This is becoming a conversation thats happening in cities all over iowa. Tonight, the residents spoke directly to city council about their feelings. Its starting to become a familiar issue. These towns have this impression that they have the right to supersede and override iowa code and have their own gun ban laws. North liberty is the latest to explore their options. We certainly understand that people feel like this is infringing on their Second Amendment rights, at the same time its the councils responsibility to address concerns by citizens. Mayor amy nielsen says those concerns mostly stem from the library board. Theres been a few times that maybe people have seen things that maybe made them uncomfortable and theyve mentioned it. So in an effort to protect concerned citizens, the city is discussing a ban on weapons on city property. Im opposed and appalled that you guys are even considering this ban. I have a right to life and a dont believe that that should be suspended when i step foot on city property. This might seem kind of strange coming from a minister but i carry a gun at the pulpit too. Doesnt make any difference where youre at, all kinds of crazy people and crazy things happen everywhere and nl is no exception to that. Others argued its not even the citys place to ban weapons. If we want to go to the library or to the park, youll now put us in a position of choosing to break this ordinance or following our legal right to carry. There has never been any intention to pass the ordinance, we cant pass the ordinance that would go against state code. This discussion is familiar to North Liberty, in 2013 a similar resolution failed to pass. The mayor says they will continue to listen to corridor in North Liberty, dora miller, fox 28 news. Right now, fox 28 news is getting a better look at the case against a man accused of corridor mall. Mall. The victim, 20yearold andrea farrington, died after being shot multiple times in court in june. June. Tonight, fox 28 news has obtained recently unsealed warrants against alexander kozak. Witnesses say they saw kozak shoot farrington while she was working at a Childrens Museum kiosk. Authorities captured kozak east of iowa city on interestate 80. Warrants show kozak told the arresting officers farrington broke off their relationship via text message. He allegedly told authorities he snapped, drove to his North Liberty home to get his gun and drove back to the mall to shoot farrington. Kozak is married and his wife confirmed that he owned at least one gun. Kozaks murder trial will begin in april. Because of pretrial publicity, the judge in the case moved the proceedings to story county. There are also new developments in the deadly shooting of a teen in cedar rapids. Rapids. A 14yearold facing a first degree murder charge will instead plead guilty to several lesser counts. Counts. Robert humbles is pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter, reckless use of a firearm and going armed with intent. Put together, those charges could mean 25 years in prison for the teen. The charges come after a september shooting that killed 15year old aaron richardson. Humbles will formally plead guilty to killing richardson on december 8th. In chicago tonight, the city is on edge after a Police Officer is charged with murder. Murder. Take a look at a live picture from chicago where there have been some reports of clashes between demonstrator s and police. First, a warning that the video in this story might be unsettling to some. Some. Earlier tonight, investigators released video of the shooting now more than a year old. Fox 28 news will of this video. Police say the teen in this footage had a small knife. But prosecutors say the teen made no threatening moves toward police when an officer shot him 16 times in 15 seconds. Now, chicago officer Jason Van Dyke is in jail accused of murder. Chicagos Police Superintendent says citizens have a right to be angry. But he and the family of the slain teen are urging emonstrators to remain peaceful as the process moves forward. Switching gears now, today marked the beggining of one of the busiest travel periods of the year. Year. If you are heading out tomorrow or thursday, youre probably wondering if the weather will cooperate. Cooperate. For the answer we turn to chief meteorologist terry swails with your terry thanks. Now to some stunning developments today in the war on terror. Terror. A russian jet was shot down by us ally and nato member turkey. Jet ignored repeated warnings that it was violating turkish airspace on the border with syria. Syria. Militants on the ground claim both pilots parachuted from the jet and were later shot and killed. Russias government claims the plane never crossed into turkish airspace. Both turkey and us commanders in the region say thats not true. We were able to hear everything that was going on obviously they were on our channels. Im