Larks take down A's in home opener
The Hays Larks opened the 2024 summer season with a home victory, knocking off the Dodge City A's 6-2 Tuesday afternoon at Larks Park.
June 2024
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Mill Levy Increase not needed for County's 2025 Budget First Draft
During the June 4, Ellis County Commission meeting, County Administrator Darin Myers presented the First Draft of the 2025 Budget with total general fund revenues of $28,804, 154 and expenditures of $33,138,609. While he noted increases in both revenues and expenditures compared to the 2024 Budget, County Administrator Myers stated that a larger increase in projected in revenues, which results in the estimation that the County’s mill levy need not be increased.
County approves preliminary Whispering Gale Addition Plat
Prior to unanimously approving the Whispering Gales Preliminary plat as recommended by the Planning & Zoning Commission, Ellis County Commissioners spent nearly 30 minutes on June 4 questioning Environmental Services Director Justin Craig, Public Works Director Brendan Mackay, County Attorney Bill Jeeter and Driggs Design Group Land Surveyor James Meis about the project.
Fireworks allowed July 2-4 in unincorporated areas of County
Ellis County Commissioners unanimously voted on June 4 to allow the discharge of fireworks in unincorporated areas of the County during the hours of 10a.m. – 11p.m. on July 2nd, 3rd and 4th this year.
National No Labels group accuses Kansas GOP operative of impersonating a party officer
The national chief strategist for No Labels says Kansas GOP political operative Kris Van Meteren is unaffiliated with the party and “fraudulently misrepresented himself” when he filed nominations under the party’s name.
Kansas attorney general, two U.S. senators denounce Biden's unilateral border security order
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran used the words joke, lie and doubtful to describe the impact of President Joe Biden’s executive order restricting the flow of migrants seeking asylum across the United States’ southern border.
On 80th anniversary of D-Day invasion, Biden and Macron honor WWII veterans at Normandy
“They were brave, they were resolute, they were ready,” President Joe Biden said Thursday at the Normandy American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach, one of five along France’s northern coast where Allied troops invaded in 1944 and turned the tide in World War II.
Holub Inducted into MIAA Hall of Fame
Former Fort Hays State softball standout Maddie Holub was inducted into the MIAA Hall of Fame on Monday evening (June 3) at the yearly MIAA Awards Celebration in downtown Kansas City. Holub played softball at FHSU from 2010-2013 and capped her four-year career with an epic senior season that saw her capture MIAA Pitcher and Player of the Year honors, the only time it has ever happened in MIAA softball history.
TMP hires girls' basketball coach
After Thomas More Prep-Marian received three applications for the open girls’ basketball coaching position and interviewed two, Monarch athletic director James Harris approached John Linn to gauge his interest.
Katie Wagner Named MIAA Women's Ken B. Jones Award-Winner
Fort Hays State women's basketball student-athlete Katie Wagner was named the 2024 women's recipient of the MIAA's annual Ken B. Jones Award, presented by Summit Pointe Financial Group. The honor was announced on Monday (June 3) at the 2024 MIAA Awards Celebration, presented by Husch Blackwell.