A 14yearold cedar rapids teen plans to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter today. Authorities say he shot and killed another teen after their two rival groups threatened each otheheon social media andd over text message. Police say robert humbles killed 15yearold Aaron Richardson. Humbles also plans to plead guilty on twtwother charges. Altogether he faces 25 years in prison. He would be in a juvenile facility until he turns 18. A judge would then decide whether to lease him or make him serve the rest of his prison sentence. On september 6th, two rival groups met near redmond park. Court documents show humbles fired his gun and hit Aaron Richardson in the abdomen. Richards then ran to a house in the 300 block of 16th street soututast. From there, First Responders took him to a cedar rapids hospital where he died after surgery. Cedar Rapids Police say Violent Crime has gone down over the past yeye. Chief wayne jermanan gave that report during a public night. He says the number of Vio
An overwhelming response. It has the mayor says the city has received more than 300 messages from people. And many packed the Council Chamber to speak their mind. People have got to realize that theres so much in this world thats going on right now, people have got to defend themselves. The Second Amendment right is a basic right of self defense that we have that should not be taken away from us, if it is, if you do that, i recommend changing the name of your town. You think putting a sign up here is going to protect a criminal from coming here and shooting somebody here or in the library. You do not need to be concerned about people who are lawfully carrying their weapons. People were hoping to sway any possibility that the council would move forward with a resolution. People traveled from as far away as keokuk and des moines to speak up. The city says this is just a discussion at this point. Its something that surfaced recently during meetings of the Library Board and the parks and r
Spring. Manynyre the first in their family to go to college. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a nice december day well see more sunshine than yesterday, with highs up around 50 degrees in degrees above seasonal normals. The m md air keeps right on going into the the weekend, and its at that point that the pattern will shift to a more active one. At this point, this storm uystem continues to lk like mainly rain in the area with a transition over to some light snow on the cold air can get here. The bigger issue may very well be heavy rainfall and possible thunderstorm s. A widespread 1 2 of rain is likely this weekend, which may cause creeks and streams to risewhile next week is cooler, we still are running above average. Enjoy your wednesday to day mostly sunny high 4753 winds w 515 alo 49 dbq q 9 iow 50tonight partly cloudy low 3541 iow 56tomorrow ni
Showers high 35 low 34 wednesday partly cloudy high 34 low 27 included heart ache, frustration, and triumphs that will affect eastern iowa well into 2016. Our editors picked the top 9 well also reveal what you, the viewer chose, later in this newscast. But we start our countdown at number 9 9n the list. Kcrg tv nines Dubuque Bureau chief Katie Wiedemann revisits a random and violent attack that shocked a city and prompted on the warmmorning of september first, nancy krapfl, a 66 yearold church secretary, was doing what she loved. She had just gone out for a morning routine walk. Police s sy nearby Traffic Cameras caught 19 year old Helmon Betwell approach krapfl, knock her out and then drag her lifeless body off camera to the top of the steps of a vacant apartment building. From next door, william davis, witnessed the attack. After that flurry of punches, he sat on her. He dropped his pants and he sat on her. Police say betwell told them he picked krapfl at random and he did it because
Causing such an uproar overnight calling for a complete and total shutdown of muslims entering america shaking up the campaign sending shock waves overseas, as well. Weve been tracking all the reaction all through the night. The gop frontrunner joins us live in just a moment to respond this morning. Yous be talking to donald trump in a moment. First abcs tom llamas starts us off with the details on what donald trump said and what is being dade about him. Good morning. Reporter robin, good morning to you. Trumps plan comes at an interesting point in the campaign. Two polls out of iowa show a very different race, one with trump on top. The other with senator cruz in first place. But now with this plan, the headlines only have one name, trump. For those that couldnt believe it or didnt understand, overnight donald trump said it loud and clear. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States. Reporter trump arguing muslims are no longer we