Roosevelt Elementary students will attend new schools next year, and many in the community are unhappy about it.
The Iowa City School Board voted unanimously Tuesday evening to close Roosevelt — which...
The common advice imparted to high-school graduates to dream big may have been bullied by this year’s failing economy.
In a study released Tuesday the National Association for College Admission Counseling...
Local Chrysler dealership owner Jeff Carr spent last week in New York testifying before bankruptcy court.
And at midnight on Tuesday, his dealership was officially orphaned from the Chrysler family.
On...
In an effort to reach out to the younger, more tech-savvy generations, law enforcement agencies across the United States, including some in Iowa, are embracing text messaging to fight crime.
Black Hawk...
Because Tiffin has a growing population and a new high school in the works, Johnson County law-enforcement officials want deputies to spend more time patrolling the expanding town.
But some officials...
One Iowa City police official considers a witness as vital as the physical evidence when investigating a case.
But despite a year of numerous fatal accidents and violent crimes, officers see a discouraging...
A proposed change to include fights and other violent behavior under Iowa City’s ordinance against disorderly conduct would mean more money for the city and less for the state.
The city’s definition...
The typical in-state UI student pays $3,412 a semester in tuition. While that money normally fund such campus services as professors’ salaries and building maintenance, it soon may be used as the collateral...
Many students spend their Friday afternoons downing drink specials downtown. Sarah Chughtai, a UI senior, encountered closed shops and people praying in the streets.
She spent her spring semester in Egypt...
Michelle Kehoe, accused of first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old son, will go to trial with a combination of insanity or diminished responsibility defense.
UI law Professor David Baldus said...
Despite a percieved wave of violence stretching from downtown to the Southeast Side, Iowa City followed a national downward trend in violent crime.
While the 224 incidents reported to Iowa City police...
Despite an armed robbery attempt in the afternoon this past weekend, Iowa City residents said they are not worried about their safety.
“I walk around, run around, [and I] never feel unsafe,” said...
