Last week middle school students were able to spend time at Brooks Trade Center on the Newton High School campus in “Lego Camp.” But these were not grandpa’s Legos they were using their imagination and building skills with. Campers spent a week designing and programming a robot made from Legos to compete.
The 9th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations for a new district judge position. The district judge post in the 9th Judicial District was among several certified by Supreme Court Administrative Order 2022-JA-020 after the Kansas Legislature passed and the governor signed 2022 House Substitute for Substitute for Senate Bill No.
Brian Stucky of Goessel is not against green energy - he has had solar panels on his house for decades. He’s also not really against the construction of wind farms in Kansas, though he questions mightily why Harvey County would be a place considered.
The city commission will be asked to bring one housing program to a close, and launch another, during its meeting June 14. What will be going away is a program started in 2019 to offer incentives for home builders, what the commission will be asked to consider launching is a home weatherization program.
The City’s annual contract street maintenance is scheduled to begin June 14, weather permitting. The contractor, APAC, will begin by milling off pavement on the following streets in this order: Alice Avenue from First to Fifth Estelle Avenue from First to Fifth West Fourth Street from Meridian to Columbus West Sixth Street from Meridian to Columbus West Sixth Street from Grandview to Park Place Columbus Ave from Seventh to Columbus Ave from Seventh to Ninth West Eighth Street from Columbus to McLain McLain Avenue from Broadway to Ninth Then beginning June 20, weather permitting, the contractor will overlay those streets in the same order with asphalt.
ANDOVER – Tornado recovery is well underway in Andover and Butler and Sedgwick Counties - and United Way of the Plains has raised more than three quarters of a million for the efforts. Many individuals and organizations are continuing to clean up, work through insurance claims, and begin case management.
Tony Kitchen, a licensed master addiction counselor and licensed master social worker, joins the clinical staff at Prairie View’s Newton campus. He provides sub He provides substance use evaluations and individual, family and group therapy to individuals 18 years of age and older.
It was Memorial Day and our neighbors stopped in with red roses in honor of our hero who went to be with Jesus. Though Amish as a whole don’t extensively celebrate Memorial Day, this was so special. My heart was warmed. Surely Daddy Daniel was a hero in our home, and after two months of not having him around the house, it was a stark reality that Daddy was no longer here.
For the past few months, I’ve been fielding questions about the baby formula crisis. Make no mistake, the shortage of baby formula is indeed a crisis.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – When warmer temperatures come, so do many species of biting ticks. Many people take precautions to prevent bites to them and their animals, but of particular concern is a species of tick that Kansas harbors: the Lonestar tick.