The Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau has been awarded a $9,800 Kansas Tourism Marketing Grant to support the Kansas Gunsmoke Trail 2.0 initiative. The Kansas Gunsmoke Trail highlights cowboy-themed attractions in four historic cities—Wichita, Abilene, Hays (City), and Dodge City—that played significant roles in the storyline of Gunsmoke, the longest-running Western in television histo...
COOKIES AND HOSPITALITY Abilene rodeo honors volunteer with award Lisa Peters has been awarded the 2023 Justin Sports Medicine Committee Person of the Year Award for her volunteer work with the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene, Kansas. The Abilene resident is chairman of hospitality for the rodeo, making sure food is ordered and served to contestants and contract personnel during...
Seniors Pictured: Back row: Joe Welsh, Weston Rock, Jaxson Blake, Parker Farr, Devin Alvarez, Tyler Holloway Front row: Aaron Hartman, Zeke Spivey, Zander Cox, Dominic Holt, Landon Taplin and Colton Teague The Abilene Cowboy football team had a breakthrough season in 2023, under 5th year Head Coach, Brad Nicks. He inherited a program that had fallen on hard times. The Cowboys went 0-15 i...
HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE OF DICKINSON COUNTY RECEIVES "SUPERIOR PERFORMER" AWARD Abilene, Kansas, August 21, 2024 – Home Health and Hospice of Dickinson County has been recognized by Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) as a “Superior Performer” for achieving an overall patient satisfaction score that ranked in the top 20% of all eligible SHP clients for the 2023 calendar year. The a...
Professional Rodeo Pick Up Man James Hayek visits with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about what he does and memories he has as he makes his final appearance at Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo....
FROM NEW YORK CITY TO KANSAS Abilene rodeo hosts Miss Rodeo K-State Abilene, Kan. (July 29, 2024) – Even New Yorkers like rodeo. At least that’s the case for the 2024 Miss Rodeo Kansas State Queen Jordan Daugherty. The K-State student, an Army brat, spent her high school years living in New York City, and now she’s been crowned the rodeo queen for K-State. The daughter of Aar...
Abilene man is long-time rodeo volunteer Abilene, Kan. (July 24, 2024) – For the past four decades, Sid Hammond has been a committee member with the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene. It was in 1985 that he began his affiliation with the rodeo. The rodeo had been produced by the fair board, but it was failing. That year, fair board member Joyce Romberger came to Hammond and anoth...
Abilene rodeo celebrates 25 years of horses and bulls from Andrews Rodeo Co. Abilene, Kan. (July 22, 2024) – Andrews Rodeo Co. has been the stock contractor for the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene for the past 25 years. Sammy Andrews, his wife Jacel, son James, and his crew have been coming to Abilene since 2000, bringing their industry-renowned bucking horses and bulls. When ...
Elsie Brooks Fund helps locals with financial need during cancer treatment Abilene, Kan. (July 8, 2024) – The rodeo that Jean Book has been going to since she was a kid is now helping her, in a round-about way. When the Abilene resident was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, she received help from the Elsie Brooks Memorial Cancer Fund of Dickinson County. The fund, created in ...
An Abilene fundraising campaign is underway to complete the federally mandated rebuild of Santa Fe 3415, the state’s official steam locomotive. According to Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad officials, the engine overhaul is required by the Federal Railroad Administration and is a process that must be completed every 15 years. The engine is currently out of service and will not operate until wor...
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Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Dickinson County Elizabeth Weese visits with KABI ...
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