by Bill Bush HALSTEAD—Buns and Badges was such a success Wednesday evening that the Halstead Police Department had to run to the store to buy more hot dogs. HPD started with 150 hot dogs. Chief Josh ...

If you like an underdog, it’s hard not to root for a petition process to succeed in Kansas. In our opinion, there are few processes meant to give voice to citizens that are so staunchly rigged against ...

by Bill Bush The rain right now is great for the corn, soybeans, and milo but keeps farmers from completing their harvest of their wheat crops. Farmers Co-Op General Manager Jack Queen said they were ...

By Adam Strunk Don't believe the text messages telling you to pay fines to the Kansas Department of Transportation or lose your license. They're a scam. The state of Kansas pushed forward a release ...

Former Beneficient CEO Brad Heppner regularly talked about bringing a grocery store to Hesston. As his story went, his mom couldn't get groceries in an ice storm, and he wanted to do something to ...

In pitch-perfect clarity, my 2-year-old grandson Liam said the king of all naughty words after spilling an entire jar of bubbles. Lucky for me, his dad had captured the entire conversation with his ...

by Bill Bush SEDGWICK—Sedgwick Police Chief Bryan Hall introduced the city’s newest full-time police officer to the City Council during Wednesday’s council meeting. Kyle Woods is four weeks into his ...

By Rusty Whitcher THAILAND—For Hesston High School alum Ryan Achilles, it’s always been about footwork. Little did Achilles know his footwork would take him overseas to compete in a worldwide soccer ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—With the Fourth of July quickly approaching, large tents have popped up all over Newton and other parts of Harvey County. For just a few dollars, the dreams ...

The couple isn’t real—they were made for a reproduction of the first Our Lady church in Newton, with its white steeple and many pews. It will be part of a Latino history display at the Harvey County ...

By Adam Strunk HALSTEAD—A group opposed to a possible battery energy storage system has submitted a petition to force a vote on an ordinance banning certain kinds of the technology within the City of ...

by Bill Bush SEDGWICK—Wednesday evening, Sedgwick High School and Junior High students practiced their forensics acts at the Meeting House in preparation for the 2025 National Speech & Debate ...