It is only getting worse every year. Today the federal government announced that it will send 94 million to help centers in 45 states including pennsylvania and new jersey. Action News Reporter john rawlins is live at the addiction and Treatment Center in Spring Garden in philadelphia. Reporter hi, jim of some 90 some Million Dollars earmarked today only 325,000 will actually make it to philadelphia so its not clear exactly what the impact is going to be but if you talk to people who run treatment proceeding grams like gaudenzia or you talk to police in any district the up swing is real and troubling. A few weeks ago Upper Darby Police released this video. Later he collapses from an overdose. Heroin use up 63 percent between 2002 and 2013. Its become a cheap substitute for other drugs. Frank of gaudenzio explains people can get looked on pain pills following a medical procedure. Sometimes you get a prescription for a month. Then its off to the races because all of a sudden youre addict
He weather out there here it a bit of wintry weather out there. Atlantic catching snowflakes this morning. Enough to reduce visibility. The snow will last until lunchtime and highs are headed for the upper 30s. You are going to have to bundle up. We are expecting a half inch or less of accumulation. It is all going to be melting away. Tomorrow, highs in the 40s with highs near 50 by friday. Elizabeth sounds good. Take a. Sounds good. Thanks metinka. Big stories in central iowa now a late night standoff ends in a new development in a double homicide investigation. Michael wanchanic was spotted just after 6 00 tuesday evening at a caseys store in woodward. He was wanted as a person of interest in a double homicide in des moines on monday. Several miles of highway 141 between bouton and woodward were blocked off for nearly five hours while police engaged in a police say the van that he was in died and he eventually got too cold without heat in the car threw a handgun onto the highway and
From your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. Watch for some scattered snow showers out there, primarily during the morning hours. While most main roads will remain wet, lesser travelled roads, residential areas, as well as bridges will be slick in spots this morning. Be cautious of changing Road Conditions during the morning. This afternoon, the snow is off to the east, but chilly mid30s remains, along with plenty of clouds. Clouds should also hold most of the night. Tomorrow, clearing sky is likely from northwest to southeast, leading us to highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. A nice warmup is likely friday and saturday with temperatures Still Holding well above average all of next week. Today cloudy, am snow high 3339 winds nw 1020 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 37tonight mostly cloudy low 2531 winds nw 515 alo 24 dbq 30 gradual clearing high 3844 winds w 515 alo 40 dbq 39 iow 41tomorrow university of iowa president Bruce Harreld is requesting more state funding to raise facu
Morning hours. While most main roads will remain wet, lesser travelled roads, residential areas, as well as bridges will be slick in spots this morning. Be cautious of changing Road Conditions during the morning. This afternoon, the snow is off to the east, but chilly mid30s remains, along with plenty of clouds. Clouds should also hold most of the night. Tomorrow, clearing sky is likely from northwest to southeast, leading us to highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. A nice warmup is likely friday and saturday with temperatures Still Holding well above average all of next week. Today cloudy, am snow high 3339 winds nw 1020 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 37tonight mostly cloudy low 2531 winds nw 515 alo 24 dbq 30 iow 30tomorrow gradual clearing high 3844 winds w 515 alo 40 dbq 39 iow 41tomorrow night mostly clear low 2127 winds w 510 alo 24 dbq 25 iow 25 thanks kaj. Waterloo and cedar falls have morning, after the cities held runoff elections. In waterloo, city councilman quentin hart received nearly
Mayor. And in cedar falls, businessman jim brown receivedverwhelming support for the mayoral seat. He got about 75 percent ofof e support, with about 35hundred votes. Received 143 votes. And David Halterman had writein candidate. Vote for brown in todays runoff. Thats from the position at the end of on the runoff ballot today. Mayoyocrews has served ceded falls for 30 of the last 44 years. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts joins us now with your first forecast. Justin, will we still some overnight . Our scattered snow showers and flurries diminish tonight. Some few lingering flurries could still fly on wednesday but there is hope for a brighter sky on the horizon. Watch out for a northwest wind building to middle 30s. A warming trend continues to look promising later this week. As the sunshine becomes more apparent, high temperatures rise into the middle to upper 40s starting friday, lasting through the weekend. Low 2531 scattered flurries high 3339 winds nw 1020 back to you. Cedar Rapids Po