First on 13. A pair of bomb threats on the nations two Largest School districts has metro schools reviewing procedure this morning. The treats came in via email. Mentioning explosive devices, assault rifles and pistols. The first. Landed in the inbox of the Los Angeles School district. The district determined the threat was credible and ordered all schools be searched. That shut down ninehundred schools. And sent 600thousand students home. At the same time, an identical threat hit new york city schools. That threat was rejected immediately though determined either district. Its a position des moines schools have been in from time to time. But nothing like what took place in los angeles. In the case of threats. The district tells us, if we were to have any doubt about the safety and well being of our students, we would contact law enforcement, put the situation in their capable hands and follow their lead. Des Moines Police say theyre ready to take that call. The department has two bomb
That didnt take long. Iowa state has a new football coach. Just a week after firing paul rhoads, who coached the team for seven seasons. An iowa state source has confirmed to channel 13 that toledo head coach Matt Campbell has agreed to terms with the university the heels of rhoads last game with the cyclones yesterday. Campbell has a successful run with the rockets as he was 3515 over his last 4 seasons. Including going 92 this season. Isu has not officially confirmed or announced when a press conference will take place. But campbell is expected to be in ames today, on the day of his 36th birthday, to finalize the deal. Later in sports. Well show you who else was in the running and why campbell was the universitys top candidate the clive man charged with the murder of a toddler last december says he did nothing wrong because the child fell. His trial will start tomorrow. Police arrested 25yearold joe lopez back in december in connection with the death of his girlfriends daughter. Hes
Ohio state assistant tony alford montana head coach bob stitt. And wyomings craig bohl. According to Chris Williams of cyclone fanatic, bohl has interviewed for the opening. Some freezing rain and snow is heading our way in the forecast. Meteorologist megan salois joins us with a first look at what to expect tonight and later on this week. The weather again will be going down hill. And it begins early enough as tonight for some parts of the state. Southwest iowa is under a Winter Weather advisory for some freezing rain tonight. This may make roads slick through early sunday morning. Then attention turns to monday. A winter storm watch goes into effect monday morning in northwest iowa, where the heaviest of snow will fall. A mix of both rain and some snow will keep totals lower in the des moines metro. Before that happens though, we have one more dry day on the way for sunday with mostly cloudy skies and highs in the upper 30s. Republican president ial candidate ted cruz made his unds i
Believe her niece is gone. 22year old scalicity perez. Who also goes by the last name boyd, was killed when the car she was riding in hit a tree this morning on 35th street. The crash was so violent the car is nothing more than a pile of twisted metal. Im just in disbelief. I still believe this is a dream. I still think its a dream. I dont believe my niece is gone. The driver of the car, troy mure, suffered only minor injuries in the crash. Mures mother says her son told her the crash was caused by people chasing him in another car. They waved a gun. He stepped on the gas to get away from them. And they hit the back of the car and made him lose control of the car. Mures mother says her son told her from his hospital bed that people had been threatening him. That they believe he was involved in the unsolved murder of dashwan smith, who was shot to death near the evolution nightclub earlier this month. But mures mother says she doesnt think her son was involved. He told me he was scared
Somebody coming. The high speed chase lasted half an hour 23 12 47 it was scary, it really was. It all happened so fast yet, you dont think about it until its over with. Everything just goes automatically and then boom its over with. 23 21 2332 it all started here by these Storage Units in bevington, when someone noticed a suspicious looking vehicle with a man possibly passed out inside. sheriff jason barnes responded to the call and had a bad feeling from the start. 23 07 59 the whole thing, it was eerie. Kinda hard to explain and put it in words but yeah there was something wrong. Thats why the sheriff wasnt surprised by how events unfolded. 23 09 0918 are you staying around here . Because he was in a storage shed, i mean he really had no business being there. He just looked at me, 30 mile stare really didnt give me any answers. The sheriff ran the license plate on the chevy truck. Only to find it was reported stolen from Buffalo Center in winnebago county. 23 07 45 as it was coming