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Best Looking Cruiser’

John AndersonAugust 29, 2022

For the first time, the Kansas Highway Patrol will have a cruiser featured in the AAST's 'Best Looking Cruiser' Calendar, and it's all thanks to you! You'll find our KHP Challenger under the month of September in the calendar! Thank you for your support, encouragement, and votes over the past few weeks. We appreciate it!  To order your copy of the Best Cruiser Calendar and to support the ...

4 Drug Overdoes

John AndersonAugust 26, 2022

Four recent drug overdoes in Riley County, including one at a school, have prompted officials to issue a warning. On Wednesday Riley County Police and EMS responded to two overdoses involving adults. Last week, they responded to two more overdoses over the course of 48 hours, both involving juveniles, with one occurring at Manhattan High School during school. Riley County Police say these overdose...

Concrete Truck Rolls

John AndersonAugust 25, 2022

The Kansas Highway Patrol says a concrete truck rolled over on I-135 Thursday morning in Saline County. The incident happened at around 8 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-135, near exit 88. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the concrete truck to roll over. Crews were working to upright the truck, which rolled over near Water Well Road, just south of Salina....

Voice of the Wildcats to be Inducted

John AndersonAugust 23, 2022

Wyatt Thompson, who is entering his 21st season as the Voice of the Wildcats, will be inducted into the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame as he is one of three inductees to be enshrined in the Class of 2022. The ceremony will take place Oct. 24 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan, and Thompson will be joined in the class by radio engineer Don Free, who was a longtime member of both...

ELECTION STAFF RECOGNIZED

John AndersonAugust 22, 2022

Photo by Janelle Dockendorf/Dickinson County Asst. Co. Admin. Dickinson County Commissioners thanked the Dickinson County Clerk’s office staff for their hard work leading up to and during the Tuesday, Aug. 2 Primary Election at the commission’s Aug. 4 meeting. County Clerk/Election Officer Jeanne Livingston commended her employees for their hard work, especially since none of them had ever be...

ARRESTED FOR MURDER

John AndersonAugust 20, 2022

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation arrested a Salina man Friday for a 2011 murder in New Cambria, Kansas. 51-year-old Steven Couch, Jr. was arrested by KBI agents at the Salina Municipal Court. The KBI says Couch is suspected of 2nd-degree murder in the February 17, 2011, death of 39-year-old Carol Williams. His bond was set at $1 million. Williams was dating Couch at the time of her death. Couch ...

Cowboy Football Looks to Take A Step Forward

Trent SanchezAugust 18, 2022

Pictured Above is Abilene Head Coach Brad Nicks Abilene Head Football Coach, Brad Nick’s Cowboy program will look to take a huge step forward in the 2022 season.  It has been tough from the start for Nicks.  He took over, in the spring of 2020, for a program that went 0-9 in 2019.  He was not fully able to work-out with his players before his first season because of Covid.  Abilene went 0...

INSIDE DICKINSON COUNTY

John AndersonAugust 18, 2022

Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Dickinson County Elizabeth Weese visits with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about the grant cycle and gives an update on projects the Foundation supports and one new project in the works....

ABORTION RECOUNT

John AndersonAugust 15, 2022

Nine Kansas counties that will recount the abortion amendment vote after supporters managed to pull together about $120,000. While Kansas has 105 counties, the nine counties in the recount make up more than half of the votes cast on the Aug. 2 abortion ballot question.  Those counties are: Crawford, Douglas, Harvey, Jefferson, Johnson, Lyon, Sedgwick, Shawnee, and Thomas.The final count showed th...

DEPUTY INJURED

John AndersonAugust 8, 2022

A man suspected to have been killed by the bison that injured an Ellsworth County Deputy was found by his aunt on Monday morning. The man’s aunt, who found her nephew, 56-year-old Scott Schroeder of Bushton dead in a pen. She said she thought that a bison had killed him. The location of the body was in a row of trees north of K-4 highway and 5th Road. The location of the deputy injured Sunday ni...

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