Emily Andersen

Inaam Smital came home late from work Friday, and after a quick grocery trip, was sitting in her home in Illinois when about 10 p.m. she got the worst call a mother can get: Her daughter and her new boyfriend ha

Lamont’e O’Neal, 20, is in custody in Cook County, Ill., on unrelated charges and will be extradited later to face charges in Johnson County, police said.

An Iowa City woman was arrested this weekend on charges that she broke into a North Liberty woman’s residence and held her captive at gunpoint for about three hours.

Iowa has a wide variety of pollinators, from insects like bees and butterflies to other animals, like hummingbirds and bats, and 16 of them are being featured this month in 15 different Iowa City parks.

The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids is one of 25 airports in the U.S. that are testing new facial recognition technology in TSA lines. The new technology adds to the previous authentication methods by taking a picture of the traveler to match against their ID.

An Iowa City teenager was arrested this week on charges he robbed a liquor store at gunpoint last week for vape pens.

Multiple reports of potential carbon monoxide gas exposure at a Cedar Rapids Motel 6 over the weekend have been attributed to two different sources — a natural gas leak and a clogged lint trap in the motel’s laundry room.

The diverging diamond is a twist on the traditional diamond interchange, and more are planned for Corridor interstates.

A North Liberty man who was charged in Black Hawk County in May with multiple counts of sexual assault and burglary is now facing similar charges in Johnson County after police say he broke into women’s residences in Cedar Falls, Waterloo and Iowa City and sexually assaulted them, according to a news release from the Iowa City Police Department.

Iowa City Police are asking for the public’s help identifying the owners of a vehicle believed to be involved in a shooting Sunday, according to a news release from the police department.

Cedar Rapids has 410 calls, Iowa City 151

A Marion man was booked into the Linn County Jail Monday on charges that he used another man’s identity to get financing for and purchase a car that cost almost $37,000.

A bill passed during this year’s legislative session made the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Enforcement division part of the state patrol.

Vijay Pisini, a hobby pilot who has been flying for 20 years, made his first emergency landing in rural southwest Cedar Rapids on Saturday, when the engine cut out on his new Berkut 540 plane during its maiden voyage.

Under Iowa Code, no one with a felony, or any other crime representing “moral turpitude,” may be hired as a law enforcement officer or a reserve officer in Iowa. Exceptions can be granted by the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Council, which has seen an increase in waiver requests in the past few years.