With a September 7th public hearing on a nearly 55 mill levy increase and the city budget now set, the Manhattan City Commission has a lot of work to do in trying to determine what the final numbers will be. Tuesday night, commissioners gave indications that they don’t want to see the mill levy increase [...]
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Work will soon begin on a number of trails throughout Manhattan. Manhattan Parks and Rec assistant director Wyatt Thompson says they will start repairing and paving trails and a parking lot in Anneberg Park in early August as a result of the 2018 Wildcat Creek Flood. According to Thompson, this project will also include clearing out [...]
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In 2005, a Nashville-based session musician who also dropped out of college while a straight-A student at Jacksonville State University co-wrote a song about a young woman he saw dancing at a bar. 15 years later, Trace Adkins’ recording of the Ja...
A former Junction City High School athletic trainer has entered a no-contest plea in Geary County District Court to a single count of sexual exploitation of a child. Online court documents show Brandon Martino entered the plea at a Tuesday arraignment hearing and was subsequently found guilty by Judge Michael Powers. In exchange for Martino’s [...]
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Pottawatomie County commissioners have set a hearing date next month to review the 2022 budget and discuss the revenue neutral rate. Assistant County Administrator and finance officer Heather Gladbach, reviewed the draft budget how it compares to the 2021 budget. Gladbach explains why the county will exceed its revenue neutral rate in 2022. The $1.7 [...]
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The Riley County Health Department has confirmed an unvaccinated 86-year old woman has become the latest victim of COVID-19 in the county. Her death is the 45th in Riley County since the start of the pandemic last year. She passed away July 10, just over a month after first testing positive for the virus. Ascension [...]
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Toby Keith has just announced his first album in six years, ’Peso in My Pocket,’ will release Oct. 15. The album marks Keith’s first since 2015’s 35 MPH Town, which included the radio single “Drunk Americans.” Keith ...
The Manhattan City Commission passed a resolution that would set a potential mill levy increase of 54.914 for the 2022 budget, a move made in preparation for a September 7th public hearing on the budget and potential increase. The resolution passed on a 4-1 vote, with Mayor Wynn Butler casting the “no” vote. Commissioner Mark [...]
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Dolly Parton never stops. This absolute superstar keeps adding to her accolades with her latest Emmy nomination. When this year’s Primetime Emmy nominations were announced yesterday, Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square was among the nomi...
Staind frontman-turned-country singer Aaron Lewis made a surprise launch into the upper echelons of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart this week, with his track “Am I The Only One” debuting in the Top 15 on the chart, as well as reaching No. 1...
