Trish Mehaffey

A deputy medical examiner said 26 stab injuries to 29-year-old Carrie Davis were “sufficient” to kill her.

A former Cedar Rapids man who fled the country over 7 years ago was convicted this week for distributing synthetic marijuana from a smoke shop.

Mother of Marion man on trial for murder says she suspected he killed his girlfriend and concealed it in a roll of carpet after seeing it on a trailer in her driveway.

Prosecutor says a Marion woman was killed in “vicious attack and calculated cover-up” by her ex-boyfriend. He stabbed her 26 times and then concealed her body in a roll of carpet in 2017. This is his second murder trial. His conviction in 2018 was overturned.

A City High grad was one of 19 who received academic scholarships this year from a manufactured home developer. He is the first in his family to attend college.

A Cedar Rapids man who’s accused of trying to kill his wife is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled on Monday. The court proceedings had been suspended since last year.

He faces a little more than eight years in a federal prison for a firearms charge. He was previously convicted on state charges in the unintentional shooting of 18-year-old Marisa Doolin

Arthur Flowers, 62, is charged with killing a woman by beating her with a board in April. A judge ruled he is incompetent to stand trial, putting his case on hold.

The new program manager for Foundation 2 emergency youth shelter came back to where she started her social work career. Shelby Holsapple enjoys connecting with kids and helping them learn to advocate for themselves.

A Coralville man was finally returned to Iowa on a governor’s warrant and was charged Saturday with first-degree murder and other charges in the Taboo shooting.

A Marion man, who had his conviction overturned on appeal, waived a jury trial for his retrial that starts Sept. 13 in Linn County District Court. He will claim insanity or diminished capacity.

A Cedar Rapids man pleaded to a lesser charge of distributing meth and faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and possibly up to life in federal prison. During a search last year, authorities found over 6 kilos of meth and over $460,000 in cash.

The newest trial date for 16-year-old Willard Miller is March 2023

Ex-president and financial director of defunct-GO Cedar Rapids pleaded guilty earlier to bank fraud in connection with the 2018 newbo evolve festival

Johnny Blahnik Church, formerly known as Drew Blahnik, was charged Tuesday for assaulting a drug informant in jail in an attempt to prevent him from testifying against a drug dealer.