Dickinson County Commission declared October 2-8, 2022, as Dickinson County 4-H Week in which they, “encourage all of our citizens to recognize 4-H for the significant impact it has made and continues to make by empowering youth with the skills they need to lead for a lifetime.” Pictured left to right, front row: Craig Chamberlin, County Commissioner and Fragrant Hilltoppers 4-H Club alum;...
Fun Night Rural Center students, family, friends, and neighbors are invited to attend our annual Rural Center PTO fundraiser: Fun Night! It will be Saturday, October 8, 2022 at Rural Center School. Games from 3-6 PM with a short live auction to follow. You may either do Fun Night's activities (bake walk, pop toss, bounce houses, etc.) or play games using tickets purchased at the ticket booth ...
USD 435 Abilene Superintendent Greg Brown and Companion dog Maizy visits with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about school activities....
Railroad fans who enjoy steam engines have one last opportunity this weekend to ride in a train powered by Abilene’s Santa Fe 3415 locomotive before it is taken out of service for required maintenance. Officials of the Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad announced today that the 103-year-old engine will undergo a special overhaul mandated by the Federal Railroad Administration every 15 year...
An Abilene woman is among the 28 freshmen named to K-State’s prestigious business scholars’ program K-State has named 28 incoming freshmen to its prestigious business scholars’ program. Kansas State University says on Thursday that its College of Business Administration has chosen its third cohort of the Menard Family Scholars Program which provides premier business leadership experience ...
Dickinson County Sheriffs Deputy Brandon Depew visits with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about Faith and Blue October 8 in Eisenhower Park 5-9 pm. A time to have fun and build relationships with neighbors and Law Enforcement....
Three people were killed Tuesday afternoon when a semi crashed into a pickup truck in Dickinson County, just south of Abilene. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, just after 3:30 p.m., a 2006 Dodge Dakota and a semi-truck were travelling southbound on K15 at 1500 Ave. The pickup truck attempted to make a U-turn at 1500 Ave when it was hit by the semi-truck. The pickup truck entered the east di...
- The man who died in a fatal school bus collision in Clay Center on Tuesday morning has been identified. The Kansas Highway Patrol Crash Log indicates that Harold R. Mugler, 69, of Clay Center, was pronounced dead at the scene of a fatal school bus accident. Clay County Schools USD 379 says on Tuesday morning, Sept. 20, a school bus was involved in an accident with a pedestrian in Clay...
Dickinson County Clerk/Election Office staff were delighted Wednesday morning, Sept. 14 when new election equipment was delivered, including a vote counting machine and voting machines for use at the polls. The equipment replaces 20-year-old machines which were outdated and no longer tech supported. The new equipment will be in place during the Nov. 8 General Election. Here, one of the t...
Abilene Welcomes New Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Former Property Rebranded Abilene's new Ho...
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