or alcohol. many timm they had linns to opioid use, including heroin, which is a common substitute for people who opioids. kcrg t-v nine's iowa city bureau chief mark carlson joins us live from iowa city. mark, they're calling this a new drug epidemic? officials fight back like heroin seem to gain steam. the death of former hawkeye football star tyler sash shocked fans and former teammates. an autopsy revealed he died from mixing powerful pain medications - methadone and hydrocodone. both are forms of opiods - powerful and increasingly popular prescriptionnpainkillers. doctors nationwide wwite nearly 260 million prescriptions a year for them. "obviously they don't want to see patients in pain. " with s many of the painkillers streets annually -- experts say millions are going unused. they then become easy targets for people looking to get high. "one of the big keys about all this drug control needs to be the diversion issue of prescription medications, to find a conveeient way for people to take their no longer needed or expired drugs and get rid of those in a safe way." doctors and pharmacists are now using daaabases to bbtter track who's beenenprescribed opioids. but officials say drug take back programs are lacking. the iowa city police department is the only police department in johnson county that offers an around-the- clock drug drop-box. "it's got to be like pop cans, we got to be able to do it 24 by 7 when you finish a prescription that is unused, no matter what it is. " but as prescription drugs on the streets decline... u uers are turniig totoa moreeraditional way to get high. "they'll go to different doctors and talk about different ailments that they have and try and get the doctor to give them a fails, then they'll turn to street drugs like heroin. " "heroiiis becomingga big deal, it's becoming the replacement drug for opioids." last year 8 people died of heroin overdoses in johnson county. four times the average from 2010 to 2013. and the heroin on thee streets is only getting stronger. "when we find people dead at a scene, you'll see somebody literally dead with the needle inheir arm, or literally fall over r orward or baakward in the position they were when they were injecting the drug. " "it's definitely a concern, we are seeing an increase in the number of clients coming to us. " the increase in heroin uue also means more peoeole are seeking treatment. so far this year nearly 120 adults have reported heroin as their primary drug of choice at prelude behaviorl services, a drug treatment center in iowa city. that umber has mooe than doubled in the past five years. but finding a solution to this heroin epidemic wont be easy. "i think there needs to be greater awareness, i think the fact that we're having this interview is very good because a lot of time people don't know whh's happening unless it's happening directly to them. " police say awareness has led to some results locally. the johnson couty drug task force put a bigger emphasis fighting heroin after the up tick in deaths last year. so far in 2015 only one person in johnson county has died from a heroin overdose. "unfortunately it usually takes someone dying before we are aware of a certain change or a certain distributor, and often times wii those cases we'll track that backwards and try and get to the dealer. " police say this type of ddg abuse also presents problems on the streets with more people trying to drive. iowa city police say they are seeing more people on prescription drugs and heroin behind the wheel. they say the drugs often give drivers extreme tunnel vision. live in iowawa city, mark carlson, kcrg-tv9. this thursday, the university of iowa will host a summit on issues related to heroin and prescription opioid abuse. the day-long event will feature diicussion on hoo to respond to measures. the event takes place from 8:30 to 4 at the college of public health building. turning now to weather and meteorologis t joe winters. joe, we have the potential of some severe storms developing tomorrow? clouds increase as a area of low pressure strengthens. scattered showers areeossible in the morning, but the best threat for precipitation occurs during the afternoon and evening. thunderstorm s that develop later in the day may become strong to severe with the largest threat along and south of highway 30. check out the weather water cooler blog below for more details about the severe weather threat. have a good night and remem cloudy low: 43-49 winns: se 5-15tomorrow: showers/storms high: 56-62 winds: se 10-20 candidates faced off in their fourth debate. the main field was a little less crowded but that didn't stop the fireworks. abc's marcii gonzalal has the recap from milwaukee. nats "...applause..." facing off in milwaukee sot - jeb bush / presidential candidate"i got about four minutes last debate - i'm gonna get my question right now. " eight repepblican presiiental ndidates - taking the stage for the 4th gop debate as protestors pushing for an increase in the mimimum wage gathered outside - nats "...protestors chanting..." inside - the questions - stayed focused primarily on the economy- unlike the last debate - moderators pressed candidates for specifics on their policy plans. sot - ben carson / presidential candidate"eve ry time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases." sot - donald trump / presidential candidate"i hate to say it, but we have to leave it the way it is. people have to go out, they have to work really hard." sot - sen. marco rubio / presidential candidate"if i thought that raising the miniim wage was bb best way to help pepeple increase their pay, i would be all for it, but it isn't." there were heated moments - over immigration. sot - gov. john kasich / presidential candidate"we all know you can't pick them up and ship them back across the border." sot - donald trump / presidential candidate"you' re lucky in ohiithat you struck oil, that's for one thing." sot - gov. john kasich / presidential candidate"fal se little things, sir, they really don't work when it comes to the truth ." sot - donald trump / presidential candidate"i don't have to hear from this man. i don't have to hear from him. ."as well as some levity??ot - ben carson / presidential candidate"tha nks for not asking what i said in 10th grade. i appreciate that. "as doctor ben carson defended the validity of stories he'sold about his youth. sot - ben carson / presidential candidate"peo ple who know me know that i'm an honest person." marci gonzalez oncam close: and in this as well as the heaead hillary clinton's name. in fact, there was so much focus on the democratic frontrunner that the