sure there were others who heard as well. Well. Russian president Vladimir Putin called the shootdown a quote stab in the back, and promised consequences against turkey. Turkeys president says the country harbors no illwill towards russia, but it will defend its borders. This latest Development Comes the same day french president Francois Hollande met with president obama at the white house. After speaking in the oval office, both leaders took questions at a late morning news conference. In response e todays incident between russia and turkey, the president called for diplomacy i think its very important right now for us to make sure that the russians and the turks are talking to each other to find out exactly what happened and take measures to discourage any kind of escalation. Escalation. Both leaders also spoke about the need for a unified strategy againts isis in syria and iraq. President hollande says france and the us are already on the same page. They will not be able to damage the world and against isis we need a joint response, an inplagueable joint response. France and those assad. Bashaar aldictator removal of include the syria must the civil war in toward ending the civil war in syria must include the removal of dictator bashaar alassad. Those preparing to travel in the next few days should budget a little extra time. Time. Fox 28 News Reporter steffi lee brings us to the Eastern Iowa Airport to show us why. Why. Experts say the steps you take before jetting off on a plane will require more patience this Holiday Season due to heightened security. Youre probably going to check in a little bit earlierthe state departments issued a Worldwide Travel alert warning us citizens groups like isis, alqaeda and boko haram continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions. Holly kelly with cedar valley world travel says to double check your airlines policies regardless of domestic or international travel. Allegiant Just Announced today instead of a twohour check in theyre requesting a two and a half hour check in. If you plan on flying out of the Eastern Iowa Airport this is the first time its been completely remodeledconstructions shifted the ticket counter to the center of the terminal. Flying also comes with a lot of baggage when they have checked luggage, they go into a designated area. We have personnel and Airline Personnel will take that to the tsa. Just like the state department, the airport emphasizes security when preparing for flight. Be vigilant, follow the if you see something, say something. The state Department Says anyone traveling abroad should enroll in their step program. This allows them to get security updates and contact family and friends through the embassy in their country. Steffi lee, fox 28 news. The iowa state patrol will also have extra troopers on state roadways. Roadways. With the potential for rain in areas and lots of traffic, theyre especially interested in reminding people not to text and drive, allow extra time, and to follow the speed limit. As always, troopers remind drivers to never drink and drive. Still to come on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. A big year for the states most visible business farming. We go person 2 person with ag secretary bill northey, when the fox 28 news a car gives you freedom. Room to grow. And in time, room to grow up. Your dream car evolves, and protecting it takes committed support. Americas never been a country of quitters. Its not who we are. We dont ignore threats like climate change. We face our problems headon. With americanmade clean energy, we can end our dependence on foreign oil. Spark new innovation. And create millions of new jobs. Solving our Climate Crisis so, what are we waiting for . Thanksgiving eve tomorrow on fox 28 morning live. Along with making Delicious Food we also want the presentation to be impressive. Impressive. A culinary expert has tips on how to plate like a pro. Thats tomorrow on fox 28 morning live. Thanksgiving is a couple of days away and for the most part, the 2015 harvest in eastern iowa is in the books. Justin roberts met up with iowa agriculture secretary bill northey to get a report card on ag in iowa. Iowa. As fox 28 news goes person 2 person. Person. Its been quite the year for iowa farmers. From a devastating outbreak of Avian Influenza that crippled the iowa chicken and turkey industrya to a wet spring and cooler than normal summera to another record crop and sucessful harvest season. But rest assured, the job isnt overa you gotta figure out what youre gonna grow next year. You gotta figure out what seed youre going to buy so theres always a lot of Decision Making going on even if you dont see a tractor in the field when hes not working his own farm ground in western iowa, ag secretary bill northey travels the state spreading the word of iowa ag. Right now what is the state of agriculture in iowa . Ya know, pretty good. For the most part were seeing some really good crops out therewere seeing some land prices some rents coming downbut for the most part weve had some good years that folks have built on and if we can squeeze those out and we can see some demand again in some of these crop and livestock i think well be in great shapenow for the consumer standpoint, what does a good crop year mean to them . Do they notice from year to for the famer or does it not really make a difference . Ya know i dont know that it matters that much at the Grocery Store. When we did have high prices before we saw some of the prices in the Grocery Store go up. They will see some softening in some of those meat prices which means theyll get some great bargains. Its a great time to go out and pick up an extra pound of ground beef while theyre at it or do those kinds of thingsbut probably you dont see it as directly but its a good economy in your neighborhood. In your small town and your big city. So we want agriculture to do well across the state because it helps with jobs for our young people. It helps with employment in our towns and we see expansions in our ag companies. One of the big things thats been in peoples minds were not even a year removed from the bird flu and having to kill all the chickens and turkeys. Thanksgiving is coming up. How is iowa responding and take me where we are today to a few years down the road. Does it effect thanksgiving and will rebound even bigger and stronger than before . We may see some smaller turkeys at thanksgiving than what we normally see but that side of the business is getting back in. Most of our turkey producers are back to having turkeys on the farm. They may be small when they would have been big this time of year but theyre backthe last question is always the hardest question holidays are coming up, whats on the northey table for thanksgiving day . Well itll be turkey for us on thanksgiving and probably a couple days after too and sandwiches but we certainly have a lot of ham around during that time of year as well but itll be turkey on the table Justin Roberts reporting. If you would like to nominate someone for an upcoming person 2 person segment. Segment. Head to fox 28 iowa dot com and click on person 2 person. Youll find that under its been her fight for twenty years. Something is wrong with our Healthcare System and it needs to be fixed. Then, it was about Health Reform and getting eight million kids covered. Now, its about stopping republicans from repealing down drug prices. Im not going to let any family be deprived of healthcare. Im not going to let the republicans rip up obamacare and throw it away. Now to tonights business report. Report. With a month of Holiday Shopping to go, area stores are looking for a lot of seasonal help. Jc penney in coralville doubles their team from 40 to 80employees. The store is one of many still looking for that holiday help. And that can be tough in a state like iowa, where the Unemployment Rate now sits at just threepointfive percent. Dont forget, after black friday, corridor cities are encouraging you to shop local by getting presents on Small Business saturday. Several towns are offering special incentives to get you out this weekend. Some stores are selling gift cards that offer stock in some of the countrys best known companies, including coca cola, apple, and facebook. However, experts warn some cards come with fees that can be as much as 20percent of the purchase. But it might be a good way to get people to learn more about investing. Companies say most of the customers are people older than 30, buying for millenials. Whatever you decide to give its returnable. Gobankingrates reports twothirds of americans say they returned at least some of their Holiday Gifts last year. The company put together a list of stores with the best and worst return policies. There are too many to list here so weve put them all on our website, fox 28 iowa dot com. There are a lot of hot gift items this Holiday Season. Season. Still to come on the fox 28 news at nine, why one big ticket item is raising some big safety concerns. Concerns. But first, an expanded effort to prevent a growing drug abuse problem in 28ews at nine coue more people die from Drug Overdose than guns and car crashes each year in the United States, according to experts. Here at home, local agencies are trying to fight Prescription Drug abuse with drop boxes places where people can leave their unwanted or expired medications. Fox 28 News ReporterMarissa Scott shares why one former addict says the dropboxes are idea. You just think that we would be able to quit, but of course, its very hard. One remain anonymous, says it all started as a teen, when he started trying alcohol and pot. Pot. Once you put it into your system, you cant take it out. Before his twenties, he was already addicted to heroin and cocaine. I would