Collinsmaxwell superintendent jason ellingson, being put on , paid leave this week. District officials will not say why, but tell me it has nothing to do with the lockdown that happened here earlier today. Live in maxwell, kim st. Onge, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve new at 5 00 00 major , changes to iowas medical cannabis billl. Lawmakers introduced a pareddown bill this afternoon, replacing 4 manufacturing sites and 12 dispensaries, with just 2 facilities to handle both jobs. The new version also drops the number of medical conditions eligible for the drug from 11 to 3. The republican senator who introduced the bill says the changes are necessary for it to have a chance of becoming law. Also at the statehouse the fight , against a common practice that impacts victims of Domestic Violence. The Iowa Coalition against Domestic Violence is pushing a for Property Owners to evict tenants if they call the police. Advocates say its a common practice to write the rule into rental agree
The Us Attorneys Office says postal inspectors in alaska intercepted a suspicious package in january of 2014. Sent by cooks from las vegas. It contained nearly 450 grams of meth. Sentencing has been postponed for the man who pleaded guilty to killing a little girl and her grandmother when he plowed through a bus stop. Police say 20 year old Leonardo Ruesga was on drugs at the ruesga will be back in court next week. He faces 12 to 40 years in prison. An action news update. On the search for one of a dead teens prized possessions. The family of sincere manuel says theyve stopped their search, now that its back in their hands. You may remember it was in his sisters stolen car. And yesetay, police told the family officers found the car in a parking lnt era arville and charleston. A wallet and new pair of shoes were missing, but sinceres helmet was inside. Sincere passed away on saturday his family is heading to arizona for his funeral tomorrow. Another update now on a package thief who rui
Windows that are accessible. Henderson police tell fox5 they are following up on leads. And ask if you know anything about this violent crime. To call them with tips. A plea of guilty from javier righetti. Hes the man accused of brutally killing a 15yearold girl. He entered the plea with no promise that he wont be put to death for the 2011 murder of Arbor View High School sophomore Alyssa Otremba who had texted her mom that she was walking home. She was abducted while walking underneath a tunnel near the 95 and grand teton. Righetti admits to kidnapping, sexually assaulting and stabbing otremba dozens of times before burning her corpse. A jury next month will consider whether righetti should be executed. A huge traffic mess on the strip this afternoon. A box truck driver hit a palm tree before the truck flipped on its side nearthe flamingo. Police had to close down the northbound side of the strip from the scene down to get heavy equipment in to upright and remove the truck. Metro poli
Drive, where diana rocco joins because update. Diane . And erika, police, have not yet released the identity of that driver, who was killed this morning, but it is raising big concerns, about this stretch of mlk drive. The roadway was closed for about three hours, it has since reopened, but now one person is dead, and a woman and child were sent to the hospital. A sheet covers the driver side of this green four door sedan, mangled car is hard to recognize, the driver was killed instantly after police say he crossed the yellow line heading out bound on the inner lanes of mlk drive just after 8 00 thursday morning, it happened on the curve across from boathouse boathouse row. Police say the driver, a man in his 20s,s, hit this blue chevy head on. There was a 32 year old woman, driving, in a four year old passenger in the back seat. Both were taken to the hospital. This is the second deadly crash, in the curve stretch of mlk drive in the last year and a half in october of 2014, the passen
On the sky deck. In juggling for katie, just a forecast. Good morning, ladies. Katie, i will bring tips, secrets back to you and teach you what i have learn. We are here at Wells Fargo Center. It is so much fun and you have not seen anything yet but first lets talk about what is going on outside, busy in the world of travel. How is weather looking. It is quiet, once sunrises, i think motorist will deal with the sun glare more than anything here, meisha but tranquil outlook for our forecast in the next couple days and nice warming trend to beat. Lets go out there and show you what is happening on storm scan three. Not a heck of a lot when it is empty like this. We have our sweep picking up nothing as High Pressure is in place. Were seeing a couple clouds but heres a nice clear shot, you can see a venous off in the distance there outside Pleasant Valley middle and high school, 22 degrees, marylandes breeze, you barely feel anything on the sky deck for sure right on cute workers of the Sc