Trish Mehaffey

A Johnson County jury awarded an Iowa City couple, whose newborn suffered brain damage from actions taken during delivery, nearly $98 million against Mercy Hospital and other defendants.

Lawyers for Fairfield teens charged with killing a Spanish teacher argued a reverse waiver hearing shouldn’t be open to the public because confidential documents will be used as evidence. That information could be prejudice to the teens and prevent a fair trial.

A Cedar Rapids leader of a large-scale meth trafficking ring was sentenced Friday to 30 years in federal prison. He operated the ring from 2018 through March 2020.

U.S. marshals arrested a 27-year-old man wanted in Johnson and Mitchell counties on charges of third-degree sexual abuse. He is jailed in Chicago, awaiting extradition to Iowa.

Judge: Victim and her family favored that plea

A Sioux City man was sentenced this week to 18 months in prison for twice selling unapproved erectile dysfunction pills as dietary supplements called “Supermale.”

A Coralville man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for causing a head-on crash that killed a Cedar Rapids woman in 2020. He pleaded to vehicular homicide and other charges.

A Cedar Rapids man, who has previous convictions, was acquitted last week by a federal jury for illegally possessing a handgun that was found in a vehicle he was driving. According to testimony, the car belonged to his sister and the gun belonged to his friend.

New Court TV series with Tamron Hall will feature the murder of Ed Thomas, the legendary Aplington/Parkersburg High School football coach, March 27

A North Liberty woman, who was intoxicated and crashed an ATV in a ravine, unintentionally causing the death of her friend, Mary Knight, July 16, 2020, pleaded guilty last week.

The federal clerk of court in Cedar Rapids will retire after serving more than 16 years in the Northern District of Iowa. He saw the district through many crisis times — the 2008 flood relocation of the courthouse, the Postville immigration raid court proceedings and the derecho recovery.

An Iowa City man pleaded Friday to fatally shooting a 19-year-old during a robbery last year. Sammy Hamed, 23, originally charged with first-degree murder, pleaded to second-degree murder and faces up to 50 years in prison.

An Iowa City woman was sentenced to probation for taking more than $650,000 from her mother’s bank account on the day she died.

An Iowa City man was sentenced last week to up to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting others in a drug and money robbery that led to the death of Kejuan Winters, 21, of Iowa City, on April 20, 2020.

Judge lowers bail for a former Linn-Mar track coach charged with sexually abusing two male students. Bail was lowered from $65,000 to $30,000 and only 10 percent has to be paid to be released.