Dustin Lynch revealed plans Wednesday to follow up his recent six-week No. 1 song “Thinking ’Bout You (feat. MacKenzie Porter)” with his fifth studio album “Blue in the Sky.” The album is available for preorder now and wil...
School resumed Tuesday in the Manhattan-Ogden district after an extended holiday weekend amid a surge in COVID-19 cases that resulted in several staff members being out sick. Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid joined KMAN’s In Focus Wednesday to discuss how much that extra day off last Friday, prior to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, helped [...]
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Country music icon Dolly Parton is celebrating her 76th birthday today and country stars came out in force to share their memories and wish her a great one. Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson, Maren Morris, Clint Black, Jason Isbell, Tanya Tucker and Margo Price...
Last year was an exceptional year to be Blake Shelton for more reasons than one. Not only did the “Come Back as a Country Boy” singer marry his long-time love, Gwen Stefani, release two albums, complete a successful tour ahead of the Omicron wave, reve...
Kansas State University officials say they will no longer display student isolation and quarantine data on its dashboard following changes in protocols. Rather, they will be asking students to self-report symptomatic illness directly to faculty members, which means the data will no longer be collected centrally by the Office of Student Life. The move is [...]
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The Riley County Law Board on Tuesday unanimously approved the removal of recruit pay for new police trainees. Recruit pay has been an incentive tool used by the department to pay new recruits in corrections, dispatch and police officers at a lesser wage prior to the conclusion of training, at which point they receive their [...]
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Billy Strings says his Grammy-nominated “Love and Regret” is a “portrait in words.” The video takes its cues from the song. “(It’s) about a man who has messed things up with his lover,” Strings said. “So while he’s not thinking straight, he runs off to...
The 2022 edition of Manhattan’s Visitor Guide is now available. Karen Hibbard, Convention and Visitors Bureau Director, says due to funding constraints, they had to use the same guide last year as they did in 2020. She says she is excited for everything 2022 and the new guide have to offer. “2022, we are celebrating [...]
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After three years and one month leading the Riley County Police Department, Riley County Police Department Director Dennis Butler sat in on his final Law Board meeting Tuesday afternoon at Manhattan City Hall. It was an opportunity for Law Board members to publicly thank Butler for his leadership of the only consolidated police department in [...]
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Manhattan City Commissioners Tuesday approved a March 1 date for a public hearing on the expansion of the downtown STAR bond district to include the new location of a proposed museum. Developers Robert and Tracey DeBruyn are eyeing a lot to the north of Pierre and west of 3rd Street for their envisioned 50,000 square [...]
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