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Local Child Care Professionals Honored

In 2025 The Chamber in Hays, Kansas board of directors created the Child Care Fund of Ellis County through the Heartland Community Foundation. Funds from this grant were used to treat providers to meals, swag bags, and a variety of prizes.

Entertainment

Kansas Wetlands Education Center to hold eight Summer Discovery Day Camps

Fort Hays State UniversityHAYS, Kan. – The Kansas Wetlands Education Center is offering eight discovery camps, all designed to get kids outside and exploring nature. Dive into the exciting world of the Cheyenne Bottoms marsh and sign up your camper for a summer of adventure. Camps are for participants who have completed 1st-6th grade. Each…

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Opinion

Asking Eric: Agnostic uncomfortable when asked for prayers

By R. Eric ThomasTribune Content AgencyDear Eric: I have many friends who are religious, mostly devout Catholics and born-again Christians. I do not personally hold religious beliefs. Decades ago, I was deeply Christian, but my…

Lifestyle

ECHS Museum’s Sternberg Gun Collection reopens

By Gaille PikeSpecial to the Hays Daily NewsAfter two years, the Sternberg Gun Collection exhibit at the Ellis County Historical Society (ECHS) museum is open again. The exhibit has returned after being temporarily closed during…