The Ellis County 2026 Budget will include an approximate 26% funding increase from 2025 ($229,975) for High Plains Mental ...

The fallout over President Donald Trump’s handling of financier and Florida sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s case files ...

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Manager Frank Leo counts on the experience gained last year to help his Hays Larks this summer as they seek to repeat as ...

In 2019, Kyla Keller took on the role of coordinating a new Rural Education and Workforce Alliance initiative for the Dodge ...

The Heartland Community Foundation is proud to announce the 2025–26 Youth Action Council (YAC) members. This leadership and community engagement program brings together high school students from ...

Trent Baker, Brady Kreutzer, CJ Reid, Jackson Babcock and Kaleb Duncan celebrate at home plate during the Larks home contest ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to slash its presence in the Washington, D.C., area by sending employees to five regional hubs, Secretary Brooke Rollins said Thursday.

A majority of Americans believe Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law will either hurt them or not make much of a difference, according to a poll released Thursday by the nonpartisan health research ...

The future of ACCESS Transportation remains in question, despite the recent Ellis County and Hays City Commissions’ respective discussions of the Agency’s 2026 funding requests. However, both ...

A young Cliff VanKooten leans against a post above the chutes at the Phillipsburg rodeo in the 1980s. The Phillipsburg man ...