Hays News

Kansas Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer praised a ruling today made by a United Nations-backed war crimes court that sentenced Charles Taylor, Liberia's ex-president, to a 50-year prison sentence.

With a vision of tapping into a burgeoning market for power engineering, a Florida company plans to launch a new business in Hays later this summer.

Murray has graced victory lane many times before, and while Saturday's IMCA feature victory at RPM Speedway in Hays might have been passed off by Murray as just another win, it actually was something special.

Elder Abuse: Shade of Gray will be presented from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 5 at Thirsty's, 2704 Vine in Hays.

Nature added elements of drama to Friday night's Western Cast Iron Arts Conference performance pour.

Consolidation of the Hays and Colby mail processing facilities into centers in Wichita and North Platte, Neb., won't take place until sometime after the first of the year.

Scheduling graduation on Memorial Day weekend is a long-standing tradition of Thomas More Prep-Marian High School and its predecessors.

Josh Dreher, assistant vice president and commercial loan officer at Bank of Hays, was named the state financial services champion of the year.

Hoisington High School's Savannah Rose runs a drill during practice on Wednesday in preparation for the Class 6-1A state track and field championships on Friday and Saturday.

It was the judicial equivalent of a cattle call Tuesday in the second floor courtroom of the Ellis County Courthouse.

The State of Kansas Historical Mural, commissioned by the Hays Arts Council and painted by Dennis Schiel of Hays, finally is completed and will be unveiled at the Hays Art Council Art Gallery during Hays' Summer Gallery Walk from 7 to 9 p.m. June 15.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra will make a special performance from 7 to 9 p.m. May 30 at Lucas Area Community Theater.

The Plains driver blew apart a rear end during the Wheatshocker Rebel Nationals, then had a line break and cause a small fire another race at RPM Speedway.

Getting new radios in the hands of local emergency responders has been a work in progress for Ellis County commissioners for months.

The question had been in the back of her mind for a long time. The answer came swiftly and without notice.

An 18-year-old Larned man was killed Monday south of Hays. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Trevor Houston Greathouse was killed when two vehicles struck head-on about 8 miles south of Hays.

A 51-year-old Fort Hays State University former residence hall, slated for demolition next week, served one more community function this weekend as firefighters used the structure as a training facility.

Mel and Karen Madorin, Ellis, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Kelli Madorin, to Cord Sprague, son of Michael and Sandra Sprague, Hays.

Saturday's ordination of two seminarians from the Hays area into the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church was all three, and more, to many.

After 134 years of service, the Capuchin-Franciscan friars will return the ministry of a Hays parish to the Diocese of Salina.