State. Planners and the public are mounting the fug of mount cher nonroad. Its needed when you consider 20,000 cars travel this stroach road every day. Matt hammel join us live from mount vernon road. Matt . Reporter once upon a time, this was the grand gateway into cedar rapids, the sign of a thriving community. Many people could like to see it be that way again. Reporter the lincoln highway was the first coast to coast pavedthrough way in the paved thruway in the country. Today, it is 5 lanes of speeding traffic, fast food, houses, and empty lots. Patricia, on a walk with mikey, says she wont drive it and the area needs more retail. Some type of grocery store. Hopefully, it will slow traffic down. Its a shotgun approach. Reporter feedback from hundreds of neighbors who have called it ugly and neglected suggest better traffic flow and just a cleaner look as goals. At the end of the day, its the private Property Owners that will be the ones that develop new retail or whatever that is.
Partly cloudy in cedar rapids. Temperature at 74 degrees. Full forecast including the evening and overnight in coming up in about 10 minutes time. Cedar rapids will host a National Conference beyond potential impacts of hundreds of visitors it will draw. Were joined live with joe. Reporter this morning go cedar rapids announced the city of five seasons will host the 2017 sports event conference. That gives us a chance to show up sport venues like the Veterans Memorial stadium right here. Organizers say that sport Event Media Group calls this the relationship conference giving Sports Events planners a chance to meet with city representatives from across the country. They say it gives an extra boost to the city hosting and visit the sports centers. Cedar rapids go says the initial impact will be like any other conference but the potential for longterm Economic Impact is the game changer. Rapids for 4 to 5 days allowing us to showcase our destination to these rights holders who are trying
Million pills last year. 20 were the painkiller hydrocodone, known as vicodin. While iowas amount of painkiller prescriptions is below the national average, some still find the numbers concerning. I spoke with a mother who lost her daughter to substance abuse. Her daughter first began abusing prescription pills before switching to heroin. Not be afraid to talk to your children, because its not just a street drug anymore. Its all of our problem. Everyone. Rose since this database started, doctorshopping has decreased in iowa. The program is working on expanding its database by sharing databases with more states to better track patients. Todd . Todd right now officials search , for 2 escaped inmates from the newton correctional center. Michael amodeo and jessy foley were discovered missing around 10 00 last night. Amodeo is serving a 10 year sentence on drug related charges. Foley is serving a 27 year sentence also for drug related if you see them, or know anything about their whereabout
3 00 and temperatures drop in the upper 50s. Bigger changes on the way and we will tell you when coming up. Alyx make it two in a row for Hillary Clinton. With overwhelming support from black voters, the former secretary of state won the South Carolina democratic president ial primary, beating vermont senator Bernie Sanders. Craig boswell has the story from washington, d. C. Craig Hillary Clinton ran away with the South Carolina president ial primary. Cbs news projects clinton beat vermont senator Bernie Sanders by a wide margin. Hillary clinton thank you, South Carolina. Hillary, hillary, hillary. Craig exit polls showed 84 of black voters went with clinton. She also dominated among women by nearly 50 . Anne bolton hopes americans give clinton a chance to be president anne bolton the main thing on her mind is to see that americans have what they need to have. Craig with more than 800 delegates up for grabs next tuesday, sanders looked past South Carolina saturday and over specifically
Bikers still need to ride cautiously and rereonsibly, even though theyre within their right to use a full lane. 41 55 57 even if youre right, you could be dead right. Mark wyatt of the Iowa Bicycle Coalition says this would cement existing rules and guidelines as an enforceable law. 59 54 02 the dot has actually adopted this in their drivers manual. It says change lanes, like you would any other vehicle, change lanes to pass a bicycle. So this isnt anything new. W. 42 48 we want this to prevent fatal crashes. We dont want to increase complaints. We want to make sure people people are safe, and thats the big goal. Dotzler admitted a law like this would have its challenges from an enforcement standpoint. But if someone were caught passing a cyclists too closely, it could result in 250 dollar fine. Live in the newsroom, brady smith, kcrgtv9. A bill in the ioww house that would have raised the speed limit on the states rural interstates probably wont beat fridays funnel deadline. The bill