Former Beneficient CEO Brad Heppner regularly talked about bringing a grocery store to Hesston. As his story went, his mom couldn't get groceries in an ice storm, and he wanted to do something to ...

by Bill Bush HALSTEAD—The Halstead Public Library (HPL) Summer Reading program kicked off this week with 100 kids signing up ahead of time. The program doesn’t require registration and is open to all ...

by Bill Bush Harvey County commissioners approved a mid-year change for the health department’s fee schedule and 2026 Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) Grant application Tuesday morning. Health ...

This rendering of a third plan for the development of Ridge Pointe led to more questions because of the central pond. The drawing has the pond located in what is essentially the high point of the ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—Mechanic work came naturally to Jerry Buller. When he was growing up at a farm east of the town of McLain (when it was a town) after his dad got frustrated ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—Middle school and high school athletes are busy during the summer, even though they're not competing. They're just getting ready for it. This summer, students ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—Firefighters did nothing to prepare for the Battle of the Badgez kickball game on Friday night. Well, that "nothing" paid off, because they beat the law ...

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 Adam Strunk HALSTEAD—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 ...