A 45-year-old Oklahoma man was taken into custody Saturday for alleged sex crimes following an investigation that started in March of this year. According to media release from the Dickinson County Sheriff Department. The investigation started after a tip was received regarding the sexual exploitation of a child. Investigators were able to develop a suspect in the case and during the investigation...
McKinley Intermediate School Principal Robyn Pekarek visited with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about upcoming school activities....
The Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau has been awarded a $9,800 Kansas Tourism Marketing Grant to support the Kansas Gunsmoke Trail 2.0 initiative. The Kansas Gunsmoke Trail highlights cowboy-themed attractions in four historic cities—Wichita, Abilene, Hays (City), and Dodge City—that played significant roles in the storyline of Gunsmoke, the longest-running Western in television histo...
COOKIES AND HOSPITALITY Abilene rodeo honors volunteer with award Lisa Peters has been awarded the 2023 Justin Sports Medicine Committee Person of the Year Award for her volunteer work with the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene, Kansas. The Abilene resident is chairman of hospitality for the rodeo, making sure food is ordered and served to contestants and contract personnel during...
Seniors Pictured: Back row: Joe Welsh, Weston Rock, Jaxson Blake, Parker Farr, Devin Alvarez, Tyler Holloway Front row: Aaron Hartman, Zeke Spivey, Zander Cox, Dominic Holt, Landon Taplin and Colton Teague The Abilene Cowboy football team had a breakthrough season in 2023, under 5th year Head Coach, Brad Nicks. He inherited a program that had fallen on hard times. The Cowboys went 0-15 i...
HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE OF DICKINSON COUNTY RECEIVES "SUPERIOR PERFORMER" AWARD Abilene, Kansas, August 21, 2024 – Home Health and Hospice of Dickinson County has been recognized by Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) as a “Superior Performer” for achieving an overall patient satisfaction score that ranked in the top 20% of all eligible SHP clients for the 2023 calendar year. The a...
Professional Rodeo Pick Up Man James Hayek visits with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about what he does and memories he has as he makes his final appearance at Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo....
FROM NEW YORK CITY TO KANSAS Abilene rodeo hosts Miss Rodeo K-State Abilene, Kan. (July 29, 2024) – Even New Yorkers like rodeo. At least that’s the case for the 2024 Miss Rodeo Kansas State Queen Jordan Daugherty. The K-State student, an Army brat, spent her high school years living in New York City, and now she’s been crowned the rodeo queen for K-State. The daughter of Aar...
Abilene man is long-time rodeo volunteer Abilene, Kan. (July 24, 2024) – For the past four decades, Sid Hammond has been a committee member with the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene. It was in 1985 that he began his affiliation with the rodeo. The rodeo had been produced by the fair board, but it was failing. That year, fair board member Joyce Romberger came to Hammond and anoth...
Abilene rodeo celebrates 25 years of horses and bulls from Andrews Rodeo Co. Abilene, Kan. (July 22, 2024) – Andrews Rodeo Co. has been the stock contractor for the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene for the past 25 years. Sammy Andrews, his wife Jacel, son James, and his crew have been coming to Abilene since 2000, bringing their industry-renowned bucking horses and bulls. When ...
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Pictured left to right: Devin Alvarez, Landon Taplin, Weston Rock and Joesph Welsh MCPHERSO...
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