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According to police, witnesses are not talking, and refuse to cooperate with police.

It's been one of the most polarizing, compelling stories over the last year in the Mid-Columbia.

Recently Newstalk 870 polled you, our listeners, about a controversial local story.

A bouncer convicted of assault charges on a Jack Didley's patron plans to appeal his conviction, but he says he cannot afford an attorney.

The owner of a downtown Kennewick night club is being sued, along with the former general manager and several employees -- but it has nothing to do with the Ben Ensign incident.

It took a Benton County Superior Court jury about 45 minutes on Thursday to deliberate and return a guilty verdict against Matthew Hibbard, the general manager and head of security at Jack Didley's in Kennewick. He has been convicted of third-degree assault with aggravating circumstance. Close to midnight on July 4, 2012, a drunk and belligerent patron, Ben Ensign, was dropped on his head outside

On Tuesday, witnesses took to the stand during one of the most talked about criminal cases in the Tri-Cities this past year. Jack Didley's night club general manager and head of security, Mathew Hibbard, is being charged with third-degree assault with aggravating circumstances after, as one witness said, he "forcefully dropped" Ben Ensign onto his head outside of the night club. Read Mor

It's been one of the most controversial events in the Mid-Columbia over the last eight months.

One of the biggest hot button issues in the Tri-Cities is over the altercations at Jack Didley's.

Kennewick Police are charging night club Jack Didley's bouncer Matthew Hibbard with third-degree assault with aggravated injuries for his treatment of Ben Ensign on July 4. Ensign went to the club after watching a fireworks show. Bouncers asked him to leave for disruptive behavior...