Identified the victim. Derrick, what are you hearing . Were hearing a lot of sadness and anger about the shooting, the fact it happened in broad daylight and the sad fact that the victim was just 16 years old, as you said. Reporter the solemn but necessary tasks of documenting a crime scene, detectives go about their work, marking significant locations, the courtyard where the victim fell, a house across the curb with a bullet hole in the rear drivers side door. It happened just before noon at the Potomac Gardens apartments, they stand out in the neighborhood of rowhouses and newer apartment buildings. They are distinguished by the tall iron fence that surrounds the buildings and boarded by pennsylvania avenue and i. Street. Incoming commissioner amy gray said problems in the area arent unheard of but things had gotten better until this. Potomac avenue. There are shootings around here. It is certainly better than it used to be from my understanding but any level of this kind of violenc
And brock staley as they received honors for risking their lives. Today, an investigator with the state Fire Marshals Office checked out the damage at iowa gold distributing. The recycling plant in central city caught fire after multiple explosions yesterday morning. People nearby couldnt leave their homes, or use their furnace for possible contaminates in the air. Central city firefighters went back to the plant that rekindled. The fire chief, james oleary, says its hard to prepare for the dangers explosions and that type of fire can present. A prairieburg firefighter went to the hospital for overexertion while battling the fire. Youre carrying probably an extra 5060 pounds of weight on you. And hes in shape, hes not an older guy at all. Even someone in shape, it wears you out. A good few hours of oleary says the firefighter is back home and recovering. A state fire marshall says they will have to get somebody to move things out of the area before they can determine a cause for the fi
New this morning, were working to get more crash in cedar rapids. The iowa dot says the crash blocked all around 3 00 this morning. According our Traffic Cameras traffic is moving through at this time. Witnesses say it involved a semi and at least one other car. We spoke with Cedar Rapids Police only a half an hour ago about this crash, but they declined to comment on any injuries. We received several calls about this crash overnight, and we thank you for that. Whenever you see news, give us a call on newsline nine. That number is 3193659999. You can also email pictures and video to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Former leader of communist revolution in cuba. Fidel castro has died at the age of 90. Castro ruled cuba for almost a half century before his brother raul took over in 2008. This is video of current president raul castro. Last night he announced his older brother died at 10 29 p. M. He ended the announcement by shouting the revolutionary slogan towards victory, always fidel castro
New this morning, were working to get more crash in cedar rapids. The iowa dot says the crash blocked all around 3 00 this morning. According our Traffic Cameras traffic is moving through at this time. Witnesses say it involved a semi and at least one other car. We spoke with Cedar Rapids Police only a half an hour ago about this crash, but they declined to comment on any injuries. We received several calls about this crash overnight, and we thank you for that. Whenever you see news, give us a call on newsline nine. That number is 3193659999. You can also email pictures and video to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Former leader of communist revolution in cuba. Fidel castro has died at the age of 90. Castro ruled cuba for almost a half century before his brother raul took over in 2008. This is video of current president raul castro. Last night he announced his older brother died at 10 29 p. M. He ended the announcement by shouting the revolutionary slogan towards victory, always fidel castro
On. Mitch dettman, owner of the full kit in iowa city says the work of a Small Business owner starts long before their sign says so. Mitch dettman, the full kit owner23 27 54 i try and shop local for everything i can possibly think of and you know, we all work really hard at what we do and we do it because we love it. He says in some ways, small, local businesses cant keep up with big chain stoires. But he thinks they can surpass them love it. In some ways, small local businesses cant keep up with the have customer service. Our Customer Loyalty means everything to us. When they come in, we know who they are. We remember what shoe size and what stuff they like. Shoppers notice a difference. The people working at Smaller Stores locally owned places are friendlier and will go out of their way to make sure youre satisfied with the product they are selling you. We hand pick everything in our stores. It is not a corporate decision where it is seen across the country so we have individuallize