Hays News Archives

The Fort Hays Singers, concert choir and wind ensemble gave two-and-a-half concerts Thursday evening at Fort Hays State University's Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center -- the separate parts did not often mix.

In an interview, Hammond talked about how Kansas usually rebounds slowly from an economic slowdown, so he sees obstacles ahead, especially when stimulus money runs out in 2012.

Jim and Opal Flinn, Ellis, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Oct. 24, 2009, with an open house hosted by their children and spouses from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Ellis Nutrition Center.

A relatively maintenance-free housing development is in the works on the southeast side of Smoky Hill Country Club.

It might be nearly 140 years old, but Historic Fort Hays could be taking on a new life in the coming months.

He's thrilled to finally have it over, even though the paint on the 8-by-10 mural must first go through a two-week drying period, followed by the application of picture varnish.

Sporting a rainbow wig, a red foam nose and a colorful clown costume, Faye Miller walked around the room demonstrating how to make balloon animals.

Members of the Hays USD 489 Board of Education received a lesson in technology-oriented pedagogy Monday night, courtesy of Hays High School Principal Mike Hester.

About 140 people will be racing across Hays Saturday for the third annual STRIDE half-marathon hosted by Hays Medical Center's Center for Health Improvement.

The signs started appearing about 23 years ago, Jude Scheck said. Her husband, Gilbert, began calling her for assistance in finding his way home from familiar places and often couldn't remember where he had placed his keys.

In response to the editorial by Patrick Lowry in the Oct. 2 issue of The Hays Daily News on Page A6 regarding the enactment of a so-called "Shield Law" protecting a journalist-reporter from prosecution in protecting the identity of unnamed news sources, I would like to make the following observations.

Although the official start to fall was less than three weeks ago, the feeling this weekend was undeniably wintry.

A Hays man was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon after posting a threatening message on a door outside the Ellis County Courthouse.

Outnumbered three-to-one, consultants probed and prodded to learn what they could about the future of the state's railroad system.

Residential life at Fort Hays State University is getting a facelift. Following the school year, Agnew Hall will be razed to make way for a more efficiently designed residence hall.

The Kansas Historical Society announced Fort Hays State Historic Site will host "Graveside Conversations" at Fort Hays Cemetery on Oct.

Tulsa's Brian Parton said he was told to watch out when he brings his style of rockabilly to Hays on Thursday, because this is a party town.

The L.A. Theatre Works began this year's Fort Hays State University Encore Series with a production of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World" that pretended to be old-time radio broadcasts of the two stories.

By MIKE CORN mcorn@dailynews.net HILL CITY - Graham County authorities are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine if the Wednesday death of a Hill City man is a result of foul play.

Three Hays men arrested in February on suspicion of sexual assault and rape against two women entered a plea agreement that dropped the sexually related charges and were sentenced in Ellis County court Tuesday.

Ten businesses will open their doors for the fifth annual Taste of Downtown Hays on Oct.

RPM Speedway in Hays will host the third annual Fall Nationals on Oct. 16 and 17 at the 3/8-mile oval.