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City commission discuss letter of intent, choose bid to upgrade video equipment
The Abilene City Commission met for their last meeting of May last week. The commission approved a bid to upgrade the video equipment for their meetings and the Abilene Community Center and discussed a letter of intent involving the proposed sports complex. Commissioner Amy Meysenburg was not present at the meeting.
Stover has fastest time for Bankes Barrel Team tryouts
The 2024 Bankes Barrel Team sponsored by Auburn Pharmacy was chosen at the Wild Bill Barrel bash held June 1st at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo Arena in Abilene. The Wild Bill Hickok Barrel Bash was put on by The Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo committee and featured 70% payback plus $2050 added money for open classes 4D6 1D plus a youth category with $250.00 added.
Area business news for June 8, 2024
Pawnee Mental Health Services on Monday announced a new chief financial officer and a new chief operating officer. Former Junction City finance director Lindsay Miller will serve the agency as chief financial officer, and George Macko will be the permanent chief operating officer after holding the interim role previously. Miller...
‘Teeth of the storm’: World War II veterans recall service in ceremony at Eisenhower museum
World War II veteran Carl Otto speaks about his experience in the war during a panel discussion June 6, 2024, at the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home in Abilene. The panel was part of a series of events commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of France. (Grace Hills/Kansas Reflector)
Free food to be distributed
Distribution of free food/commodities to low-income residents is scheduled for the week of June 10, 2024. Recipients must have monthly household income of no more than $1,580 for 1, $2,137 for 2, $2,694 for 3; add $557 for each household member beyond. Commodities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will...
SCHOOL NOTEBOOK | USD 383 nurse says district needs more social workers
A USD 383 nurse says the district needs more social workers to help students with mental health concerns. Mindi Sturm, the school nurse at Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson elementary schools, told the Manhattan-Ogden school board on Wednesday that district nurses had approximately 91,000 student visits during the 2023-24 school year. Many of those visits were mental health-related, as a shortage of school social workers means those visits fall on nurses.
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