Cheyenne Bottoms is located on the Central Flyway, a bird migration route that connects Canada to South America. 70 percent of all the different shorebird species in North America have been recorded at Cheyenne Bottoms; late April is prime time to view the birds using our wetlands for rest and fuel.
Career Services at Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is hosting a donation drive for Tailored for Tigers, a professional clothing closet that offers business attire free of charge to students. The closet contains items for interviews, career fairs, presentations, conferences, or other activities.
Republican U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas pushed back against President Donald Trump’s vision of a trade war by joining a dozen cosponsors of federal legislation restricting unilateral tariffs without consent of Congress.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill that bans policies requiring adopted and foster parents to affirm a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity if it conflicts with the parents’ religious or moral beliefs.
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday said the Trump administration could continue for now to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out rapid deportations of Venezuelans suspected of being gang members — but they must be given a chance to challenge their deportations in court.
Hays High girls’ basketball coach Len Melvin wins the awards but for him it's a team effort that makes it all possible.
A classic case of good versus evil is coming to the FHSU campus next month.
I promise I will not talk about my ducks and chickens, whose exploits and malfunctions I have burdened you with in many a column, except to say that my biggest disappointment with these critters is that my daffy ducks simply will not go into my pond, which is why I got them in the first place. But guess what? Geese will! Every year just after Christmas about 50 or 60 Canada Geese decide to winter (or summer) on my one acre pond.
The Thomas More Prep-Marian Monarchs have stunned their last three opponents, most recently the Sylvan-Lucas Mustangs, putting up more than 12 runs in all but one contest this season.
At the Ellis County Commission April 1 meeting, Chair Michael Berges, Vice Chair Neal Younger and Commissioner Nathan Leiker discussed their upcoming annual county road tour with County Administrator Darin Myers and Public Works (PW) Director Brendan Mackay. Each year, a special Ellis County Commission meeting is scheduled to have public works staff take the commissioners around Ellis County to look at different road and bridge projects that have either just been completed, are being worked on, are on the capital project list, or are newly identified by staff and the commission to go visit and discuss options.