Click! New photography studio Welfelt Portrait Studio opens
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Throughout the Welfelt Portrait Studio are photos of various people, from smiling families, a local artist, couples and individuals,……
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Strike!: NHS seniors enjoy bowling for the school
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now One thing Newton High School senior Cori Lyall likes about being on the bowling team is the group is……
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Opportunity Academy helps students learn, grow
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Tyler Swalley was hoarse on Monday afternoon. It wasn’t the result of a principal speaking sternly to students. Although……
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Newton police officer also a goalie for the Wings
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Whether they admit it or not, sometimes getting arrested and landing in jail can be a blessing to someone……
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Golf cart ordinance approved without Second Street
By Pilar Martin Special to the Independent HALSTEAD—In a surprise move at Monday night’s Halstead City Council meeting, Ordinance 1298, allowing golf carts on……
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World-famous wolf visits the cardinals
Bill Bush SEDGWICK—The Sedgwick junior and senior high schools got a surprise treat last Wednesday morning. The KC Wolf dropped by for an all-school……
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Sheriff’s moves forward with vehicle purchases in spite past delays
By Blake Spurney Hesston Record Staff Eleven months after the Harvey County Sheriff’s Office ordered five new Ford Police Interceptors from Shawnee Mission Ford,……
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Hesston offering many more antiques and collectibles
By Bill Bush For several years, Emma Creek Antiques, which opened in 2009, was the lone antiques store in Hesston. In the last 12-18……
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Headrick thrives in isolation at wastewater plant
By Blake Spurney Hesston Record Staff Kyle Headrick likes being left all alone to oversee operations of Hesston’s wastewater treatment plant. “I’m not a……
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Hesston school board tees off on middle-school golf
By Wendy Nugent Hesston Record Some of the people on the Hesston Golf Course this spring might be a little shorter than the usual……
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