Abilene High School will hold its graduation ceremony Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Abilene High School. The ceremony will take place in the AHS gymnasium.
Owners of Wilkens Acres Tina and Jeff Wilkens address the crowd at their shop during Business After Hours Thursday afternoon. They opened Wilkens Acres — a store that sells Kansas-made products — this April. The Wilkens own a hemp farm and the idea for the shop began as a vehicle to sell the…
Unified School District 435 held a special board meeting early this week to discuss hiring several teachers to fill positions after some late resignations.
Editor’s Note: In the Feb. 17, 2022 edition of the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle, a story titled “Meahl plans to walk entire 2,193 mile-long Appalachian Trail” was published. This is a followup to that story, contributed by Meahl himself.
The Transfer Station is a department within Dickinson County Environmental Services. It is located at 2363 Jeep Road. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday; and from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Saturday.
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The Dickinson County Heritage Center recently made some of the biggest changes it has made to its displays in about 35 years.
The Dickinson County Republican Party was notified on May 16 that Andrea Purvis (Republican), Dickinson County Attorney, submitted her resignation to the Governor.
Besides the many duties offered by county treasurers’ offices across Kansas, they also handle motor vehicle transactions for the State of Kansas.
The Dickinson County Treasurer’s Department once again is offering driver’s license services for Dickinson County residents by appointment only.
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Right now, the Arts Council of Dickinson County has sign-ups open for their annual three-week Chaffee/Bradshaw Memorial Summer Art Classes. The classes are for students between 4th grade and 12th grade. So far, the number of students signed up has doubled from last year, said Sam Gessinger, …
Area lakes and rivers are calling as Kansas residents head outdoors to enjoy the hot summer temperatures.
The Symphony at Sunset Annual D-Day Commemoration Concert returns to the campus grounds at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum on Saturday, June 4. Several programs are scheduled leading up to the D-Day commemorative concert including the WWII Emerging Scholars Symposium.
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More than 20 people attended the May 16 Abilene Commission study session, filling the 18 seats and more, with some standing in the back. Oaks Golf Consultant Dick Stuntz attended the meeting to present a summary of his report on the Great Life Golf and Fitness golf course in Abilene. After q…
OCCK Transportation held a brief meet-and-greet in Abilene’s Eisenhower Park in honor of Transportation Week Tuesday afternoon.
As Dickinson County’s new jail and renovated courthouse construction project draws to a close, members of the Dickinson County Public Building Commission (PBC) received an update during the annual meeting Thursday, May 5.
On Friday, Lt. Governor and Commerce Secretary David Tolland announced Abilene as the recipient of a $22,000 Kansas Tourism Attraction Development Grant to construct the World’s Largest Belt Buckle. The buckle will include a spiral staircase so visitors can take photos “wearing” the WLBB.
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The agenda for Monday night’s Abilene Commission study session contained three items. Over 20 people attended the session for the discussion about the community’s thoughts and opinions on if the city should purchase the Great Life Golf and Fitness golf course.
“The river bed out here for our Kansas River is fairly dry for most of the way between Garden City and Dodge City, almost turning into a desert-like landscape out here, especially once you get down toward Liberal and Elkhart,” said Jeff Johnson, meteorologist for the National Weather Service…
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Antique lovers flooded into Abilene from all over to attend the Abilene Antique Festival Saturday — both vendors and shoppers.
The Kansas Big Band played a fundraiser concert for the Dickinson County Historical Society Friday evening. There were a little more than 100 people in attendance at the concert where they heard a performance of classical jazz and swing music.
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A handful of vendors took place in this year’s Meadowlark Swap Meet at the Dickinson County Heritage Center.
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A handful of artists drew a small crowd to the Arts Council of Dickinson County’s Arts and Ales event Saturday afternoon. Attendees experienced live music, craft beer, food and local art.
For their final events, the seven high school students a part of the Dickinson County CEO program presented their businesses and products in two Trade Shows. The shows occurred in Abilene May 2 and in Hope April 25. The group built their businesses and products during the course of the 2022-…
As their jam-packed summer schedule of plays inches closer day-by-day, Great Plains Theatre will be hosting auditions for their August performance of the musical “Wonderland High.” The auditions will be at the theatre Monday, May 30, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and are open to children actively in…
History comes alive when historical reenactors do their demonstrations, but they need tools to make those demonstrations happen.
