116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Trish Mehaffey
Reporter covering state and federal courts, and whatever legal issues come my way. I also provide live coverage of criminal trials on Twitter @tmehaffey and welcome comments and questions from readers during the trials. Outside of work I love movies, tennis and my Kansas State Wildcats! Go Cats! Stay informed with the Public Safety newsletter.
Latest Articles by Trish Mehaffey
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 28, 2020 2:17 pm1806d ago
Correction: There were 3,323 new individual cases reported in the 24-hour period ending 11 a.m. Thursday. A previous version of this …
Crime & Courts Nov. 26, 2020 1:53 pm1808d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An apartment fire on Blairs Ferry Road Thursday displaced five residents on Thanksgiving, after they awoke to …
Crime & Courts Nov. 24, 2020 8:59 pm1810d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Supreme Court, in its effort to reduce the spread of the coronavirus and continue court …
Crime & Courts Nov. 20, 2020 7:13 pm1814d ago
DES MOINES – The U.S. Attorney General’s Office on Friday presented the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing …
Crime & Courts Nov. 19, 2020 9:56 pm1815d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 22-year-old Cedar Rapids man was convicted Thursday for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl and sentenced to …
Crime & Courts Nov. 19, 2020 9:38 am1815d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An 18-year-old El Salvadoran, who U.S. marshals believe was in Iowa working with construction crews doing derecho …
Crime & Courts Nov. 18, 2020 5:48 pm1816d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 14-year-old Ely boy initially charged in juvenile court was waived to adult court and charged Tuesday …
Crime & Courts Nov. 17, 2020 9:26 pm1817d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 16-year-old girl who was sexually abused said Tuesday she has lived day by day ‘full of …
Crime & Courts Nov. 17, 2020 6:00 am1817d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A local stand-up comic and former weight-loss products salesman, who touted his BMW and ‘financial stability” on …
News Nov. 15, 2020 4:57 pm1819d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An 18-year-old Cedar Rapids man, previously convicted of two carjackings at age 15, decided not to plead …
Crime & Courts Nov. 13, 2020 8:04 pm1821d ago
In a narrow 4-3 ruling, the Iowa Supreme Court on Friday overturned the first-degree murder conviction of a Marion man …
Crime & Courts Nov. 13, 2020 9:47 am1821d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – E.J. Merriweather says the majority of his day is spent talking with people in the community and …
News Nov. 12, 2020 6:00 pm1822d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen on Thursday appointed 6th Judicial District Judge Lars Anderson to …
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 11, 2020 7:58 pm1823d ago
The head of a suburban Chicago biotechnology company swindled the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics out of more than …
Crime & Courts Nov. 10, 2020 2:28 pm1824d ago
DES MOINES – All jury trials across Iowa will be postponed until Feb. 1, due to the coronavirus surge, according …

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