Hays News

There still will be a familiar face occupying the principal's office at Thomas More Prep-Marian Junior-Senior High School in Hays.

Caden Thomas Glick, 22, Hays, was arrested at 2:43 a.m. June 12 in the 100 block of East 27th on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Errol G. Wuertz Sr., broker/owner of Heartland Realty of Hays, recently was elected chairman of the Kansas Real Estate Commission.

Mother Nature tried to intervene at Wakeeney Speedway Sunday evening, June 16, but track officials were able to get the program complete before weather moved in.

The rain, however, was the star of the storm, with rainfall totals of nearly 2 inches reported throughout the area.

Harold and Nellie Giebler, Hays, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Saturday with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Thomas More Prep-Marian cafeteria.

Jon and Marilyn Reifschneider, Arlington, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth Ann Reifschneider, to Andrew Francis Heimann, son of William and Teresa Heimann, Hays.

Mark and Claudine Richmeier, Hays, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Tasha Renee Richmeier, to Joshua Allen Eichman, son of Rob and Lori Eichman, Plainville.

Vance Westhusin and Shelly Westhusin, Hays, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Anna Marie Westhusin, to Blake Allen Schonthaler, son of Leland and Lesley Schonthaler, Zurich.

Call for time and location, 625-3055 or 794-4624. * Meal Site reservations for seniors age 60 or older must be made the day before eating at the Meal Site.

* Request for change of zoning from "A-L" to "C-2" on tract of land on East 41st Street and East Sherman Avenue.

At 3 a.m. in the blackness of a rainy weekday morning, a light clicks on inside a barn just a short walk from Gary Staab’s home.

The question of whether to add a Rural Housing Incentive District policy to its economic development guidelines continues to vex Hays city commissioners, as they voted Thursday night to table consideration of the policy until July 2. Consideration of the policy was tabled Thursday based on a request by Commissioner Ron Mellick that it be amended to ... (more)

Roger Kingsley knows first-hand how challenging caring for elderly loved ones can be.

Water-saving efforts are underway by the city of Hays, as a 5-acre portion of Aubel-Bickle Park recently was converted from cool season to buffalo grass.

City fire crews and police officers responded to Good Samaritan Society, 2700 Canal Blvd., just after 6 p.m. Tuesday for an automatic fire alarm.

"Amazing," the 16-year-old Hays girl said Monday as she joined family, friends and fellow 4-H'ers in loading the trailer with supplies.

Rep. Sue Boldra, R-Hays, was recognized for her 100 percent voting record during the 2013 legislative session.

James William Bochy, 35, Hays, was arrested at 6:34 p.m. June 6 in the 700 block of East Sixth on suspicion of aggravated endangering a child and domestic battery.

Thermometers are on the rise, with triple-digit readings returning to northwest Kansas.