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The public art installation is two steps closer to being completed. At this time, four out of the 10 boots have been painted. The painting is being led by the Art Council of Dickinson County which is painting some and commissioning other boots to artists. The project is funded by the Dickins…
Abilene Public Library announces the Summer Schedule of Brown Bag Special Documentaries. Every Tuesday from June 7th through July 12th, a documentary will be shown, starting at noon. These events are free and open to the public. Attendees are invited to bring a sack lunch. Each film starts a…
Access to healthy nutritious foods just got a little easier! Passengers can ride for free to and from West’s Country Mart in Abilene, Kansas, through a partnership between OCCK Transportation and West’s Country Mart.
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Shannon Stites, née Jackson, is the CFO for Huhtamaki North America, a branch of global food packaging specialist Huhtamaki Oyj. During the Kansas State University College of Business’ Scholarship & Awards Gala April 19, the college honored Stites for her career in accounting by inductin…
OCCK, Inc. Transportation will be celebrating National Transportation Week May 16 to 20, 2022, with three events.
Several employers across Dickinson County received a survey asking about their employee’s childcare needs and assessments. The Employer Childcare Survey is the second survey the Dickinson County Childcare Task Force’s has created to explore the needs of childcare in the county. While the sur…
Five years ago in 2018, when Ann Brussow decided to organize the Abilene Antique Festival there were 25 vendors with 49 booths, filling Kirby Street and Northeast Fourth Street.
Taking over Little Ike Park May 14 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Arts Council of Dickinson County is set to have their fundraiser event, Arts and Ales, return. For four hours, art and liquor vendors will set up shop alongside vendors from the Abilene Antique Fest around the park. A mural will a…
GoAbilene, a program of OCCK Transportation, is offering a brand new program for Abilene area youth ages 7-18.
Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation (DKEDC) marks the week of May 9 to May 13, 2022, as the next Economic Development Week. During this week, communities across North America will celebrate and recognize the contributions made by professional economic developers to create more …
After a two year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic, local U.S. Postal Service letter carriers, with assistance from Operation IKE, will once again be collecting donations of non-perishable food items this Saturday, May 14, in Abilene.
Shelley Carroll (left) donates blood Tuesday afternoon with help from Paco Salgado of the Red Cross during the blood drive in Abilene.
It’s storm season and so it might be wise to brush up on severe weather safety, which is why Emergency Management Director Chancy Smith was the subject of a Driving Dickinson County Partnership Lunch and Learn Tuesday afternoon.
Madelyn Burns plays a piano solo at the Abilene Middle School/Abilene High School end of the semester concert Monday evening in the AHS auditorium.
Abilene is a finalist for USA TODAY’s 2022 Readers’ Choice Best Historic Small Town contest for the fourth year in a row.
The Abilene Commission met for their regular meeting April 9. Overall, the commission discussed four agenda items and went into an executive session.
Dickinson County has procedures in place that allow it to recoup costs if the county has to cleanup a private property destroyed by fire, explosion or windstorm.
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Hank Royer of the Jeffcoat Foundation donated $10,000 to Unified School District 435’s summer science academy.
Last week, sign ups for the Great Plains Theatre’s Summertime Fun Summer Camp ended. After a month of sign-ups, the 40 spots were completely filled, doubling the usual number of children the summer camp attracts. Since the restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic began to wane, the theatre ha…
The Dickinson County Commission declared May as Mental health Awareness Month in the county.
The Smoky Valley Railroad was ready to roll on the tracks in time for a pre-Mother’s Day’s event April 7. The Mother’s Day Brunch Train’s registration limit of 100 was maxed out.
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To make the public more aware of the two-hour parking in the downtown area, five Abilene High School students shot PSA videos for the Abilene Police Department. The videos will be posted on the department’s social media pages and YouTube account sometime in the future.
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Concert pianist Jim Hendricks has played to crowded halls in American Garden Theater but Sunday evening he played to a small crowd in a church in Abilene.
Michael Ebersole spends time with his daughters by going to flea markets and auctions. They started attending when the COVID-19 pandemic came. Together, they look for knicks and knicks to resell and boost their collections. Eventually, they attended with their own stands. Now, Ebersole is ru…
The ALG Gospel Network has announced that it will broadcast the movie, Can We Talk? nationally at 8:00 p.m. CST this Saturday night, May 7th on the ALG Gospel Network.
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