The Newton Fire Department responded to two structure fires in three days this weekend, reporting no injuries to anyone after the fires – though the department did rescue three pets and gave one cat oxygen,
Every year during the first week of March the Federal Trade Commission observes National Consumer Protection Week. The Kansas Attorney General’s office with our In Your Corner Kansas campaign focuses year-round on protecting consumers from scams and rip-offs, but during this week in particular we remind Kansans to be diligent and to keep yourself and your personal information safe.
A race for health care providers was on the docket recently at the Newton YMCA, an event hosted by Empower Physical Therapy. Empower Physical Therapy of Newton and Hesston hosted the third annual Race for Health February 19.
The Newton Kansan is moving to a new office downtown, vacating a building which has housed the publication of the newspaper since 1928. “This is an important day for the paper,” said editor Chad Frey.
TOPEKA — Kansas could soon see autonomous Amazon and FedEx delivery robots roaming the streets of their neighborhood if a bill passed by the Senate is signed into law. One of about two dozen bills debated in the Senate Wednesday, the autonomous vehicles in question under Senate Bill 161 can only go up to 6 miles per hour and weigh up to 15 pounds.
WICHITA — The Kansas Board of Education rejected a letter of resignation from Commissioner Randy Watson on Friday, instead opting to suspend him without pay for 30 days. The action came after Watson made a comment about Native Americans during a conference last week that some people criticized as racially insensitive.
TOPEKA — Members of the Kansas congressional delegation found unanimity in denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and demanding imposition of the strongest available economic sanctions in reprisal.
Editor’s note: This is a followup to a story that first published online at thekansan.com Feb. 23.
Have you ever refused to do something you knew God wanted you to do? That might be too difficult to answer, let me ask it another way. Have you ever done something you knew God would not want you to do?
Official enrollment numbers for the spring term at Bethel College are out – and school officials are happy with what they see. “We are thrilled with these numbers and what they say about the Bethel campus community and its focus on students, their success and their fit at the college and in the wider community,” said Heidi Hoskinson, vice president for enrollment management The report showed an official count of 449, the second highest spring number in a decade.