try to block out the situation. The holidays would come and i would start crying because i couldnt see my kids and theres nothing i could do to fix it but all i could do was blot it out with drugs and alcohol. He says it took years of being fired from his jobs, losing his family, and changing his actions, before he realized what was most important in life. Life. If you keep doing the same thing over and over again, youre going to get the same result or worse. He has been sober for several years now, and has reestablished his relationship with his kids. But like many addicts, it all starts at a young age. Age. Since 20102013 Overdose Deaths have increased by 85 percent. Eastern iowa agencies are joining forces by placing drop boxes at police stations where people can get rid of expired or unwanted Prescription Drugs before they else. Too many people abuse Prescription Drugs. Waterloo, and the Johnson CountySheriffs Office will have drop boxes in their lobbys counties will be next. Next. Two thirds of the Overdose Deaths have occurred in johnson, linn, black hawk and although its a great idea, former addicts say its just a start. Problems to this other power and started helping gods kids. Everything else took care of itself covering the corridor, in cedar rapids, Marissa Scott, fox 28 news he says any addict has to be willing to change his or her actions and work hard to seek recovery. There is a group that meets on tuesdays at 7 at the Wellington HeightsCommunity Center to answer questions and help those who want to get clean. Still to come on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. Students usually dont like surprises at schools. The stunner in anamosa that ended with a 100thousand dollar prize. But first. First. Im matt hammill live in cedar rapids. Forget tickle me elmo, this years hot Christmas Toy is a little more sophiticated than a doll and it has the attention of aviation safety experts. Ill explain when the fox 28 a popular product this Holiday Season is considered by many to be a serious hazard. Every christmas, consumer groups release their lists of the most dangerous toys. Toys. This shopping season, one item may not be as hazardous for the person who unwraps the present as it is for the rest ofus. Ofus. Fox 28 News Reporter matt hammill joins us live with concerns about drones under the tree, matt . Were less than two days away from shoppers rushing in at area stores. And for a lot of people drones will be at the top of the wish list. List. Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. More than one million drones are expected as gifts this christmas. Theyre for sale everywhere. We even found them at bed bath and beyond. At a time when drones have violated the flight paths at airports and even air space atthe white house concerned. And its different , its new and exciting. Best buy has a representative on the federal drone task force. Squeeeege at the cedar rapids store Kyle Campbell says theyre explaining to buyers that the cool gadgets come with responsibilities. S. Not doing anything that they shouldnt be doing with it so education is a big thing with a Technology Like this. I like that weve been partnering with the right people to make sure were selling it responsibly. Buzzz its up to the owner to fly safe, theyre responsible for their aircraft. Professional photographer caleb howard has taken some amazing pictures and video using drone technology. From fireworks at ellis park to this shot above mount mercy. He says hes a little concerned treating them as toys could ground an industry thats just taking flight. Flight. Theres always going to be people out there who arent going to follow the laws and regulations, but it comes down to each individual owner of that craft learning to fly safe and be responsible for what they do. Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz the government is looking at recommendations to require every drone owner to register with the faa. In the meantime caleb says anyone who buys or receives a drone for christmas canfind information at the Facebook Page drone sky cedar rapids. Matt hammill fox 28 news. Matt thanks. Before the gift giving season, we still have to get through thanksgiving. Thanksgiving. And depending on where youre headed, the weather could play a role in your travel plans. Plans. Chief meteorologist terry swails has more now in terry thanks. Now, tonights vote 2016 coverage. Coverage. With just over two months to go before the iowa caucuses, there are more big swings in the race for the republican nomination. Nomination. Onetime front runner in iowa, doctor ben carson, now finds himself third in the state. State. Right now, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll, texas senator ted cruz is surging ahead, threatening to overtake front runner donald trump. Florida senator marco rubio is Holding Steady at 13percent. Despite recent Terror