http://www.hdnews.net/ Top News Stories en-us http://www.hdnews.net/Story/ellisffa110609 2009-11-08T00:49:11Z dobrien@dailynews.net Ag mechanics never has been Logan Stanton's thing. He just wanted to help out his FFA members last spring when he agreed to compete in that event at the state FFA meet. Now, Stanton and those FFA ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/Story/lanternfest110809 2009-11-08T00:49:10Z gweber@dailynews.net With each piece of his tissue paper lantern complete, 2-year-old Connor Brull screamed "lantern" at the top of his lungs. To say he was excited was an ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/Story/haysmed110809 2009-11-08T00:49:10Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/wilson110809 2009-11-08T02:35:18Z mcorn@dailynews.net WILSON -- By day, the basement of the historic Wilson Opera House had been home for soon-to-be 80-year-old Libbie Sebesta, cataloging the history of the Czech Capital of Kansas. It was a monumental task ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/Story/norwester110809 2009-11-06T18:05:08Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/tregoattorney110609 2009-11-06T19:19:40Z mcorn@dailynews.net Trego County Attorney Jill Elliott, only five months on the job, has resigned. Contacted Thursday, Elliott said she submitted her resignation to Trego County commissioners in a letter Tuesday. Her resignation ta ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/Story/Kiwanis110609 2009-11-06T19:19:40Z rchristner@dailynews.net While many communities are preparing for Veterans Day celebrations next week, some local veterans got a jump-start on the holiday courtesy of the Hays Kiwanis Club, which had its annual tribute luncheon ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/Story/haysfire110609 2009-11-06T19:19:40Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/fatality110609 2009-11-06T22:50:17Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/City110609-side1 2009-11-06T19:19:39Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/City110609 2009-11-07T00:25:53Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/Wilson110609 2009-11-06T22:45:51Z mcorn@dailynews.net WILSON -- Dozens of firefighters remained on the scene this morning, dousing the smoldering remains of the historic Wilson Opera House and two other buildings. The fire was reported at about 2:35 a.m. t ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/Story/spaceneeds110509 2009-11-06T13:04:39Z gweber@dailynews.net Before the Ellis County space needs committee can do any more work, it needs a commitment from the Ellis County Commission to use its property at 22nd and Vine streets in Hays. The committee discussed the pos ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/Story/colby110509 2009-11-06T13:04:39Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/accidentBRF110509 2009-11-06T13:04:39Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/unitedwayupdate110509 2009-11-06T13:04:39Z dobrien@dailynews.net A little bit from a lot of people can go a long way. The United Way of Ellis County is hoping for a little from a lot during the final few weeks of its annual fundraising campaign. Board members a ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/Story/harvest110509 2009-11-06T13:04:39Z mcorn@dailynews.net GORHAM -- Boosted by a day of good weather and the promise of even better days to come, area farmers took to the field en masse -- never mind the still wet fields in some cases -- to harvest fall crops. The resu ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/Story/golfcourse110509 2009-11-06T13:04:39Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/cranes110509 2009-11-05T18:04:45Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/averyweb110509 2009-11-05T21:57:28Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/wondersweb110509 2009-11-05T13:34:40Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/death110409 2009-11-04T19:19:44Z http://www.hdnews.net/Story/dictionarydistrib110409 2009-11-04T19:19:44Z dobrien@dailynews.net Karen Nowak ran her fingers across the cover of the brand new dictionary she held in her other hand and smiled. "I still remember getting mine," said Nowak, a teacher at Kennedy Middle School. Coi ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/Story/schoolzone110309 2009-11-04T19:19:44Z dobrien@dailynews.net Four Hays schools earned building-wide recognition in all four areas -- reading, math, writing and science -- in the Standard of Excellence achievements from last year. The results were released by th ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/Story/lanternpre110409 2009-11-04T19:19:44Z gweber@dailynews.net Drawing from her experience while living in Germany, Gwyn Schmidtberger is trying to bring a little slice of that life back to Hays. The Hays native is hosting Lanternfest on Friday night in celebration of Ge ...]]>