A 54-year-old Hilo man who abducted a 15-year-old Kailua-Kona girl from a West Hawaii beach and sexually assaulted her in ...

Kailua-Kona, often just called Kona, is the main town in the Kona district, which stretches about 60 miles along the Big Island’s west coast, and is one of the most popular areas for tourists.

Leslie, 27, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for two incidents including an armed robbery and escaping from the Hawaii ...

The town is actually Kailua, and the larger district is Kona. But there is also a Kailua on O'ahu, so to differentiate between the two, the town on Hawai'i is called Kailua-Kona. However ...

LAURA RUMINSKI /WEST HAWAII TODAY Duncan Mahi appears in Kona District Court, in September 2022, for a preliminary hearing. Mahi was sentenced this morning to 30 years in prison for abducting and ...