Plains Folk: Gerald Roberts and the Flint Hills Rodeo
By: Jim Hoy As related in my previous columns about the Flint Hills Rodeo, the three oldest of the six children of Emmett and Clara… Login to continue reading Login…
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Library Happenings
Newton Public Library 720 N Oak Street Newton, KS 67114 (316) 283-2890 fax: (316) 283-2916 www.newtonplks.org library@newtonplks.org Library Hours: Mon-Tues, Thurs: 9 a.m. – 8… Login to continue reading Login…
Working toward fiscal responsibility, common sense legislation
By Rep. Ron Estes Each month I want to provide you with regular updates about what’s going on in our nation’s capital and throughout the… Login to continue reading Login…
Education Frontlines: Will the next Taiwan president be “Beijing-friendly”
In January 1979, Deng Xiaoping stated that if Taiwan unified with the mainland, “…the existing socioeconomic and even political systems would be preserved—that is, democratic… Login to continue reading Login…
Insight Kansas: How municipal
By: Dr. Russell Arben Fox In Wichita, Topeka, and elsewhere across Kansas, the municipal election cycle is underway. Candidates for city council and school board… Login to continue reading Login…
The Fix For Failure: Banks should sell their services, not gamble with your money
By: Thomas L. Knapp The collapses of three large US banks (Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank) so far this year has… Login to continue reading Login…
Lets talk about a hit movie and what it means
The movie of the summer – both from the surprise box office success and the political firestorm that it has stirred up around it –… Login to continue reading Login…
Food trucks may become subject to new license requirements
By Chad FreyNewton Kansan After a work session titled “community growth and safety issues,” the Newton City Commission is taking a look at creating a… Login to continue reading Login…
Funk completes restoration project for Threshing Days
By Chad FreyNewton Kansan The result of a project by Bruce Funk, his grandsons are going to be working pretty hard during the annual Threshing… Login to continue reading Login…
4-H style review moves to the fair
By: Chad FreyNewton Kansan In years gone by there would be a fashion show in Athletic Park, usually in the last week of July. It… Login to continue reading Login…