National Guard joins search for 2 missing after Kauai copter crash
The body of one person who had been aboard the four-seater Robinson R44 helicopter owned by Aloha Helicopter Tours LLC was found by Kauai Ocean Safety lifeguards. Read more
The body of one person who had been aboard the four-seater Robinson R44 helicopter owned by Aloha Helicopter Tours LLC was found by Kauai Ocean Safety lifeguards. Read more
Police would not identify which of the three individuals was found Thursday. Read more
Abigail Charity Bernstein and her two young sons reportedly boarded a boat with its captain in October 2022 at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor and have never been seen or heard from since, the FBI says. Read more
A former Oahu schoolteacher — initially discovered by FBI agents to be exchanging messages containing child pornography with a Philadelphia teacher — was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old former student and promoting child abuse. Read more
Hawaii County officials have designated a parking lot as a temporary resting area for homeless people who occupy an area in and around a storm drain in downtown Hilo. Read more
Emergency Medical Services said the female pedestrian and the moped driver were both taken to the hospital in serious condition. Read more
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Aaron Tuitelapaga, found guilty Friday of second-degree murder and other charges for killing a man working as security at an illegal Ala Moana area game room, could be facing a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Read more
The jury found Aaron Tuitelapaga guilty of murder in the killing of Sausau Togiai III on Aug. 12, 2020. Read more
This week marks the start of Hawaiian Electric’s program of proactively shutting off power in specified areas to protect the public if and when there is a high risk of wildfires on all the islands it serves. Read more
Rescuers responded to a 10:01 a.m. 911 call regarding a male hiker who fell about 100 feet off the Puu Kalena Trail in Wahiawa. Read more
An Oahu grand jury Wednesday indicted a 33-year-old man on one count of second-degree attempted murder in the June 15 stabbing of a 32-year-old Walmart employee outside the Keeaumoku Street Walmart store. Read more
An Oahu Circuit Court judge found Anthony F. Pereira II guilty as charged Tuesday of second-degree murder in the June 10, 2016, shooting death of his 66-year-old mother, Barbara Pereira, at his home in Maili. Read more
Pereira testified that he shot his mother in the leg on June 10, 2016, but said he couldn’t remember that he shot her twice in the head with a semiautomatic rifle. Read more
A former Corrections Division training officer took the stand Friday at his murder and kidnapping trial and admitted to shooting his 66-year-old mother but cannot recall firing two shots to her head. Read more
A 56-year-old Waianae woman testified Thursday to the harrowing details of being held captive in June 2016 for three days in the house of a Maili man she had just met. Read more
Police officers’ testimony Tuesday provided clues as to what was on the mind of a then 44-year-old Oahu Community Correctional Center training officer after he allegedly fatally shot his 66-year-old mother eight years ago in his Maili home. Read more
A former Oahu Community Correctional Center training officer, indicted eight years ago on murder and kidnapping charges in the 2016 fatal shooting of his 66-year-old mother and kidnapping of a 48-year-old woman, made a last-minute request Monday for a jury- waived trial in Oahu Circuit Court. Read more
A civil lawsuit filed on behalf of a 5-year-old adopted son of Brandy Blas and Thomas Blas, who were charged with the murder and abuse of 10-year-old Geanna Bradley, reveals he had numerous scars and bruises and suffered from malnutrition and developmental delays. Read more
Sebastian Mahkwan, one of two men indicted in a murder-for-hire plot in the Jan. 23 acid attack on a Chinese-language teacher, was found mentally fit Monday to stand trial. Read more
Kiana Rowley, a registered nurse, testified Monday in Circuit Court that she is paying $100,000 in tuition to become a certified nurse midwife after a Hawaii law requiring midwives to have a state-issued license went into full effect July 1. Read more
Debra Geron is one of three family members indicted in the murder of a 10-year-old girl at their Wahiawa home. Read more