By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—For most folks, blankets are something to be used to get warm on a chilly day. For people who don't have homes, they use blankets for the same purpose, as ...

by Bill Bush SEDGWICK—Members of the Sedgwick Police Department (SPD), with the assistance of the Wichita Police Department, located and arrested a 37-year-old Wichita resident, identified as Said ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—Hunter Graber loves to get overtime. It just sparks something in him. He likes to experience his hours rolling past 40. It's his favorite thing where he works ...

Mary E. (Bette) Wallace, 96, died Friday, May 16, 2025 at Paramount Community Living and Rehab in Newton. She was born on June 6, 1928 in Cherokee, Oklahoma to William J. and Mabel (Nichols) Evans. On ...

By Adam Strunk The Newton business and economic development community celebrated a shovel ceremony for GAF Materials. Hundreds of Millions of dollars in capital investment. Billions of dollars in ...

By Rusty Whitcher HESSTON—In what was a made-to-order evening, the first ever Hesston Farmer’s Market was a rousing success. With 29 vendors, over 350 people visited the market, and as the event ...

by Bill Bush SEDGWICK—The Sedgwick City Council opted not to take the recommendation of City Administrator Kyle Nordick to approve an ordinance allowing the city exemption from a Kansas State ...

HALSTEAD—Erma Jean Pjesky Torricelli, 92, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, at Melrose Senior Care, Poway, California. She was born Feb. 22, 1932, at Halstead to Herman and Alvina (Becker) Pjesky. She was ...

By Adam Strunk A deluge of rainfall pounded Harvey County on Tuesday, prompting flash flood and flood warnings throughout the day. Rain started in the early morning hours and continued throughout the ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now HESSTON—The two aspects Debra Voth enjoys about art are the creativity and connectedness it brings. Before she retired, Voth was a social worker at Prairie View and ...

PHOTO PROVIDED Sedgwick High School (SHS) senior Karston Wall signs a letter of intent to play baseball at Barton County Community College. Sitting on either side of Wall are his parents, Melissa and ...

By Sarah Beauchamp Gina Corrigan, owner of Gina’s Salon, was influenced by her own fight with cancer to start a foundation helping other women in the county. With the help of her friend Joni Carson, ...