The Cherokee County Commissioners, during a meeting Jan. 21, voted to approve real estate measures and a polling place partnership with the Cherokee Nation.

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Ryan Wellings, 30, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in ...

A charity which supports women has said it deals with the kind of domestic abuse experienced by Kiena Dawes every day and violent controlling behaviour by a perpetrator was "sadly not a rarity".

An abuser who subjected the mother of his child to years of hell which led to her killing herself has vowed to get custody of their daughter. Ryan Wellings was last week cleared of the ...

The new girlfriend of Kiena Dawes' "monster" abuser wished the tragic mum a "happy heavenly birthday" weeks after her death, it is reported. Newly resurfaced screenshots from Emma Croft's deleted ...

Keanu Dawes delivered another stellar performance as Utah basketball secured a pivotal 73-65 road victory over the TCU Horned Frogs, marking their first Big 12 road win. Dawes, who tallied 16 ...

A ‘monster’ who subjected his vulnerable partner to assault and years of domestic abuse but was cleared of her manslaughter will be sentenced on Thursday 16 January. Ryan Wellings, 30, was ...

An abusive boyfriend whose girlfriend blamed him for her death in a suicide note - after he subjected her to years of violence - has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for controlling and coercive ...

An abusive boyfriend who subjected his vulnerable partner to two years of assault and domestic abuse has been jailed, after being cleared of her manslaughter earlier this week. Ryan Wellings, 30, was ...

Democratic-Farmer-Labor members of the Minnesota State House of Representatives are not showing up for work at the Capitol. Republicans, all 67 of them, showed up as scheduled on opening day, Jan. 14.

Kiena Dawes' grieving mother has revealed her granddaughter keeps asking 'where's mummy' - as her thuggish boyfriend was today jailed for six-and-a-half years. Ryan Wellings subjected his ...

Kiena Dawes suffered years of abuse at the hands of the father of her little girl. The young mum, 23, devastatingly took her own life on July 22, 2022, having been "let down" by the police after ...