This appeal is not one taken lightly, and we certainly never thought the, Hays Free Press, News-Dispatch and Barton Publications would be calling on our readers and supporters, but …

We need your help.

Like so many businesses, we have been hit terribly by the coronavirus crisis. Local businesses – advertisers –
have shut down and laid-off employees.

But as an independent news organization, owned and operated by the Barton family and staff members, we feel that we cannot cut off the...