The Grand Hotel, built in 1884 and opening the following year, is a prime cornerstone for this downtown on a hill. At the corner of South Main and Washington, its ...

The Clarion Inn in Garden City confirmed on Friday that one of its employees tested positive for measles. The hotel said the ...

By the 1960s, the building was showing its age. Jerry Stenberg was a local man who had admired the hotel while growing up.

Mead Street has become the unofficial antique alley of Abilene, with multiple shops clustered within walking distance. Each ...

During spring and summer weekends, the gunfight reenactments transform the dusty street into living history theater where ...

USA TODAY announced today that Abilene, Kansas ranks #2 in the nation in its prestigious 2025 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Historic Small Town. The national publication invited readers ...

Abilene has finished second in the 2025 poll of the 10BEST Readers Choice Award for Historic Small Towns by USA Today, its seventh straight appearance ...

Nebraska threw everything but the kitchen sink at No. 22 Kansas, and the Huskers are returning to Lincoln with a victory. NU upset No. 22 KU 7-5 Tuesday night in Lawrence. The Huskers improve to ...

The Great Plains Theatre in Abilene, Kansas is searching for a dynamic actor/singer to fill a role in their upcoming summer production of All Shook Up. Please see the breakdown below. Actors are ...

When you think of historic small towns, does Newport, Kentucky, come to mind? If not, it should. USA TODAY announced its top historic small towns Wednesday as part of its 10Best Readers’ Choice ...

Abilene also offers events like the Central Kansas Free Fair and Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo. Abilene, Kansas has once again finished in the top five in voting in a nationwide poll of historic towns.