Trish Mehaffey

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.

Johnathan Mitchell pleaded guilty Monday to robbing a cab driver who was fatally stabbed during the crime in 2011. The case had been pending for six years, mostly due to Mitchell being found incompetent to stand trial. He fought taking prescribed anti-psychotic medications which maintained competency.

They hope for closure, justice in federal trial starting Monday

A Cedar Rapids artist will open her home gallery to showcase and celebrate art by Black artists around the state.

A judge declared a mistrial this week after police officers, who were witnesses, recognized a juror as having associates connected to the defendant. The juror hadn’t revealed that during jury selection and also underreported her criminal history. She also posted on Facebook that she was on jury duty and wouldn’t convict “whoever” was on trial.