A Kansas Bureau of Investigation initiative is expected to change the state’s sexual assault evidence kit process so that survivors are no longer left in the dark.
The Hays Larks kept a strong season rolling with a Thursday night win over the Gameday Angels 11-4 at Larks Park. The contest was highlighted by a scoreless final five innings from the Larks pitching staff, as well as a five run fourth inning that made the difference.
Ellis County Commissioners devoted half an hour of the June 17, 2025, Regular Meeting to a discussion of road maintenance and right-of-way (ROW) issues within the County as Public Works (PW) Director Brendan Mackay presented, as requested by the Commission, map overviews of all the locations where roads are narrow or were not built to highway standards. “The first map is one that that has the narrow right of ways, where there is minimal or no ditch, whether that is only 40 feet of right of way or it is just a lesser road.
Fort Hays State catcher Luis Ayala was named to the 2025 American Baseball Coaches Association Central Region All-Defensive Team, announced Thursday (June 19) by the ABCA.
TMP-Marian is pleased to announce the new faculty joining the school for the 2025-26 school year.
Ellis County Commission Chair Michael Berges and Commissioner Nathan Leiker both indicated on June 17, 2025, that they would support, when the matter is presented is on July 1, 2025, for formal vote, the County providing $25,000 in funding assistance to the City of Victoria for reconstruction of the East Main St. approach to Old Hwy 40 reconstruction.
Kansas farm income in 2025 is expected to be among the strongest in the last 20 years, bolstered by $2 billion in government payments for depressed crop prices and weather conditions, an agricultural economics expert said Tuesday.
On June 17, 2025, Ellis County Administrator Darin Myers presented the $262,320 Proposed 2026 Commissioners Budget for review, which includes a 6% Commissioner salary increase, per the pay scale adopted in Apr. 2024 for County employees and elected officials, with the stated goal to have wage adjustments made equally where each employee and elected officials moves one pay step to the right in their respected grades.
No preliminary election will be held in Ellis County this year because there are not enough candidates running for each position; however, multiple contested races will be decided in the Nov. 4, 2025 election, including three spots on the Hays City Commission and three on the USD489 Board of Education (BOE.) Nine candidates are running in the Hays City Commissioner at-large election for two four-year terms and one two-year term.