Halstead girls return to break with win over Clearwater
Wills paces Dragons with 16 points By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan CLEARWATER — The Halstead High School girls’ basketball team was outsized at nearly every… Login to continue reading Login…
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Plains Folk: The Tree of Knowledge
With the same ritual devotion many households pay to the nativity story in Luke’s Gospel, we in our house attend to the classic Christmas story of prairie literature--Willa Cather’s narrative of a country Christmas in her novel, My Antonia.In Cather’s gospel, the boy, Jim, his grandparents, and the hired hands, Jake and Otto, on account of heavy snowfall, are unable to get to town and buy some of the usual trimmings and trappings for the holy day.
Dwelling on the right words
Thursday a short city commission meeting ended the public meeting with an opportunity for a new member to do what new members of governmental boards do quite often - suffer foot-Iin-mouth disease.Longtime watchers of local governments have seen this before.
2023 Top 10: 1. GAF signs on the dotted line
Efforts to develop businesses in the Kansas Logistic Park a leap forward this year. The Kansan confirmed that GAF Materials closed on a real estate… Login to continue reading Login…
2023 Top 10: The biggest tournament yet
Sand Creek Station is about to host the biggest tournament yet – a national championship sponsored by the United States Golf Association. Coming in 2024,… Login to continue reading Login…
2023 Top 10: Walton Elementary shuts down
In 2023 Walton could lost the charter school on the edge of the small town, bringing to an end a debate that pops up every… Login to continue reading Login…
2023 Top 10: 4. Newton to welcome Hillsboro Industries
About 50 new jobs are coming to Newton following the approval of a development agreement by the Newton City Commission on Nov. 28. Hillsboro Industries… Login to continue reading Login…
2023 Top 10: 5. New Housing
Housing drew headlines for all the right reasons in 2023 – namely the completion of one housing project and the launch of new ones. Byron… Login to continue reading Login…
2023 Top 10: 10 New Hope breaks ground
Brian Bisbee will likely never forget his first day on the job at New Hope Shelter. It was June 8, 2020, and he had moved… Login to continue reading Login…