The Kansas Supreme Court reversed the drug-trafficking conviction of an Illinois-tagged motorist linked to evidence seized from a vehicle stopped by Geary County law enforcement merely because the frame around a license plate obstructed part of the state’s name. The unanimous Supreme Court noted Kansas statute didn’t require a state’s name on license plates to be clearly legible.
On July 1, 2025, the Ellis County Commission approved, 2-1, the final plat and creation (Resolution 2025-12) of the Fairview Patch Addition, located approximately half a mile north of the intersection of Severin Road and 400th Avenue.
On July 1, 2025, the Ellis County Commission unanimously approved the Public Works (PW) Department’s purchase of a new 2025 Caterpillar 140-15J grader from Foley Equipment. The cost to the County for the $358,000 new road grader, with the $50,000 trade-in of a 2017 John Deer 670GP with over 9500 hours, will be $308,000.
On July 1, 2025, the Ellis County Commission unanimously approved a 2-year cell phone contract with Verizon over Nex-Tech Wireless, because the Verizon plan’s free replacement phones made its quote the more economical solution.
The federal government cannot withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood for at least the next two weeks, after a district court judge issued a temporary restraining order the same day the organization filed a lawsuit.
Ellis County Fair Board President Justin Sheck provided an update on Fairgrounds improvements at the July 1, 2025, County Commission meeting. He opened his remarks by thanking the Commission not only for all the assistance the County provides for Fairground projects, but also for the work it allows the Board to do.
Corey Isbell, Ed. D, the Vice President of Student and Instructional Services at Fort Hays Tech | North Central, has been selected as the next president of Fort Hays Tech | Northwest.
Property resident and property owner Darrell Schmeidler used time during the July 1 Ellis County Commission meeting to ask commissioners to consider more than the mill levy when developing the 2026 Budget, commending the service of the commissioners and extending his understanding for the difficult position. “One of the things I think all of us deal with is taxes and we all think we pay too many taxes.
Protesters demonstrated against the “big beautiful bill” outside the U.S. Capitol Wednesday as House Republicans whipped votes to get the bill across the finish line and to President Donald Trump’s desk by a self-imposed July Fourth deadline.
A woman from Dallas had been laid off from her job, suffered a breakup, and seen her golden retriever die. She was moving back to the Northwest.