Two homes under construction were on fire and the blaze took off because of the wind. Engulfing two other homes where families live. No one was hurt and some good news in all this, firefighters rescued a cat and returned it to its owner. Its very emotional. I mean the whole neighborhood was out watching in this allotment and division because it was such a its a devastating thing. And, you know, if you can help out one little, one little child kind of cope with things and realize that maybe, you know, it wasnt as bad as or you know it makes her day a little bit better that makes it all worth while. Tia residents did say they heard an explosion. Fire officials will say an investigation is underway. One of the newly built homes will be knocked down and that is the information that we have right now. Laura thanks, tia. 2 million bond for a man accused of murdering his mom. Guilty to the murder charges. Cleveland police say he stabbed his 54yearold mother in her home back in october. Invest
With a northwest wind at 15 to 25 mph and gusting 30 plus at times, wind chills will be 20 to 30 throughout the day and as night into sunday morning. Sunday high make it above zero. Winds will continue to blow out this will once again cause dangerous wind sure if you are going outdoors, not to stay out for more 10 to 15 minutes at a time and wear layers of clothing. Also remember, if you are cold so are your pets. Make them thanks britley. Eastern iowa Law Enforcement leading up to the february caucuses. For the Iowa City Police department, protecting president ial candidates and the public is challenging. The numerous campaign evevts lead police to call in extra officers to work overtime hours. The department is often called in to help. It really depends on the person, the political activity around the person, so sometimes we might have a full staff of 45 officers at an event or more. Police departments can bill the political campaigns for the extra hours. University of iowa police ev
On gma. And powerball mania. Who can it be . The search for the winners this morning. Is one of them holed up in this house . And the california nurse who thought she struck it rich . Was it all just a prank by her son . The race to find the newest multi multimillionaires. We do say good morning, america. Yes, that was men at work. He was trying to figure out who it was. I made an age joke to sam. I said some of us werent that old in the 0s. Ow. Welcome. Welcome. I didnt win the powerball so im here. Theres one thing we do know for certain about the powerball. We know the three cities where those three tickets were sold, that much we do know, one of them printed right there, the publix supermarket in melbourne beach, florida. Who bought it . What a prank that was. Pretty cruel. Well get into that. That gop debate was a hot one. Donald trump and ted cruz neck and neck two weeks ahead of the first votes in iowa and they went at it last night. The others fighting to break out and abcs tom
Your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk breaking news now. A search and rescue mission is underway in hawaii after two military aircraft collided off the north shore of oahu. Crews have spotted a fire and debris field in the water. But no sign of the military personnel so far. 12 people were on board the two aircrafts at the time of the crash. Stay with fox5 on air and online as this fluid situation continues to develop. After months of contentious debate, ccsd teachers have agreed to a new contract with the school board. The agreement was reached at a town hall meeting last night. Fox fives Nick Lagrange joins us live near clark and main with details of the new dave and maria that meeting was held here at cuty hall, last night. For months cc sd teachers have demanded a restru
Has ever seen. The 16,000 mark losing 391 points compared to 417 how much 2016. The nasdaq and s p also took major drops today. Here in raleigh they say its important to keep things in perspective right now. In 2008 we were down in the new year. We need to be paying attention because theres the Federal Reserve and china and the election and oil is down and theres a lot of things we need. And coming up at 6 we take a closer look at oil and why its down. Aman accuseed of shooting his mother in the face is a couple of hours ago. Well have the story a bit a couple accused of allowing in court today. Franky barker and danielle abandoned two dogs. One of the dogs died 20 pounds under weight with no food in her system. The second dog was alive but no food in its crate. The couple is charged with felony cruelty to animals. Two men face charges in connection to a shooting in the hospital. 18yearold brandon and 19year old are charged with assault with a Deadly Weapon and intent to kill. It happe