A guard tower at the new Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison on Friday, Apr. 10, 2015. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette) ...

Tracy Lehman says in her lawsuit that when she struggled emotionally to return to work after the assault, a manager, "told her bluntly, 'Get over it.'" ...

A former employee of a Boone Casey's location is suing the company she formerly worked for, saying it enabled her to be ...

The Henry County Sheriff’s Office said a person was scammed out of about $600 by someone posing as a bondsman.

Members of “Cherrie’s Angels” — the group of volunteers rallying to solve the 1985 disappearance of then-8-year-old Cherrie Mahan — are optimistic this is the year the mystery will ...

The Iowa House Judiciary Committee’s so-called “tough on crime” legislation would create Iowa’s own version of a “three ...

Locking up repeat offenders has been tried, and it's not clear why the results would be better here, writes the Register's editorial board.

Muscatine County, which has a contract to hold immigration detainees for ICE, is refusing to publicly disclose its contract ...

Republican bills placing new restrictions on local libraries, public assistance programs and local civil rights ordinances have survived a key legislative deadline, while a measur ...

Following several days of rumors circulating throughout the community and social media, officials from the Iowa Department of ...

Isaiah Alexander Yos-Eddy has been sentenced to eight concurrent 25-year prison terms following his conviction on eight ...

Davenport police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man in connection with an attempted burglary and criminal mischief reported Jan. 4 in the 3100 block of West Central Park.