At the age of 15, Sophia Linenberger received a diagnosis of Ewing’s sarcoma cancer. She is currently 21 years old and has been fighting cancer for the past six years. Sophia is an on-hold FHSU student and TMP graduate.
On Mar. 27, 2025, the Hays City Commission unanimously authorized the local nonprofit service organization, Women Who Lead (WWL), to proceed with a two-phase renovation project for Sunrise Park.
Fort Hays State University is hosting an open house on Thursday, April 24. We invite you to walk around our campus and visit our buildings.
On May 8, 2025, the Hays City Commission will take the next step in the statutory process to provide economic incentives through the creation of a Reinvestment Housing Incentive District (RHID) for the residential housing project and related infrastructure for Phase 4 of the Tallgrass 2nd Addition project. On Mar.
On Apr. 1, 2025, Ellis County Commissioners unanimously approved the Commission’s 2026 Budget Calendar and will take the first step to develop next year’s budget at the Apr.
Less than a month remains to apply for the 2025 session of the American Legion Boys State of Kansas, to be held Sunday, June 1, through Saturday, June 7, at Kansas State University in Manhattan. The deadline is set for Wednesday, April 30.
Dear Eric: My son is married; his wife is the chief breadwinner. They keep their finances separate; he pays half of everything, even though it is a real stretch for him.
DEAR DR. ROACH: With the resurgence of measles because of declining vaccination rates, should we be wary of the same happening with smallpox (which was also thought to have been eradicated)? And as an aside, is my ancient smallpox vaccination of 1952 still protecting me? What about my equally ancient (circa 1962) polio vaccine? -- C.C.ANSWER: At the time of this writing, the 2024-2025 measles outbreak is the largest in a few years and the first to include measles deaths in 10 years.
The Departments of History and Political Science and the Forsyth Library at Fort Hays State University hosted the 2025 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture in Malloy 115 of Palmer Hall on Thursday, April 3. The focus of this year’s lecture was on the driving ideologies and human impact of the territorial expansion efforts of Nazi Germany during World War Two and the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Cheyenne Bottoms is located on the Central Flyway, a bird migration route that connects Canada to South America. 70 percent of all the different shorebird species in North America have been recorded at Cheyenne Bottoms; late April is prime time to view the birds using our wetlands for rest and fuel.