An unusual theater performance is looking for an audience, as Bethel College’s Prison Theater Project returns as a summer term course. Two students, under the direction of John McCabe-Juhnke, professor emeritus of communication arts, are collaborating with seven inmates at Hutchinson Correctional Facility’s medium-security East Unit for a performance titled Inside Story.
Efforts to build a new public library facility in Newton received a boost this week, as the Dwane and Velma Lunt Wallace Foundation of Wichita announced a gift of $100,000 to the Newton Public Library capital campaign.
EL DORADO – A “Vote No” rally to oppose the proposed amendment known as “Value Them Both” was held along North Main Street at North Main Park in El Dorado, on Sunday, June 26th following the recent Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.
TOPEKA, Kansas — A state already gearing up for voters to decide whether to strike abortion rights from the Kansas Constitution reacted with both glee and dismay at the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the 49-year-old Roe v. Wade precedent on Friday.
Can one upcycle a plastic bottle to create a piece of art? Yep, and teens learned how to create a “diving squid” art piece from plastic bottles at Newton Public Library this week. The Teen GameZone & Crafts on June 20 was focused on a project to use plastic water bottles to make art.
Fireworks season is about to blast off in the area, and for the city of Newton this year will have eight days of sales and discharge - up an additional day from a year ago and nearly the full period allowed by Kansas statute.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
ANDOVER – Some very special guests are back at Andover Court Assisted Living, at least for now. A mother Mallard Duck has hatched a brood of baby ducks - 12 to be exact.
Some new artwork thas been hung at the Trinity Labrynith at Trinity Episcopal Church Elaborate in El Dorado. Hey Eldorado pictures painted at the Garden Party in May can be seen at 400 West Ash ElDorado.
Let’s go to the disc golf capitol of the world. We could travel around the globe looking for such a designation, or we could go directly to… Emporia, Kansas.