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A 22-year-old man was jailed over the weekend after reportedly threatening two individuals with a gun outside an Aggieville bar. The Riley County Police Department says Eugenio Rodriguez of Fort Riley was arrested early Sunday morning outside of Tubby’s in connection on the offense of aggravated assault. A 19-year-old and 21-year-old male were listed as [...]

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Riley County commission approved to authorize the bond issuance for Meadowlark Hills. The Manhattan City Commission approved the issuance of up to $50 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds for Meadowlark last week. County Counselor Clancy Holeman says there is no fiscal impact on the county. Holeman says the statute for the bond states this bond [...]

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A Riley County jury has convicted a 34-year-old Ogden man on sex crimes involving minors following a five day trial last week. Michael Sears was found guilty on all three charges, including rape, attempted rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Deputy Riley County Attorney Bethany Fields tells KMAN that all counts face a [...]

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The Riley County Law Board Monday approved a three-point-five-seven percent increase in the Police Department’s budget for fiscal 2022. The budget of just over 23-million dollars passed on a 5-2 vote, with Riley County Commissioners John Ford and Kathryn Focke voting against it because of the county’s ongoing budget discussions. The board earlier had approved [...]

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A preliminary hearing is scheduled this week in the case of Bob Iacobellis, the former Manhattan restaurant owner accused of more than two dozen sex abuse charges involving three minors. Iacobellis is awaiting trial on 26 total counts which include charges of rape and aggravated indecent liberties. A 10 a.m. Friday in-person hearing is scheduled [...]

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A Wamego man cashed in not one, but two winning Kansas Lottery tickets recently. Christopher Gast cashed in on $11,000 in winnings over the past two weeks. He won big two weeks ago playing the $20 scratch ticket $100,000 Cash Party, hitting the second-tier prize of $10,000. Gast told lottery officials he plays about every [...]

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The final piece of the new Douglass Recreation Center was unveiled Saturday as part of the annual Juneteenth celebration in Manhattan. A mural, entitled Triumphant, was designed by Wichita native EuGene Byrd III of Atlanta, Georgia. It honors the strength, pain, joy, faith, knowledge, sacrifice and perseverance of black residents in the community from past [...]

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Work began this week on a new $38 million medical complex at the K-State Research Park. The facility will serve in part as a to training site for students in K-State’s physician assistant program as part of an agreement between the school and Stormont Vail Health. Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce president Jason Smith says [...]

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Officials from the City of Manhattan, Riley County and Pottawatomie County sat down Thursday to discuss budgetary challenges amid the newly adopted Senate Bill 13. The legislation, passed this spring, is intended to increase transparency in property tax collections in the state. It requires all taxing entities to create budgets at a revenue-neutral rate (RNR), [...]

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The Wamego School Board met briefly Friday to approve the hire of new principals at Wamego Middle School and Wamego High School for the upcoming school year. Interim Superintendent Greg Mann spoke about the hiring process at Friday’s meeting. Brad Couture will lead the middle school after serving as an assistant principal and athletic director [...]

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