Advance voting for the 2022 Primary Election has been unusually busy, according to Dickinson County Clerk/Election Officer Jeanne Livingston. As of Monday morning, 301 people have voted in person since advance voting began July 13 at the county clerk/election office in the courthouse, Livingston said. A large number of people also have requested mail in advance ballots. Initially, 321 ballots w...
After several years of planning, the Iron Horse Trail is breaking ground and moving forward. Community members, volunteers and donors will gather on Tuesday, August 2 at 1 p.m. south of the Dickinson County Heritage Center at SE 5th Street and S Campbell Street to celebrate the start of the project. A project of the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad, Phase 1 of the Iron Horse Trail, The Oard Tra...
Dickinson County woman loves Abilene rodeo, has missed 3 out of 64 years Sharolyn Adams (in the polka dots, next to Wild Bill Hickok), has attended the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo nearly every year of her life. Her parents, Dean and Marilyn Roles, brought their daughter to the rodeo, which started the tradition. Photo courtesy Adams. Since she was a baby, she’s only missed the rodeo thre...
Advanced voting currently is underway at the Dickinson County Courthouse, making it an official polling site. That means protesters who have been gathering on the courthouse grounds holding signs regarding the Value Them Both amendments are breaking the law and may be arrested. Recently, protesters have set up on Sundays at the corner of First Street and Buckeye, outside the courthouse with sign...
TITLE: New Director of Nursing at Village Manor to Start August 1st Village Manor in Abilene is pleased to announce Kalicia Wilson, RN, as the new Director of Nursing (DON). Kalicia joined Village Manor in April of 2021 after being informed, by an employee of Village Manor, that there was an open position for a Registered Nurse (RN). Kalicia gained important experience in previous positions ...
Abilene cancer fund, rodeo help local man with medical bills Abilene, Kan. (July 18, 2022) – Wally Peterson didn’t want to stop work that day, even though he’d had some headaches and memory loss.He was headed out to mow for his and his sons’ mowing service, when his wife Cindy told him something was wrong: as he talked, one side of his face wasn’t moving.But he dismissed the...
Proposal would build childcare centers at Herington, Solomon Dickinson County plans to use funds it received from ARPA (the American Rescue Plan Act), working in conjunction with the Community Foundation of Dickinson County, USD 393 and USD 487 to build childcare facilities on school district property in both Solomon and Herington. The need for childcare in Dickinson County, throughout Kansas a...
UPDATE: SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY MEDIA RELEASE (07/12/2022) On Monday evening, July 11, 2022 the Sheriff’s Office was alerted to a male juvenile subject who was making severe threats to harm and kill individuals and members of the general public. The Sheriff’s Office and Chapman Police Department initiated an investigation into the threats. As a precaution, victims in a...
Rodeo queens, longhorns and Clydesdales add to festivities at Abilene rodeo Abilene, Kan.– The royalty of rodeo, both human and animal, will be on hand for this year’s Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene. Miss Rodeo America Hailey Frederiksen and Miss Rodeo Kansas State University Makaeli Burkham will be in attendance during all four performances of the rodeo in Abilene, as well as at auxi...
UPDATE: Law enforcement authorities investigating a drive-by shooting in Herington have made an arrest. On Wednesday, police were dispatched to a reported shooting at the intersection of S. B Street and Day Street in Herington, according to a media release. The suspect has been identified as 26-year-old Travis Richardson of Abilene, confronted another subject that was walking at the intersect...
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