In a recent interview with People Magazine, inaugural CMT Equal Play Award winner Jennifer Nettles describes how a year after receiving the honor from CMT — and after her renowned incident at the CMA Awards advocating for country radio to play mo...
A USD 383 school board member is providing some clarity on the district’s intent to seek voluntary culturally diverse teaching and learning training. During KMAN’s In Focus Wednesday, Curt Herrman said when the board initially approved the $61,500 purchase of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning training from BetterLesson, Inc. on April 21, the board wasn’t [...]
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Riley County health officials have confirmed that a 56-year-old unvaccinated male died June 30 after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier in the month. The health department says it’s the 44th COVID-related death in the county. The individual tested positive on June 6. As of Wednesday, 20 new positive Coronavirus cases were identified along with 18 [...]
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Kansas State University says the number of students, faculty and staff who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose has reached 72 percent. The report from Lafene Health Center officials exceeds the 70 percent goal of the nationwide COVID-19 Vaccine Challenge, a joint initiative from the White House and the U.S. Department of Education [...]
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The Manhattan City Commission Tuesday approved the issuance of industrial revenue bonds for the construction of a “home plus” facility planned for property near Colbert Hills. Foundation Park Homeplus, LLC, had requested up to eight million dollars in their IRB application for construction of what is expected to be a campus of three buildings at [...]
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Happy birthday to Maddie & Tae member Maddie Font (née Marlow), who turns 26 today. In 2014, this duo earned a smash country radio hit right out of the gate with their single “Girl in a Country Song,” a track filled with equal parts hu...
Cody Johnson’s career journey is one of the more unique stories among country music’s more recent crop of artists–a former bull rider who made the heartbreaking–yet ultimately fulfilling–decision to leave the bull chute be...
Martina McBride will celebrate three decades of hits with her upcoming Martina McBride Greatest Hits: The RCA Years double LP, which will released Aug. 20 exclusively on vinyl. McBride’s soaring, commanding vocals and her penchant for recording m...
Another look into the revamp of the Manhattan City Code that’s underway was given the City Commission Tuesday night, including a view of how changes to the code have resulted in mismatching development in some areas. Assistant Director of Community Development Chad Bunger highlighted a home that had been built single-family in 1925 and turned [...]
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Following a successful duet performance at the 2021 CMT Music Awards, Chris Young — via his collaboration with Kane Young for single “Famous Friends” — has achieved another chart-topping hit single. This week’s Mediabase c...
