Abilene News

David Berkley and Diane Berkley, both of Overland Park, and David and Linda Riley of Louisburg, are announcing the engagement of their children, Erika Joy Berkley and Curtis George Riley.

The Kansas Department of Health & Environment has issued an immediate suspension of the Learn & Grow Depot Child Development Center in Abilene.

Downing and Debbie Bolls are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Glenys Jane Bolls, to Adam David Young, son of David Young and Monica and Jim Hardy of Abilene.

Jesse Hernandez of Salina stands waiting for the Salina Area Motorcycle Enthusiasts annual toy run in the parking lot of Mid-State Plaza on Sunday, Nov.

Spilled coffee was listed as the cause of a crash that sent a semitrailer onto its side and its driver to Salina Regional Health Center about 6:10 p.m. Sunday.

Today, the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" bus will pull away from a construction site in Chapman to reveal the new home the show's crew and volunteers have built for the Tutwiler family.

Abilene mansions will be open for holiday tours in November and December. "Splendors of the Victorian Era" Christmas tours will begin today at the Lebold Mansion.

YAHOO! Barraged by excellence If you think Barrage! is a barrier of artillery fire, you must be in the military.

Covenant Films has announced it will shoot the final scenes for the DVD entitled "Rebuild Chapman: Behind the Scenes" on Saturday afternoon at the appreciation concert at the newly constructed community center ...

Pet adoption agencies are pushing to find homes for a growing number of retired greyhounds.

By Governor Kathleen Sebelius - This week we celebrate Veterans' Day. On this day, each year, we pause to show our gratitude to those who have served this nation at home and abroad.

Terry Smith, owner of Terry Smith Plumbing, Salina, is one of the volunteers working on the Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

When the "Extreme Makeover" crew arrives in Chapman, there work won't be limited to building one home for a tornado victim.

Central Kansas volunteers working to restore a 1919 Baldwin locomotive got the train's engine running for the first time in 50 years.

ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition may be in the Chapman area next week. A call has went out for volunteers.

The College of Agriculture Ambassadors at Kansas State University has selected new members for the College of Agriculture Training Program.

A Houston pastor has found a unique way to bring himself closer to God. Pastor Stephen Hope has been carrying a 10X8 foot cross along the Old Chisholm Trail.

Student members of Greenpeace will travel to Rep. Dennis Moore's offices today to promote clean energy.

I have written often and often about the dangers a nation faces when its press is not free: Ita s so tiring, you almost dona t want to bother saying it.

The traditional media are playing a very, very dangerous game -- with their readers, with the Constitution and with their own fates.