Trish Mehaffey

A third teen was arrested Friday in connection with the Feb. 18 fatal shooting in northwest Cedar Rapids of 16-year-old Michael Alexander McCune, who died from eight gunshot wounds.

The Iowa Supreme Court has granted further review of a Marion man’s overturned murder conviction in the fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley in 2018. Oral arguments will likely be in September.

There are 66 pending sexual abuse cases in Linn County, but prosecutors and advocates don’t think the crimes are sharply increasing. They believe more are being reported and these cases take longer going through the court process, specifically the ones involving children.

A Linn County jury finds a Cedar Rapids man guilty of a lesser charge, voluntary manslaughter, for beating 22-year-old woman with a metal rod. Prosecutor says this was a ‘brutal and unjustified“ killing.

The Iowa City Downtown District launches its rewards program that gives points to redeem for discounts, free products, rewards and inside perks.

Arthur Flowers, during a police interview, denied killing Emily Leonard on April 2, 2022. He says he was sound asleep in his bathtub — inches away from where Leonard’s body was found — but he didn’t hear or see anything.

Emily Leonard was struck multiple times in the head with a linear or rounded object -- possibly a metal rod, a state medical examiner testified Friday. The blows were made a different angles and she would have died shortly after being attacked.

Prosecutor said Emily Leonard was beaten with a metal rod and left in an upstairs bathroom. Arthur Flowers of Cedar Rapids called 911, saying she had overdosed and he didn’t know what happened.

Judge sets sentencing dates in July and August for Fairfield teens convicted in beating death of Spanish teacher last year.

Two Fairfield teens in separate hearings Tuesday plead guilty to killing their Spanish teacher Nov. 2, 2021. One admitted they both struck Nohema Graber with a baseball bat, killing her. The other teen wouldn’t admit to striking the teacher, only planning the crime.

Willard “Chaiden” Miller and Jeremy Goodale, the teens charged with beating to death Nohema Graber, their Spanish teacher in Fairfield, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in separate hearings this morning.

A former treasurer and past president of Iowa City Pride pleaded to a lesser charge Monday for stealing over $35,000 from the organization in 2021. He is also required to pay the restitution to the group, as part of his plea agreement.

A former Center Point-Urbana teacher pleads to lesser charge for inappropriate touching and texting of his 13-year-old student. He faces 2 years in prison.

A North Liberty man faces life in prison without parole after being found guilty of helping his girlfriend suffocate her stepmother with a pillow last year.

An Iowa City man was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison for attempting to kill ex-girlfriend, her boyfriend and 3 kids by setting a blaze with lighter fluid inside her apartment.