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Dougherty gets June trial on fatal accident charges

A June trial was scheduled Thursday for a Duluth businessman charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance and running a red light in an accident that resulted in the death of two men on March 16, 2009.

Duluth man accused of abusing five children

A Duluth man is accused of using belts and extension chords to physically abuse five children so severely that some of the children have “permanent scars," according to the criminal complaint.

• Jason Wiggins

Forgiveness permeates Duluth courtroom at sentencing

Philbert Barnes is sentenced to 29 years in prison for the shooting death of Curtis Cooney. The victim's family tells Barnes, "If Curtis could be here today, he would forgive you."

• Philbert Barnes
• Curtis Cooney

Barnes sentenced to 29 years in Duluth Hillside murder

Judge David Johnson said he took into account the victim's family's forgiveness when he sentenced Philbert Barnes to 29 years in prison for the murder of Curtis Cooney and the wounding of Ephriam “Darell’’ Burks.

• Philbert Barnes

Duluth strip club manager takes own life

A friend says Jim Gradishar’s battles with the city and acrimony with the media started a gradual decline.

• Jim Gradishar
• Norshor Experience

Lawyer of convicted Duluth murderer seeks leniency

Philbert Nathaniel Barnes is to be sentenced today for murdering 22-year-old Curtis Cooney and wounding Ephriam "Darell" Burks by firing eight shots toward a crowd of people outside a Central Hillside apartment last July.

• Philbert Barnes

Duluth store operators claim innocence in counterfeit clothing case

Two Duluth men who were arraigned on felony charges Tuesday said they didn’t know they were doing anything illegal when a law enforcement sting allegedly caught them selling counterfeit designer clothing and handbags.

Accused counterfeiters say they bought merchandise off Internet

Nicholas F. Campanella, 30, and Willie Love, 66, both said after the hearing in St. Louis County District Court that they plan to plead innocent to charges of counterfeiting intellectual property.

Wanted by the law? Here’s a chance to settle up

In an attempt to clear as many of those outstanding warrants as possible, law enforcement and courts officials are making themselves available to people who want to resolve their cases that day and have their warrants quashed.

• How the Warrant Workout program will work:
• Outstanding warrants

Murder charge in Chisholm shooting

HIBBING — Witnesses said former police officer Jason Mark Musburger had an expression “like a man on a mission” Saturday night as he returned to Jim’s Sports Bar in Chisholm with two fully-loaded handguns.

• Jason Mark Musburger

Columns

For out-of-town runners, the race is the easy part

A half-naked city of about 9,000 runners will assemble just south of Two Harbors on Saturday for the 31st annual Grandma’s Marathon. The competitors come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and 50 countries.