Knowing now that my actions resulted in causing so much pain and suffering, i wish now that every bullet would have hit me instead. Kim judge Jeffrey Farrell called it a miracle no one died before sentencing him to 55 years in prison. The victims and their loved ones sentence, but even happier they can try to, once and for all, put this dark day behind them. No reason, rationalization, excuse or defense can justify what you did that day, not only to my family, but to the other victims families and our community. Kim polson has to serve at least 27 and a half years before hell be eligible for parole. Live in studio, kim st. Onge, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve new information tonight about a Des Moines Roosevelt High School Girls Basketball coach now charged with sexual , exploitation and assault to commit sexual abuse concerning a roosevelt student. Judge this morning. Kccis Marcus Mcintosh is live. And marcus, where is johnson now . Marcus johnson bonded out of jail this mornin
Overseas have some people concerned. But president obama says there are no known Credible Threats against the u. S. Homeland. Nevertheless, he is asking everyone to remain vigilant. Pres. Obama i want the American People to know, entering the holidays, that the combined resources of military, intelligence and Homeland Security agencies are on the case. Elizabeth americans can expect to see a heightened security presence at places likes airports and train stations. Authorities are also monitoring for potential threats against socalled soft targets. Sec. Jeh johnson potential copycat acts, similar to things that occur overseas. Were focused on the lone actor as well. Elizabeth the tsa is recommending that air travelers arrive at least 2 hours before their flights to give themselves plenty of time to get through security. Kim lots of people are hitting the road early to beat the rain, ice and snow. Drivers are facing. Emmy roads are filling up hour after hour this thanksgiving eve with tr
Arrest warrant the girls , basketball coach turned himself into the polk county jail. This all unfolding hours before his team was set to take the court. When the Roosevelt Roughriders took the Court Tuesday night the team played without head coach tig johnson. The girls varsity coach and special Education Teacher is behind bars in the polk county jail with no bond on sexualrelated charges. Students tell kcci his reputation as being as his 65 stature. He was a very popular guy. We all knew him, we all got along with him. Now, were all shocked. Ryan what do people think about tig . Hes nice, caring, dedicated. Ryan was a surprise . Big surprise. Ryan the School District says it was alerted to a criminal complaint filed with police yesterday. As Police Issued an arrest principal kevin biggs sent a voicemail to parents. We will have a teacher assigned to his classroom duties and an assistant coach will be leading the Girls Basketball team during this time. The police are taking the lead o
Jasper, boone, story and marshall. Travel is not advised on i80 east between mitchellville and grinnell. Kccis Laura Terrell starts our team 8 coverage from along i80. Laura a snow covered interstate. Is leaving several cars scattered in the ditch along i 80 east, like this fed ex truck near mitchellville. Things were going too slow and i just didnt want to cause an accident or be in an accident. Laura truck driver jacob benson decided to just park it for the night. I parked here just for my personal safety. I found a place where i could park so i figured i would stop for the night. Laura Michael Morton and his family are only stopping for a quick rest stop break on their trip from sioux city to ohio. Weve seen six semis jackknifed. Weve seen two of them tipped over. Weve seen about four or five cars in the banks. Laura even though travel is not advised theyve decided to keep going just at a slower pace. We are doing about 40. And then with the truckers around, we drop down to about 30
It is very common across much of iowa, temperatures in the 30s early on. It little bit of fog. A generally dry day. There is one precipitation chance in the next eight days. For details on that, it is coming up. Anchor if you drive into town from the southside the flooding is going to impact your commute tomorrow morning. Anchor a major roadway will be close because of the rising raccoon river. Kccis todd magel is live along fleur drive tonight. Todd this is the road to the airport, it has been dead since 3 00 when the river started rising and the city shut it down. There is a new mandatory lefthand turn, one of the busiest roads in the city is it is something we have seen in the winter. There may be as much as 2. 5 feet of water by tomorrow morning. It is projected to stay that way. Todd farther west, floodwaters from walnut creek shut it down for most of the day. Forget parking in this church lot, the ducks have taken over. We dont usually see this in december by that much rain. The