"The Manhattan Mercury" is Manhattan's main newspaper. It publishes six days per week. Other newspapers published in Manhattan include: the alternative weekly "The Hype Weekly" which focuses on events, arts, and culture in the area; the weekly "Manhattan Free Press"; the agriculture-focused "Grass & Grain"; and the K-State university newspaper, the "Kansas State Collegian". Manhattan has had at least one newspaper published for the town continuously since "The Kansas Express" published its first newspaper on May 21, 1859.