Two lawsuits have been filed against the defunct Taboo nightclub and Timothy Rush for fatally shooting Marvin Cox and injuring another man.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Two lawsuits have been filed against the defunct Taboo nightclub and Timothy Rush for fatally shooting Marvin Cox and injuring another man.
Andrew Derr, 21, was arrested in New Orleans and was in the custody of the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, authorities said, while arrangements were being made to bring him back to Iowa. He will face charges related to the armed robbery.
A former Iowa State University police officer fired for engaging in a high-speed pursuit against department policy, during which she hit two uninovlved vehicles -- including one that then ran into an apartment building -- has been ordered to pay back the unemployment benefits she collected after being placed on administrative leave.
An attorney for two former Iowa State University football players charged with sports betting violations says Iowa investigators’ use of geofencing software on at least one university campus amounted to a “warrantless search” that invaded students’ privacy.
An assistant Linn County attorney was appointed by Gov. Reynolds last Friday as the next 6th Judicial District judge. Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks said the office is “thrilled” for him and wish him the best in his new role.
People who assault police officers, firefighters, health care providers and other protected professionals would receive heightened sentences under a bill Iowa lawmakers advanced Monday.
A survivor said she still has nightmares about her former softball coach, James Anthony White, sexually assaulting her 16 years ago. The “resentment, anger and shame” she felt towards the former Clear Creek Amana softball coach caused her to give up her dreams of playing softball professionally. She still suffers from depression and anxiety.
Several thefts have been reported at an apartment building in northeast Cedar Rapids where a fire broke out last month, killing one person.
Kazius Childress, before his trial resumed Monday, decided plea to second-degree murder in the 2022 fatal shooting of Cordal Lewis. He admitted to shooting multiple times at Lewis, as Lewis was unarmed and running away from him. He faces up to 50 years and must serve a mandatory 35 years before being eligible for parole.
An assistant Linn County prosecutor has worked in the Juvenile Division for nearly 24 years and was promoted last month to be the head of the division head. She lives for the moments when the kids are successful in their rehabilitation and families can be reunited.
A police investigator said Kazius Childress identified another man as the one who shot Cordal Lewis in January 2022. The man is the person Childress is accused of shooting in a separate case.
Two people are facing drug charges after they were found in a vehicle with a man who had a gunshot wound Thursday, according to Cedar Rapids police.
A jury had convicted Preston Walls, 19, in last year’s fatal shooting at Starts Right Here.
An Iowa City woman was arrested Thursday on charges that she threatened a Mercy Hospital clinic over the phone.
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