Here is the latest update:

At the Rooks County Commission meeting on Tuesday, December 12th, Rooks County Commissioners Jake Prockish, Tim Berland, and John Ruder voted to terminate county appraiser Heather Poore.

This termination decision was made after the commissioners held three executive sessions to discuss non-elected personnel.

The first two sessions included the three commissioners and clerk Laura Montgomery. The first session was 45 minutes long, with the second being twenty minutes.

Glenn L. Hays, 66, Larned, passed away on December 9, 2023, at Hays Medical Center.

He was born July 26, 1957, in Russell, Kansas, the son of Carl and Johnita (Zink) Hays.

He manufactured trailers.

He was a member of the St. Thomas Catholic Church, Stockton.

He enjoyed gardening, farming, and riding his Harley motorcycle.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl Hays and Johnita Zink Haines; step-father, Cecil Haines; and brother, Mark “Sparky” Hays.