Hays

• The Ellis County Commission unanimously approved its 2027 budget and voted to exceed the revenue neutral rate. →
• The Ellis County Commission accepted a $454,000 grant and allocated 10 acres of former landfill space for a regional fire training center. →
• The Hays USD 489 Board of Education approved the annual budget with a proposed $23.2 million tax levy following debate over assessments. →
• The Hays USD 489 Board of Education voted 5-2 to exceed the revenue-neutral tax rate to support the district capital outlay fund. →
• Ellis County Jail Reports 24 Arrests Sept. 1-8, 2026 →
• Expect a few morning showers and thunderstorms before clearing up for a mostly sunny day with a high near 88°F.

🌾 Kansas

• Hundreds of residents packed a Hutchinson town hall Sept. 8 to weigh in on data center development, with no project proposed or voted on. →

• Six former Kansas corrections officials delivered a letter to Gov. Laura Kelly urging her to commute all nine death sentences to life without parole. →

• Overland Park police launched a public website Sept. 1 that tracks every department drone flight in near-real time. →

• Five independent Kansas health systems announced Sept. 8 the formation of Astra Health, a shared services organization that lets each member retain its own name, board and ownership. →

• The Kansas Highway Patrol reported no fatal crashes during its Labor Day weekend enforcement period but made 23 DUI arrests, one more than last year. →

🇺🇸 US

• Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek issued new restrictions on data center development Tuesday, citing community and power grid concerns. →

• New York City released more than 170,000 pages of 9/11 response records and settled two public-records lawsuits with 9/11 Health Watch, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday. →

• Kansas' two Republican senators and a GOP gubernatorial candidate pushed back against President Trump's threat to bar Bombardier aircraft sales, warning it would jeopardize Wichita jobs. →

• NextEra Energy secured a federal loan of up to $1.9 billion Tuesday to restart Iowa's Duane Arnold nuclear plant, backed by a 25-year power purchase agreement with Google. →

• Brent crude climbed to roughly $99 a barrel Tuesday as the U.S. and Iran exchanged attacks involving oil tankers and military vessels in the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz. →

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September 9, 2002: Buzz Aldrin Punches Moon Landing Conspiracy Theorist

On September 9, 2002, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin punched filmmaker and conspiracy theorist Bart Sibrel outside a Beverly Hills hotel after Sibrel accused him of faking the 1969 moon landing. Sibrel, who had lured Aldrin there under false pretenses and demanded he swear on a Bible, later tried to press assault charges, but the case was dismissed when authorities ruled he had instigated the confrontation.

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