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Hesston College graduates once again received their diplomas and took pictures with Hesston College president Dr. Joseph A. Manickam in Yost Center on Hesston College campus in a commencement ceremony held at 6 p.m on May 14. This year’s graduation activities were held fully in person for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Hello again, dear readers, and welcome back to the monthly letters column. Virus-related mail, which once required a column of its own, has slowed down. That means we can once again fold those questions in with the general letters. Speaking of which ...

More than 240 members of the Class of 2022 graduated from Newton High School during ceremonies May 15 at Hartman Arena. Students who graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors - a 3.5 grade point average with at least three advanced placement courses in different subject areas, six honors courses and a 29 or higher on ACT exam included Lauren Anton, Andrew Barron, Madeline Duncan, Benjamin Friesen Guhr, Caleb Koontz, Ethan Neufeld, Ember Suter, Cody Headings and Ember Suter, Students who graduated with Magna Cum Laude Honors - a 3.5 grade point average, at least two advance placement classes, five honors courses and a score of 16 or higher on the ACT exam included Kaden Anderson, Savannah Hunsucker, Madelynn Hamm, Hayley Loewen, David Meisel-Silva and Ann Pomeroy.

On Friday the 13th Sunset Elementary students went through a Gold Rush experience - panning for and mining “gold” on the school lawn. Students were able to turn in their earnings for items they may need to take the frontier.

Each year Harvey County Habitat for Humanity constructs a home, which is sold to a home-owner using an interest free mortgage. The newest home broke ground last month in the 200 block of East Second.

TOPEKA — Leading infection control and prevention experts at a Kansas hospital say COVID-19 numbers are trending up slowly but have yet to reach the surging levels seen in other countries. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported Friday 2,847 new COVID-19 cases and 29 new deaths since the previous week.

Alexander T. Wolfe might have been bitten by the unlucky number 13, and that led to his being convicted of three counts of Sus scrofa domesticus murder.

Congressional testimony began Thursday on a bill that would create a federal commission to look into the impacts of Native American boarding schools such as those that once operated throughout Kansas and at two sites in Missouri.