
Artist Dennis Schiel is shown in his studio in October in Hays. Schiel is painting 10 panels of Kansas history representing all regions of the state.

Carolyn Nondorf • Courtesy photo
Fire consumes the historic opera house in Wilson after a devastating blaze that damaged downtown buildings this morning.

MIKE CORN • Hays Daily News Guided by a brightly lit moon, United Ag Services elevator operator Leland Windholz watches as a truck is filled with milo Tuesday evening.

MIKE CORN • Hays Daily News As the morning sun is blocked by lingering clouds Monday, workers start checking towers at the site of a new radar system southwest of Hays.

Hays High School senior Brandon Smith portrays the Cat in the Hat during a dress rehearsal for “Seussical the Musical.”

MIKE CORN • Hays Daily News A motorist passes by a road sign warning of inclement weather ahead on Friday along Interstate 70 in northwest Kansas.