Chris Stegman has been named the most recent Covenant Builders Hometown Hero.

He will be honored at Thursday’s Fort Hays State University basketball games, scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.

From his nomination form:

“Chris has served in the Army Reserves and was deployed to Operation Desert Shield/ Desert Storm in 1990. After getting back to the United States, he rejoined the Ellis County Rural Fire Department, which he had originally joined in 1989, and was the Chief of Company 5 until he got hired by City of Hays Fire Department in 1998. He has worked his way up through the ranks and is now the Captain of the Hays Fire Department. He’s a life member at the Veteran of Foreign War Post #9076 and has served and still continues to serve as the Commander on the Post level.”