A judge agreed Thursday to remove an electronic monitor from a second suspect in the Walker Middle School rape case in anticipation of the teenager's returning to public school. ...more

December 18, 2009

James Bernard Bain, free of steel bars and having to stare at the outside world through chain link and concertina wire, stood outside the Polk County Courthouse on Thursday morning, wrapped in the warmth of freedom. ...more

December 18, 2009

A 17-year-old charged with fatally shooting a Middleton High School senior last month in a dispute over a bicycle will remain in jail without bail. ...more

December 18, 2009

A judge today agreed to remove an electronic monitor from a second suspect in the Walker Middle School rape case in anticipation of the teenager returning to public school. ...more

December 17, 2009

A man whom new evidence shows might have been wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years could become a free man in less than two days. ...more

December 16, 2009

Last week's first-degree murder trial of avowed neo-Nazi John Ditullio Jr. ended in a mistrial. All but two of the jurors were convinced Ditullio was innocent. During a hearing Monday, Ditullio was ordered to undergo a retrial in March of next year. Some have suggested the outcome of the trial might have been different if Circuit Judge Michael Andrews had not allowed the defense to have tattoos on Ditullio's face, including a Nazi swastika, covered by makeup. If Judge Andrews erred, he erred on the side of caution. ...more

December 16, 2009

Nearly four years have passed, but Patricia Wells still cannot shake the memories of a man coming into her mobile home wearing a gas mask and brandishing a blade. ...more

December 15, 2009

A second jury will hear the case of neo-Nazi John Ditullio Jr. ...more

December 14, 2009

The man accused of killing a 3-month-old boy and tossing him out of a car had to be removed from court Friday after an outburst during a routine hearing. ...more

December 12, 2009

A murder trial rife with controversy and surprise produced another twist Friday night: ...more

December 12, 2009