The Jewel Box Quilters Guild meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Thursday each month at the Drake Community Library in Grinnell.

Karen Clarke and her 8-year old son Leroy “B.J.” Brown were two of the victims. The child, tragically, was a witness to an attempted murder.

Adrian Peeler, 48, was initially sentenced to 25 years in state prison for conspiracy to commit the murder of Karen Clarke and her 8-year-old son, Leroy “BJ” Brown, in January 1999.

Oswald Clarke, left, brother of Karen Clarke, is helped at the side of her casket by funeral home employee Kevin Mitchell, Jan. 20, 1999, during services at the Community Church of God in Fort ...

BRIDGEPORT — On Jan. 7, 1999, Karen Clarke and her 8-year-old son, Leroy “BJ” Brown were shot dead in their home. Authorities found Clarke lying face-up on the floor of her son’s room, a ...

Jurors in the double murder trial of Adrian Peeler walk back up Earl Avenue after viewing the duplex home at 207 Earl Avenue where Karen Clarke and her 8-year-old son Leroy Brown Jr. were murdered.

Previously sentenced to death, Peeler was resentenced to life in prison for ordering the 1999 slayings of Karen Clarke and her 8-year-old son, Leroy "B.J." Brown Jr.

Oswald Clarke, left, brother of Karen Clarke, is helped at the side of her casket by funeral home employee Kevin Mitchell, Jan. 20, 1999, during services at the Community Church of God in Fort ...

SYDNEY—Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS), a division of Telstra, one of Australia's largest telecommunications and technology companies, has appointed Karen Clark as CEO. Clark brings to her new role ...

Karen Elaine Clark, 81, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2025. Honoring her wishes, no funeral service will be held. Karen was born August 17, 1943, in Des Moines, Iowa to Gilmore and Eva ...