First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Fires in six southeast states this morning. Georgia, alabama, kentucky, tennessee, and north and South Carolina are all affected. As ried binion reports, the smokey air is becoming hazardous. Wildfires fueled by unusually dry conditions are causing Health Concerns for communities in the southeast. Upwards of 30 large fires in six states. And filling skies across the region with a smokey haze. The blanket of smoke so widespread that its visible from space. Captured in satellite images from nasa. The Health Impact of poor air quality has been particularly severe in tennessee. Where its landed more than 200 people in the hospital with breathing difficulties. Fire officials are carefully planning their battle against the flames. Taking the what we dont want is to put the fire out and have 50 or 60 yards of fuel ready for reignition. Effor ts to extinguish the fires hampered by a continuing drought. And the constant threat
Entire of the 55 Million Dollar modernization. And acknowleding the planning that went on, the Airport Commission chairman says they were guided with the idea of changing the now 30 year old terminal in a way that future Airport Commissions would still find useful. This commission really felt the we now, the commission 30 years from now and passengers, appreciate the work that we did, and that it is a sustainable, well thought out project. Now the next phase of construction will probably start sometime next year, and it will go on about a year and a half. Some things will be behind the scenes, some things will be rather disruptive, like totally changing this concession area. Airport leaders hope passengers will think the end result is worth it. Live in meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first even with filtered sunshine, we have a warm day ahead thanks in part to erly breezes. Record highs will be in jeopardy as we soar into the lower to middle 70s. Well stay mild tonight, not droppi
There this morning. Many of us already in the 50s. We are helped out by southerly winds that are still mainly 10 to 15 mph with some higher gusts already this morning. But they will be picking up. Gusts will be 20 to 30 mph clouds tracking in and they will stick with us today, but the moisture with this system holds off until tomorrow. Today, we will be partly sunny, breezy and warm with highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s and winds gusting to 25 or 30 mph. Winds get have more on that in a few minutes. With this system holds off until other direction. Ill have a big story this morning a Police Officer faces charges after killing a man earlier this year during a traffic stop. As dan shenenman reports, the prosecutor ruling the use of deadly force was not justified. The officer who fatally shot Philando Castile will face charges. Castile was killed during a traffic stop in july. The shooting. Streamed on facebook. Sparked outrage. Please dont tell me hes dead. Officer jeronimo yanez, who fir
Theyll have to move to a facility that does. Or hire private inhome care. It turns out the company that owns the home was also caught off guard. They say brightstar care in ankeny would not be renewing the contract and appeared to have say. We didnt want to change. You to other vendors to come in and take over and it was always the same just too short of notice for them to take over. Wasnt renewed. Brightstar offices were unlocked. But empty yesterday afternoon. A court order tries to stop the iowa dot from giving tickets. Some people are trying to capitalize on a ruling last month in which a polk county judge said the dot does not have the authority to enforce most moving violations. They want a judge to order the agency to stop giving tickets. The iowa dot says they plan to multiple reports of gunfire in waterloo. Last night several chidlren playing inside a home when it was hit by bullets. The house is in the 400 block of dawson street. No one was hurt. Earlier yesterday shots fired
Photocopied test booklets and later teachers used the answers in the test booklets to fill out the students answer sheets. Pottebaum waived his right to a hearing agreeing with the board on a settlement. Given a written reprimand and told to complete 15 hours ethics course. Standup ive reached out to principal pottebaum multiple times, but he refused to speak with us on camera. Instead sending us this statement which reads in part it was my interpretation that this was an appropriate accommodatn was not. Even though the resulted in the identified violation. The intention was to make sure these students could complete the required assessments without undue stress related to the mechanics of holding a pencil and filling in small ovals. Now based on the 2015 state report card of jesup elementary the school was labeled as a school in need of assistance in both the math proficiency and reading proficiency standardized test we reached out to the board of education for the original complaint