Abilene News

Estate/garage sale: An estate/garage sale will be from 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church at S. 2nd and Butternut streets in Abilene.

It's always recruiting season around here. That's why the weekly missive from Tom Luginbill, the national recruiting director for ESPN's Scouts Inc., is so eagerly awaited.

The Dwight Eisenhower Library and Museum wants to make wounded soldiers more comfortable.

Christmas is the season for tours that offer the chance to see both vintage and modern homes decorated for the season.

Paola Public Works Director Gerry Bieker will always have a special place in his heart for Paola, but now hea s ready to be the one calling the shots in a city of his own.

Leaders from six Kansas counties are questioning whether a crude oil pipeline that is to run through their counties and end in Oklahoma is eligible for millions of dollars in tax waivers.

Longtime sports journalist Harold Bechard has been named the director of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame .

An 18-year-old Abilene man was injured following a drive-by shooting near his home Halloween night.

WASHINGTON Eisenhower's heart remained in his Abilene, Kansas home Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 16:07 Yep, someone in the Abilene class had a premonition, yet, possibly to everyone's surprise, Edgar Eisenhower failed to fulfill it.

Pat and Gene Frye celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by heading to Lubbock, Texas, to pick up a 1951 Ford Deluxe, which is like the one Mr.

A hospital spokeswoman said no information could be released about the condition of Jonathan J. Douglass, who was injured at 7:07 a.m. at the intersection of Jeep Road and 1400 Avenue, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol report.

SPACE RACE: London A- The Americans scored two successes today in the missile race, announcing their plans to launch a manned artificial satellite that will return to Earth.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: Washington A- US President Dwight D. Eisenhower attended a foundation ceremony for the museum named after him in Abilene, Kansas, the town where he grew up.

Transportation officials crafting a new plan are seeking a more flexible and more frequent selection process.

The public is invited to celebrate Dwight D. Eisenhower's 119th birthday in a number of activities taking place at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum.

Caleb Jamison , 6, his brother Ryan Jamison, 2, and Colton Schwab , 5, all of Abilene, play Saturday afternoon on Rammunition at Marshall Automotive Group on S. Ninth.

Wind advisories have been issued across the state today including in the Topeka and Shawnee County area.

Sgt. Richard Mounts, Abilene, hugs his daughter, Hayley Mounts, 12, as his other children gather around him Tuesday morning at the Salina Airport.

Two people were taken to the hospital following a two vehicle accident in Clay County Sunday afternoon.

According to a Saline County Sheriffa s Office report, Courtney Green, 18, was westbound on I-70 about 10 p.m. Wednesday when the vehicle she was driving struck a deer just east of Salina.