Wailua Homesteads News

Steady rain on the island of Kauai has created hazardous driving conditions and forced police to shut down several roads and bridges.

Kaua'i police say they have no reason to believe that the recent slaying of a 47-year-old man who was found dead shortly after being released from prison is connected to organized crime.

Court records: Homicide victim made death threats Eds: APNewsNow. LIHUE>> Court records show several people reported receiving death threats in recent years from a Kauai man found dead just after getting out of prison.

LIHUE >> Authorities on Kauai say a man found dead in a pickup truck had been released from prison just the day before.

LIHUE, Kauai - Kauai police are investigating the murder of a 37-year-old Kapaa man who was found dead in a quiet, rural area of east-central Kauai early Monday.

LIHU'E, Kaua'i - A Kapa'a man classified as a homicide victim after his body was found in a car on an east Kaua'i country road Monday had felony convictions for burglary, theft and property damage dating back to 1993, state criminal records show.

A 19-year-old Lahaina man died in a one-car crash early yesterday morning, Maui police said.

Kauai police have opened a murder investigation into the death of man whose body was found yesterday morning in a car in Wailua Homesteads.

LIHUE - Rehabilitation work on Opaekaa Bridge in Wailua Homesteads is scheduled to begin June 15.