Four days after the passing of pop culture icon Betty White, the country music community has a message – thank you for being a friend. “While watching the news last night I learned of Betty White’s passing,” Dolly Parton wrote. “Betty will live forever...
Pottawatomie County commissioners are hoping to correct some issues within its Public Works Department in 2022. During Monday’s departmental update, Commission Chair Greg Riat took issue with the fact that some residents are catching structural deficiencies on bridge maintenance on some structures before public works crews are even aware. Assistant Public Works Administrator Lance Forgy [...]
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Carly Pearce kicked off 2022 with a bold and brassy performance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday. Clad in stilettos and a black minidress with her microphone wrapped in sequins, Pearce brought Fallon’s audience to...
The Riley County Health Department has adopted the new Kansas Department of Health and Environment guidelines for COVID quarantine and isolation. Last week, KDHE announced it would adopt the CDC’s new guidelines reducing the 10 period to only five days. That is now in effective in Riley County. Guidelines state those with lab-confirmed COVID-19 infections, [...]
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Kane Brown’s wife Katelyn Brown secretly gave birth to their second daughter Kodi Jane on Thursday, and now she’s talking about her decision to conceal her pregnancy. “These past 9 months have been so sacred and special to me,” she said on social media...
Geary Community Hospital in Junction City plans to close its Intensive Care Unit no later than Feb. 1. In a release Monday, the hospital’s Director of HR & External Relations, LJ Baker, stated that due to a national COVID-19 exacerbated nursing shortage, as well as fiscal situations beyond the hospital’s control, they are no longer [...]
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Fort Riley has announced a reinstated mask requirement on post temporarily amid growing concerns for transmission of new COVID cases following the holidays. Commanding General D.A. Sims stated in a release Monday that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, must mask up in all indoor spaces on the installation, as well as all outdoor spaces when [...]
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Ascension Via Christi Manhattan delivered its first baby of the year Sunday, January 2. Manhattan’s New Year baby is Stetson Wayne Bayes, born Sunday at 1:52 p.m. The Bayes’ babe was weighed at 6 pounds, 12 ounces and is 19.25 inches. Congratulations Bayes Family from KMAN and Manhattan Broadcasting.
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Pottawatomie County will pay more than double its annual allotment to the Flint Hills Regional Council, following a 2 to 1 vote by the county commission Monday. The council, in an effort to retain its designation as the Flint Hills Economic Development District, approved a rate hike for its 24 member municipalities in November, from [...]
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Universal masking returns to all USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school buildings Tuesday. The school board voted 4 to 1 Monday to reinstate masking throughout the district at the recommendation of the Medical Advisory Committee. Board member Brandy Santos was the lone opponent to the requirement. The district in October relaxed masking at places like the high [...]
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