A WEEKEND FULL OF EVENTS IN ABILENE Abilene will be bustling with activity the weekend of May 13 and 14 with events that will appeal to everyone. The weekend offers live music, a free car show, food trucks, bouncy houses for the kids, and shopping vintage and upcycled items. The weekend fun starts Friday night, May 13, at the Dickinson County Heritage Center with a live concert featuri...
Wake Up Call Host John Anderson visits with Eisenhower Elementary Principal Ethan Gruen about the After School String Program. Student Sebastian Ross plays a song on his Violin as his proud mom Kelsie shows her support....
Symphony at Sunset returns in 2022 Commemorate D-Day on June 4th at the annual Symphony at Sunset concert on the grounds of the Eisenhower Presidential Library. The Salina Symphony, joined by the 1st Infantry Division Band, will present a concert of patriotic favorites and World War II era classics featuring vocalist Janie Brokenicky. Activities and food vendors begin at 4 p.m. followed by an...
Abilene native to lead the Abilene Cowgirl Basketball Program, it was announced today the former Cowboy Stand-out Shawn Herrman was chosen as the next Abilene Cowgirls Basketball Coach, Hermann replaces Mike Liby who was in charge of the program for the last 3 seasons. Herrman is the all-time leader in points scored 1542 at Abilene Highschool setting the mark in 2002. ...
ABILENE AND SMOKY VALLEY RAILROAD ANNOUNCES 2022 SEASON DINNER TRAIN SCHEDULE The Abilene and Smoky Valley has announced its schedule of dinner trains for the railroad's 28th season of operation, which begins on Saturday, May 7, and runs through the last weekend in October. At least seven different dinner trains are being planned, featuring food from area resta...
Dickinson County EMS has a new tool in its arsenal which can significantly increase the odds of survival for an individual experiencing a cardiac arrest. LUCAS (Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System) is a mechanical chest compression device that delivers high quality, consistent chest compressions to patients having a cardiac arrest. Staff with Dickinson County EMS conducted a simulation d...
Dickinson County officials learned on Wednesday, April 13 that a joint grant application to improve the northwest corridor of Abilene was not funded. In February, county and City of Abilene leaders applied for a BASE (Building A Stronger Economy) grant, seeking funds to improve the Northwest 14th corridor on the edge of Abilene. Some of the area is located in the city of Abilene, while other porti...
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 2.5% in March. This was unchanged from 2.5% in February and a decrease from 3.5% in March 2021.Dickinson County is reporting an unemployment rate of 3.1 percent, Saline 2.7, Geary 3.8 Clay 2.8 and Riley...
Empyreal’s armored vehicle, which was carrying $165,000 in cash from marijuana dispensaries in Missouri, was stopped May 18, 2021, at this exit on I-70 as it headed for Colorado. The company settled a federal suit but litigation relating to Kansas remains ongoing. The U.S. Department of Justice agreed Wednesday to return all cash seized from an armored car company used by legal marijua...
After years working in the criminal justice system, Neal Gugler will bring a lifetime of experience to his new job as Dickinson County’s magistrate judge. Gugler, a rural Chapman resident, was appointed Dickinson County Magistrate Judge March 4 by the 8th Judicial District Nominating Commission following a public interview process. Eight candidates had applied for the position. “I was s...
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According to a Media release by the Abilene Polic department on Thursday April 18 the Abilene Police...
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