North Newton resident John Torline, all in all, just wants to put another brick in the wall. But he doesn’t want to do that to oppress people, as the Pink Floyd song implies. He just wants to do it for his brick collection. The wall on the back of the Torlines’ outdoor freestanding fireplace contains various bricks from different Kansas towns, all with writing on them. One says, “Don’t Spit on Sidewalk.” “When I was growing up, my oldest cousin built a fireplace in Wichita,” Torline said. “He used bricks from brick factories that were from Kansas. Just about every town [...]

Newton’s Sand Creek Station Golf Course will host the U.S. Golf Association’s Adaptive Open Championship in the coming year. The event will feature 96 men and women, in eight different impairment categories, to compete in the event. “We are here because we have a good partnership here,” said Greg Sanfilippo, senior director of championships for the U.S. Golf Association. “We’ve been here; we’ve done this. We’ll have an awesome championship here, should we be able to do that here in 2024.” Newton hosted the USGA Amateur Links Championship in 2014. The adaptive championship will take place in the second week of [...]

Dean Davis has helped save buildings for much of his career with the Newton Fire/EMS Department and Walton Fire Department. Now he and Walton residents are working to save a building for the town in quite another way, although that building had a fire in it in 1958. Davis worked for the Newton Fire/EMS Department for 25 years, retiring as deputy fire chief, and also served 55 years with the Walton Fire Department. At Walton, Davis is on the fire board and does a lot of the fire department’s paperwork. Source: Harvey County Now