A teenager is in custody after an adult was rushed to the hospital following a shooting in Abilene on Sunday afternoon. Around 4 p.m on Sunday, June 19, the Abilene Police Department says officers were called to the 400 block of NE 14th St. with reports of a shooting. As a result of the alleged incident, officers said a 43-year-old victim was rushed to an area hospital and as of Monday afternoon i...
According to a media release from the agency. On Wednesday the Kansas Bureau of Investigation executed search warrants at the Junction City Police Department and other police department facilities in Geary County. KBI says the employees involved in the case have been placed on administrative leave. The agency also confirmed no arrests have been made. ...
KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson visits with Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum Education Specialist Joy Murphy about the Evening at Ease program and other upcoming programs....
Photo by Kathy Hageman, Dickinson County Public Information coordinator Scott Koehler, standing, a representative from Wiland Associates, talks to emergency management, Abilene city and Dickinson County officials Monday morning, June 6, about the basics of incident management. That was followed by the “Abilene/Windy City” functional exercise, a fictional disaster based on a tornado that hit...
Bullfighter Dustin Brewer’s likeness is featured on the 2022 Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo Belt Buckle. The highly-revered cowboy worked the Abilene rodeo for fifteen years. The Prairie du Chien, Wis. man, a native of Elk City, Okla., worked as a bullfighter at the Abilene rodeo fifteen years, starting in 2000, with a year off in 2002 due to a knee injury, then through 2015. His career began when he...
Nationally renowned cowboy poet, veterinarian, and storyteller Baxter Black died Friday at the age of 77. Black, a resident of Benson, Arizona, was a beloved figure in the agricultural industry, and outpourings on his behalf have been going on for months while Black was in hospice care....
Abilene City Manger Ron Marsh visits with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about the ongoing budget process , city projects and recent emergency response training....
Photo by Kathy Hageman/Dickinson County Public Information coordinator Sarah Ikena, left, Dickinson County’s newly appointed county attorney, took the oath of office at 9 a.m. Monday morning, June 6 in Courtroom 1, administered by Eighth Judicial District Head Judge Benjamin Sexton. Ikena was elected May 31 during a convention of Republican precinct men and women. She replaces Andrea Purvis w...
Fireworks permit required in rural areas of Dickinson County While the cities in Dickinson County have their own fireworks ordinances, people who live outside city limits must have a permit to discharge fireworks. “Dickinson County Resolution 032416 states that fireworks may be used in the unincorporated areas of Dickinson County with a permit,” said County Clerk Jeanne Livingston. Firework...
FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Smoky Hill River at Enterprise. * WHEN...From Monday afternoon to Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 26.0 feet, Valley north of the Kansas Highway 43 bridge on the north side of Enterprise floods. At 27.0 feet, Railroad tracks near Enterprise flood. *...
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