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The jury in the homicide case against an Eau Claire man charged with killing his mother’s boyfriend last year will resume deliberations Friday. Common Pleas Court Judge Joseph Kubit dismissed the jury...

An Eau Claire man, who was accused of killing his mother’s boyfriend last year, was found not guilty on all charges, a jury decided Friday, Feb. 16. Dakota B. Hughes, 23, was charged in relation to t...

The family of an Eau Claire man said they are happy he was coming home Friday after a Common Pleas Court jury acquitted him of homicide charges he was facing in the March 2 shooting death of his mothe...

An Eau Claire man told a Butler County jury Wednesday, Feb. 14, that he was afraid in March when he shot and killed his mother’s boyfriend, who he claimed was abusive. Dakota B. Hughes, 23, is charge...

The jury in the trial of a 23-year-old Eau Claire man charged in last year’s shooting death of his mother’s boyfriend began deliberating Thursday after attorneys presented closing arguments. The distr...

Jurors in a homicide case against an Eau Claire man heard opening statements Monday in Butler County Court of Common Pleas. As part of his opening, defense attorney Al Lindsay played video Monday of a...

Jury selection began Thursday in the trial of Dakota Hughes for the shooting death of his mother’s boyfriend. Hughes, 23, of Eau Claire has been charged with homicide and aggravated assault in the Mar...

A county judge Tuesday promised timely rulings regarding evidence and testimony in the homicide trial schedule to begin Monday for an Eau Claire man charged in the shooting death of his mother’s boyfr...

An Eau Claire man plans to argue he shot and killed his mother’s boyfriend in self-defense in a jury trial scheduled to begin in a little more than a week. According to a trial memorandum filed Wednes...