by Darren McMannis | Apr 7, 2021 | 150 Years Ago
The First Known Murder In Harvey County The first known murder in what was to become Harvey County was related to the cattle trail connecting Texas with Abilene, Kansas. This shootout took place early in April of 1871. John Wesley Hardin, the well-known Old West...
by Darren McMannis | Apr 1, 2021 | 150 Years Ago
NEWTON WILL BE A LIVELY LITTLE PLACE NEWTON – A gentleman who returned from the Southwest a day or two ago, gives the following description of the new town of Newton, which is to be a point on the A.T. & S.F. railroad: He says there are two...
by Darren McMannis | Jan 8, 2021 | 150 Years Ago
Summary Of Newton But for the A.T. & S.F.R.R., running to and stopping for a short time on Sec. 17, township 23, range 1, east, seventy four miles west of Emporia, no set of extravagant speculators would ever have thought of laying out a town where Newton now...
by Darren McMannis | Jul 25, 2018 | Accidents, Drowning, Occupational Accidents
Mark Olson has died after being trapped under a lawn mower in an area of a ditch with standing water. According to the Sheriff’s Office, around 2:30 p.m. this afternoon first responders were dispatched to the home of Dr. & Mrs. R.J. Tippin, 5814 S. Kansas Ave.,...
by Darren McMannis | Jul 24, 2018 | Motorcycle, Obituary
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office has identified a man killed in a motorcycle crash near Valley Center on Tuesday as 30-year-old Jamison Bonham, of Newton. The sheriff’s office says its preliminary investigation indicates Jamison was riding north on...
