Hays

• The City of Hays will adjust public drop-off hours at the Hays Recycling Center starting Nov. 30 to improve staff workflow. →
• The Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays is relocating its rattlesnakes to a Phoenix sanctuary due to museum funding issues. →
• Hays veterans marked Veterans Day, announcing local commemorative ceremonies and a free benefits resource clinic set for Nov. 20-21. →
• Former Hays Middle School custodian Austin Darnall has been charged in Ellis County with felony electronic solicitation of a child. →
• A Colorado driver was hospitalized after his truck hit a bridge pillar and caught fire on I-70 west of Hays in Ellis County Tuesday. →
• Expect plenty of sunshine today in Hays with light northeast winds and a high near 57°F.

🌾 Kansas

• Kansas' governor's race remained uncalled Wednesday, with Democrat Cindy Holscher leading Republican Ty Masterson by 7,644 votes as 32 counties completed audits and provisional ballots remained outstanding. →

• A Wichita City Council majority on Tuesday declined to vote on a proposal barring city participation in ICE's 287(g) program but agreed to discuss holding a public town hall on the issue. →

• A tied 3-3 vote by Kansas' Legislative Coordinating Council on Nov. 6 preserved lawmakers' scheduled 4.4% pay raise and approved moving forward with contractor Propylon's $8M bill-drafting system for the 2027 session. →

• Fuller Industries ended production at its Great Bend plant Nov. 6, affecting an estimated 90 employees after selling its chemical business to Betco, which will relocate operations to Ohio. →

• Topeka City Council members said they will only meet publicly with Compass Data Centers after residents alleged city staff held undisclosed talks about the proposed data center campus. →

🇺🇸 US

• Nvidia's board met Nov. 11 to consider removing founder and CEO Jensen Huang amid an investigation into his relationship with a woman U.S. intelligence agencies suspect of spying for China, sending Nvidia shares down more than 8% in after-hours trading. →

• The USDA proposed tightening SNAP eligibility rules that would cut 6.3 million people from the food stamp program by fiscal 2029, saving an estimated $44.65 billion through fiscal 2031. →

• Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's Senate race, becoming the state's first Democratic senator since 1982 and first Black senator since Reconstruction. →

• A three-story Brooklyn building collapsed into an adjacent construction site Nov. 11, killing at least eight people and injuring 17, including seven children. →

• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent relocated to a military base after threats from Iran, as the Justice Department indicted three alleged Iranian operatives over a September plot targeting a British air base used by U.S. bombers. →

Weather

November 12, 1954: Ellis Island Closes

After processing more than 12 million immigrants since 1892, Ellis Island officially shut its doors on November 12, 1954. Once the nation’s busiest federal immigration station, it later served as a detention, hospital and training center before closing and eventually reopening as a museum.

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