By Rusty Whitcher HESSTON—A truck ignited while in the diesel fuel bay at the Lincoln Boulevard Casey’s on the morning of Nov. 17 in Hesston. Hesston fire crews were on scene and extinguished the ...

by Bill Bush BENTLEY—The Bentley Bluejay Connection Group has launched a holiday food drive for families experiencing food insecurity. Donation boxes are set up at Bentley City Hall, 150 S Wichita, ...

By Adam Strunk What’s Thanksgiving dinner for a group of 10 going to cost you in 2025? $51.28. That’s using the ingredients from the Farm Bureau Thanksgiving Dinner Survey. The farm lobbying ...

by Bill Bush HALSTEAD—The City of Halstead will work with residents this winter who have trouble keeping up with their utility bills. The council decided at its latest meeting to implement ...

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By Adam Strunk NEWTON—Charging for limb pick up has the potential to make Newton's bulky item pick-up program a revenue generator, if not revenue neutral. At last Wednesday's meeting, the City of ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—It was Courtney White’s two grandpas, Bill Budde and Michael White, who gave her a love of cars. Now, she has two classic cars—a 1966 Impala painted with the ...

by Bill Bush HALSTEAD—The Halstead City Council doesn’t know what to do about clearing the streets during/after snow events and decided to seek the public’s input after a lengthy discussion on the ...

by Bill Bush After discussion and a motion that died for a lack of a second, Harvey County Commissioners tabled a request by Jim Meier (road & bridge director) and Rex Yohn (noxious weed director) to ...

By Adam Strunk Bulky item pick up will cost $20 if you mix limbs with large items. In the past, a $10 bulky item pickup charged covered removal by the city of five items. That could be four items of ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—The main reason local churches put on the Community Thanksgiving Dinner is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They want to spread the word to those in the ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NORTH NEWTON—North Newton now will have a parks and recreation committee. That’s after the North Newton City Council voted 4-0 in favor of establishing the group at ...