The Eisenhower Presidential Library grounds in Abilene were the site Saturday for the fifth Sympony at Sunset D-Day Commemoration concert.

The 1st Infantry Division Band performed concert selections following a space theme in commemoration of President Eisenhower’s establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1958. The Band’s selection featured space represented in movie themes and pop songs, and included songs such as “Magic Carpet Ride,” “Aquarius,” and “Space Oddity.”

The Salina Symphony furthered the space theme with selections ranging from “Fly Me to the Moon and “When You Wish Upon a Star”, featuring vocalists from the 1st Infantry Division Band.

GREENWOOD COUNTY –Four people died in an accident just before 3p.m. on Saturday in Greenwood County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Lincoln MXK driven by Arden Lee White, 72, Oklahoma City, OK., was westbound on U.S 400 three miles west of Severy.

The Lincoln went left of center and struck a 2004 Ford Ranger driven by Stewart Bell, 49, Moline, Kansas, head-on and caught fire in the eastbound lane

White, a passenger in the Lincoln Sheryl Elaine White, 68, Oklahoma City, Stewart Bell and a passenger in the Ford Ann Marie Bell, 46, Moline, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Passengers in the Lincoln Elaine Snowden, 17, Manhattan, and Julia Smith, 18, Moore, OK., were transported to Wesley Medical Center.

Ann Marie Bell was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

ABILENE – Law enforcement authorities in Dickinson County are investigating two suspects on drug and forgery charges.

Just after 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 an Abilene Police Officer conducted a traffic stop in the 200 block of Northwest Fourteenth Street in Abilene, according to a media release.

During the stop, the officer learned that both the driver 33-yea- old Cory Quiles of Salina, and passenger, 19-year-old Dalton Craig of Abilene, had outstanding warrants for their arrest.

Both Quiles and Craig were taken into custody without incident.

During a subsequent search of the vehicle, officers located over $5,500 in suspected counterfeit U.S. currency along with computers, scanners and printers used to facilitate the manufacture of counterfeit U.S. currency.

Both Quiles and Craig could face charges that include multiple counts of Forgery, Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, according to police.

The Abilene Police Department was assisted in the investigation by the Dickinson County Drug Enforcement Unit and the U.S. Secret Service.

“Arts in the Park” and the Car Show today partnered with the Downtown Merchants Revitalization Board to bring people in to downtown Junction City.

Junction City Arts Council Director Michael Gray said there goal was to work together to “draw people in to the city.”

“We’ve had so much support,” Gray began, “so that alone means that last year said something about us, and it shows that we’re serious [about drawing people in to downtown].”

The A-T-A Bus offered shuttles back and forth from the Bi-Plane FlyIn to Heritage Park for the Arts in the Park and adjacent Car Show – put together by Chris Anderson, owner of Vernon’s Custom Jewelry in Junction City.

Gray says that “it was a great start, and we can continue to build on this until we fill this park up.”

WICHITA – A Junction City woman was injured in an accident just after 3p.m. on Saturday in Sedgwick County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Suzuki motorcycle driven by Crystal E. Rowell-Thompson, 35, Junction City, was on the ramp from Interstate 135 southbound to eastbound U.S. 54.

The motorcycle drove off the roadway and overturned in the ditch.

Rowell-Thompson was transported to Wesley Medical Center. She was wearing a helmet, according to the KHP.

The Chapman FFA Chapter received the Triple Crown award for the fifth year in a row at the final session of the 88th Kansas FFA State Convention, June 3 on the Kansas State University campus.

The Triple Crown awards is given to the FFA chapter that performs the best in the National Chapter Award program, which recognizes chapters that actively implement the mission and strategies of the organization in three separate divisions: Student Development, Chapter Development and Community Development.

Under guidance from advisors Johanna Ryckert and Alex Jost, the Chapman FFA chapter earned the highest score in the three categoris. Megan Nelson serves as 2015-16 Chapter President. The chapter will receive $300 and the Garlow Memorial trophy, which is sponosred by the Bill Garlow Family in memory of past Kansas FFA officer Bob Garlow.

The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration has awarded the Flint Hills Regional Transit Administration a Section 5307 grant for fiscal year 2016.  The total award budget is $2,278,583 and the federal assistance is $1,284,179.

The FHRTA works with KDOT and the U.S. Department of Transportation to coordinate transportation planning and the provision of transit services within the Manhattan Urbanized Area.

The grant will be used for operations of the contracted transportation services with the Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency for the Manhattan Urbanized Area, general administration, education and training, security projects, a multimodal integration study, and three construction projects. The FTA requires a minimum local match of 20% of the total project costs up to a maximum of 50%, depending on the project category.

There are plenty of things to do  in Junction City Saturday. Here is the lineup.

–National Biplane Fly-In at Freeman Field. There will be a Chris Cakes pancake feed sponsored by the Junction City Sertoma Club from 7-10 a.m. The public can view the biplanes flown in from across the nation through the morning and into the afternoon.

–Mudd Bogg continues in the one thousand block of Grant Avenue. Hot trucks roar through a 200-foot long mud pit and are timed.

–Art in the Park runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Heritage Park downtown. At the same time there will be a downtown car show beginning about 9 a.m.

–The groundbreaking for a new Veterans Administration clinic is scheduled at 9 a.m. on the south side of Junction City adjacent to US 77 Highway.

–The Junction City Brigade summer collegiate baseball team plays their home opener at Rathert Field at 7 p.m.  The opponent will be the Rossville Rattlers.

–The Run for the Child 5K begins at 7:30 a.m. at South Park on St. Mary’s Road.