One of the most influential bands in Christian music history will deliver their biggest hits from their three-decade career at one of the best venues in Kansas.cOCare coming to the Stiefel Theatre in Salina. According to the venue, Newsboys are one of the biggest bands in Christian music history, having sold more than 10 million records across 23 recordings and garnering boundless accolades, inclu...
Dickinson County Administrator Janelle Dockendorf visits with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about proposed changes to regulations for dogs in the County and a bridge replacement getting underway....
By Metro Source News The Kansas Turnpike is going cashless. Authorities say, effective about a year from now, cameras that can scan license plates will be up and running along the turnpike, enabling KTA to issue bills through the mail rather than forcing motorists to stop and fumble for change as they drive across the Sunflower State. Tolling equipment will be located above the mainline of t...
There was no jackpot winner Wednesday night, so the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to its third largest ever. According to the lottery, the jackpot has grown to an estimated $875 million for the next drawing on Saturday. The cash option for the jackpot is an estimated $441.9 million. The jackpot ranks as the third largest Powerball jackpot, only behind the world record $2.04 billion Powerball ...
Abilene rodeo hires Kansas rodeo announcer A long-time fan of the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene is now behind the microphone, working the rodeo. As a kid, Scott Grover’s parents brought him to the rodeo when they visited friends in Abilene. He watched announcer Phil Gardenhire and rodeo clown Lecile Harris, both legends in the sport, and thought, ‘maybe someday I can do what the...
Salina Crossroads Marathon race organizers say as of this week there over 2, 500 runners from all fifty states, Canada, and Mexico registered for the November 4th event. The 2023 Salina Crossroads Marathon weekend will feature seven events: marathon, half marathon, 5K run, 5K walk, half marathon relay, marathon relay, and new half-mile kids run. The Salina Crossroads Marathon to be one of the few ...
LIVE AT THE STIEFEL Tommy James & the Shondells Next week 1560 KABI AND 95.9 FM we'll have a pair of tickets to give away each day on “The Wake-UP Call with John Anderson”. CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION, CRIMSON & CLOVER, MONY MONY, I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW, SWEET CHERRY WINE, HANKY PANKY, MIRAGE, THREE TIMES IN LOVE and DRAGGIN' THE LINE are just a few of the many hits....23 gold s...
The Kansas Corporation Commission on Tuesday announced that it greenlighted an extensive project involving the construction of 370 miles of a transmission line running through The Sunflower State. KCC approved a request from Invenergy Transmission LLC to move forward with the Grain Belt Express Clean Line Project, clearing the way for construction of a 780-mile transmission line to be built in two...
Abilene Smoky Valley Railroad In 1993, two Abilene railfans, Joe Minick and Fred Schmidt, had an idea. The tracks of the bankrupt Rock Island Railroad that run through Dickinson County were about to be taken out by the Union Pacific, the monolithic railroad company that absorbed the assets of the Rock Island's successor, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad. Determined to preserve Rock Isla...
On the night of June 11th, 2008, at 10:20pm, a category F-3 tornado at least a half-mile wide devastated the small town of Chapman, Kansas. It left one person dead and created an estimated $70 million in damage. Nearly 70 homes, including the town’s two churches, a funeral home, the elementary, middle and high schools were reduced to rubble....
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