Counts of driving under the influence. Resulti ng in serious bodily injury. Abc 9s lukas voss met with victims family today. Lukas . In thank you deborah. It was the Early Morning hours of january 19th, 2014. Tami allison got a call. The call that nobody wants to get. There has been an accident. Your two daughters are involved. From there its blank. For some. Charges and the nearing of a sentencing brings closure. For tami. Its the opposit. Sot it was very emotionally draining on all of us and it was hard. It was reliving the accident really. Vo the accident that changed tamis life forever. Her daughter Tiffany Schmitt was killed. At the hands of a drunk driver. The unthinkable happened and it struck without warning. Its always somebody else. You never think its going to happen to someone in your family, especially your children. And to tami. Preventing what happened to her is as call a friend or a family. Its not worth the risk. Its not worth the risk. Tiffany. Or just affectionaly ca
School in addition to the junior high and middle schools. Norfolk Catholic Schools and christ lutheran. If we felt it was unsafe we would have kept the kids within our building. We would do whatever it takes to make sure they are safe. Thompson says. So, far no arrests have been made. An inmate has been listed as escaped from the work release facility in sioux city. The Department Says 26yearold jacob petty didnt return tuesday from an outpatient treatment program. Tty has been in the workreleaseserogram since october. He began serving a 10 Year Prison Sentence for robbery in Woodbury County back in 2008. A legislative committee in south dakota has approved a plan protecting underage drinkers from facing some criminal penalties during medical emergencies. The committee passed the bill today to the house floor. It says that someone cant be prosecuted for crimes such as underage consumption if they help during an emergency and report it. The immunity would apply to the panel approved a s
Already in the 30s early this morning. We will however deal with some passing cloud cover especially across northwest iowa with a little bit more sunshine out west, so well be sort of splitting the difference of that here in sioux city as winds diminish out of the northwest. With some melting today and calmer winds tonight, fog will jump back into the realm of possibilities for friday mornings commute. Another system will pass us by to the north on friday too which might produce a few sprinkles on an otherwise mild day, and those days will continue into the weekend with a slight chance of a light mix saturday night sunday morning with yet another passing frontal boundary. The biggest of our concerns though is with a low pressure system moving out of the southwest early next week. Its associated snow chances appear to be on track next monday night and tuesday along with strong winds and a shot of cold air moving in behind it, so be sure to enjoy the mild see graphics. Wx timer 40 a nigh
Differently. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Do we need an instant replay. This is the calgary flames. I think that accident might earn him a couple of days off. We will have more on that in just a moment. Our top story on a thursday morning, the donald trumpless Republican Debate hours away. So far trump isnt budging. It is adding a new wrinkle to the already wild race. Alexander. Reporter this will be the venue for tonights debate with or without donald trump. A source familiar with the situation tells nbc news that fox news ceo reached out to trump through the women in his life trying to see whether his decision to skip the debate is a done deal. Donald trump betting he is bigger than fox news. The republican frontrunner will be in des moines tonight but not at the final gop debate, instead touting a special event for veterans. Late wednesday trump defended his boyco
Rehnstrom. It has been two years since a homer Nebraska Family lost a loved one in a drunk driving accident. Tim today wednesday the man responsible for their loss, learned his punishment. Abc9s jess plue was in Dakota County District Court for the sentencing. Jess Russell Roberts junior was sentenced today to a minimum of 10 years in prison. This comes after roberts was found guilty of one count Motor Vehicle homicide of Tiffany Schmitt and two counts of driving while under the influence. Tiffanys family was at the court today. Anxiously awaiting to hear roberts sentencing. This happens to other families, this doesnt happen to our family said tami allison. Two years ago, everything changed for the family of Tiffany Schmidt after she passed away in a horrific car accident. The driver involved, Russell Roberts junior, was drunk driving and speeding which caused him to lose control. And overturn thevehicle. Roberts was sentedced to a minimum of ten years for tiffanys death as well as two