Hays News

The unexpected -- A it's hard to plan for, and sometimes, hard to deal with. Yet, Jarrett and Misty Smolarkiewicz have persevered through the unexpected in the past month.

Small or large, the 3-year-old Antonino boy couldn't read the words anyway. But you can bet the older 4-H'ers and their parents get the message loud and clear.

In its current form, legislation brought forward by a task force whose primary mission was to conserve water in the Ogallala Aquifer actually will end up adding to the ongoing water decline.

All full-time and part-time stay-at-home moms are invited to join MOMS Club of Hays for a come-and-go open house event from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hays Recreation Commission's Marcy Allenbaugh Conference Room, 1105 Canterbury.

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A new amendment to the city of Hays abandoned property ordinance will help put bicycles into the hands of underprivileged children.

No charges will be filed in connection with a pedestrian-motor vehicle accident that left a Hays woman dead and her husband injured, Hays Police Chief Don Scheibler said Thursday.

Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts will rule Monday on a request to move the trial of Adam Longoria, charged with capital murder in the death of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt, from Great Bend.

Colorado Mesa and Fort Hays State each won five matches, but a forfeit and a pin gave Fort Hays enough points for a 21-16 RMAC victory in Hays, Kan.

Curtis Sander never worked as a grocery store checker or bagger until he started as manager at Rick's Food Store in late 2010.

More than 200 employees at NEW Customer Service Companies' Hays facility have signed up for information sessions this week detailing work-at-home possibilities for them.

The USD 489 school board approved a more than $100,000 expenditure to ensure completion of a new weight room for Hays High School.

Ongoing issues with county staffing were raised Monday at an Ellis County Commission special meeting, as commissioners and county department heads began setting broad budgeting priorities for 2013.

SALINA, KAN., February 6 .- Pope Benedict XVI has named Oklahoma priest Msgr. Edward John Weisenburger as the new bishop of Salina, Kansas.

Ellis County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution at Monday's regular meeting in support of a Senate bill which honors Hays native DW2 Bryan J. Nichols.

FHSU President Edward H. Hammond on Monday awarded thousands of dollars of scholarships to approximately 100 seniors from the Hays area who are planning to attend the university next fall.

During the past 45 years, Allen Drennon has been a stalwart Dillons employee. In fact, he said he hasn't even called in sick since 1973.

The United Rebel Sprint Series continues to grow, and now drivers competing for national points during the 2012 season will have an extra incentive to push the pedal to the floor.

State funding cuts for those at risk for state hospital admission or urgent evaluation have paved the way for technology to step into the gap and have led High Plains Mental Health Center to begin placing video conference equipment in sheriff's offices in its 20-county region.

Pope Benedict XVI today named Msgr. Edward J. Weisenburger, a former Hays resident, the new bishop of the Diocese of Salina.