An Iowa man arrested by Chicago police for having guns and ammunition in his hotel room overlooking a Lake Michigan beach told officers he “didn’t mean to startle anyone" and simply forgot to remove the firearms from a bag while packing for a trip to the city, police video shows.
Iowa City police are investigating a shooting that left one woman injured on Thursday night.
Live video plus tweets from reporter Trish Mehaffey, in court for the murder trial in Chris Bagley’s death.
Drew Blahnik finally admits to stabbing Chris Bagley in the last hour of a five-hour police interview, but repeatedly says it was in self-defense, during a video played in Linn County District Court on Thursday.
UPDATE: The child has been located, police said late Thursday. The Cedar Rapids Police Department is looking for the public’s …
The Iowa Department of Corrections fired Amanda Dodson, a registered nurse at the maximum-security Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, after an investigation found 77 inmates received shots containing up to six times the recommended dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day
Members of a task force deliberating ways to address what is arguably the most pressing issue facing the Quad Cities — persistent gun violence — will continue to do so without the public's involvement.
A teenage girl who took advanced classes and played on her high school basketball team — and dreamed of someday running her own business — was found dead this week with a bullet wound in a crashed car she had borrowed while visiting her older sister in Cedar Rapids, according to interviews and authorities.
Drew Blahnik, in interview with law enforcement, denies killing Chris Bagley, or even being at the trailer where he was fatally stabbed in 2018.
Quentin Latrell Hitchcock arrested in connection with robberies in February and June
Emergency responders and a hospital that treated a Cedar Rapids man for a gunshot wound after he allegedly killed his parents and sister must share his medical records with prosecutors, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day
Paul Hoff, convicted for distributing meth and firearms, testified Drew Blahnik repeatedly stabbed Chris Bagley in 2018. He saw the life drain from Bagley’s body.
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