Gary barta of discrimination. Former Senior Associate Athletic director jane meyer says she was moved to a less important position a week after telling barta about an alleged pattern of wage, sexual orientation, and gender discrimination. The school says it moved meyer because at the time, her partner, Tracey Griesbaum intended to sue the school for discrimination after being fired from her role as the head coach of the field hockey team. The ui says griesbaum was fired over allegations of bullying players. The school says it did the dust has now cleared in University Heights heightsafter elections in the small Johnson County town required a recount. The town of just over 1thousand people will now be led by a mayor who wasnt even on the ballot. Write in candidate Wally Heitman defeated incumbant louise from by just 10 votes. University heights had the largest voter turnout by far than 56 percent of registered voters casting ballots. A corridor hot spot is hoping to attract more custome
Weather adlib despite a few more clouds ininhe sky today, well continue to see some decent rmth spread across the area with highs primarily in the 70s. A few sprinkles cant be ruled out this afternoon, but as far as measurable rain chances are concerned, those should hold off until later this week. Tragedy to report in northern kentucky. Five people have dieiein an earlymornrng apartment fire. Among the e ctims are a mother and three children. And another person, a man from a different apartment, who died later at the hospital. The womans husband and two other children were able to escape the burning building. The cause of the fire is under investigation. A swerving driver hits a couple on a motorcycle on a rural north texas road, and the whole thing caught on camera. The driver goes before a judge today, charged with aggravated assault with a deadlyy weapon. He s ss it was an accidentntbut the maon the motorcycle isnt buying it. Jocelyn lockwood reports. Thrown from their motorcycle.
Its been two years since jamal dean fired several shots at Sioux City Police officer kevin mccormick. After countless hours in the courtroom, the last members of his getaway team have been sentenced. The final two charged with conspiracy faced a judge in federal court. Yesterday, 34yearold Evette Morris hernandez of sioux city will spend 3 and a half years behind bars with three years of supervised release. 36yearold Esteban Hernandez of mercedes, texas received 6 months in prison and one year supervised release. They tried to drive jamal dean out of the country before they were stopped by authorities. Judge mark bennett says he took several things into consideration when deciding the sentence for the two. He says evettes was the top female member of the f13 gang in sioux city. And she was involved in the shooting of a rival gang member. Esteban was not a gang member and didnt know jamal dean. The sentencing is the end of countless hours in the courtroom and time spent investigating fo
Its exciting to be here, says gail dooley, a democrat from sioux city. I love love love iowa in the political season. The upclose and personal aspect of politics in iowa is unmatched and im just so proud that i can participate in this process. After her sioux city visit, albright was set to continue her clinton campaigning in Council Bluffs and west des moines. Theres almost as much talk today about who was not on the stage at last nights democratic president ial debate as the debate itself. But clearly, the two frontrunners dominated the discussion. Nbcs Chris Clackum reports. Analyst 12 22 the moment when everyone is screaming at the top of their lungs for you to get in, is when you should get in. When they stop scrreaming it only gets harder and running for president is pushing a boulder up a hill the debate itself is being called a civil war between the candidates. M ost notably front runners Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. With him setting the tone. sot sen. Bernie sanders i d
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