Amitriptyline should be avoided by older people
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been taking 25 mg of amitriptyline for sleep for several years; I am 79 and have noticed occasional difficulty remembering some facts.
June 2025
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Covenant Estates 1st Addition development moves forward
Hays City Commissioners unanimously took three actions to move the Covenant Estate 1st Addition development project forward on May 22, 2025. All three measures were recommended by City Staff and the Hays Area Planning Commission.
Rolling Plains Motor Speedway Weekend Recap
Maughlin Captures Second Sport Mod Victory
Record wheat crop and higher ending stocks
Projections are for a new global record wheat crop in the new marketing year.
County's First Draft of 2026 Budget to be presented June 3
County’s First Draft of 2026 Budget to be presented June 3
I can't help but notice…
Dear Readers, I don’t know what the weather has been like in your little patch of Kansas but around here the sun made an extended appearance for the first time in over a week. The April showers we expected last month really arrived in late May and that got me thinking about the unpredictability of the weather and the nature around us all.
Mackay directed to draft Maintenance Policy & complete subdivision/development road data
On May 20, 2025, during an approximately 40 minute discussion on Subdivision Rural Infrastructure, Ellis County Commissioners directed Public Works (PW) Director Brendan Mackay to draft a Standard for County Road Maintenance Policy and to compile, prioritized by needs, complete subdivision/development road data. They requested that PW Director Mackay indicate in the data whether residential subdivisions/developments had Homeowners Associations (HOAs) and also requested that commercial subdivisions/developments be included in the data.
Commissioners mull rural infrastructure funding options: Special Tax Assessment vs. HOA cost-share
According to the Minutes of the May 8, 2025 Ellis County Commission Special Session for a Commission Retreat, one of the ideas on how to fund the work that homeowners would like done in their sub-developments was from County Counselor Bill Jeter, regarding a Special Tax Assessment. County Counselor Jeter explained that there is a statutory process whereby homeowners could petition the Commission, so long as 51% of the sub-development homeowners signed a petition which laid out what they wanted to accomplish with their roads, the County does the work and the costs are assessed back to the homeowners as a Special Tax Assessment.
Larks return for another special summer
Frank Leo’s Hays Larks won their first NBC World Series championship last summer. Leo, however, said the Larks program is more than about winning a title.