State authorities say their findings in an investigation of the Junction City Police Department are with the case’s prosecutor. The agency started looking into the conduct of unnamed JCPD personnel in June, followed by searches of the department and other agencies in Geary County. Employees were placed on leave then, but no arrests were made. Linn County Attorney James Brun was appointed as spec...
Kansans will see their amount of taxes paid with each trip to the grocery store go down next month. Kansas currently has one of the highest state food sales tax rates in the country. Starting Jan. 1, 2023, the first-rate drop in the state food sales tax rate will occur. Dropping it from 6.5 percent currently to 4 percent. It will drop again on Jan. 1, 2024, to 2 percent. The rate will be zeroed ou...
The Abilene City Commission voted 3-2 to accept the second bid from Holm Automotive for a truck for the City Inspection Department. The decision goes against the city’s purchasing policy, which the commission is not legally bound to follow. City commissioners Brandon Rein, Trevor Witt and John Kollhoff voted yes. City commissioners Dee Marshall and Wendy Miller voted no. The commission decided w...
A 33-year-old Enterprise woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 Sunday evening. Carla Derrick was westbound on I-70 in a 2003 Jeep Wrangler when she lost control on the ice, went off the roadway, and struck a tree. The accident occurred at approximately 6:23 p.m. Sunday. Derrick suffered multiple lacerations and was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center....
The world’s largest belt buckle has been unveiled. According to the Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau, at 19 feet 10 ½ inches wide and 13 feet 11 ¼ inches tall (not including the frame), Abilene, Kansas is now home to the World’s Largest Belt Buckle. Unveiled Wednesday at noon at Eisenhower Park, the project serves as a billboard celebrating Abilene. Designed by local artist...
An Abilene man was transported to the hospital in Salina after being ejected from his van in a one-vehicle crash in rural Dickinson County late Monday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 27-year-old Dakota Jones of Abilene was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Uplander van headed north on K 15 Highway. The van left the right side of the road for an unknown reason and rolled several times ejectin...
USD 435 Abilene Superintendent Greg Brown visits with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about finishing up the semester and what’s coming up the first week of Januar...
Kenny Ryan visits with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about the 18th Annual Ryan Family Christmas Dinner December 25th at the Abilene Elk’s Lodge. To volunteer , donate a dessert or have a meal delivered call Kenny at 479-058...
Hope Ridge Wind Project Enel Green Power is developing a 260 MW wind project that will provide sustainable, affordable energy, benefit the local economy, and support grid resiliency for Dickinson County, Kansas residents. The Hope Ridge Wind Project is estimated to provide tens of millions in local tax revenue. According to the Company’s web site, the Developer has asked the Federal Aviatio...
Fort Riley Post Cemetery will be the location for an annual Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday at 11 a.m. Jerri McBride, a coordinator for the event, said this will be the 17th year for the ceremony. It is open to the public and you can lay wreaths following the conclusion. "The ceremony is an opportunity for the community around Fort Riley to take time and remember the fallen, honor thos...
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picture courtesy of Brad Anderson The Abilene High School basketball teams swept an opponent fo...
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