116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Trish Mehaffey
Reporter covering state and federal courts, and whatever legal issues come my way. I also provide live coverage of criminal trials on Twitter @tmehaffey and welcome comments and questions from readers during the trials. Outside of work I love movies, tennis and my Kansas State Wildcats! Go Cats! Stay informed with the Public Safety newsletter.
Latest Articles by Trish Mehaffey
News Jul. 13, 2016 8:09 pm3476d ago
A Kingsley man named twice to the Humane Society of the United State’s ‘Horrible Hundred” list of puppy mill breeders …
News Jul. 12, 2016 6:36 pm3477d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Chicago man – who distributed heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine …
News Jul. 12, 2016 5:33 pm3477d ago
A Black Hawk County man was sentenced last week to more than 10 years in federal prison on a child …
News Jul. 12, 2016 1:58 pm3477d ago
The owners of the Cricket Hollow Zoo in Manchester face another lawsuit by a California animal rights group, who now …
News Jul. 11, 2016 7:05 pm3478d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Lisa Wulfekuhle says she and her family have been given a ‘life sentence without parole’ but have …
News Jul. 10, 2016 6:00 pm3479d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Shari Konarske said her role as the victim-witness coordinator with the U.S. Attorney’s Office has allowed her …
News Jul. 8, 2016 8:28 pm3481d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A juvenile court officer testified at a hearing Friday that he wouldn’t recommend transferring a first-degree murder …
News Jul. 8, 2016 6:08 pm3481d ago
Steven Klein, arrested nearly a year ago in the 1995 killing of Iowa City mother Susan Kersten, won’t go to …
News Jul. 8, 2016 6:04 pm3481d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Patt Murphy says he’ll never accept an apology from Thomas Munson, retired National Park Service superintendent, who …
News Jul. 7, 2016 6:25 pm3482d ago
The owners of the Cricket Hollow Zoo in Manchester have complied with a federal magistrate’s order to transfer the lemurs …
News Jul. 5, 2016 6:48 pm3484d ago
The former president of the Freedom Foundation, a non-profit veteran’s organization, received a deferred judgment and probation Tuesday for stealing …
News Jul. 5, 2016 4:39 pm3484d ago
A Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty Tuesday to shooting a man in the leg outside of Jim’s Foods on March …
Living Jul. 4, 2016 1:00 am3486d ago
Renee Pinkston said she believes when tragic things happen in life the best way to heal and move forward is …
News Jun. 30, 2016 7:09 pm3489d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a court of appeals ruling overturning the first-degree murder conviction …
News Jun. 29, 2016 8:11 pm3490d ago
A federal magistrate recently ruled that the owners of Cricket Hollow Zoo in Manchester, who lost a federal lawsuit over …

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