CMTThough the COVID-19 pandemic made a traditional public memorial for Kenny Rogers impossible, CMT still managed to stage a proper socially-distant remembrance for the legend on Wednesday night. The Texas native died of natural causes at the...
Mason AllenIf you haven't seen Old Dominion's moving video for "Some People Do," it's worth taking time to check it out. In lieu of shooting a traditional music video, the five-man band spent a day in L.A. in early February with&nbs...
Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockRonnie Milsap is readying a new greatest hits collection, The Best of Ronnie Milsap, for release on May 29 via Craft Recordings. The 12-track album, sampling the best of Ronnie’s multi-decade career, w...
April is sexual assault awareness month. During the current health pandemic, it is important, now more than ever for victims to report sexual crimes. Community resources are still available 24 hours a day. (See below). Ascension Via Christi sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Stephanie Killbourn recently joined KMAN’s In Focus with some information on how many [...]
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Noon Thursday update The amount of positive cases of COVID-19 in Riley County has grown to 20 as health officials continue to urge the public to abide by the stay-at-home order. The latest patient is a 63-year-old man. No further details about his case have been released. Pottawatomie County and Geary County both remained at [...]
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ACMACM Lifting Lives, the charitable arm of the Academy of Country Music, has announced that its COVID-19 response fund reached $1 million less than a week after the special broadcast of ACM Presents: Our Country on Sunday night. The TV...
Manhattan’s Downtown Farmer’s Market will start on the date originally planned after narrowly securing a permit Tuesday evening. The market will open on April 18 following a 3 to 2 vote via ZOOM by the Manhattan City Commission. Mayor Usha Reddi proposed moving the start date to May or June over concerns about the spread [...]
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Dossie Langford, a custodian at West Elementary School in Wamego, has been selected as a top-10 national candidate for the 2020 Cintas Custodian of the Year award. Langford has been the school’s custodian for about 17 years and, in addition to her regular work duties, is credited with setting up decorations, maintaining displays and bulletin boards, [...]
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Dossie Langford, a custodian at West Elementary School in Wamego, has been selected as a top-10 national candidate for the 2020 Cintas Custodian of the Year award. Langford has been the school’s custodian for about 17 years and, in addition to her regular work duties, is credited with setting up decorations, maintaining displays and bulletin boards, [...]
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Funerals have shifted drastically since stricter measures have been implemented around social gatherings. Families of loved ones who have recently passed are being faced with uncertainty for when they can hold memorials or a funeral in the traditional sense. “Most families have chosen cremation, then they’re going to do something later on their own. We [...]
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