Nation has lawmakers concerned. Including some here in iowa. They are meeting today so congress can come up with a plan of action. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in the newsroom. This has been a big problem for a while. There will be a hearing today on the heroin and Prescription Drug abuse epidemic affecting commmunities throughout the nation. The Senate Judiciary committee will be meeting. And it will be chaired by iowa senator chuck grassley. According to the centers for disease control. The rate of deaths from Drug Overdose involving perscription drugs and heroin increased by 200 percent between 2000 and 2014. The goal for todays hearing is to learn more about what is being done to combat this and how congress can help. This epidemic has reached iowa. According to the Iowa Department of public heath. The number of Overdose Deaths more than doubled from 2005 to 2014. Weve got you covered live in the newsroom. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl lawmakers say they hope todays hearing will lead
This afternoon. We stay mild this week, but we do have a minutes. Our top story this hour today lawmakers will address an epidemic thats affecting communitites across the country. One thats killed dozens of iowans. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in the newsroom. She can tell us more about this epidemic. The hearing today is on the heroin and Prescription Drug abuse epidemic sweeping across the united states. The Senate Judiciary committee will be meeting. And it will be chaired by iowa senator Chuck Grassley according to the centers for disease control. The rate of deaths from Drug Overdose involving heroin and perscription drugs increased by 200 percent between 2000 and 2014. The goal for todays hearing to learn more about what is being congress can help. This epidemic has reached iowa. According to the Iowa Department of public heath. The number of Overdose Deaths related to heroin adnd Prescription Drugs more than quadruptled from 2005 to 2014. Weve got you covered. Live in the
Named after a princess. Lisa marie. Yup, that one. As a kid, i was pretty big into elvis. I knew that my first daughter was gonna be lisa marie because of elvis, of course. Reporter just as Todd Caldwell hoped, his little lisa lived up to her big name. She was just the life of the party. Once she started talking, she hadnt shut up. Reporter theyre divorced now but tracy and Todd Caldwell watched their girl grow up all but unstoppable. A vivacious, winning teen. Bowling, todd, were not just talking recreational saturday night now and then . No, were talkin about a state champion bowler. Anything she did, she had to be the best at it. Lisa, look over here. Reporter lisa was a teenager when her parents divorced. Todd remained an active father to lisa and his three other children. All the while, he was working a stressful and dangerous job as a he found comfort in several ways. One was his occasional hobby. Hed take out his sketch pad from time to time. And then he met and fell hard for a
Starting the deadly fire. Police say on march fifth, yenger got into a fight at a party messer and anderson were having, then was kicked off the property. By 6 30 the following morning, neighbors said the house was up in flames. Anderson and messer, who were sleeping on the second floor, never made it out. Just goes to show when people think they get away with murder, were always there and look at things both messer and andersons family said theyre heartbroken by the news and to hear what actually happened all those years ago. Glad this case is going the direction it is. Its about real closure for families when asked if officials believe anymore charges are coming they said they dont believe so but the invesitgation is still ongoing. Both dye and yenger are being held here in Wapello County jail on 500,000 bond. From Wapello County Claire Powell local 5 news we are iowa stephanie 1shot according to iowa courts online, both men plead not guilty jack in your local headquarters. Jack stud
Seconds. Youre watching local brad wx wall weather adlib today was just one of those typical cold, gray winter days that most of us just tolerate. Well, the good news is that we will not have to take much more of this type of weather because a warmup is coming along with some sunshine tonight will be mostly cloudy to partly cloudy in some areas. Those nw winds will be calming down and turning more to the west at 510 mph. Temps will fall back into the 10s unless the all night which would help hold up temps a bit. With any luck, we will see some sunshine wednesday and the rest of the week. The more sunshine we can get, the warmer it will be. However, the sw winds alone will help to warm us up wednesday and again friday. By friday and saturday, we should be basking in some sunshine and temps the 40s for highs. Cooler weather will return next week along with a good chance for rain changing to snow. Right now, it looks like the heaviest snow will be falling tuesday, but it could start up on