Emily Andersen

One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash Sunday night in southwest Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

The Iowa Appeals Court has upheld the sentence of a man charged with helping his son avoid an attempted murder and robbery trial in Iowa City by fleeing to Jordan. But the man was released on parole less than a year into a five-year sentence.

Jamercion Bush, 34, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree robbery, going armed with intent, felon in possession of a firearm and use of a dangerous weapon in the commission of a crime.

The Iowa Court of Appeals filed a ruling last month in the case of an Iowa City man charged with lighting his ex-girlfriend’s apartment on fire.

Police were called at 7:28 a.m. Tuesday to the restaurant at 1316 First Ave. NE, where witnesses reported a person robbed the store with a handgun and fled.

A deputy attempted to stop a vehicle driving 92 mph in a 55 mph zone near F.W. Kent Park. The driver, who is 15, fled for about 7 miles before crashing, a news release states.

Two teenagers who were accused of breaking into West High School in August and holding down and stabbing another teen have pleaded guilty to burglary.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that happened Tuesday morning at a Wendy’s, according to a news release from the department.

Two children were taken to the hospital Monday morning after a fire in a North Liberty apartment building, according to a news release from the city.

Student volunteers from Kirkwood Community College spent the day Friday recording oral histories of veterans from the Cedar Rapids area as part of an annual event hosted by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s office.

An Iowa City woman has been charged with three traffic misdemeanors in the death of an Iowa City cyclist in September, according to a news release from the Johnson County Attorney’s Office.

The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation has released the identities of three men who died in a crash in Delaware County last month, one of whom had sustained a gunshot wound before the crash, according to a news release.

Iowa voters approved a pair of proposed state constitutional amendments — one on voting and one on the gubernatorial line of succession — in Tuesday’s general election.

A juvenile who made an online threat against Taft Middle School Monday could face charges, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

A Cedar Rapids veteran of the Vietnam War was presented several medals Friday, more than five decades after he finished his military service.