Mother's heartbreak as killer gets 100 year sentence in Linn County
Grieving mothers confront Kazius Childress in Cedar Rapids as he receives consecutive 50 year terms for two fatal shoot ings from January 2022. Karen Johnson 22 and Cordal Lewis 19 were killed in separate incidents. Maybanks urged the judge for consecutive sentences, noting Johnson witnessed the fatal harm to Lewis. Johnson's mother described her son as bubbly and loving while Lakisha Smith spoke of living with loss and anger.
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Cedar Rapids
Sonshine
Karen Johnson
Lakisha Smith
Kazius Childress
Karen
Smith
Pam Lovette
Cordal Lewis
Childress
Johnson
6Th Judicial District
Christopher Bruns
Lewis
Linn
Nick Maybanks
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Linn County Sheriffs Office
Maybanks
Todd Weimer
Adrian Haughton
Linn County
Bruns
Pamela Lovette
Jim Slosiarek
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Hinson and Ernst push rural Iowa birth control options
Iowa lawmakers Hinson and Ernst urge GAO to map federal resources for contraception at rural federally qualified health centers. They cite 2020 data on CHCs serving 28 million people and call for an inventory of contraception availability, training gaps, funding, and barriers including geographic access.
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Iowa
U.S
Ashley Hinson
Joni Ernst
U.S. Government Accountability Office
KFF
Kaiser Family Foundation
Hinson
Trisha Welsh
Eastern Iowa Health Center
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Jones
Benton
Joe Biden
White House
Biden
Radio Iowa
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Sarah Corkery
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Johnson Co
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