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
Government & Politics Sep. 25, 2020 7:50 am1870d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – In an effort to move courts forward amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, district judges in Linn County …
Crime & Courts Sep. 24, 2020 9:25 pm1871d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Cedar Rapids schools custodian was convicted Thursday of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl over a …
Crime & Courts Sep. 22, 2020 6:20 pm1873d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Cedar Rapids school counselor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to having sex with a 14-year-old student …
Crime & Courts Sep. 18, 2020 8:41 pm1877d ago
IOWA CITY – The trial for a man accused of killing his wife, a University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics …
Crime & Courts Sep. 17, 2020 9:30 pm1878d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 26-year-old Cedar Rapids man, who sought immunity under Iowa’s stand-your-ground law in a 2018 shooting in …
Crime & Courts Sep. 16, 2020 8:10 pm1879d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The lawyer for a Cedar Rapids man charged with fatally stabbing Chris Bagley in 2018 said Wednesday …
Government & Politics Sep. 14, 2020 7:30 pm1881d ago
IOWA CITY – With a ruling Monday in Johnson County, President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has won a trifecta of …
Crime & Courts Sep. 11, 2020 9:49 pm1884d ago
DAVENPORT – A former office manager of the Iowa City Area Development Group who embezzled nearly a half-million dollars in …
Government & Politics Sep. 9, 2020 8:00 pm1886d ago
IOWA CITY – A lawyer, arguing for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee, said Johnson County …
Education Sep. 9, 2020 11:44 am1886d ago
IOWA CITY – The Iowa City Community School District and state teachers union have not met a legal burden for …
Crime & Courts Sep. 5, 2020 7:30 am1890d ago
Two judges who oversaw pilots of jury trials under pandemic protocols last month in Muscatine and Scott counties said those …
Crime & Courts Sep. 4, 2020 7:52 pm1891d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge Friday said he didn’t know of a worse crime committed against children – except …
Education Sep. 3, 2020 8:59 pm1892d ago
IOWA CITY – The attorney for a state teachers union argued in court Thursday that Gov. Kim Reynolds is placing …
Crime & Courts Sep. 1, 2020 10:10 pm1894d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A California man who assisted his father, a convicted ‘drug kingpin,” in a multinational drug trafficking ring, …
Education Sep. 1, 2020 11:30 pm1894d ago
IOWA CITY – Although the Iowa Department of Education gave Iowa City schools permission to start the year with two …

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