For the last several weeks, Cody Johnson has been working hard on the road, selling out venues such as his recent two-night stint at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. This past weekend, he played Fort Worth, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, giving...
Over the past year, country trio Lady A has used their time off the road due to the COVID-19 pandemic to delve deeply into songwriting for their new project What A Song Can Do (Chapter One), which released June 25. Lady A’s Dave Haywood told Bill...
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office may soon take over dispatch for the Wamego Police Department. During a Monday budget work session with the county commission, Sheriff Shane Jager said he was approached by Wamego City Manager Stacie Eichem about that possibility. Jager says Wamego has struggled in recent months to staff the dispatch center. “Also, [...]
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Several country artists will be among those celebrating July 4th weekend with various performances. Jimmie Allen, Mickey Guyton, Jennifer Nettles and Alan Jackson will take part in this year’s A Capitol Fourth on PBS. The show will air Sunday, Ju...
88-year-old country legend Willie Nelson is releasing Letters to America, a new book, on June 29. A collection of what is described as “his most intimate thoughts and stories,” it follows his 2015-released memoir, It’s A Long Story. R...
Pistol Annies member Angaleena Presley, Candi Carpenter, Elle King, and Joan Jett will join rockabilly country icon Wanda Jackson for Encore, her 32nd and final studio album, due for release on Aug. 20. The 83-year-old vocalist and Rock and Roll Hall o...
Embedded from www.youtube.com. Beer after beer I chase this whiskey down…the whiskey melts a cold goodbye, sings Texas newcomer Triston Marez in this stone-cold country, drown-in-your-beer tune “Where The Neon Lies.” His smooth, effor...
Manhattan residents may notice steam coming from manhole covers throughout the city. That’s because the city today is beginning annual cured-in-place pipe sewer lining projects. The annual maintenance is done to help slow the deterioration of sanitary sewers as they age. The city uses the trenchless pipe rehab technology that installs a resin-infused tube into [...]
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Manhattan city commissioners and officials met late last week at the Anthony Recreation Center to discuss the priorities and implementation of the city’s strategic plan. Part of the discussion was a review of public engagement and feedback efforts, such as online surveys and in-person meetings around town. That was city manager Ron Fehr, who says the city [...]
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Uncertainty remains over how Pottawatomie County will go about finalizing its draft regulations governing solar energy farms. County Planner Stephan Metzger sought guidance from county commissioners Monday, over how to best proceed. Commissioner Pat Weixelman says he believes the draft as written currently takes away local control. Metzger says some of Weixelman’s concerns were actually [...]
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