A charitable association in Abilene got a shot in the arm three weeks ago. The Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo made a donation of $5,548.06 to the Elsie Brooks Memorial Cancer Fund of Dickinson County. The Jeffcoat Memorial Foundation matched $5,000 of the funds raised at the rodeo, according to foundation trustee Hank Royer. The rodeo, held August 3-6, has hosted a Tough Enough to Wea...
The 12th annual Impact the Cure event is Saturday, October 1st, and this year will have some changes from past events. For 2022, the event will be solely the 2MileFunWalk (no 5k run) and it will be held in Old Abilene Town as the kick-off to the community celebration of the 100th birthday for Memorial Hospital. Impact the Cure is an annual Breast Cancer Awareness event in Abilene hosted b...
Len Dawson, former quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs and broadcaster has died at the age of 87. In a statement given to KMBC in Kansas City on Wednesday morning, Aug. 24, the family of Len Dawson confirmed that the former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and broadcaster had passed away overnight....
County plans to decrease 2023 mill levy Thanks to an increase in assessed valuation and revenue along with additional money coming in from the TransCanada Keystone pipeline, local property owners will pay less in Dickinson County taxes in 2023 than they did in 2022. The proposed 2023 county budget will reduce the mill levy by 2.134 mills. That means the owner of a $175,000 home will pay an e...
County certifies primary results following state treasurer’s race recount The 2022 Dickinson County Primary Election finished up Thursday after commissioners reviewed and certified tally sheets from the Aug. 16–17 recount of the Republican race between Steve Johnson and Caryn Tyson for state treasurer. Tyson had asked for a hand recount in six Kansas counties, including Dickinso...
The new Dickinson County flood plain maps are on hold – again. County staff were expecting to receive a letter of final determination in July to be issued in early August from the Kansas Division of Water Resources (KDWR) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 7. However, state and federal officials notified the county that additional errors had been discovered in the maps that...
The Legacy Restaurant in Abilene is open for reservations only. Deanna and Chuck Munson purchased the former Brookville Hotel that has been closed for several months and have combined it with their former Munson Prime restaurant which was destroyed by a fire. Right now reservations only are required to eat at Legacy Kansas. Challenges hiring enough staff to do walk in open seating is the reason ...
New moms and moms-to-be living in Dickinson County are invited to attend the fourth annual Community Baby Shower, back after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The baby shower is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 in Sterl Hall. Registration begins at 4:30 p.m. The event is only open to pregnant women and post-partum women who have delivered by June 1 or later. “The goal o...
Dickinson County property owners soon will be receiving a tax notice with information about property tax revenue. The “2022 Notice of Estimated Ad Valorem Taxes” is not a tax bill and should not be paid. The notification will be sent to explain each taxing jurisdiction’s intent or non-intent to exceed their revenue neutral rate by assessing more property taxes than they did the year before. ...
The Geary County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a second suspect in connection to the 2021 homicide of Enfinnity Hayes. 20 year old Jonathan Kendrick Franklin, of Fort Riley, was arrested Sunday j for 1st degree murder and conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder. Franklin has been booked into Geary County Detention Center on a $1 million bond. 23 year old Cameron Lawson was arrested July 1...
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Dickinson County Assistant Administrator and Finance Director Marcus Rothchild visited with KABI Wak...
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