Hays Post

A large contingent of the Hays Police and Fire Departments were dispatched shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday to find a 9-year-old child who was unable to be located at his home in the 500 block of East 11th.

A command center was set up at the former Professor’s Steak House, 521 E. 11th St.

While collecting information about the child and preparing to walk the area, the boy was found at around 6:45 p.m.

According to Hays Police Chief Don Scheibler, it appeared the boy had just been late getting home.

In weather this cold however, the window for someone injured and outside, is very short, prompting the significant response.