By Harvey County Now Staff Matthew Ratzlaff, 38, of Burrton, accepted a plea agreement on Aug. 6, pleading guilty to one count of kidnapping and two counts of aggravated Indecent Solicitation of a ...

By Adam Strunk Tom Cowen wants people to stop driving through his field. Cowen spoke to the county commission about his problem. He owns 46 acres of property adjacent to a sinkhole in Walton. Earlier ...

Kelley Donner is near Storywalk pages of her book, "Run, Oscar, Run!" The Storywalk is at Kauffman Museum in North Newton. Wendy Nugent/Harvey County Now ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—Following a recent fire, the NMC Health Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Center needed its own healing. Firefighters put out the June 12 fire that was caused by ...

Jerid Coleman, 44, died Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at his home in Newton with his wife, Laura, by his side. A Celebration of Life will be announced by Affordable Cremations Plus, Wichita.

Donald Edgar Matschull, 78, formerly of Plano, Texas, died Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at Newton Presbyterian Manor in Newton, Kansas.

Marilyn Joyce Kaufman, 85, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, at Halstead Health and Rehabilitation. She was born on July 26, 1940, at Fort Morgan, Colorado, to Clarence E. and Fern Amy (Robinson) Cox. She ...

Nancy Ann McGinn-Steffen, 91, of Haven, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 1, 2025, in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on April 6, 1934, in Newton to Guy and Naomi (Gaines) Hall. She graduated from ...

AmeriStarRail is proposing a privately-funded rail-line which could connect New York to Los Angeles, with a stop in Newton.

By Adam Strunk County Treasurer Becky Opland (Fields) attended Tuesday's county commission meeting to notify the commission that she expected to have her meals reimbursed. Last week, the Harvey County ...

By Rusty Whitcher HALSTEAD—It’s one of the longest running festivals in Kansas. On Thursday, Aug. 7, the 138th annual Halstead Old Settlers will kick off with a weekend packed full of tried and true ...

by Bill Bush HALSTEAD—Carrie Herman, recipient of this year’s Old Settlers Good Neighbor Award, has not only served Halstead but all of Harvey County and beyond. Herman was the executive director at ...