Author: Nick Green

Davenport, IOWA – According to the court documents, a Lake County judge sentenced the 25-year-old Dontrall Jer’i Phillips of Davenport. The judge accepted the guilty plea to a murder charge under a plea agreement that calls for prosecutors to drop a robbery charge. Phillips was one of four people charged in the April 2015 shooting death of 21-year-old Donald Fuzzell of Calumet Park, Illinois, during a botched robbery in the parking lot of a Gary gas station.

About three months after the bodies of a mother and her 2-year-old son were found inside their New Hampshire condo, officials have now confirmed that they both died in a tragic murder-suicide. Reports indicate that the mother had locked her child up in a closet before committing suicide by shooting herself. Before she took her own life, Mercedes had put her son inside a bedroom closet and made sure he had no way of pushing his way out by stacking up furniture against the closet’s door. Mercedes then reportedly put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger, causing her own…

Davenport, IA – According to the statement, the state’s Workforce Development department reported the rate was down from a revised 3.7% rate for December. Compared to a 2.8% rate a year ago, before the coronavirus pandemic resulted in a severe economic slowdown. The state added 8,200 workers in January. There were 57,400 unemployed residents. The national unemployment rate for January was 6.3%.

Davenport, IA – According to the statement, the state now has a total of 408,914 people that have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. A total of 1,105,700 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa. A total of 161 people in Iowa are in the hospital with the virus, with 26 people having been admitted in the last 24 hours. There are currently 42 patients in the ICU and 21 on ventilators. 1,221 individuals were tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. A total of 1,597,535 individuals have been tested since the pandemic began.

Davenport, IA – Her name is Unique Thomas and she faces a felony charge of intimidation with a dangerous weapon and a misdemeanor charge of interference with official acts. This unfortunate incident happened at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at McDonald’s, 3102 W. Kimberly Road. Officers responded to a report of an incident in which a gun was shown. She pointed a handgun at a victim and threatened to kill him, saying it would be legal because she has a weapons permit. She was found later at a residence, and refused to leave there after more than two hours at the scene. She was…

Davenport, IA – According to the statement, the Small Business Resiliency Project opened up a second round of funding on March 15 with the addition of the new MicroEnterprise Resiliency Project. Both Resiliency projects are funded by CARES funding through the Community Development Block Grant program. The Economic Development staff awarded 31 Small Business Resiliency Project applications in the first round. In the second round, qualifying businesses will be eligible to receive up to a $20,000 forgivable loan that can be used for rent/mortgage, salaries and wages, and operational expenses. Businesses must have been operational as of March 31, 2020…

When 21-year-old Isabella was out with her boyfriend, walking their dog in Denver, Colorado. Little did the young woman know that she wasn’t returning home. As the couple was strolling around with their pet, they happened to pass a house that had a rock garden. When their dog pooped there, a 24-year-old man named Michael began yelling at the couple: “Are you going to train that f—ing dog or just yell at it?” Michael reportedly screamed from his window inside his apartment. At that, Darian and Michael exchanged angry words but the argument turned fatal, not for either of them but…

IOWA – According to the statement, a total of 342,934 Iowans have tested positive. This number was found by adding PCR individuals positive (284,843) to antigen individuals positive (58,091) on the “Positive Case Analysis” dashboard. More than 4.24 million tests have been administered in the state, including PCR and antigen tests. The state officially administered more than 1 million doses on March 12. The state officially administered more than 1 million doses to Iowans on March 14. 1,105,700 total COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the state A total of 317,542 individuals have started their two-dose vaccine series while 379,231…