Dennis simonton was arrested in denver this afternoon. Officers say he is a member of the 211 crew, he and two others escaped on february 11. The other two escapees are been caught, and may face additional charges. Race to the white house was as full speed in two corners of the country. First, democrats caucused in nevada, and voters went to the poll in South Carolina. First, we start with republicans in South Carolina, where donald trump is the winner of todays primary. Trump finished with 33 of the vote, followed by marco rubio, and ted cruz. Rubio ended out cruz to finish with 23 of the vote. Cruz finished with 22 . Jeb bush and john kasich finished with 8 followed by ben carson with 7 . Tonight, carson announced his plans to keep his campaign going, and then moments later, for president , citing low hampshire. The top 3 candidates in the primary spoke shortly thereafter. We have a wonderful Lieutenant Governor who backed [ cheers ] you know henry, right . The Lieutenant Governor of
From the unusually quiet south station to swap mbta stations from summerville to boston a single broken amtrak signal created a disastrous note that pretty writers thursday morning. The signal that broke down is supposed to guide trains in and out of south station without it Commuter Rail trains had to find another place to go overloading he stops at the orange line back bay. Committees took their frustrations to social media showing the results of the rerouting. Leslie with keolis private company that operates the is largely out of their control says its amtrak signal we checked throughout the day with amtrak which provided no estimate on when the repair would be done. For commuters the reason matters less than the solution but today was nowhere in sight. You heard the piece their love commuters want to know are they going to get a refund today for all of their frustrations that you can see still persisting at this hour. Mbta said the short answer is no because they say this is a prob
Stumbo pleaded not guilty. Their lawyers argue they had no intention of committing any violence. A man convicted of shooting a Dubuque Police officer in 2009 will be in court this afternoon. Afternoon. Eddie chest is being sentenced for the third time. Chest was given two consecutive 25year sentences in 2011 for attempted murder and robbery convictions. He appealed, saying prosecutors breached a plea agreement but a judge upheld the sentence. The court of appeals agreed with chest leading to todays third sentencing. An explosion with Farm Equipment happened in rural dubuque county. County. Multiple Fire Departments were called to the scene. It happened late last night on North Cascade road. When fire crews got there they found a combine, tractor and grain cart in flames. All the equipment is now a total loss, with damages totaling about 750thousand dollars. Employees in cedar rapids are on strike today. They join thousands of fast food workers across the country who are demanding highe