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Trego County Hospital Administrator Resigns »

Courtois

Harold Courtois has resigned as the administrator of Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital to accept a similar position in Russell. After just over a year and a half, at the Trego County Hospital, Courtois is returning to Russell Regional Medical Center where he was Lab Director from 1983 to 1991. Courtois said that while he is [...]

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Hays Eagles Sweep Great Bend »

American Legion Baseball

The Hays Eagles Senior American Legion Eagles combined for 28 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Great Bend Yesterday in Hays.   Game 1 – Hays 20, Great Bend 0 (3 innings) Hays opened the game with an eight run inning and added 12 in the second inning on their way to the 20-0 win. [...]

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Hays Larks Hosting Military Appreciation Night »

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All active, reserve, and retired military personnel are specially invited to attend Saturday night’s Hays Larks baseball game for the Larks 5th annual Military Appreciation Night at Larks Park. The Larks will take on the El Dorado Broncos Saturday, June 8th at 7:00 p.m. at Larks Park at 4th and Oak Street in Hays. All [...]

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Larks down Colorado 8-5 »

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The Hays Larks offense continued its hot start to the summer as the Larks picked up an 8-5 win over Denver Wednesday night at Larks Park. The Larks offense did most of their damage in the 2nd inning, scoring five runs. Hays took advantage of five walks and a hit batter in the inning. Clayton [...]

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Lark Split Doubleheader at Liberal »

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The Hays Larks opened Jayhawk League play Tuesday night by splitting a doubleheader in Liberal. Game 1 – Liberal 7, Hays 6 In the first game the Larks got on the board in the first on an RBI single by Tyler Peterson and in the top half of the second Hays added another run on [...]

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Hays Eagles Drop Two in Dodge City »

American Legion baseball patch

The Hays Eagles American Legion baseball team dropped two games in Dodge City yesterday. Game 1 – Dodge City 4, Hays Eagles 3 The Eagles opened the first game with one run in three of the first four innings and led 3-0 after 6 innings. Dodge City tied the game with three runs, on four [...]

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Hays Eagles Finish 3-2 at Tournament of Champions »

Legion Baseball

The Hays Eagles American Legion baseball team finished 3-2 at the Manhattan Tournament of Champions. In the final game on Sunday  Manhattan scored four runs in the 6th inning on their way to a 5-2 win over the Eagles. In the Eagles half of the 4th inning Hayden Hutchison led off the inning with a [...]

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Ellis Finishes 3rd at State Golf Tournament »

Ellis

The Ellis boy’s golf team had three individual placers finish in the top-10 Monday at the 2A State tournament in Dodge City as the team finished 3rd with a combined 343. Skyler Tebo led the way for the Railroaders finishing 4th with a round of 78. Tyler Walters was 7th with an 82. The Ness [...]

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TMP Golf Places 2nd at State Tournament »

TMP MARIAN

The TMP-Marian boy’s golf team turned in another solid outing Monday, finishing just three shots shy of their first state championship at the 3A State tournament in Seneca. The Monarchs combined for a 339 with Sabetha winning the 3A Championship with a 336. Kade Megaffin finished tied for 12th with an 81 and Garrett Stoecklein [...]

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Sales Tax: What’s Next? »

SUND GFX

Now that Ellis County voters have approved the half-cent sales tax, with 82 percent of the voters approving the tax on Tuesday, the construction phase of the project is set to begin. Ellis County Administrator Greg Sund said the first step of the $14.3 million project is finalizing a design. Sund said, “We have the [...]

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