“[T]he best support system I could ever ask for”: Lauren Akins says Thomas Rhett is husband of the year, too

Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMT/ViacomThomas Rhett and wife Lauren Akins walked the red carpet arm-in-arm Wednesday night in Nashville, as TR was honored as one of CMT's Artists of the Year. "In the beginning...anytime I ...

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Four down, three to go: Garth stops in Florida as he heads for Ohio on the Dive Bar Tour

Copyright 8 Ten, Inc.Garth Brooks packed a capacity crowd of more than seven hundred fans into The Barn in Sanford, Florida on Wednesday night, for the fourth stop on his Dive Bar Tour. It’s the third time Garth has played the venue he clear...

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You don’t have “10,000 Hours” to get your tickets for Dan + Shay The (Arena) Tour — they’re going fast

Catherine Powell If you want to see Dan + Shay on The (Arena) Tour, you’d better get your tickets now. Even though the trek was only announced last week and tickets went on sale over the weekend, the ACM Vocal Duo of the Year has alread...

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Country star trivia

Comstock/ThinkstockFive years ago today, this harmonious group whose hits include "Boondocks," "Pontoon" and "Girl Crush" were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Can you guess who? ANSWER: Little Big Town.  Copyright © 2019, ABC Audio. Al...

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MATC Board authorizes president to begin negotiations for expansion into Wamego

Manhattan Area Technical College has cleared the first step toward expansion. The college’s board of directors at a Wednesday meeting voted 7-0 in favor of a motion to authorize President Jim Genandt to negotiate for property acquisition in Wamego to establish the college’s first off-campus center in the community. Genandt spoke on KMAN’s In Focus [...]

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Hayes Drive sinkhole repairs nearing completion as city road construction continues elsewhere

Manhattan city officials updated the public Tuesday on a number of road construction projects currently in the works. The city has made significant progress on the two Hayes Drive sinkholes that developed late this summer and have hindered traffic. Assistant Public Works Director Randy DeWitt tells KMAN the repair at the Hayes/Levee Drive site is [...]

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Country music comes together to support Kane Brown at CMT’s Artists of the Year

Getty Images for CMT/ViacomCMT designed its Artists of the Year special to celebrate the biggest stars of the past twelve months. But for its tenth anniversary, it far exceeded anyone’s expectations. It reminded everyone -- whether you were in th...

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Nashville notes

Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockToby Keith is partnering with The Independence Fund to donate wheelchairs to wounded veterans. The singer will present the wheelchairs to veterans on stage during select dates of his 2019 That's Country Bro!...

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Mike Fisher raves over wife Carrie Underwood’s “hard work” and “talent”: “She has loads of both”

ABC/Mark LevineMike Fisher has nothing but admiration for wife Carrie Underwood.  The former NHL player shared a thoughtful Instagram post with his half a million followers, offering them insight into how hard she works every d...

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Update: Victims in stable condition after Wednesday crash near Wamego

The victims in Wednesday’s injury crash that shut down a portion of Hwy 24 near Wamego have been identified. Pottawatomie County Undersheriff Shane Jager tells KMAN that 79-year-old Joyce Martin, who was driving the vehicle that was struck, is in stable condition at a Topeka hospital after being life-flighted from the scene. A passenger, 70-year-old [...]

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