Threats, republicans polled say by a margin of two to one, the economy remains the Biggest Issue in their minds. In less than two months, lawmakers will return to des people of iowa. Iowa. Tonight, many of them were in coralville, listening to the people of iowathe east Central Iowa Council of governments hosted their annual legislative open house. Organizers say its always good to keep elected officials connected with those they represent. So often our conversations are local and this gives us an opportunity to talk as a larger regional community. Community. Lawmakers will gavel in the 2016 legislative session on january 11th. It was supposed to be Just Another School assembly. Assembly. But a group of students in jones county instead got a surprise, a big surprise. Surprise. And our cameras were anamosa. We had a Winter Sports assembly and at the end we had a game. We had winners,nat 2, 3, 4,and we had prizes. Nat door number two. We had a broken water fountain a clock and some kleenex and toilet paper. Nat you get some toilet paper. We had a little surprise at the end. Nat you are all winners we have won a hundred thousand. Cheering. We had won one hundred thousand dollars from celebrate my drive from state far. Celebrate my drive is a competition throughout the United States for safe driving commitments. Students created the video. Our teacher told us that she had a project for us to do. And she got us all together me xavior and tina, and we just kinda sat down and created an idea. Theyve been working really hard for the last two weeks for this grant and its very good to see them win. Were all winners here in anamosa. Anamosa was one of 800schools in the running for the 100 thousand dollar prize. That money will go toward new restrooms, new drinking soaring into the playoff coming up in sports sportswhere the hawks sit in the latest College Football poll and why they arent feeling the pressure friday at nebraska nebraskaplus Home Sweet Home at the unidome why mark farley is excited about kicking off the playoffs in ultimate goal is to be National Champions at some point, it doesnt matter who you are and a real possibility because as of right now the hawkeyes in the collegfootball playoffs let me say that again the hawkeyes are in the College Football playoffs iowa sits 4th in the latest poll behind clemson, alabama, and oklahoma. Theyre actually 3 wins away from playing for a National Championship but the guys arent thinking about that as mia obrein explains theyre just on the to the next one. Another week, another rivalry game for iowa. Iowa. I think its grown more into a rivalry these past couple of years, maybe more than people want to admit. Theyre kinda making it a rivalry between us but as far as were concerned its just another game. Because for all the hype. This Nebraska Game doesnt feel different. Different. I wouldnt say its a rivalry. Its just a game between too hard teams and two physical defenses thats going for a trophy. But thats not to say it will be easy. Easy. Were gonna travel up there, its gonna be a hostile gonna play tough and its gonna be a hard fought game. Game. Every game theyve played has been close. Theyre not one to just lie down and quittheyll keep fighting until the very end. And even if it doesnt feel like a rivalary game friday is still the next step in another goal for the hawks an undefeated season. Going undefeated in the regular season, that be awesome. You wanna win every game weve done that so far. Were just one game away from having an undefeated regular season which has obviously never been done here. Here. Its just another step. You know. Something that we work on each game is to go out there and win each game. Because rivalry game or not. Not. Its one of twelve. And this game is, at the end of the day, any different than it was week one its the next game. In iowa city, mia obrien, fox 28 sports. Speaking of the hawkeyes a trio of them received honors the head hawk capitan kirk was named the dodd trophy coach of the week jordan lomax took home the lott impact player of the week award and desmond king was named one of three finalists for the jim thorpe award which is given to the nations top defensive back king leads the nation with 8 interceptions speaking of the playoffs the panthers are back in the fcs playoffs for the second Straight Year and like last year theyre opening up the postseason at home in the unidome domewhich is great news for mark farley and his guys in 40 years theyve lost just 51 games at dome in the last two uni has gone 10 and 2 so when the panthers found out they were hosting in the first round it was in a word huge. I think its huge just to start the thing off, you know, to get one at home, to play it at home, and to get a little bit in your comfort zone to get started off, i think its big, we play good football here. Here. Totally different atomosphere, we just play at a different