The Ellis County 2026 Budget will include an approximate 26% funding increase from 2025 ($229,975) for High Plains Mental Health Center (HPMHC), with nearly 20% of the increase dedicated in support for the new Crisis Intervention Center (CIC) services.
Ellis County Commissioners agreed by consensus to decline two funding requests totaling just under $80,000 on July 15, 2025, while reviewing the 2026 Budget second draft.
On July 15, 2025, Ellis County Commissioners expressed serious interest in funding four projects by issuing bonds next year. The four projects, estimated to total nearly $10M include the replacement of Ellis County Courthouse HVAC system (estimated cost $3.5M,) renovation of the Ellis County Sheriff’s office (estimated cost $3M,) a new Emergency Services Center (EMS) in Ellis (estimated cost $2M,) and replacement of 110 fan coil units in the County Administrative Building (estimated cost $1.25M.) “As the Commission knows, we have been discussing several of these projects over the course of the past year and the Commissioners have suggested that we look at doing to a bond to help fund these projects because they are needed, but we just don’t know when,” said County Administrator Darin Myers.
Dear Eric: My wife of 50 years told me that she no longer wants to live with me. I am currently living in our summer home with no friends or social contacts/networks. She has no interest in reconciling.
High temperatures this week drew a caution from the regional organization that ensures reliability of the power grid and led Evergy to ask some customers to conserve energy usage.
A majority of Americans believe Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law will either hurt them or not make much of a difference, according to a poll released Thursday by the nonpartisan health research organization KFF.
The County’s three-block asphalt overlay project on Cathedral Avenue now is expected to begin Monday, July 28, 2025. The 1400, 1500 and 1600 blocks, between Catharine and Airbase Roads, will be closed to thru traffic for the duration of the project.
On July 24, 2025, the City announced the 13th Street intersection in the 1300 block of Walnut will be closed to traffic for pavement repairs, beginning Monday, July 28, 2025.. Work is expected to be completed by end of the workday Friday, August 1, 2025, weather permitting.