At least 100 people turned out to join the protest on U.S. Highway 50 stretching from the west to east coasts on Saturday, and area people joined the Trump protest in Harvey County on the highway. At ...

By Rusty Whitcher HARVEY COUNTY- 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 ...

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

By Adam Strunk 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 Halstead.

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 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 ...

Vere Edward English, 92, went to be with the Lord on May 30, 2025. He was born March 14, 1933, in Newton to parents David and Velma Jean English. He grew up on a farm north of Newton and graduated ...

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—Children frolicked and played on a liquid-doused slippery slide on Wednesday as part of the SEAK program in Newton. SEAK stands for Summer Enrichment ...

Long-awaited Dillons tear down delayed a bit more By Adam Strunk NEWTON—The Newton City Commission voted to table an agreement with BNSF for site cleanup at the city-owned Old Dillons location, 320 N.

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 ...