100 cars vandalized in Twin Cities
FOX9 Reporter Babs Santos drops by The Afternoon Shift to discuss the recent spate of car vandalism in the Twin Cities.
Suspect Arrested In Killing Of Project Pat’s Son After Months On The Run
A 19-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the killing of Patrick Houston Jr., the son of Memphis legend, Project Pat.
Decades-long prison sentence for man convicted in traffic deaths of five women
MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO) – A Brooklyn Park man convicted of killing five women in 2023 in Minneapolis in a high-speed crash has been sentenced to nearly 59 years in prison. A Hennepin County District Court jury found Derrick Thompson, 32, guilty last month in the deaths of the group of friends who were preparing for a...
1 in custody after Roseville apartment standoff
One person is in custody following an hourslong standoff at an apartment complex in Roseville, Minnesota, Thursday morning.
40 broken car windows at Great Wolf Lodge, uptick increases in Twin Cities
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (FOX 9) - This week police around the metro are searching for a suspect - or suspects – who are responsible for the destruction of more than 100 car windows. Car windows broken. What we know:. This is the second week in a row the Twin Cities...
The park worker, her baby and the Minneapolis Park Board’s $13K invoice for her...
A Minneapolis park workers union has filed a complaint with the state after a maintenance worker was asked to repay over $13,000 of maternity leave wages when she tried to resign to care for her premature newborn. Indica Medeiros, a parkkeeper doing general park maintenance since 2020, went on maternity...
Two officers cut with knife by domestic abuse suspect who ‘used pit bull as...
Two Minneapolis police officers suffered knife injuries during the attempted arrest of a domestic abuse suspect early Monday. The incident unfolded on the 900 block of 21st Avenue S. around 12:40 a.m., with police arriving to find a man and a woman "physically struggling" over one of their two children in a hallway.
The DFL mayoral endorsement might just matter after all — and it should
A few days ago, after state Sen. Omar Fateh won an ultra-rare Minneapolis DFL mayoral endorsement, Reformer editor J. Patrick Coolican wondered in his newsletter why it mattered. Let’s just say I — a former journalist, current DFL activist, and guy who will rank Fateh in November — clapped back on social media; what...
5 INVESTIGATES: Following the money on the Blue Line Extension
In their most recent report to the Federal Transit Administration, planners revealed the light rail project has already racked up more than $224 million in expenses through the end of May. Now 5 INVESTIGATES has learned exactly how that money was spent over the last 10 years.
Activists sound alarm over promotion of police officer who shot Amir Locke
Community members and activists are sounding the alarm and calling for accountability over the promotion of a Minneapolis police sergeant who shot and killed Amir Locke while serving a no-knock warrant in 2022. Chief Brian O’Hara confirms Sgt. Mark Hanneman is currently working as a use-of-force instructor at the...
