The lead role has been cast in a movie which will be shot in North Central Kansas this summer. The producers of Sod and Stubble have selected actor Bailey Chase for lead role of pioneer Henry Ise. Chase is most recognized from the role of Branch Connally in the series Longmire. Chase will join other veteran actors in the movie cast including: Dodie Brown (Grumpy Old Santa, American Horror St...
Retired Mail Carrier Ellie Cauthon visits with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about the Letter Carrier’s Food Drive this Saturday....
The Kansas Department of Transportation will close access to Gulf Road from K-15 for bridge repair on K-15 over the Smoky Hill River on Monday, May 1. Traffic through the area will be directed by temporary signals over one lane during the project. KDOT urges all motorists to be alert and obey the warning signs when approaching and driving through a highway work zone....
Preliminary estimates reported by the Labor Market Information Services division of the Kansas Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.9% in March. This is unchanged from 2.9% in February and an increase from 2.4% in March 2022. Dickinson County stands at 3.4 percent. Salina County 2.8, Geary County 4.3 percent, Clay County 2.9 and R...
President-Elect Eisenhower standing with soldiers of the 15th Regiment, 3rd U.S. Infantry Division, in South Korea on December 4, 1952. (L to R) Sgt. Jack Hutcherson, Eisenhower, PFC Casper Skudlarek, and Cpl. James Murray, who would be KIA several days after meeting Eisenhower. U.S. Army Photo, Courtesy of the Eisenhower Presidential Library The public is invited to attend the A...
More than 1,000 acres burned and a residential structure was lost in a grass fire in Geary County on Wednesday. The fire occurred south of Junction City near Highway 77 and Lyons Creek Road. Crews from Junction City, Dickinson County, Riley County Morris County, Fort Riley, Grandview and the Kansas Forest Service fought the blaze. Area farmers also brought water to fill tanks. EMS said one firefig...
One of the longest-anticipated openings in animal health care research has been set for May 24. Senator Jerry Moran helped secure $1.25 billion in federal funding for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility through his role on the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The facility is the nation’s only large animal facility built to handle pathogens that do not currently have treatments or count...
The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad is ready to start chugging down the tracks. According to the organization, the schedule for the soon-to-begin 2023 season includes over 200 rail trips between Abilene and Enterprise, some of which will include new special excursion and dinner trains and events. The timetable represents the railroad’s most ambitious schedule yet as the A&SV obser...
The Army has provided an update on an incident in which one person was shot during an incident at an entrance gate to Fort Riley. The military says following the March 20th incident at Trooper gate the civilian Department of the Army Security Guard, a 62-year-old male, remains assigned to administrative duties. The 22-year-old male civilian suspect who was driving the vehicle that struck the activ...
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Steve Johnson and Pat Brehm with the Save Dickinson County Alliance visited with KABI Wake Up Call H...
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