Authorities say Eswin Mejia was driving drunk and street racing when he hit Root's car at a stoplight. Root was 21 years old and had graduated from college with a criminal investigation degree just hours before the crash.

The mother of Texas A&M Aggies legend and NFL Draft bust Johnny Manziel has been arrested. Manziel, 32, played in the NFL for just two seasons after going No. 22 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft. He played sparingly for the Cleveland Browns and, admittedly, did not give football the attention it ...

The man charged in the death of Sarah Root — the Council Bluffs woman who is the namesake of what’s known as “Sarah’s Law” — is in custody in Honduras. In 2016, Eswin Mejia was accused of drunk driving while street racing in Omaha and crashing into Root’s vehicle as it was stopped at a

The man charged in the death of Sarah Root — the Council Bluffs woman who is the namesake of what’s known as “Sarah’s Law” — is in custody […]

Our reporter, Melissa Wright, spoke with the Root family after the man responsible for hitting and killing their daughter nine years ago was arrested in Honduras.