Trick Riders Dusta Kimzey O’ Connell and Ginger Duke visit with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about what they do why they do it and their performance at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo....
Pro rodeo Bullfighters Blake Miller and Clint Lott visit with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about what’s it’s like to be a Bullfighter and why the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo is one their favorites to perform at....
Pro Rodeo announcer Mike Mathis visits with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about his love of Rodeos and this years PRCA Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene...
FOR THE GOOD TIMES Chapman barrel racer competes in Abilene rodeo for the fun, competition Abilene, Kan. (August 1, 2022) – This week, Abilene, Kansas is rodeo central. That’s because over 325 cowboys and cowgirls will descend on the town, for the annual Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo. One cowgirl won’t have far to travel. Sarah Irvine, from Chapman, will compete in the bar...
There will be special free train rides on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 2. on the Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad. The excursion railroad will offer free rides on a first-come, first-served basis to passengers who come to the Rock Island Depot at 200 SE 5th in Abilene between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. that day. Trains will be powered by the prize of the railroad's fleet of engines, the century-old Santa Fe 3...
Six-horse Clydesdale hitch to entertain at Abilene Rodeo Six beautiful equines will be part of the show at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene, Kansas. Broken Spoke Clydesdales, Winfield, Kansas, will bring their six-horse Clydesdale hitch pulling a freight wagon to the rodeo August 3-6. Mark DeCoudres, owner of the horses and the hitch, got involved with Clydesdales eleven years ago. It ha...
Executive Director of the Dickinson County Economic Development Kenneth Campbell and Dickinson County Administrator Brad Homman visit with KABI Wake Up Call Host John Anderson about Economic projects in the County and the County Budget....
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...
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picture courtesy of Brad Anderson The Abilene High School basketball teams swept an opponent fo...
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