Abilene News

Abilene, Kan. Discount retailer Alco Stores blamed the impact of cold weather across the Midwest for helping to produce sluggish sales performance during fiscal first quarter 2013.

Schools in Ellis USD 388 and Hays USD 489 will begin a slew of elementary, middle school and high school graduations and promotions during the next few weeks in Ellis County.

Officers from the Salina Police Department's Special Response Team, the Abilene Police Department, and the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office arrested 24-year-old Joel M. Heil at a motel in Abilene Wednesday evening at 5:20. Police say that Heil is a "person of interest" in the disappearance of 27-year-old Kristin Tyler.

Preceptor Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi International Sorority celebrated their Eighty-First Founder's Day on May 2 at the Black Horse Inn in Lincolnville.

The man leading efforts to build a memorial honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower told an audience in the 34th presidents' home state of Kansas that conflicts about the design shouldn't derail the effort.

A Dickinson County couple married 36 years says it will use a grand prize won in the Super Kansas Cash lottery to pay off the family farm.

Eric J. Shelton/Reporter-News Abilenians gathered at City Hall for the National Day of Prayer on Thursday.

The Salina Parks & Recreation Department is offering a trip to Abilene on May 16 to see the musical "Hillbilly Hotspot" at Great Plains Theatre.

An Abilene man accused of attacking two adults on March 16 and leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase with his son in the vehicle has been scheduled for trial in June.

He grew up in Abilene, Kan., and was a graduate of the University of Kansas in journalism.

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts is weary of the protracted battle over securing a memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington, D.C. He's recruiting a bipartisan contingent in the House and Senate in a bid to break the design deadlock and start construction of the memorial to the man who departed Abilene to become supreme allied commander during World War ... (more)

An exhibit featuring some of the most important papers in U.S. history is on display through May 3 at the Eisenhower Presidential Museum.