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Carrie Underwood’s Easter Sunday ‘My Savior’ livestream show raised over $112,000 for charity

Cameron Premo/Courtesy of Carrie UnderwoodCarrie Underwood celebrated Easter Sunday by bringing her newly-released gospel project, My Savior, to the stage of Nashville’s Ryman auditorium. The free live event, called My Savior: Live from the Ryma...

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Manhattan is under construction

Construction has been the name of the game around Manhattan over the past few months. Ryan Courtright, Manhattan Fire Department Assistant Chief of Risk Reduction, tells KMAN that road construction isn’t the only construction taking place around MHK. He says many new buildings are going up as well. Courtright says in the month of March [...]

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Kane Brown announces his massive 2021 Blessed & Free arena tour, kicking off this fall

Matthew BerinatoKane Brown is returning to the road in 2021. The country superstar just announced his Blessed & Free Tour, a 35-stop trek that launches in Sacramento, California on October 1. Jordan Davis and Chase Rice will join Kane on the tour,...

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Gabby Barrett, Jimmie Allen named ACM’s New Female and Male Artists of the Year

Academy of Country MusicAhead of the 2021 ACM Awards later this month, the show has revealed two early winners: Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett have won New Male and Female Artist of the Year, respectively.

Both winners received the exciting news courtesy of a surprise video message from Keith Urban, who’s this year’s show host.

Gabby learned of her award at home with her husband, fellow artist Cade Foehner, and their infant daughter, Baylah May, who was born earlier this year.

“Yay! I’m so happy, oh my gosh,” Gabby exclaimed after watching her congratulations video from Keith. “...I don’t really know what to say. This is unbelievable. Ever since I came into the country music community, everybody’s been unbelievable to me. So thank you so much. It’s more than I deserve...it’s made the whole year for me.”

Meanwhile, Jimmie got his video message while in the studio, and the singer was stunned speechless by the news.

“Oh my God. I just...wow,” the singer said, cracking up. “Do I give my acceptance speech now? Like, what do I do?”

For starters, he can get to work on rehearsals: Jimmie and Gabby’s ACM wins mean they’ll also be performing during the show.

The 2021 ACM Awards will air on April 18 at 8:00 p.m. ET on CBS.


By Carena Liptak
Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Gabby Barrett, Jimmie Allen named ACM’s New Female and Male Artists of the Year

Academy of Country MusicAhead of the 2021 ACM Awards later this month, the show has revealed two early winners: Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett have won New Male and Female Artist of the Year, respectively.

Both winners received the exciting news courtesy of a surprise video message from Keith Urban, who’s this year’s show host.

Gabby learned of her award at home with her husband, fellow artist Cade Foehner, and their infant daughter, Baylah May, who was born earlier this year.

“Yay! I’m so happy, oh my gosh,” Gabby exclaimed after watching her congratulations video from Keith. “...I don’t really know what to say. This is unbelievable. Ever since I came into the country music community, everybody’s been unbelievable to me. So thank you so much. It’s more than I deserve...it’s made the whole year for me.”

Meanwhile, Jimmie got his video message while in the studio, and the singer was stunned speechless by the news.

“Oh my God. I just...wow,” the singer said, cracking up. “Do I give my acceptance speech now? Like, what do I do?”

For starters, he can get to work on rehearsals: Jimmie and Gabby’s ACM wins mean they’ll also be performing during the show.

The 2021 ACM Awards will air on April 18 at 8:00 p.m. ET on CBS.


By Carena Liptak
Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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K-State and Fort Riley renew 12 year community partnership

Kansas State University renews its 12 year university to military community partnership with Fort Riley with a signing ceremony. Fort Riley Maj. Gen. D.A. Sims joined K-State President Richard Myers Wednesday to extend the ongoing partnership.  Myers says the partnership is too intertwined and too deep to list everything they do, but has value. “We’re [...]

The post K-State and Fort Riley renew 12 year community partnership appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

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K-State and Fort Riley renew 12 year community partnership

Kansas State University renews its 12 year university to military community partnership with Fort Riley with a signing ceremony. Fort Riley Maj. Gen. D.A. Sims joined K-State President Richard Myers Wednesday to extend the ongoing partnership.  Myers says the partnership is too intertwined and too deep to list everything they do, but has value. “We’re [...]

The post K-State and Fort Riley renew 12 year community partnership appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

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Country star trivia

Comstock/ThinkstockOn this date in 2008, an American Idol champ turned country superstar released “Last Name,” a song that would become her seventh straight No. 1 single on the country charts. Do you know who she is? ANSWER: Carrie Underw...

By |2021-04-08T10:00:26-05:00April 8th, 2021|Music News|Comments Off on Country star trivia

Macfarlane files for Manhattan City Commission race

A new candidate has filed for a position on the Manhattan City Commission. The Riley County Clerk’s Office says Monica Macfarlane filed the necessary paperwork for the upcoming election. Macfarlane is employed at Kansas State University as an Assistant Graduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Grain Science and Industry. She becomes the second candidate [...]

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Moran provides updates on defense appropriations, Fort Riley advocacy at Manhattan luncheon

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran spoke Wednesday at the Manhattan Military Relations Committee’s monthly luncheon. The senior senator from Kansas highlighted defense appropriations, federal legislation tied to military and the importance of continued advocacy for Fort Riley. Moran expressed optimism for Manhattan to receive federal funding through a new grant program his office added to the [...]

The post Moran provides updates on defense appropriations, Fort Riley advocacy at Manhattan luncheon appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

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