level, theres just something that clicks when you are in the dome and its just a great place to play. Iowa state released their football schedule for next year the cyclones kickoff the 2016 campaign against norther iowa at jack trice statdium then travel to their big 10 opener is at t cu baylor, oklahoma, kansas state, texas tech, and West Virginia all come to ames and according to paul rhoads, next year will be a good one for cyclone nation. The 2016 Iowa State Football Team will be bowling, because we leave behind a great nucleous of talent, leadership, and commitment to what takes place on the football field. Its cyhawk week on the mat still to come on fox 28 why tom brands and the hawks arent looking back at over a decade of dominance when it the last 11 times iowa and iowa state squared off on the mat the hawkeyes won thats 11 straight duals and 11 Straight Years of bragging right over innerstate rival rivallast season tom brands grapplers dominated the cyclones winning 8 of the 10 matches posting a 28 to 8 win but brands isnt looking back at last year or even the last 11 times theyve faced eachother dont Pay Attention to the number, i Pay Attention to the facet that i know what our team is capable of and i know that they put a lot of importance on this and we have to be ready because of that and anyway you have to be ready, but this program is unquie, every time out we are getting everybodys best effort. Thats a fact. Last season the Center Point UrbanaGirls Basketball had everything going their way in the the first half of their regional final up 16 with their ticket to state just about punched but then mount vernon came all the way back to win thats been on the minds of cpu all offseason and wouldnt you know it the two would meet in the season opener. And the stormin pointers stormed out of the gates off the opening tip cpu sets up arkia wooldrige and she dials Long Distance and connects pointers jumped out to a 6 point leadmustangs would battle all the way back Kristen Elliott banks it home giving mount vernon a 3 point leadbut cpu was too tough lahmia sisk with the steal she compeletes the dine and dash stromin pointers win 81 to 49. Thats a check of sports terry has a last check of your foca when the fox 28 news at nine returns. Hello. Im mark hyman. Many have been asking an important question in the wake of the paris terror attacks. How do we stop a similar attack here at home . The first step is to clearly identify the enemy. Thats not something this administration appears willing to do. In condemning the attacks, the president refused to identify the attackers as muslim,. Islamic. Or as jihadists. Secretary of state john kerry likewise refused to identify the perpetrators. Last year, president obama called isis the jv team just weeks before it began slaughtering thousands to include beheading american hostages. And only hours before the murderous rampage in paris, obama announced weve nothing to fear because isis had been contained. Theres more. The fbis National Threat assessment for domestic extremism makes no mention of muslim terrorists,. Islamic extremists. Or jihadists. But it does warn against puerto rican nationalists. Animal rights supporters. And even environmentalists. It appears the fbi never heard of nidal hasan, the muslim who killed 13 at fort hood, texas. Or the tsarnaev brothers. The muslim extremists behind the Boston Marathon bombing. The department of Homeland Security has a threat document similar to the fbis. It also excludes islamic terrorism. Instead it warns of a Terror Threat posed by supporters of the Second Amendment. So ask yourself. How can we stop a specific threat if we pretend it doesnt exist . To comment, go to behind the headlines dot i love a gourmet cheeseburger as much as anybody. And thats why we created the pub burger at culvers. My favorite cheeseburger starts with great beef. When you get that burger in your hand and the juices are flowing, you want to devour it. Chef, were going to make a pepper grinder pub burger. Im stoked, man. Weve got a little wisconsin swiss and wisconsin cheddar. Those are the criteria for me fresh beef, bacon, wisconsin cheese. The fourpeppercorn mayo really sets this burger apart. This is the ultimate bacon cheeseburger. Our new pepper grinder pub burger. Thanks for watching your fox night. I dont know how you did it . What . Riding our bikes across the state . Getting my masters . No paying off your house early oh that was easy awhile back we talked with Veridian Credit Union and they got us into a 10 and done Loan Refinancing lowered our rate and Closing Costs were only 200 yeah, it was really easy and we saved enough money to take this trip to europe veridians been great, helping us with all of our finances hey, is that it . I think thats it. This is krystal, and her dream is to be a roller derby girl. We love krystal we love krystal oh my god its jj watt oh my god