A major Road Construction project could cause headaches for drivers this weekend. Thanks for joining us. Im Christianne Klein. paul joncich and im paul joncich. Traffic is moving smoothly at the 95 to 15 southbound ramp on the spaghetti bowl now. But in about 3 and a half hours. It will all be closed down. Mauricio marin is there with todays top story to tell us what drivers can expect. And what why this work is being done. Mauricio. Mauricio Marin the ramp connecting 95 will close at 10 tonight. The friday rush hour commute is just now starting to die down. But with the ramp shutting down for 36 hours. Things will likely be slowing down even more than usual around the spaghetti bowl. Mauricio Marin the closures are needed to get the bridge portion of the ramp ready for demolition. So two lanes leading to southbound interstate 15 have to be shifted to the east. The bridge that crosses over symphony park avenue that will get torn down is about 20 years old and needs to go because we spo
The street. The homeowner says shes thankful nobody was home or hurt. But shes now dealing with her insurance company. From her back yard. You can see the roots completely out of the ground and the damage to her back wall. Dave Courvoisier the fate of the man who killed a teenager over an ipad is in the hands of a jury. Denise Valdez yesterday, the convicted michael solid in the murder. They will now decide a sentence for him. Dave Courvoisier 8 news now reporter kare Justice Center where deliberations are underway. Karen . Karen Castro Michael solid made an emotional plea to the jury for leniency. He also begged the victims family for forgiveness. This is the first time we are hearing from solid. He did not take the stand during the guilt phase of his trial. Where he was convicted of murder. But today, he had a lot to say. He broke down on the stand and he told arenas family that he is sorry for what he did. Meanwhile, he told the jury he wants a Second Chance at life and promises to
Now . Brittany Edney sharie. Right now the scene has cleared out, completely different from less than an hour ago when the street was blocked off and flooded with responders and emergency vehicles. Investigators tell us a call came in around noon about a family dispute between a man and a woman. Metro says the man possibly threatened a female with a knife. When police couldnt make contact w when swat came out. i didnt hurt nobody, i got one eye, im blind in one eye, how could i anybody . and our cameras were rolling when the man was taken into custody after officers spotted him on the perimeter that happened right after swat went inside the apartment and cleared the scene. Dozens of responders helped with the situation including metro officiers, swat and negotiators. Neighbors returning home say surrounding the complex. laura osullivan, neighbor oh my god, whats going on. I hope that everythings ok. I figured id be able to come home. I mean how man people work for the Police Department
Go through and test all the backpacks and shoes left behind by students after many were kept late into the next morning for screening. At last checkonly about 170 bags have been cleared out of more than 13hundred. They might have to be moved so school can resume next week. Investigators are also still trying to figure out where the student managed to get the mercury from. randy nattis epa in some cases its usually from grandfathers shed or backyard and grandson or daughter finds a cool jar and mercury looks nice in a jar and want to play around with it. Mauricio Marin says there were no thermometers missing from school that could contain mercury. Many parents feel the School District didnt do a good job communicating with them about what was going on the night many kids were kept for about 17 hours inside the school. Skorkowsky admits theres room for improvement. And says the district will have a debrief on how to better handle a situation that could arise like this again. They will be
15. Causing some extra traffic on surface streets ndot says theyre confident theyll have the ramp reopened by 10 tomorrow morning. tony illia ndot we are confident we have been planning and preparing for it and were ready to do it. We find this creates the least amount of Public Impact while still getting the job done and making the necessary improvements. Mauricio Marin this is just the start to even project neon which will widen the interstate 15 from the spaghetti bowl to sahara avenue. So ndot asks for drivers patience. The project is expected to be completed by the summer of 2019. Mauricio Marin once againthe ramp is scheduled to reopen tomorrow at 10 in the morning. When it does. Watch out for new traffic patterns. Reporting live. Mauricio marin. 8 news now. Sharie Johnson mauricio. Hows all the work going to benefit drivers . Mauricio Marin theres a few things that area. Ndot says it should help reduce traffic by nearly 30percent. And new traffic patterns should make it safer to