Has come out on top for the third state in a row. A recap is up ahead. Plus. Iowa lawmakers spar over the second ammendment at the state house. Stay tuned for an update on a number of gun related bills and. South dakotas governor met with transgender students. See what they and he. Had to say. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas donald trump is waking up a winner and one step closer to the gop nomination in the race for president. Trump got a big victory in the nevada caucuses on the same night the democratic contenders hit the stage for a town hall in South Carolina. Abc s Kenneth Moton has the latest. This morning, donald trump . On a winning streak after another decisive victory . This time nevada. Donald trump we love nevada, we love nevada love for trump but that anger at washington and a strong desire for an gop frontrunner an easy victory over his rivals. Trump of course if you listen to the pundits we werent expected to win too much and now were winning, wi
Disappear from the carpet for the oscars. And be sure to tune in sunday starting at 5 30 p. M for oscar coverage right here on abc9. Well have special guest bruce miller of the Sioux City Journal in studio to go over all of the winners, losers and fashion of hollywoods big night. Make sure to tune in for that. Lukas and the oscar goes to. Those five words keep oscar viewers on the edge of their seats every year. But the process of determining who wins an Academy Award is not an easy task. The votecounting is intense. And surrounded by high security. Abcs brandi hitt shows us. Nats ruiz cullinan on red carpet 1 they are the best secretkeepers in hollywood. Martha ruiz and Brian Cullinan are set to carry those famous briefcases again. from burn 2015 in cocoer the oscar goes to. . Holding t names of this years oscar winners. Martha ruiz, pwc tax paner for 82 years. Pricewaterhouse coopers has counted the oscar ballots. Nats mailing footage sixthousandtwo hundred61 sent out to voting membe
The man who lives inside the home thats being surrounded has been living there for about 20 years and they tell me it is usually a quiet neighborhood. But they say that they hope the standoff ends peacefully. In west omaha shannon smith, siouxland news. Larry diana 3 police say a sioux city man is facing burglary charges after getting caught trying to steal a car this morning. 25 year old Sesar Martinez was arrested around 3 this morning. After Police Received a call from a man shopping at the floyd boulevard walmart. The man told them there was an unknown person in his car. When confronted. And ordered out of the car. The man was attempting to shove a piece of metal into the ignition. He ran before police arrived. But was tracked down by a k 9 officer to Trinity Heights and arrested. Martinez is charged with two counts of third degree burglary and one count of criminal trespass. Hes being held in the Woodbury County jail on 10 thousand dollars bond. 3 a year to the day after a deadly
Weve seen them picking p cones and things like that, but theyre trying to figure out whatthappened. Police say the silver car they believe pulled out in front of the patrol car while that officer was responding to a call. I asked police about whether or not that cop car had its lights or sirens on at the time or if it was speeding. At this time they tell me they dont know. Thats why accident reconstruction is here. They are aiting on the coroner who is back thhre with the silver car. Deceased one. Theyre waiting on the coroner and is a few tow trucks and then they can clear the scene. Still will be closed for just a little whill here this morning. If you happen to travel through you. Jayson luber. I want to start with a picture here from airtracker 7, down at 88th. Well have traffic backed up. Here is the area closed down south of 92nd, north of 80th, closed down the rest of the morning. Either lowell or pecos. 80th and 92nd can help. You can see the heavy traffic on the north side of
And continue the process of recovering. Employees remembered jon richter,r,he man who was killed the in the workplace shooting. They placed a memorial plaque in his honor at the entrance where the shooting took place. You could walk up and down the street, and i know people say this a lot when theres a tragedy, but i really mean this when i say this about jon; you could walk up and down t t street and you will not find a aerson in this commununy ththll have a bad thingngo say ababt that guy the ceo of sioux steel says the company is continuing to pay for counseling for employees. A bill up for debate at the state legislature, in pierre, is targeting people who are transgender. The bill proposes separate bathroom, and locker rooms, transgender students at south dakotatachools. Ivs tiffany lane hahareaction from lawmakers, anstudents. Anatomically different, i think is going to be a horrible affect on kids as far as bullying. Under the bill, schools must provide reasonable accommodations