Fort Hays State track and field student-athlete Jessica Saunders was named one of two MIAA A-Game Scholar Athletes for the 2025 women's outdoor track and field season, announced by the conference office on Sunday (May 4). Saunders shares this year's honor with Abby Kinney of Missouri Western, both holding a perfect 4.0 GPA with 116 credit hours passed at both of their institutions.
Great Bend currently reigns atop the Western Athletic Conference following a three-game sweep of Garden City this week. The match up saw the WAC’s top two pitchers in innings pitched, ERA, WHIP, wins and strikeouts duke it out, Panther pitcher Chayla Prendergast coming out on top in a game one 5-0 win.
The Fort Hays State track and field teams enter postseason competition this weekend (May 2-4) with the 2025 MIAA Outdoor Championships, hosted by the Hornets of Emporia State in Emporia, Kan.
The Cities of Hays and Russell issued a joint announcement on April 29 that the Kansas Water Office (KWO) has scheduled water releases to begin on May 5 from Cedar Bluffs Reservoir in Trego County to support water supplies for both Cities. The KWO’s decision to release water follows written requests by the City of Hays on Mar.
Fort Hays State senior shortstop Regan Curry was named the MIAA A-Game Scholar Athlete for the 2025 softball season, announced by the conference office on Tuesday (Apr. 29).
Nine College of Education students were recognized for their commitment to teaching science or math in a rural setting during a Noyce Scholars signing event on April 16.
On Apr. 21, 2025, Kansas Representative Ken Rahjes told the Ellis City Council he would give the work of the 2025 Legislative Session the grade of either an “I” for incomplete or a “C” for what was accomplished.
DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband and I recently welcomed our new granddaughter.
After a great season that saw both players produce the two highest win totals for a single-season in the program's NCAA Division II history, Irina Alfonso and Suzana Faucz earned selections on the 2025 All-MIAA Women's Tennis Team, released on Thursday (May 1). Alfonso was one of 15 student-athletes named to the team for singles play and she joined her doubles partner Faucz as honorable mention selections in doubles play.
What is more heart wrenching than the story of a child who suddenly becomes an orphan due to abandonment or the loss of a parent’s life? How does our society care for such children?