I'm all for experimenting in the kitchen, but c'mon, food companies. Hot on the tail of Mountain Dew announcing a pickle flavor, the ice cream company Van Leeuwen has announced that they are releasing a spat of different flavors for the summer. Including a Grey Poupon version. Yes, as in the mustard. MUSTARD. ICE CREAM. WHAT [...]
For most of us, the idea of a four-day workweek is nothing more than a dream. HOWEVER, workers in the U.K. are involved in an experiment to see if they can pull it off. The program, which is open to 3,300 employees from a variety of occupations, not only offers a four-day workweek, but it [...]
A local non-profit with a mission to reduce poverty is raising funds through an online auction again this year. Thrive! Flint Hills is now in its 7th year, and works with people through an 18-month personal development program that aims to help people more than just survive, but thrive. Executive Director Jayme Morris-Hardeman says Thrive! [...]
And, before you ask, no, it's not over how much that song gets played between Thanksgiving and Christmas. A singer/songwriter named Andy Stone has brought the lawsuit against Mariah over the song, which he says she stole five years after he made a song with the same title. For the record, Stone is better known [...]
Witnessed this just this past weekend at Wine in the Wild. Someone got dropped off at the Sunset Zoo and left their cell phone in the truck, then went sprinting off after it. The driver did flip around and come back, so it all ended well, thankfully. Cell phones, however, are the top item left behind [...]
The MTV Movie and TV Awards were held Sunday night. I know, right? Totally forgot about them, also. Spider-Man: No Way Home and Euphoria won a number of awards, including Best Movie and Best Show, respectively. Tom Holland also picked up a Best Performance in a Movie, while Zendaya scored Best Performance in a Show. [...]
Note for the future: do NOT try to propose on an outdoor stage at Disneyland Paris. A guy, let's call him Bruno. Why? I don't know. He just looks like a Bruno. Anyway, Bruno decided to propose to his girlfriend at Disneyland Paris on an outdoor stage with the Sleeping Beauty Castle in the background. [...]
Gas prices jumped again on Friday in the Manhattan area as the country deals with the highest prices on record. Across the city, a gallon of regular is now anywhere from $4.49 to $4.59, while the national average sits at $4.85, according to AAA. As bad as gas prices have been, diesel prices have been [...]
Motorists can expect some traffic adjustments on Browning Ave. near Marlatt Elementary well into next month. The City of Manhattan has confirmed a Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Safe Routes to Schools project began this week and will keep the intersection at Browning and Dickens Ave. closed for approximately six weeks. North and southbound travelers [...]
Two motorcyclists were injured Friday on Tuttle Creek Blvd. near the Riley turn off at Highway 24 and 77. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the two bikers were southbound, shortly before noon, when the trailing biker rear-ended the bike in front of him. Both bikes came to rest in the southbound lane. The trailing [...]
