The feds may have pushed the pause button on the dakota pipeline but they couldnt push pause on the protests. Like this one taking place in the valley today. Nearly 200 fugitives rounded up today thanks to a two month operation to weed out gang activity. Runners pounding the this morning following the steps of one of the heroes in the september 11th attacks. We start tonight with a news alert. You are looking at a live shot from a sun city neighborhood near west rh johnson boulevard and granite valley drive this is where police say earlier they discovered two bodies. According to neighbors, the man wife last year and was still grieving. Police have not identified the bodies nor have they released the cause of death in all of this. The investigators are calling the deaths suspicious. We are following this story and we will bring you the latest on fox 5 news at 10 00. And tonight our other big story, thousands of protesters are making their voices heard. They say that they are making pro
Elizabeth and two of elizabeth whittles kids are talking to fox 10. The news is next. It was a story that absolutely stunned the valley in the late 90s, an avondale mother of quadruplets sentenced to 172 years in prison for child abuse. Elizabeth witle was accused to violent shaking babies and causing harm to them. She was sentenced to 17 years in prison, but in the end always maintained her innocence. Today she was released from prison. Her four babies were eventually sent to foster families and put up for adoption after she was two of those kids are talking about what their lives have been like these past 17 years. Danielle miller joins us live with their story. Danielle . Yeah, john and kari, we are here in queen creek where two of the children were adopted out. These two tell us tonight the fact that their biological mother was released from prison today brought back a lot of feelings and emotions. I think it was a i think a blessing came out of the tragedy. That blessing for sandy
Grieving. Police have not identified the bodies nor have they released the cause of death in all of this. The investigators are calling the deaths suspicious. We are following this story and we will bring you the latest on fox 5 news at 10 00. And tonight our other big story, thousands of protesters are making their voices heard. They say that they are making progress against the construction of the 2,000 mile long pipeline in north dakota. Stepping in yesterday allowing the project to be temporarily paused while officials reconsider the approval process. The decision came after a federal judge denied the protesters the right to block construction. Lets get to the latest on this with marissa mitchell. She has the latest from phoenix today. Thats right. Hundreds of people came together here in phoenix to show their support. And even though they say this is a step in the right direction, protesters say their work is far hundreds of valley residents gathered today to show support for the
Misleading. A recent study claiming the average level of chromium 6 in the city of phoenix Drinking Water supply is one of the at 8453 parts per million. Studies have shown chromium 6 causes lung cancer, reproductive problems, lung it is coming out in the ground water. Reporter the waterselveses director with the city of phoenix says People Living in the valley drinking the water from the tap have nothing to worry about. He believes the numbers are misleading in the study because he says it was the ground water that was tested. The unique thing about phoenix is ground water is only 2 of what we use. 98 of what we use is surface Distribution System going to the customers have low levels of chromium in it. Reporter he says drinking product for the customers. The technology to remove chrome only removes it one part per billion and in the water Distribution System is half of that of what the technology can remove it to. Reporter e. P. A. Releasing a statement saying that an the water has n
Water nats its something its something you drink every day but do you know what is in your water . Tonight, the alarming results of a study that found a cancercausing chemical all 50 states. Maybe you have heard of it before, hexa chromium. It was the subject of erin brockovich. Danielle miller joins us live with what the city is saying about it. Reporter john and kari, scary stuff to hear knowing all of the bad things that we have about chromium 6 but we spoke he tells us this Drinking Water is tested thousands of times a day totaling five million times a year. He says this recent study is misleading. A recent study claiming the average level of chromium 6 in the city of phoenix Drinking Water supply is one of the at 8453 parts per million. Studies have shown chromium 6 causes lung cancer, reproductive problems, lung damage, and harm. It is coming out in the ground water. Reporter the waterselveses director with the city of phoenix says People Living in the valley drinking the water f