RICHFIELD, Minn. (WCCO) – Hundreds took to the pavement Sunday morning at Veteran’s Park in Richfield, celebrating National Cancer Survivors Day with a 5K and one mile run/walk. Sunday’s event put a spotlight on cancer survivors, honoring the dozens in attendance prior to the race’s opening horn. “To be able to celebrate that with other people who have gone through the same thing, it’s a great feeling,” said Shelly Wirth, a Lakeville mother of four who beat breast cancer after being diagnosed in 2019. “It’s one of those groups you don’t want to belong to, but when you do, it’s just a special c ..read more

RICHFIELD, Minn. (WCCO) — A 17-year-old Richfield High School student voluntarily came forward after an online threat led school officials to cancel classes Friday. According to Richfield police, the school alerted police at 6:31 a.m. to a potential threat, which was a picture circulating on social media that showed an RHS student holding a gun and a caption “We’re on our way.” The school closed for the day and police officers were stationed at the high school, police said. At 8 a.m., the person in the picture, a 17-year-old student at the school, voluntarily came to the police department with ..read more

NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy Co. posted first-quarter results that showed shoppers pulled back on spending, while higher costs ate into profits. The nation’s largest consumer electronics chain also on Tuesday cut its annual outlook, citing a deteriorating economic environment. Best Buy was among a handful of big winners in the pandemic, as shoppers flocked to its store and website to buy equipment like laptops to create home offices to help them with remote work or cater to the needs of their children for virtual learning. But like many retailers, Best Buy is struggling with rising costs for every ..read more

RICHFIELD, Minn. (WCCO) — A garbage truck fire led to burning trash being dumped on a road in a Richfield neighborhood. According to city officials, Richfield fire crews were dispatched to the scene Wednesday morning near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 68th Street. The garbage was dumped on the road by the garbage truck, and fire crews extinguished the fire. Once the fire was under control, the public works department cleared away the rubbish. “When a garbage truck starts on fire, it is usually coming from the bottom of the haul,” city officials said in a social media post. (credit: Cit ..read more

RICHFIELD, Minn. (WCCO) — The superintendent of a district that endured a fatal shooting outside one of its schools earlier this year says she supports board-recommended safety changes, including metal detectors. Fifteen-year-old Jahmari Rice was shot and killed outside of South Education Center in February. Two other students were injured in the shooting, one critically. Intermediate District 287, which includes the Richfield school, convened a Safety Response Team following the shooting. At a school board meeting last week, members discussed the team’s findings and recommendations, then pass ..read more

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis man was sentenced Tuesday to more than 15 years in prison after allegedly admitting to several armed carjackings in the Twin Cities. The U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Minnesota said that 25-year-old Jeremiah Ironrope was sentenced in federal court to 184 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered pay nearly $50,000 in restitution. Jeremiah Ironrope (Credit: Sherburne County Jail) In September, Ironrope pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking and one count of using, carrying or brandishing a firearm during a cr ..read more

RICHFIELD, Minn. (WCCO) — Richfield police and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension have identified a person of interest in the 2017 murder of 24-year-old Jonathan O’Shaughnessy. O’Shaughnessy was gunned down in a drive-by shooting the night of July 3 while walking home from a street dance. Jonathan O’Shaughnessy (credit: O’Shaughnessy Family) According to police, the update in the case comes after interviews with many people in direct or indirect knowledge of the murder. The police say some of the interviewees have been cooperative and others have not. In 2018, WCCO reported on his mother, C ..read more

RICHFIELD, Minn. (WCCO) — There is a memorial planned Wednesday for the teenager shot and killed outside of his school last week. Friends and family will gather to remember 15-year-old Jahmari Rice at Richfield’s Hope Church at 11:30 a.m. MORE: ‘Everyone Remembers His Smile’: Richfield Youth Group Mourns Jahmari Rice Two other students were also shot on the day Rice was killed. One of them was seriously hurt. It all happened on the sidewalk outside of the South Education Center, the school to which Rice had just transferred. Investigators say there was an argument, and they believe that’s when ..read more

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis man is accused of being on FaceTime last spring when he was involved in a deadly, multi-car crash on a Twin Cities highway. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says Darrin Doral Gregory Jr., 30, faces one count of criminal vehicular homicide in connection to the crash, which took place in Richfield on Highway 62 near Interstate 35W on the morning of April 15. He was charged Tuesday via warrant. The criminal complaint states that traffic was stop and go that morning on the eastbound side of the freeway, which was down to a single lane due to roadwork. MnDOT ..read more

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The father of the teen fatally shot outside a Richfield school last week has been granted a furlough to attend his son’s funeral. According to court documents filed Monday, Cortez Rice will be furloughed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, with several conditions. Last week, a charge of harassment involving retaliation against a judicial officer brought against Rice was dropped. The criminal complaint had accused him of harassing Regina Chu, the judge in the trial of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter. The court said that though there was “lack of probable cause ..read more