Newton BOE at least has right idea with bond issue. Figure out the amount the community will support paying. Then, design the bond issue to address the most important priorities while staying in such ...

I’m just about tired of writing about the Old Dillons building. I think I’ve penned at least 10 articles about the property at 320 N. Main over the years and when it would be torn down. It’s ugly.

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—At least 100 people were at the U.S. Highway 50 Stand Up America, Route 50 Coast to Coast protest of President Donald J. Trump on Saturday between Newton and ...

By Rusty Whitcher Just thinking about them can give people the sensation of itching, and there are a lot of urban legends about these common summer pests. They are a parasitic mite more commonly known ...

by Bill Bush HALSTEAD—While the Halstead governing body floundered in their attempt to ban battery energy storage systems (BESS) Monday night, the No BESS group already put its next strategy into ...

By Rusty Whitcher It’s a piece of paper that is sometimes taken for granted. As Harvey County residents take on summer construction projects, it is handy to know there is most likely a need for a ...

by Bill Bush HALSTEAD—As they have since the 1980s, Sam Griffin and Ron Auernheimer are setting up the Halstead Lion’s Club fireworks stand at 216 Main Street. Griffin and Auernheimer handle the ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now WALTON—Video games are some of the things that helped Dylan Crawford of rural Walton become interested in guns. Now, he has an associate's degree in gunsmithing from ...

By Adam Strunk NEWTON—The Newton City Commission held a work session Tuesday night to talk about its budget for 2026. The budget recommendation from city staff was to set its mill levy at 72.223 mills ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—A group called the White Caps wrote notices to people in red ink, which was thought to be blood, with skulls and crossbones on their stationery to anyone they ...

By Sarah Beauchamp At a town hall discussing the state of the Harvey County Jail, Sheriff Chad Gay mentioned that the department also houses Larned State Hospital patients. Harvey County Now reached ...

by Bill Bush HALSTEAD—Twice, the crowd filling city hall Monday evening stood on the verge of erupting as Halstead’s City Council voted to ban battery energy storage systems (BESS) from the town’s ...