Walk inside the main entrance of Newton Nazarene Church, 1000 N. Main, and turn left and there’s a gymnasium. It’s a space that Blair Hamilton and other members of the church board want to put to work. h “We figure we have the space. We are thinking about how we can use it to benefit the community,” Hamilton said. h Long a space used as a voting station for elections and community blood drives, last week the church did something new — a carnival for elementary school students.
In a world that typically glamorizes muscularity and the “buff body type,” “dad bods” aren’t just accepted. They’re even considered “sexy” to some women.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will decide whether the use of race in the admissions processes at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violates civil rights law and the Constitution, reviving a controversial legal debate over affirmative action that has been years in the making.
LONDON – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won the first stage of his effort to overturn a United Kingdom ruling that opened the door for his extradition to the United States to stand trial on espionage charges.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to the proxy voting system that Democrats put in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic. McCarthy had sought a declaration that proxy voting, an absent representative giving authority for someone in attendance to cast his or her vote, was unconstitutional.
The Newton City Commission will be asked Jan. 25 to take the next step in a land sale — the sale of property in the Kansas Logistics Park.
BERLIN – A lone gunman wounded four people, some of them seriously, during a lecture at Heidelberg University in southwestern Germany on Monday, police said. Police said the shooter was dead but didn’t give details of how the death happened.
6 found dead at Milwaukee home; homicide investigation underway MILWAUKEE – Six people were found dead in a Milwaukee home in what police are investigating as multiple homicides, authorities said. Milwaukee police responded about 3:45 p.m.
Famous Kansans, and also books, will headline Kauffman Museum’s annual Kansas Day celebration for 2022. Celebrate Kansas Day! activities are on Saturday afternoon, Jan.
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday praised the Legislature’s bipartisan support in passing a bill that relaxes worker qualifications for understaffed hospitals and long-term care facilities, but acknowledged it won’t solve all of their staffing problems.