A Wichita school board meeting was suspended unexpectedly Monday after three new board members refused to wear face masks during the meeting. Diane Albert, Kathy Bond and Hazel Stabler, who were elected in November and started their terms Monday, sat at the board table without masks when a livestream of the meeting started.
By Chad Frey/Newton Kansan Lynette Redington looked at the county board of health Jan. 11 and spoke about being overwhelmed. She said that on that… Login to continue reading Login…
As work completing a new downtown mural celebrating the city of Newton's 150th year completed, the city announced a free birthday party to come in February. The work to construct a mural in the 300 block of Main in Newton is nearly complete, the culmination of about a year of work.
LA cops pull pilot from plane moments before train hits it LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles police officers pulled an injured pilot from the wreckage of a small plane that crash landed on railroad tracks just moments before a commuter train smashed into the aircraft over the weekend. Bodycam video showed the officers working furiously Sunday afternoon to disentangle the bloodied pilot from the cockpit of the crumpled Cessna 172.
It’s not only in visual images that one remembers. Sometimes it’s the smell of fresh-cut wheat, the sound of a well-tuned tractor or the feeling of calmness as you walk across your newly-planted soybean field.
LOS ANGELES – As coronavirus cases soared across Los Angeles last week, Jennifer Chan entered Olvera Street’s Casa California in search of the colorful and decorative papel picado for her baby shower.
Airbnb hosts in Oregon will soon only see the initials of some prospective renters, not their full names, in a change designed to prevent discrimination against Black users of the online lodging marketplace.
BEIJING – China’s lockdowns of big cities to fight coronavirus outbreaks are prompting concern about more disruptions to global industries after two makers of processor chips said their factories were affected.
WASHINGTON – One of the fastest years of job creation in U.S. history stumbled at the finish line in December.
For decades Hope Home Repair assisted low income home owners with repairs to their homes. Since 2011 Hope Home Repair has worked in conjunction with the City of Newton, utilizing Community Development Block Grant funding to assist with home repairs — issuing low or no interest loans to some homeowners to assist with repairs like new windows, heating and air systems, water heaters and roofs for homeowners with an income of $14,000 a year.