Dogs set to dive into Hays Aquatic Park on Saturday
By JAMES BELL Hays Post People are not the only ones who get to take advantage of the Hays Aquatic Park as the annual dog swim is set for 11 a.m. Saturday. “It was always successful,” said Grant Lacy,...
View ArticleAs students return to Fort Hays State, Hays Police Dept. urges caution
Click to view slideshow. With Fort Hays State University students beginning classes this week, the Hays Police Department is urging students to use caution during their off-hour activities. Some safety...
View ArticleCoalition, Hays commission looking to improve communications
By JAMES BELL Hays Post Following a Hays City Commission meeting Thursday, Aug. 13, in which the Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development had its funding put into a holding pattern by...
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Football and fashion coming to The Mall this weekend
By JAMES BELL Hays Post Normally, Fort Hays State University football and a fashion show wouldn’t be in the same sentence together, but this Saturday at 1 p.m., The Mall, 2918 Vine St., Hays, will...
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USD 489 BOE/HNEA negotiations to continue tonight
By JAMES BELL Hays Post Negotiating teams for the Hays National Education Association and the USD 489 Board of Education will meet again tonight, Aug. 20, in the Toepfer Board Room of the Rockwell...
View ArticleTeacher raises remain roadblock in HNEA, 489 contract negotiations
By JAMES BELL Hays Post Negotiating teams for the Hays USD 489 Board of Education and the Hays National Education Association met again Thursday to work on teacher contracts for the 2015-16 school...
View ArticleReports: Two from Ellis County found dead at Webster Lake
By JAMES BELL Hays Post STOCKTON — Two people reportedly died at Webster Lake near Stockton over the weekend in unknown circumstances. Late Friday, according to locals at the scene, emergency response...
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Bike safety session set for Saturday
Hays Post The Hays Police Department will be hosting a bike safety event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at McDonald’s, 3406 Vine,with several services offered to promote safe biking for...
View ArticlePhillipsburg pulls away late, blanks TMP
By JEREMY McGUIRE HaysPost Phillipsburg 35, TMP 0 The second ranked team in Class 2A, Phillipsburg, got more than they bargained for from a pesky TMP Monarch team on Friday night. The Panthers used...
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Project Suitcase hopes to make a difference for Ellis Co. foster children
By COOPER SLOUGH Hays Post Each year, thousands of children go in and out of foster care, many of them victims of circumstances beyond their control. There are several steps necessary to get away from...
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Local same-sex couple responds to U.S. Supreme Court ruling (VIDEO)
By RICKY KERR Hays Post The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that all 50 states must authorize and recognize gay and lesbian marriages will go down in history as a major turning point in the ongoing...
View ArticleAnnual High Plains Music Camp ends on a high note at FHSU
By JAMES BELL Hays Post The High Plains Music Camp at Fort Hays State University was in full swing last week, bringing in students, music instructors and clinicians to Hays from around the country —...
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Hays Community Theatre to present ‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ this week
By JAMES BELL Hays Post Out to prove pink can save the day, the Hays Community Theatre will present “Legally Blonde: The Musical” at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at the Thomas More Prep-Marian...
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2015 Ellis County Fair Judging Results–final
The 2015 Ellis County Fair is July 8-18. A schedule of events is available at elliscountyfair.com For photos, visit the Facebook page Ellis County 4-H— It’s Legit! 4-H Cat Champion – Morgan Olmstead...
View ArticleRoom closed at Super 8 for bed bugs; ‘proactive’ measures taken
By JAMES BELL Hays Post Following a re-inspection Tuesday at the Super 8 Motel in Hays, one room remains closed after the Kansas Department of Agriculture found live bed bugs at the location. The...
View ArticleThreat of robbery at Hays bank under investigation
At 9:34 a.m. Wednesday, the Hays Police Department received an anonymous phone call from a male informing the department that a Hays Sunflower Bank branch, 4720 Roth Ave., was going to be robbed by two...
View ArticleGorgeous local lake gets attention
Online ranker OnlyInYourState.com listed a local lake as one in the state that is worthy of a visit. The list – These 10 Gorgeous Lakes In Kansas Are Demanding Your Attention – includes Wilson Lake and...
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Charges filed against Ellis Co. hit-and-run suspect, second bond hearing held
By JAMES BELL Hays Post Holliann Stramel Holliann Stramel, 24, Hays, was in court Friday afternoon on a second bond hearing stemming from a alleged hit-and-run accident that killed John Befort on July...
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‘Pasta Jay’ confident Hays will be a good fit for new restaurant
Virtual video tour courtesy Up Architecture By JAMES BELL Hays Post Restaurateur “Pasta Jay” Elowsky – whose restaurant Pasta Jay’s will anchor a 12-storefront retail development at 43rd and Vine – is...
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Local business brings piece of 9/11 history to Hays through charitable donations
Hays Post Despite the time and distance that separates Hays and the events in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, the legacy of the events that occurred remain fresh for many. But with tragedy comes...
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Lincoln closure, $93M bond issue dominates discussion at Hays USD 489 meeting
Lincoln Elementary School By JAMES BELL Hays Post Among the usual business discussed at the Hays USD 489 Board of Education meeting Monday night, one topic stood out – the upcoming bond issue that is...
View ArticleUPDATE: Georgia man captured in manhunt, chases through Russell and Ellis...
Click to view slideshow. Russell County Sheriff John Fletcher On the morning of October 22, at approximately 5:30 a.m., deputies from the Russell County Sheriff’s office located a stolen vehicle in...
View ArticleRussell keeps playoff hopes alive, tops TMP
Russell 19, TMP 6 Russell scored a first quarter touchdown and the Broncos were able to hold the lead the entire game in a 19-6 victory over TMP. The one yard touchdown run from Kelton Suchy, the...
View ArticleImmaculate Heart of Mary CYO hosts haunted house this weekend
The Immaculate Heart of Mary CYO is once again hosting its annual Haunted House in the former Fashion Bug location in the Big Creek Crossing shopping center, 2918 Vine. Money raised from the event...
View ArticleTransportation, technology, buildings on tonight’s USD 489 agenda
By JAMES BELL Hays Post The Hays USD 489 Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Toepfer Board Room in the Rockwell Administration Center, 323 W. 12th, for a work session to discuss...
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Nearly 353 tons of junk picked up during annual Alley Cleanup
City of Hays The 2015 Annual Alley Cleanup for the city of Hays has been completed. This provides the opportunity for residential customers paying for refuse services to discard items that would not be...
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Trial underway in Trego County first-degree murder case
Scott Robert Bollig By JAMES BELL Hays Post WAKEENEY — In the first day of the trial of Scott Bollig on Thursday, jurors heard emotional testimony from Naomi Abbott – Bollig’s former girlfriend – and...
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‘Voice of the Jayhawks’ Bob Davis announces 2016 retirement
Kansas Athletics Courtesy Kansas Athletics LAWRENCE, Kan. – Bob Davis, for over three decades the play-by-play voice of Kansas Jayhawk football and men’s basketball, has announced that he will retire...
View ArticleTMP girls win, boys lose Friday
By JEREMY McGUIRE Hays Post Girls: TMP 56, Garden City 41 TMP fell behind 15-8 early in the second quarter against Garden City on Friday afternoon in the 2nd round of the Hays City Shootout. The Lady...
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Hays High at Pratt (Watch or Listen LIVE)
Hays High vs Pratt Girls 6:00pm Hays High vs Pratt Boys 7:30pm LISTEN LIVE
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