Jennifer Hudson is scheduled to be a guest performer at the 2021 CMA Awards. The torch song crooner’s appearance is related to one of her highlight moments from the past twelve months: portraying singer Aretha Franklin in Respect, a biopic on the...
A video taken recently from Estes Park, Colo., depicting a bull elk charging at and knocking a man over a concrete wall has gone viral. Check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN0kmK_LpXQ That elk just yeeted that guy! That's a thing the kids say, right? Yeeted? The video, taken by Denver resident Eric Burley, shows Burley clearly trying [...]
Mail-in ballots tallied Friday by the Riley County Clerk’s Office helped tighten the USD 383 school board race, but not enough to change the outcome. Karla Hagemeister remains with the most votes received at 4,578, gaining 35 additional mail in votes. Jayme Morris-Hardeman picked up 36 votes while Christine Weixelman picked up 20. She finished [...]
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A Junction City woman was injured Saturday after her car rear-ended a semi on I-70 in Dickinson County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 22-year-old Samantha Dupont was westbound about 3 miles west of Abilene shortly before noon Saturday, when she reportedly attempted to adjust her sun visor. That’s when her Ford Fusion rear-ended the semi [...]
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New Kansas travel book features local attractions Kansans looking to explore the Sunflower State may find some new ground to cover thanks to Roxie Yonkey, a travel writer based out of Goodland, KS. Yonkey is the author of the recently published travel guide “100 Things to Do in Kansas Before You Die”. To get started, [...]
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Friday marks the fourth day of the typically five-day festival of Diwali or Deepawali, a celebration of renewals and festival of lights observed by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains around the world. A major festival across the Indian subcontinent, the holiday’s name is derived from the Sanskrit words “Deepa” and “Avali,” a reference to [...]
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Priscilla Block’s “Just About Over You” is still a Top 15 song at country radio, but that didn’t stop her from releasing her new teenage anthem, “Peaked in High School” today. The song – a clever, updated female vers...
Manhattan Regional Airport Director Jesse Romo is leaving the Flint Hills for Wichita’s Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport and Col. James Jabara Airport later this month. Romo says he has fond memories of the Little Apple and the growth achieved during his six year tenure. Romo says the airport has received immense support from partners [...]
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There’s going to be a new little Runaway June this spring! The trio’s Jennifer Wayne and her husband Austin Moody revealed they are expecting a daughter in April and they’ve already picked out a name – Lily Maria Moody. “The doggies can’t wait to...
Though fall’s cool crisp air has finally arrived, Thomas Rhett just released “Slow Down Summer, his latest single. He promises it is the premiere single from his sixth studio album entitled Where We Started, expected in early 2022. Moreover...
