A developing story overnight. A water mmin break causes a sinkhole this morning. And it has one road closed right now. Possibly for the rest of the day. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in aterlooo. Shes been on scene all morning and can tell us ore river road between commercial street and ansborough avenue are closed right now because of the water main break. Waterloo police tell me this they also tell me that the break caused a sinkhole. Which then made a light pole cave in. Officers say no one was hurt and but they did tell me to plan again its street and ansborough avenene that are closed. Weve got you covered. Live in waterloo. Amanda gilbert kwwl news. The Waterloo Street department is working to repair the damage. Weather continuing to cause problems acros the country. In florida surveillance cameras show trees and debris flying everywhere during a possible tornado. The areas been dealii with tornados and high winds for a few days. Storms also causing problems in pennsylvania
Storm track seven meteorologist good friday morning. It is day across eastern iowa. Areas slight chance for a rain or snow dry for the most part. This morning. Two people are hurt following a fire this morning the fire happening in the 1700 block of jefferson street in waterloo around five this morning we just spoke with firefighters about ten mintues ago. One person got out on their own and had to be taken to the hospital. They told firefighters a second person was upstairs. Firefighters tell us that persons injuries are significant. Well continue to update you as we learn more now onto coverage of the iowa legislature. Today brings a key deadline for lawmakers the first funnel. Bills had to be voted out of a committee by today or they die. This morning, were looking at whats moving forward. And whats not. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live amanda, a bill weve talked about this week didnt state lawmakers were considering making it illegal for iowans use their phones while driving. Unl
Weekend. Warmest on sunday. However, an area of low pressure will move into our area on sunday. Bringing us a chance for showers the 2nd half of the day. From that point, the forecast thursday. Finally, for friday, High Pressure takes control again. Settling our Weather Police in Virginia Beach are trying to figure out boy. It happened around 9 last night on wimbledon way. Thats near intersection of lynnhaven parkway and holland road. Police say they found a 14yearold boy who had been stabbed. He went to the hospital and should recover. Investigators havent released any information about suspects. Police dispatchers in hampton say their officers are also investigating a stabbing. This one happened around 8 30 last night on gloucester street about a block off victoria boulevard. Dispatchers say the victim was not badly hurt. New this morning we can show you the mug shot of a william mary researcher facing this is 46yearold Michael Wilson hes a Research Biologist at the college. And live
Position fairly and purley based on their qualifications. And he says even with the background check, minor convictions wouldnt bar someone from getting hired. Larry spencer, blacksburg attorney if a 35 year old man that had a Marijuana Possession charge when he was 19, and hes had a steady work history since then, and good references from his employer, then were probably going to hire the person. But to ron rordam, blacksburg mayor so many times if someone has something in their background that normally the town would not really see as a problem, they wouldnt apply, because so often someone who checks that box yes, the application just gets tossed aside. Rordam says the switch only required changing one section of the application and the town used montgomery countys application as a guideline. Rordam says going forward, he hopes other localities will follow in blacksburgs footsteps, including the town of christiansburg. In studio, rob manch wsls 10. A martinsville man pleads guilty Ke
Find out that theres gunshot in your neighborhood and nobody really knows whats going on. It definitely put some fear in you. Its a little scary neighbors say this is typically a safe area. Police have not named the suspect at this time. Police were in the delray neighborhood early friday morning talking to neighbors and gathering information which assisted in their investigation. The town of blacksburg joins several other localities, including roanoke and montgomery county, in banning the box on job applications. That means the town will no longer ask about criminal history when considering candidates. Wsls 10s rob manch explains why the town is taking this step. Blacksburg mayor ron rordam says the concern here is that as soon as someone reviewing applications sees a felony conviction, they might toss it aside. Now, they wont have that information to consider when looking at candidates. 888vo888 town attorney Larry Spencer says it wont create any safety concerns, because applicants w