Trish Mehaffey

“Thank God,” mother of 22-year-old Kaleek Jones, who was fatally shot on Ped Mall in 2017, said after the Iowa Board of Parole denied release for his killer, but will allow him to live in less restrictive unit with GPS monitoring.

Judge resets reverse waiver hearings for Fairfield teens charged with beating to death their Spanish teacher with a baseball bat. Teens, who are charged as adults, are asking court to move cases to juvenile court.

Three men face federal prison terms. Eleven were indicted as part of the conspiracy. Six are pending trial and two others also pleaded.

The man convicted of fatally stabbing Chris Bagley will represent himself in his drug trial April 19. He is already serving up 57 years in prison in the murder.

Cedar Rapids lawyer Dave O’Brien hopes more local governments follow Cerro Gordo County officials’ lead by admitting wrongdoing for a man who died in jail due to neglect and agreed to pay the settlement.

Wells Fargo gives a $650,000 grant to Iowa Legal Aid’s project that provides legal representation and rental assistance to those in eviction situations.

A Florida man is suing Solon Retirement Village for failing to provide management and oversight of staff — one nurse who is criminally charged with stealing from his aunt — as well as other staff members who didn’t provide proper medical care and treatment for his loved one.

A Cedar Rapids man who called 911 Saturday to report a woman's “heroin overdose” has been charged with murder after police found the woman with what appeared to be blunt force head trauma, according to a criminal complaint.

The trial for Joshua Conklin, who is charged with fatally shooting Randal Campbell in 2019 and then staging it to look like a suicide, had been set to start in May.

Prosecutor believes underlying issues, including the pandemic, contributed to spike in reports.

The Titanic exhibit will be on display next month as the Marion Heritage Center and Museum commemorates the 110th anniversary of the ill-fated voyage. Passengers for the day can sample menu items served as the last meal on the ship and at the end view the 1997 “Titanic” movie.

The Iowa Supreme Court upholds Tipton woman’s conviction for killing her cheating boyfriend with a baseball bat in 1992 cold case. She was convicted in 2019, 27 years after West Liberty man was beaten to death.

Johnnie Osborne, 28, avoided a possible life sentence Thursday by pleading guilty to lesser charges for killing his pregnant girlfriend and causing the death of her unborn child nearly two years ago.

The second of two Fairfield teens charged with killing their Spanish teacher has filed an appeal, asking the Iowa Supreme Court to overturn a district judge’s rulings. The judge has suspended the case pending the appeal resolution.

Judge halts proceedings for one of the Fairfield teens accused in the killing of a Spanish high school teacher with a baseball bat after his lawyer appealed recent rulings to the Iowa Supreme Court.