Police in omaha spent much of the afternoon in a standoff with a man who barricaded himself inside a west omaha home. Its unclear just how many people are in the home, however one person emerged from the residence unharmed. Initially a person in the house called police, saying hed been shot, and his girlfriend was being held hostage. Officers are attempting to negotiate with the suspect. Jenna an Iowa Senate Committee is taking on concussions head on, putting forward a bill on preventing these kinds of injuries and it has a lot of coaches and trainers talking. The bill focuses on preventing concussions and will be hitting the Senate Sub Committee floor monday. The proposed bill would make it mandatory for home teams to provide athletic trainers at every varsity level game for collision sports. Those include wrestling, football and both boys and girls soccer. The biggest hurdle the bill faces is that its not funded. Which means more costs for already struggling schools. Son, i have a se
After spreading the word that this man, Kevin Edwards might be here in easternrniowa. D its billboards like this one off of University Avenue that help. U. S. Marshals say they are going through a ton of information coming from all parts of eastern iowa. I pushed for specifics. But was told info. Is coming from all areas of kwwls demographic. And they hope it continues so they can find edwards and bring justice for tyshawn lee. Its important to know this pass weekend, the search for edwards led authorities to a home in the 400 block of randall street in waterloo. Now. They did not find him there. However they did find and arrest a man wanted in texas for an unrelated theft charge there. And they say the search for edwards continues. Ss kwwl news. There is a 5,000 dollar reward for any information leading up to an arrest. If you have any information, please contact authorities. It wont be t shirts and shorts kind of weather yet but chief meteorologist markschnackenberg whos tracking it
His wife was unresponsive. He told them he believed emily was trying to kill herself, and that she was addicted to prescription drugs. Police investigated it as a homicide after the autopsy showed she suffered head trauma. The high profile case was moved to Winneshiek County and is expected to take up to three weeks. Five people are dead after a man opens fire on his family members. It happened at a home in phoenix. Police say the gunman is dead. A child also died. When police got to the home, the man was shooting at them. The house was also on fire. No officers were hurt. Now to the latest on the michigan saturday night. A teenager who was shot is still clinging to life, as police try to figure out a ron mott has more. Is one of two survivors here in this stunned community tries to figure out what would drive someone to target unsuspecting people like her. voice of vicki kopf late monday, tears and hope from the parents of abigail kopf. The youngest victim in the kalamazoo shooting sp
Breezy through thursday with temps cooling a bit. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. We begin with decision 2016. Donald trump is hoping to rack up another win today this time in nevada. Tracie potts tells us some candidates just wrapped up rallies a few hours ago before todays republican caucuses. The men and women in this room have a National Bully pulpit. A final late night push to win nevada. This guy is sick, theres something wrong with this guy. The latest poll shows donald trump with a 16 point lead over ted cruz. The establishment of the republican is waking up to the fact that within a couple of weeks donald trump could be unstoppable. Just think he has turned this whole thing into a circus. Fresh off his second place finish in south carolina, marco rubio is hoping to score here we cant win. If we nominate someone, if we nominate someone that half the Republican Party hates. I again dont know what makes anyone believe that donald Trump Supporters are going to pee
With light winds. The winds will pick up tomorrow and stay breezy through thursday with temps cooling a bit. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. New this morning. A new program in eastern iowa is dedicated to helping students feel more comfortable expressing themselves in school and in their community. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. She caught up with people in the prgram its called the waterloo writing project, and its dedicated to improving peoples writing and communication skills. Talking about things that are important to them in the community and then write about it. Would want to communicate their writing to am audience. Whether its music. Slam poetry or dance. At the end of each writing project session, there is usually an mics. Putting those kids in the students at the waterloo writing project is a volunteer, this is a soon to be nonprofit kevin says this is a third space for students to learn outside of school or home. Weve got you covered live in