A Manhattan restaurant owner has been bound over on 26 charges of sexual abuse against three minors, with arraignment set for next month. The charges against 62-year-old Robert Iacobellis, owner of Bob’s Diner, range from aggravated indecent liberties to rape and sodomy. If convicted, 24 of the counts carry a life sentence. At a preliminary [...]

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No injuries were reported after part of a cottonwood tree fell into the front of a mobile home in the Blue Valley Mobile Home Park. The incident happened shortly before noon. Manhattan Fire Department Capt. Brian Force says the homeowner escaped safely out the backdoor. “The gentleman here was inside the home, actually cooking a [...]

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Kansas State University will hold commencement ceremonies prior to Thanksgiving. In a letter to students Tuesday, Provost Chuck Taber announced spring, summer and fall 2020 graduates will be recognized in combined ceremonies Nov. 23 and 24 at the Manhattan campus, the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Commencement at Salina’s polytechnic campus will take place Nov. [...]

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Kansas State University will hold commencement ceremonies prior to Thanksgiving. In a letter to students Tuesday, Provost Chuck Taber announced spring, summer and fall 2020 graduates will be recognized in combined ceremonies Nov. 23 and 24 at the Manhattan campus, the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Commencement at Salina’s polytechnic campus will take place Nov. [...]

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A 58-year-old Ogden man injured earlier this month in a motorcycle crash in Herington has died. Robert Bartholic was riding June 7 near the junction of US-77 and US-56 Highway when he and another motorcyclist were rear-ended by a northbound pickup, which failed to stop at the intersection. He died Saturday at Wesley Medical Center [...]

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Kansas State University says eight employees in Information Technology Services will be furloughed beginning June 28. Doing so will save the university more than $100,000. The emergency action comes following 430 employee furloughs announced since May due to COVID-19 impacts. The university estimates in total, it has saved nearly $2.75 million. K-State’s Division of Human [...]

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The Riley County Law Board Monday gave final approval to its 2021 budget, with no cost of living adjustments or merits for members of the Riley County Police Department. Law Board member and current Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson says he’s frustrated with the situation the Law Board found itself in due to the COVID-19 [...]

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Kansas State University is helping furloughed employees through a new fund set up by the KSU Foundation. The university says in a release that hundreds have supported the #KStateStrong Emergency Response Fund since it was established in March as a result of COVID-19. More than 400 employees have been affected by furloughs. A few generous [...]

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An Oklahoma man is jailed in Riley County on suspicion of burglary and criminal damage after several vehicles were broken into at the Manhattan Regional Airport. According to Riley County Police, officers were called out Sunday morning after multiple people reported items missing from their vehicles. Police say four pickups were broken into with items [...]

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Five new positive cases of COVID-19 were reported in Riley County over the weekend. As of Monday morning, Riley County had 17 active cases and a cumulative total of 79 positives since mid-March. The latest individuals include four male patients aged 21, 22, 28 and 61 years old and a 19-year-old female. Riley County Health [...]

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