> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.citizenjournal.us/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Hays daily brief - URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/hays-daily-brief-94/ - Published: 2026-09-10T23:21:52.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-10T23:21:52.000Z - Description: Hays, Kansas and US news for busy people - Sep 10, 2026 edition - Author: Greg Loving - Tags: hays, #brief, #fullemail # Hays - The Hays USD 489 Board of Education voted 5-2 to begin closing the deteriorating Rockwell Administration Center by summer 2027\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/takeaways-from-hays-usd-489-education-board-meeting-12/) - Hays USD 489 is completing finishing touches, including sound panels and flooring, on its $148 million bond construction projects. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/takeaways-from-hays-usd-489-education-board-meeting-12/) - The Ellis County Commission approved $22,923 from contingency funds to Foulston Siefkin LLP for Tallgrass Solar Project legal work. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/ellis-county-commission-summary-19/) - The Ellis County Fire Department reached a record 103 volunteer firefighters after announcing the addition of seven new recruits. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/ellis-county-commission-summary-19/) - Expect an early morning shower or thunderstorm, then skies will turn mostly sunny with a high near 85°F. --- # 🌾 Kansas - Residents raised conflict-of-interest concerns at a Sept. 9 meeting over Go Topeka's land ownership ties and its chairman's role at a firm assisting the proposed Compass Datacenters campus. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-265/) - Kansas communities including McPherson County, which adopted a permanent zoning ban Aug. 31, are writing battery storage rules before developers submit projects, while Emporia voters will decide a proposed ban Nov. 3\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-265/) - Kansas Lt. Gov. David Toland announced a $500,000 pilot program Sept. 9 to fund a rapid makeover of one downtown block, with applications open Sept. 11-30\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-265/) - Kansas wheat farmers face higher prices, with cash quotes near $9.42 a bushel Sept. 1, but dry soil conditions threaten fall planting as 66% of the state's topsoil was rated short or very short of moisture Aug. 30\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-265/) - The National Weather Service in Wichita said Sept. 4 that a very strong El Niño could bring wetter conditions to Kansas from fall through spring 2027\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-265/) --- # 🇺🇸 US - President Trump promised $5,000 "Trump Dividend" payments to every American adult if Republicans retain the House and Senate in the Nov. 3 elections, offering no funding plan or distribution timetable. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-262/) - Democratic Sen. John Fetterman appeared by prerecorded video at the RNC's midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9, introducing GOP Sen. Dave McCormick while affirming he will continue caucusing with Senate Democrats. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-262/) - Apple CEO John Ternus unveiled the company's first folding iPhone, the $1,999 iPhone Duo, during his debut product keynote since succeeding Tim Cook. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-262/) - Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said long-range drones struck two gas condensate plants in Russia's Yamalo-Nenets region roughly 1,900 miles away, marking Kyiv's deepest strike inside Russia since 2022 if confirmed. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-262/) - Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it targeted two American warships and eight oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for the U.S. destruction of five Iranian oil tankers, sending Brent crude above $100 a barrel for the first time since May. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-262/) --- # Weather ![Weather](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/e6/f7e66a8b-8f27-493f-8b7e-664ecefd4c3d/content/images/2026/09/Tab3FileL-2.png) --- --- # SEPTEMBER 10, 1897: FIRST DRUNK DRIVING ARREST On this day in London, 25-year-old taxi driver George Smith became the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after crashing his electric cab into a building. His case set an early legal precedent by applying existing laws about being drunk in charge of a carriage to the new world of motor vehicles. *This article was written using our proprietary AI system, Cronkite. The final decision to publish this article was made by a human. For more info, read our [AI policy](https://www.citizenjournal.us/ai-policy/).*