> the argosy casino sailed away from sioux city more than a year ago. but, the floating casino s legal battles continue. an appeal, by the belle of sioux city, a penn national gaming subsidiary that operated the argosy, to the iowa court of appeals in december. that appeal centers on the iowa racing and gaming commission s rejection of penn s request to extend the riverboat s gaming license. the i-r-g-c awarded that license to the hard rock hotel and casino, and its non-profit partner missouri river historical development. ktiv s tommie clark has the details from that case in des moines. that, under iowa gaming law, to have a casino you must partner with a nonprofit, and must maintain the relationship or you lose your license. their failure to maintain that relationship. their heavy-handed tactics at the very beginning and their misjudgement and misunderstanding of the gaming laws which led to this controversy and they ve been scrambling ever since then to pick up the pieces
that spawned tornadoes for the gulf coast and southeast continues to rise. reid binion reports on how the system s breadth and reach extended all the way to pennsylvania. virginia, florida, and north carolina.. .with severe damage as far north as pennsylvania. the same weather system was responsible for the deaths of three people on tuesday. as tornado watches expired late wednesday. .new warnings and advisories took their place: a low pressure system tracking from the gulf of mexico. and bearing down on the east coast thursday. .triggering winter storm warnings and advisories stretching more than 14- hundred miles. from texas to delaware. .with roughly 50 million people in the storm s path. i m reid binion, reporting the director of the world health organization said yesterday that the zika outbreak could get worse before it gets better. w-h-o director general margaret chan was speaking in brazil, where she met with government officials and visited mothers whose children
looks sunny and calm. winds will pick up just a little bit saturday which will help boost our temperatures into the 50s and 60s with lots of sun ahead of our next frontal system set to move through saturday night. this will result in a cloudier and cooler day sunday with highs close to 50, strong wind and possibly a quick shower or two. we ll end the month of february on a mild note monday with some sun and highs in the 50s before another disturbance moves through that will give the area a decent chance at seeing a rain/snow mix monday night and tuesday. temperatures will briefly fall into the 30s, but should rebound by the end of next week. have a great weekend! see graphics. wx timer @ :40 police are still looking for a motive in a deadly series of shootins in kansas2 thursday. the shooter is dead, along with three of his victims. shot a person in the parking lot of excel industries in hesston, where he worked. .then stormed inside and opened fire. (worker) he was just u
system that might bring a light mix to the area wednesday night. things look dry after that with temperatures returning to the 50s and 60s this weekend. see graphics. wx timer @ :40 an ohio pastor was shot dead inside his church during a service sunday morning. william schooler had just walked back to the pulpit inside zion baptist church when the shooter got out of a pew and followed him. witnesses say they heard a couple of shots fired while the choir was singing, and became chaos when everyone took off more than 20 people were inside the church at the time. the shooter is believed to be schooler s brother, and dayton police are investigating a possible motive. hundreds of people gathered sunday to honor a northern virginia police officer shot and killed while responding to a domestic dispute saturday night. people lit candles and held a moment of silence to remember officer ashley guindon officer guindon was working her first field shift - after she was sworn in friday-
winter weather advisory remains in effect for parts of northern and eastern siouxland until 8 am the month of march will come in more like a lion (a rather tame/quiet one) than a lamb today as snow exits the viewing area early this morning leaving us cold and a little cloudy. we had a coating of the white stuff hre in sioux city last night as folks up to the north and east saw a few inches, so that is where road conditions will the the worst, so be sure to plan for a little longer commute this morning. we ll just see lingering flurries the rest of the morning with a few peeks of sunshine and highs near 30 degrees this afternoon. teeratures return to the 40s tomorrow as skies remain mostly cloudy ahead of another quick moving system that might drop a light rain/snow mix tomorrow night. we ll take another step back into the 30s behind said system on thursday, but friday is when better warmth not only arrives, but sticks around for a few more days. highs in the 50s will kick off