New tonight at six, six,cbs 2 news has learned a firefighter had to be treated for injuries suffered while fighting a large blaze in iowa city last night. Night. It happened around 515 at a home on east college street, thats near College Green park. Everyone made it out safely, but crews had to call in help from surrounding areas. The building was heavily damaged. Crews think it may have been caused by a lightning strike. In Black Hawk County one man is facing several charges for allegedly leading police on a highspeed chase with his motorcycle. Police say the chase, involving 38yearold allan tucker, reached speeds of 90miles per hour on highway two18. It eventually ended at a gas station on logan avenue. Tuckers charges include driving with a suspended license. Taking a look outside right now. It was a beautiful morning to start the day before some rain fell on parts of the area. Its clearning off once again now and shaping up to be a nice evening. Us, shes in for terry swails. And ma
Weight class at the spencer invitational. Roberts and his opponent walked back to the center of the mat when he collapsed. Roberts later died at a hospital. He placed 8th in the class 2a state wrestling tournament last spring. Counselors were at Spencer High School today, offering support for those close to the young man. A mild sunday closes out the weekend as snow doesnt look like its coming anytime soon. Meteorologist chris havely joins us with the first alert forecast. Chris . Showers will begin to develop this evening, and overspread much of the tv9 viewing area. Rainfall amounts should be under an inch, around 0. 7 or less. Temperatures will be mild for most of the night, but as the cold front sweeps through in the early morning, temperatures will cool quickly down to the upper 30s in many spots. Showers will come to an end by midmorning across eastern iowa, with brisk winds from the northwest. Temperatures on monday will hang steady around 40, then slowly drop mostly cloudy skie
Time in afghanistan. Hell be handling Logistics Support there, and thinking of his family back home. 16 47 54 theyre a great support for me. Thats my great support system, and thats my lifeline, and theyre my all. Rivera is thankful for them, and everyone else here supporting his group, as they get ready for 9 months overseas. 17 07 10 looking forward to coming back. In cedar rapids, brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. The 649th Regional Support group will spend a number of weeks at an army post in texas before heading overseas. France has launched a series of airstrikes against isis in retaliation to the friday attacks in paris. Plane taking off the French Defense ministry say these fighter jets launched several airstrikes in raqqa, syria today. They destroyed isis command and recruitment centers, as well as a training camp. The response come after at least 7 militants killed 129 people and attacks in paris. A global manhunt is underway for one of the attackers a french national. He 1 of 3 br
City to take out 2 of 4 sets of cameras on interstate 380 this past february and move the other 2 sets. The city appealed the decision and is now taking the dot to court to keep the cameras. Kcrgtv 9s brea love joins us live now. Brea, the city says the cameras are all about safety but the dot disagrees. Brea chris, the city collects three Million Dollars a year from its Traffic Camera most of that from the four on interstate 380. The city says data shows those cameras have made the scurve much safer. But the iowa dot says its test shows otherwise. Iowa is the only state in the nation with permanent speed cameras on the interstate. But gary hughes is suing to take them down. Its unconstitutio nal. Section six of the state constitution says all laws have to be applied equally. His main argument centers on enforcement. Noting if a car has a bike rake or other object covering the license plate, that car would not get a ticker. Hughes says the cameras are more about money than safety. I th
Alqaida or any other known terrorist groups. Theres a lot of evidence in this case that doesnt quite make sense so were trying to be very thohohtful to understand it and make sense of it so we understand the full extent of what we have here. Here. The fbi also says there is no indication the couple wasart of a larger terror cell. Ocal Authorities Say there is no longer any threat to the public. Fox 28 news, along with our sister stations, conducted a National Survey on twitter. We wanted to know if you thought the government could keep you safe from acts of terrorism. Terrorism. After more than 12 thousand votes were cast, 78 percent told us, no. Just 22 percent said they f ft the government could protect them,. Thanks to everyone who took part in our online survey. Despite the actions of just a few radicalized people, the vast majority of muslimsmsboth here a a around the world are to prevent people from using their religion to justify violent acts . Acts . In a story youll only see o