Outstanding residents representing 14 community council districts in St. Paul were recognized on Jan. 25 at the Neighborhood Honor Roll Volunteer Awards Night. Held at the University of St. Thomas, individuals from the East Side’s District 1, District 4 and District 5 were singled out for their significant and sustained contributions to the community.
Dao Xiong's text message, "You want to kill a guy with me?" is what his defense attorney F. Clayton Tyler believes was a deciding factor in the jury's guilty verdict on first- and second-degree murder charges on Aug. 12.
"I'm scared," is what then-19-year-old Dao Xiong told investigators after he was arrested on suspicion of killing 33-year-old Youa Lor in a rural area of Lake Elmo on Sept. 9, 2010.
The hood of a Nissan 350z with painted images of Youa Lor's four children and their favorite cartoon characters stood just a few feet from members of the jury Aug. 4 in the Washington County District Court murder trial of the man accused of killing him to steal the vehicle.
A new trial request from Nicole Beecroft, the now 21-year-old convicted of first-degree murder for the death of her newborn baby in 2007, was denied July 20.
The Minnesota Appellate Court case of Nicole Beecroft, an Oakdale teenager sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of her newborn baby in April 2007, has been sent back to trial court for an evidentiary hearing.
A poster of a Hmong general hangs on the wall inside Edgerton Elementary School. Gen. Vang Pao, who led Hmong soldiers against Communist forces in Vietnam, is holding a book, encouraging kids to read.