan.com, the Kansan sports Twitter page (@nksports) and the Kansan Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheNewtonKansan/) for the latest in cancellation and postponement announcements for area teams).

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In Brief

Kansan to move to mail delivery The Newton Kansan will move to mail delivery, suspending carrier delivery for all customers,following the August 27edition.All carriers were notifed either phone, meeting, letter or all three forms of notification of the change at the end of July by members of the Kansan staff and members of Cherry Road Media management. Cherry Road Media owns The Newton Kansan in addition to more than 60 other community newspapers in the United States.

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Africa’s Wild Year 7 p.m., 2 a.m. onBBCAEach episode of this new four-part series focuses on a single season in Africa — spring, summer, autumn and winter — revealing the different conditions they bring and shape the continent.

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US declares public health emergency

By ZEKE MILLER, MIKE STOBBE and MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON (AP) —While the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has reported only one case of monkeypox in the state, the federal government declared a public health emergency Thursday to bolster the response to a monkeypox outbreak that has infected more than7,100 Americans.The announcement will free up money and other resources to fight the virus, which may cause fever, body aches, chills, fatigue and pimple-like bumps on manyparts of the body.“We are prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, and we urge every American to take monkeypox seriously,” said Xavier Becerra, head of the U.S. Departmentof Health and Human Services.The declaration by HHScomes as the Biden administration has faced criticism over monkeypox vaccine availability.

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Who Do You Think You Are?

6 p.m. onKSNW In this new episode, actor and political activist Bradley Whitford (“The West Wing,” “The Handmaid’s Tale”) learns about his grandmother’s heritage, discovering why his ancestors immigrated to the United States in 1846.

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In the Dark

8 p.m. onKSCW As she tries to get her life together, Murphy Mason (Perry Mattfeld) and Max Parish (Casey Deidrick) have a long overdue conversation.

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New tradition at Bethel means murals on Haury Hall

There’s a new tradition at Bethel College for artists – spend at least part of the summer painting on campus. But not just any painting, a mural on the side ofHaury Hall. This summer the responsablity to carry on the tradition and create the class of 2022’s contribution to the mural fell to student CapriBisom. Bisom, a student worker at Bethel’s Kauffman Museum, said that the Indigenous pattern and coloring she chose is based on a cradleboard at the museum, while the threshing stone colors areBethel maroon, gray, black and white.

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WEDNESDAY BEST BETS

August 6 - 12, 2022 Expedition Unknown 7 p.m., 11 p.m. onDISCLooking to answer enduring questions around Moses’ existence and the story of Exodus, host and explorer Josh Gates takes an epic adventure that starts with opening an ancient Egyptian tomb and ends with trekking what could be the true Mount Sinai in the new episode, “Mysteries of Moses.” Does he find remnants of a burning bush or the location where Moses led the Israelites across the Red Sea? Wellington Paranormal 8 p.m.

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