‘Taste of Christmas’ to start this week
By Kansan StaffIn partnership with the City of Newton through downtown promotions, the Chamber hosts an annual Taste of Christmas event to showcase local businesses through a city wide holiday open house.
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Newton PA announcer headed to state
Craig Ney, one of the voices behind the microphone during Newton High School sporting events, will make a trip this weekend he was hoping the NHS soccer team would make.
Video, gallery: Newton Toy Run 2024
2024 Toy Run, starting at Chisholm Retail and Outlet Shops Photos by Chad Frey, Newton Kansan\
Church to host ‘Holiday Exchange’
Salem United Methodist Church will host “Harvey County Holiday Exchange,” a fund-raising event for multiple nonprofit organizations, from 10 a.m.
NHS to stage play this weekend
This story and photo gallery first published Nov.
Following week of rain, drought conditions weaken
Even before Newton residents woke up to a light rain on Nov.
Conservatives gain majority on Kansas State Board of Education
WICHITA — Two conservative Republicans won seats on the Kansas State Board of Education late Tuesday, shifting the board’s ideological balance and potentially reshaping what’s taught in public schools.Republican Debby Potter, a homeschooler who supports school choice, was in the lead in District 10 near Wichita, well ahead of Democrat Jeffrey Jarman and Independent Kent Rowe in unofficial election results.In District 4 in northeast Kansas, Republican Connie O’Brien — a retired teacher who served four terms in the Kansas House — edged Democrat Kris Meyer with 51% of the vote.Potter and O’Brien both advocate for parents’ rights and against social-emotional learning in public schools.
Kansas Republicans will have more control over abortion, taxes and transgender rights
Kansas Republicans have an even tighter grip on state politics after dominating in local legislative elections.Republicans expanded their supermajority in the state Legislature in Tuesday’s elections.
Kansans are split on whether immigrants benefit the state
Nearly half of Kansans believe the growing immigrant population is a bad thing for the state.A recent survey by the Midwest Newsroom and Emerson College Polling found that 47% of registered voters in Kansas believe immigration has had a negative impact on the state.