George Jones has been admitted to a Nashville hospital for observation due to a slight fever and irregular blood pressure. The condition was discovered during a routine checkup. As a result, George’s shows this weekend in Atlanta and Salem, VA will be rescheduled for a later date.
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Downtown Hays Development Corporation has been working with Downtown Merchants, the City of Hays, K-State Research and Extension and local vendors to start a new outdoor market in our community. The Downtown Hays Market will open this summer in Downtown Hays. The market is scheduled to open on Saturday, June 8th pending produce and vendor availability.
The market will be open regularly on Wednesday’s from 5-8pm and Saturday’s 7:30-11:00am. The location of the market will be in the 10th Street parking lot between Main and Fort Streets. We encourage customers to check out the market on a regular basis, since produce and merchandise will change throughout the growing season.
Are you an experienced farmer’s market vendor and looking for a fresh start? We would love to have you join our market. First time vendors are also welcome! We are looking for growers, craftsmen, bakers, honey producers, artists and musicians to fill 10th street in Downtown and bring a new experience to the community. Items such as fresh produce, cut flowers, live plants, baked goods, honey, jams and handcrafted items, including jewelry, soaps and more are all encouraged!
Not a vendor but looking to be part of a new and exciting community market? Do you like community involvement and interacting with others? We have just the role for you! We are searching for a Market Manager. For more information contact me at [email protected]. We could not be more excited about this development and we are happy to bring something new to the heart of Hays.
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The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board Thursday awarded financial assistance to 118 victims of violent crime at its April meeting, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.
Awards were made in 50 new cases. Additional expenses were paid in 68 previously submitted cases. The awards totaled $294,759.
The Division of Crime Victims Compensation in Schmidt’s office administers the Crime Victims Compensation program, which was established in 1978 to help victims of violent crime pay for their unexpected expenses such as medical treatment, mental health counseling, lost wages, dependent support and funeral costs.
The state’s three-member Crime Victims Compensation Board determines claims that are eligible for payment and decides how much money will be awarded to each claimant. Awards are limited to a maximum total amount of $25,000 with limitations of $5,000 for funeral expense, $3,500 for outpatient mental health counseling, $10,000 for inpatient mental health treatment and $1,000 for grief counseling for family survivors of homicide victims.
The program is funded by a portion of assessed court costs and fines, inmate wages, parole fees and restitution paid by convicted offenders.
U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran have
voted against gun legislation that would have expanded background checks and other restrictions.
The proposal to expand background checks to sales at guns shows and online received a majority of votes in the Senate — 54-46 — but failed to get the required 60 votes needed to advance.
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On Thursday, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) along with U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) hosted a roundtable to discuss the state of veteran entrepreneurship across the country.
Participants at the informal discussion included several veteran business owners and representatives from other organizations. Specifically, Karl Monger, GallantFew Executive Director, Wichita, Kan.; Dali Rivera, Elite Revolutionary Solutions Owner; Blake Hall, Troop ID Founder and CEO; Michele Markey, Kauffman FastTrac Vice President; Tak Lo, Techstars Associate; Rhett Jeppson, Small Business Administration Associate Administrator; and Davy Leghorn, National Economic Commission Assistant Director and The American Legion.
Topics included:
• The state of existing federal government programs and the ability to conduct outreach to veterans and those still serving in the Armed Forces
• Ideas on how current programs may be improved to better support veteran entrepreneurs
• Programs that assist veterans and the success of veterans who have or have not used existing programs to launch their own businesses
• Gaps or issues not being addressed by current programs and workforce for veteran entrepreneurs
“Veterans in Kansas, as well as across the country, face challenges when they return from service,” Sen. Moran said. “While the VA has often been focused on job training and employment, our veterans are also great businessmen and women and we want to explore the opportunity for them to start a business. Today, we heard from veterans — mostly veteran entrepreneurs — to figure out if there is a way we can help whether through the private sector, veterans’ organizations, or individually. They fought to provide us with the American Dream, now we need to make certain they have the opportunity to live the American Dream.”
The Hays High girls’ soccer team stayed unbeaten in the Western Athletic Conference with a 2-1 overtime win in Liberal Thursday.
Brooke Russell scored in the final minute to tie the match. Taylor Herman scored the game winner in overtime.
The Indians are now 7-2 overall and 4-0 in the WAC.
On Thursday, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Senator Pat Roberts introduced a bill to ensure that hundreds of rural communities across the nation remain eligible for rural housing development programs administered by the USDA.
“Buying or building a home in a rural area can present unique challenges, and the USDA’s rural housing programs have helped make responsible homeownership a reality for countless moderate and low-income families in South Dakota and nationwide,” said Johnson. “Providing these loans, grants, and loan guarantee programs helps younger generations stay in the communities they’re from, and ensures rural housing markets have access to private credit.”
