Eight brave chili cooks entered their favorite receipes during the first chili cookoff Saturday night, Feb. 28.

Chapman senior Alyssa Calovich captures her second State Championship for the Lady Irish wrestling program. Calovich finished her career with 100+ wins after going 40-1 this season. Her senior year, ...

Sometimes families just need a little help. For parents facing crisis — whether it’s homelessness, domestic violence, hospitalization or simply overwhelming stress — having someone step in before a ...

Airline flyers 18 years old and over without a REAL ID or other form of identification will be fined $45 if they attempt to fly on an airline without one.

More than 200 business leaders, nonprofit partners, elected officials, and community members gathered Feb. 21 at Sand Springs ...

America likes Abilene. For the eighth consecutive year, USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards has named Abilene a finalist for Best Historic Small Town, placing this iconic Kansas community among ...

The Abilene Middle School 8th grade boys basketball team won the NCKL League Tournament last week played at Abilene High School.

The Legacy continues for the Abilene Cowboy wrestling team as they repeated as fourth place finishers in 2026 Class 4A State Finals. Abilene sent six wrestlers to the State Tournament with five ...

The Abilene Cowgirls recorded their first ever team placing at the Class 4A State Wrestling by finishing third place. Josie Wilson (100), Jade Wilson (105) repeated as State Champ ...

In the last three years, Abilene residents had 15 vehicles stolen from them. Jason Wilkins, Abilene police chief, reported.

The show included more tham 650 pieces of art ranging from ceramics, 3-D mixed media, drywall texture painting, technicolor ...