Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced in a news release this week that he will visit five counties in western Kansas to speak to students and community groups and participate in roundtable discussions with local prosecutors.

The schedule includes two stops in Hays.

At noon Sept. 15, Schmidt will address the Hays Rotary Club at the Hadley Center, 208 E. Eighth, before heading to Dodge City.

After a stop in Ulysses on Sept. 16, Schmidt is scheduled to return to Hays Sept. 17 (Constitution Day) to speak to an American government class at Fort Hays State University from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. From 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., he will address a political issues class.

Schmidt wraps up his western Kansas swing with a stop in Leoti from 4 to 5 p.m. to meet with local prosecutors.