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The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s annual award show (The CFA’s) has been cancelled for this year. Vice President of Marketing and Promotions Elaine Dhuyvetter made the announcement during Monday’s GMCF Community Hour. The event, initially planned for March, was rescheduled to August, but ultimately the foundation made the unfortunate decision to cancel it altogether. “We [...]

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Kansas State University says it’s evaluating new guidance announced Monday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which announced Monday modifications to temporary exemptions for some non-immigrant students taking online classes due to the pandemic for the fall 2020 semester. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to publish the procedures and responsibilities in the Federal Register [...]

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A Manhattan restaurant owner bound over last month on 26 charges of sexual abuse against three minors maintains he’s innocent. Bob’s Diner owner Robert Iacobellis entered the not guilty plea during an arraignment hearing Monday in Riley County District Court. Judge Kendra Lewison has set an Aug. 17 status hearing. Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Commission went over the proposed general-fund budget for fiscal year 2021 during their meeting Monday. As it stands right now, the county’s 2021 budget will be about $34.1 million, down from their 2020 budget of about $34.4 million. The mill levy will be about 27.7 mills, down from about 28.2 mills in [...]

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The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police.  Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further.  Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]

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The Kansas Supreme Court reaffirmed last week the child abuse and first-degree murder convictions of a 29-year-old Riley County man. During a 2018 trial, Andrew Gibson was found guilty of both counts in relation to the death of 3-month-old Serenity Reich. The infant was the daughter of Gibson’s ex-girlfriend. Detectives revealed during trial that Gibson [...]

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Riley County commissioners Monday voted to opt out of the governor’s mask mandate during an impromptu discussion. Initially, the commission had planned to wait until Thursday to gauge the City of Manhattan’s decision on a citywide mask mandate as well as the next local health order to be issued from the health department. It was [...]

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Kansas State University is planning to announce additional administrative furloughs later this week. An 8 a.m. virtual town hall is scheduled for Friday. K-State President Richard Myers and Vice President for Human Capital Services Jay Stephens will be available. It will be available via YouTube Live. Access will require a K-State eID to view the [...]

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Fireworks are blamed for damaging a garage in a Junction City duplex over the weekend. Junction City Fire crews got the call just before 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of White Tail Court. The blaze caused an estimated $10,500 in damage. It was caused by improper disposal of fireworks inside a plastic trash [...]

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