“I am pleased to introduce this legislation to help rural communities like Hays, Dodge City, Garden City, Liberal and several others qualify for loans and grants that will help those who need it most,” said Roberts. “As our rural communities continue to grow, so do their housing needs, and this legislation will help them remain eligible to receive assistance.”
The bill would grandfather currently eligible communities that meet the population threshold until 2020, and raise the population cap from 25,000 to 35,000. A similar measure was passed with bipartisan support in the Senate last year as an amendment to the Farm Bill, but did not ultimately become law after the bill stalled in the House of Representatives. Without Congressional action, hundreds of communities could lose their eligibility in the coming months, which could have serious negative consequences for local economies and homebuyers.
The USDA’s Housing and Community Facilities Programs help rural communities by providing homeownership options for individuals, financing assistance for developers of multi-family housing projects such as assisted living for the elderly and disabled, and community facilities such as libraries, child care centers, schools, and firefighting equipment.
The largest component of the USDA’s rural housing activity is the Section 502 loan program, which provides privately-funded loans to families in rural communities, insured by the Rural Housing Service. In fiscal year 2011, Section 502 loans helped 130,415 individuals and families become homeowners.
This weekend is the 47th annual National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Spring Rodeo hosted by Fort Hays State University.
The first performance is 7:30 p.m. Friday. There are two performances Saturday — 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dale Hirschman will host a cowboy church service Sunday in the arena at 10 a.m., followed by the final performance of the rodeo at 1 p.m.
A total of 600 competitors have signed up for the event.Four FHSU seniors — Ty Rumford, steer wrestling, team roping and all-around; Blair Jones, team roping and steer wrestling; Dakota Milner, team roping; and Sam Tenpenny, goat tying — are in the running for nationals in Casper, Wyo., later this year.
Two new events have been added to this year’s performances, Rumford said.
Rodeo contestants will compete in the costume ribbon roping, and a spectator will have a chance to win in the crawl for cash.
Soaking rain across much of the nation’s midsection has helped further alleviate drought in the crop growing states of Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Small portions of Nebraska also saw improvement.
A weekly drought monitor, released Thursday by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska, showed a few regions missed out from the wet weather, including Texas, where southern counties are in exceptional drought — the driest level possible level.
Eastern Nebraska and the western edge of the state improved. Most of Nebraska remains in extreme drought. Kansas saw little change, remaining in exceptional or extreme drought.
With snow in parts of Nebraska and heavy rain in much of the Midwest, some farmers are now hoping for a dry spell so they can get into fields.
Kenny Chesney lets down his guard more than ever in the songs on his next album, Life on a Rock. The tracks on the project give real insight into Kenny’s life away from the spotlight down in the Caribbean, and there’s a good reason he felt the freedom to be so honest in these songs.
“I was able to make a record where I didn’t edit myself like you usually do for a record. I guess because, I approached this record unlike any other I’ve ever done. I wrote all these songs knowing that the majority of them would never see the light of day on a radio station or in my show.”
While “Pirate Flag,” the lead single from Life on a Rock, is climbing the country chart fast, Kenny is alright with going against the grain of grinding out album after album simply to keep having massive hits. He thinks the more quiet, private approach he took writing Life on a Rock served him well.
Says Kenny, “It allowed me to really be honest with my fans and tell them stories and open up some doors that I haven’t, and that felt really good.”
Kenny is currently on the road with his No Shoes Nation tour, which will continue through a two-night stand at Gillette Stadium near Boston this August. Kenny has a long-standing love for Beantown, so the attacks at the Boston Marathon this week led him to stress the importance of security at his live shows.
“It’s always in the back of our mind, but we have as much security as we possibly can,” Kenny explains. “We play a lot of these football stadiums, and it’s the same security that they would have at a sporting event. And, I mean, you can’t overdo it either. What is too much security? What is too little security? So, it does make you think about it.”
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Gun rights advocates say the Kansas attorney general’s office is struggling to process a record number of applications for concealed carry permits on time.
Edwardsville resident John Altevogt said Thursday that Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office told him last week it would be lucky to process applications in 120 days. Kansas law says applications must be reviewed in 90 days.
Altevogt applied for a permit in February. On Wednesday, he filed a professional ethics complaint against Schmidt and members of his staff.
Kansas State Rifle Association president Patricia Stoneking said her group has received dozens of complaints in recent weeks.
Schmidt’s office received nearly 11,000 concealed-carry applications in January, February and March. He and his spokesman didn’t immediately respond to telephone and email messages seeking comment Thursday.
A 33-year old Hays Man remains in custody today following a traffic stop and DUI arrest on Wednesday in the 500 block of Pine Street.
According to Police Lt. Brandon Wright, “After Emilio Pena’s arrest, the standard inventory of the vehicle was completed and we located a small amount of marijuana, methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia, for which Pena was also charged.
Pena is being held on $5500 bond for Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana , Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and DUI”
The FBI is asking for the public’s help in locating the Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect
