If they need help then, better to have the help there then not need it, to not have the help and to need it. The bill would require the home team at High School Varsity games to provide a licensed athletic trainer to assess concussions and other injuries. The goal of this bill is to increase quality of injury assesments by using professional medical providers to decrease the number of lifelong debilitating injury. The estimated cost for these trainers is between 2thousand to 5thousand dollars annuallymoney that would come from a proposed increase in state school funding. The superintendent at westwood thinks that that number may actually be a little higher. Theres gonna be high demand for those people, so cost is going to go up. I think its going to end up being a lot higher than that. The cost however is not the only thing to consider but also the availability. Its difficult, the cost is high and the availabilty of certified people that could come down and take care of our athletes an
They now say they may turn themselves in this morning. Kirsten Joyce as all this was going on. Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy decided to head to oregon. He was arrested. After touching down in portland. brian loftus we have live team coverage. On both the situation in oregon. And bundys arrest. Lets first go to reporter Andrew Dymburt in burns. Andrew dymburt on cam this is as close to the refuge as we can get. Behind me is an fbi checkpoint that was set up a couple of weeks ago. Now the fbi says that all of this recent activity started on wednesday afternoon around 430 when one of the occupants decided to get on an atv heading towards this checkpoint, but then suddenly turned around at a high rate of speed. Heading back into the refuge. vo as far as what weve seen, we noticed some white lights coming out of the refuge. Which is really strange because usually its pitch black around here. We also noticed an ambulance parked in the area for about 30 maybe 45 minutes before heading back into
Relation to a crime of violence. Obstruction of the administration of justice. Interference with commerce by extortion. And aiding and abetting. The charges stem from the april 2014 standoff in bunkerville. Armed supporters stepped in when the blm tried to round up bundys cattle. Which were grazing on federal land. I spoke with clivens daughterin law. Briana bundy. Who says she is shocked by the charges. briana bundy Cliven Bundys daughter in law theyre pretty ridiculous. I mean he doesnt carry a firearm nor has he ever carried a firearm even to do his chores hes absolutely refused to. So thats bogus. He hasnt obstructed with any administrative justice he like interference with commerce where does that come from . Patrick Walker bundys sons. Ammon and ryan. Were arrested january 26th after leaving the wildlife refuge. Arizona rancher Lavoy Finnicum was killed in the shooting. When the fbi and state police pulled over the vehicle they were in. Daughterinlaw tells me the family does not
Developing news in campbell countythe abandoned dan river plant caught fire today in brookneal and it continues to burn at this hour. People who work in the area tell wfxr news they noticed the thick smoke around 3 this afternoon. According to the town manager, the plant has been closed for about 10 years and was major employer in the area. The plant has been empty since it closed and was in the process of being demolished. The fire shut down part of route 501 as crews worked to put out those flames. People we spoke with say the smoke changed from light to dark and ashes were falling from the sky. Its been black, black billowing smoke and then it looked like it lightened up. It seems to have picked up and right now it looks like its more black smoke coming. I looked like it blew up, i anything that close. No evacuations have been ordered at this time but city leaders say the heavy smoke is so bad that some who live near the plant have decided to leave their homes for the night. And wer
Right now there is a small chance of snow on valentines day sunday but well keep our eye on it for changes. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina morning commuters should use caution because of winds and drifting snow this morning. This is a live look at i35 north near ames. Parts of iowa will also be under a blizzard warning until six this evening. With safety officials stressing the need to use extra caution when driving on iowa roadways today. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias more details today from what the iowa utilities board has learned about the Bakken Pipeline proposal. The board has been the only one to not make a decision on the project, which would connect north dakota to illinois. After months of hearings, the boad plans to discuss their findings at one this afternoon at the iub sabrina the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Sabrina so far more than twodozen have been pronounced dead following saturdays earthquake