The Kansas Department of Transportation has approved June bids for state highway construction and maintenance. Among the bids approved this month is one totaling just over $800,000 for pavement marking on a stretch of K-18 in Riley County. It spans from approximately the Geary/Riley County line east to the K-113/Seth Child Road junction. Cillesen and [...]
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Many businesses in downtown Manhattan are reporting a steady recovery from the pandemic. Downtown Manhattan executive director Gina Scroggs spoke to the city commission Tuesday about the results of their annual business survey. She says the results show many downtown businesses are recovering from the pandemic. Scroggs says some businesses are actually experiencing financial success [...]
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Imagine having your student debt wiped clean. It happened for 122 students at Manhattan Area Technical College. President Jim Genandt tells KMAN the college used funds from COVID-19 relief to pay off student debt incurred between Spring 2020 and 2021. This was done for students who had entered college but couldn’t keep going because of [...]
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In it’s latest weekly report, the Riley County Health Department confirmed there are some coronavirus variants which have been identified locally. The health department says 39 new positive cases were identified Wednesday along with 32 additional recoveries since the June 16 report. Six COVID-positive patients are currently receiving care at Ascension Via Christi Hospital. Two [...]
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2022 outside agency budgets Seven agencies presented their 2022 budgets to the city commission Tuesday. The Manhattan Public Library budget will be about $3.29 million , about $30,000 more than in 2021. The Social Services Advisory Board and Special Alcohol Fund Advisory Committee will allocate about $450,000 and $466,000, respectively, in contracts. These amounts are [...]
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The Country Music Hall of Fame will celebrate “Independence Day” and “A Broken Wing” vocalist Martina McBride with an exhibition — Martina McBride: The Power of Her Voice — which opens July 30, 2021, and runs through...
Embedded from www.youtube.com. Luke Bryan will take fans inside the triumphs and struggles he weathered on his way to country stardom in the upcoming IMDb TV Original docuseries Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary. The trailer for the five-part docuseries w...
Darius Rucker recently shared about his early career days with Hootie & the Blowfish and his journey from leading a superstar band to a solo country artist during an interview with Kelleigh Bannen for Apple Music Essentials. “People always ask me ...
Shania Twain has recently noted that she’s eager to release her sixth studio album just in time to resume her live touring schedule and her Dec. 2-starting “Let’s Go” Las Vegas residency. As far as potential collaborators for sa...
Dolly Parton has made one of Carly Pearce’s longtime dreams come true. Earlier this month, Pearce was filming what she thought was a promotional video for Parton’s Dollywood themepark. That’s when Parton herself surprised the “N...
