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IC man faces additional charges after warrant served

IC man faces additional charges after warrant served Hunter 4/22/19 An Iowa City man faces additional charges after a police officer attempted to pick him up on a warrant from September involving breaking into an unoccupied vehicle....Read More

Longtime City High coach John Raffensperger passes away

Longtime City High coach John Raffensperger passes away Hunter 4/22/19 A legendary City High figure has passed away. John Raffensperger is best known as one of the greatest high school track and field coaches in the state,...Read More

American killed in Sri Lanka blasts worked for company with IC branch

American killed in Sri Lanka blasts worked for company with IC branch Hunter 4/22/19 A Denver man has been identified as one of the Americans killed in the devastating series of bombings in Sri Lanka Sunday. Dieter...Read More

Stabbing, robbery at Coral Ridge Mall lead to Coralville man’s arrest

Stabbing, robbery at Coral Ridge Mall lead to Coralville man’s arrest Lang 4/21/19 A robbery and stabbing at Coral Ridge Mall have led to multiple charges against a Coralville man. Coralville Police say 18-year-old John Greb of...Read More

Coralville man awaiting sentencing in robbery case arrested for allegedly making threats with a gun

Coralville man awaiting sentencing in robbery case arrested for allegedly making threats with a gun Lang 4/21/19 A Coralville man awaiting sentencing on a robbery charge now faces new charges after he was arrested for allegedly making...Read More

Two UI students accused of creating fake access cards for Currier Hall

Two UI students accused of creating fake access cards for Currier Hall Lang 4/21/19 A pair of University of Iowa students is accused of creating fake access cards that allowed them entry into a UI dormitory. UI...Read More

Coralville man arrested after IC drug raid

Coralville man arrested after IC drug raid Lang 4/21/19 A drug raid in Iowa City has led to a Coralville man’s arrest. 25-year-old Emin Dizdar of 21st Avenue Place was booked into the Johnson County Jail just...Read More

IC man accused of driving while drunk to confront daughter’s boyfriend

IC man accused of driving while drunk to confront daughter’s boyfriend Lang 4/21/19 Allegedly driving while drunk to confront his daughter’s boyfriend at his house has led to an Iowa City man’s arrest. According to Iowa City...Read More

World News

Ukraine Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky Wins Presidential Election In Landslide Victory

Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky was the landslide winner in Ukraine’s presidential election Sunday. Zelensky, a 41-year-old TV star with no political track record, won 73 percent of the vote in the runoff election, according to national exit poll...Read More

More Than 200 Dead In Sri Lanka Bomb Attacks On Easter Sunday

More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in nine bombings that rocked churches, luxury hotels and other sites in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday – the deadliest violence Sri Lanka has seen since their...Read More

Suspect In Attempted Arson At NYC Cathedral Will Be Charged

A man will be charged with attempted arson and reckless endangerment after he tried to enter St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on Wednesday night with gallons of gasoline, lighter fluid and lighters. Police identified the suspect...Read More

Justice Department Releases Redacted Mueller Report

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election has finally been released. The report comes nearly two years after Mueller began his investigation, and states the special counsel’s office found no evidence President...Read More

U.S. Naval Academy To Ban Transgender Students Starting In 2020

The Department Of Defense has confirmed that the U.S. Naval Academy will ban people who are transgender from attending the school, beginning with the 2020 school year. The school in Annapolis, Maryland, currently accepts transgender students and...Read More

Woman ‘Infatuated’ With Columbine Found Dead With Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

Sol Pais, the 18-year-old Florida woman who was said to be “infatuated” with 1999 massacre at Columbine High School, was found dead Wednesday near Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, west of Denver, officials there said. Pais...Read More

Iowa men’s basketball team hoping to use early season lessons in second shot against Michigan state

Iowa men’s basketball team hoping to use early season lessons in second shot against Michigan state KCJJ Staff 01/23/19 The #19 Iowa men’s basketball team has its first second-look at a team this season, hosting #6 Michigan...Read More

Regents to conduct mid-year evaluations this week

Regents to conduct mid-year evaluations this week KCJJ Staff 01/15/19 The Iowa Board of Regents this week will conduct performance reviews of their executive level employees. The Regents are meeting at the board office in Urbandale to...Read More

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