wifi password here tonight was "stop hillary." marci gonzalez, abc news, milwaukee homeless people innedar rapids will have a place to spend the night when beds fill up at shelters this winter. today, the willis dady emergency shelter announced it will open a new location when there'' no room m t area shelters. the executive director says they're not releasing the location of the overflow shelter so people don't show up there when it's not open. . nstead nationonl transportation services will pick up homeless people from meal sites, like greene square meals, and take them to that overflow shelter. " starts at 43:49 - "we've esesimated for $13300, and gotten almost $6,000 in, so we still need about $7,000 or 8,000. and we're not paying for any of the facility costs. we're just really looking at staffing, supplies, ccts, things like that." " the funding on hand for the shelter. there's still a lot of ffotball to play thihi year, that the undefeated hawkeyes are moving up in the college football playoff rankings. five in the latest evening. the hawkeyes stand behind clemson, alabama, ohio state and notre dame. a team must be in the top four to qualify for the playoff, where they would play in either the cotton bowl or the oraage bowl on new year's eve. iowa's next game is saturday night against minnesota. scott saville will have more about preps for that game still ahead tonight. university of iowa say the school could do more in wake of racial incidents. their comments come as students, faculty and staff at another major university criticize their some african american students some afrin american students at the university of iowa say the school could do more to promote inclusiiness on campus. their remarks follow the racial tensions on the university of missouri campus in columbia. yesterday, the president of the university of missouri system president and the chancellor at the columbibi mpus announcee their resignations. that followed weeks of mounting criticism over their handling of racial incidents. last week, a black graduate student went on a hunger striie, promising to not eat until president tim wolfe stepped down. the protests gained momentum over the weekend when missouri football players said they would not play until wolfe resigned. talked with students who say they've experienced racism on campus. 04:54:53 "as a student i was really fearful." foo senior student rachael hale, memories of this kkk statue - placed on the pentacrest last her. 04:55:05 "i didn't know what to think of it or why it was there. it was really just out of place for me." for another student,,he response e rom university officials then illustrates a lack of understanding he says still exists. 05:05:00 "i'm talking about the klansman we woke up to and the ways in which we reacted to it was more ofof concern to tt administration than what actually occurred." then-president sally mason formed the back student advisory committee in response to the incident. but some haven't seen changg. 05:08:09 "we're still under- represented, we're still under-funded." a divide reflected in graduation rates. the six-year graduation rate for black students is just 49 percent. for white students, that number is 70 percent. 04:556:57 d "i feel like black students don't always come in prepared and our administration doesn't always contribute to ensuring they are prepared." hale says resources and support are two issues the advisory committee wants to address. now, the group is working to connect with incoming president bruce herrald and share their mission with more students. 04:58:13 "we basically want o make sure that black students know that we are a resources for them to reach out to. students need to know their voices can be heard and that they can make an impact." in iowa city, sarah mccarthy, kcrg-tv9 news. university of iowa president bruce harreld says coming into the job in the midst of controversy wassnot easy but he's since received sosoe support. "if i hadn't gotten so much support from so many other members of the faculty, administration, even alumni outpouring, it would be harder" harreld told i-p-t-v that he's been meeting with faculty and staff over the past few weeks. harreld says one of the biggest concerns he's heard is about compensation. he says many are worried abououfaculty members leaving to take jobs with higher pay at other big ten universities. for weeks, people have called on harreld to resign over concerns about his experience in education. joe, it looks like a wet wednesday for us. strengthens. scattered showers are possible in the morning, but the best threat for precipitation occurs during the afternoon and evening. thunderstorm s thatatdevelop later in the day may become strong to severe with the largest threat along and south of highway 30. c ceck out the weather water cooler blog below for more details about the severe weather threat. have a good night and remember to stay sky aware on wednesday. tonight: mostly cloudy low: 43-49 winds: se 5-15tomorrow: showers/storms high: 56-62 winds: se 10-20tomorrow night: showers, windy low: 37-43 winds: sw 15-30thursday:: p/cloudy, very windy high: 50 - low: 40 friday: m/cloudy, still windy high: 43 - low: 33 saturday: mostly sunny high: 56 - low: 26 sunday: mostly sunny high: 588- loww 36 monday: chance of showers high: pentracrest is decorated with thousands of american flags. the u-i veterans association organized the flag display ahead of veterans day tomorrow. on sunday, volunteers began planting about 55-hundred small american flags on the lawn. the flags - which form the letter "i" - identify and honor veterans linked to the university of iowa or the community. each flag has a tag that shows the veteran's name, ank, years of service and she were activated for any. tomorrow, the u-i veterans association and the reserve officer's training corps will hold a ceremony outside the old capitol. other veterans day ceremonies will take place across eastern iowa. people in cedar rapids will honor the men and women who've served with an event at thh veterans memorial coliseum on mays island. the metro veterans council veterans day program gets underway at 10 tomorrow morning. and the hawkeye community college in waterloo will also host a ceremony. it begins at 12:15 in tama hall on campus. a reception will follow. with congress not in session tomorrow, iowa senator chuck ggassley sayy he plans to take part in veterans day ceremonies here in iowa. " 12:45 we honor veterans and we out to be thankful to each of them for defending freedoms and liberties that we enjoy everyday. we out to take advantage to stop and thinkk about freedoms we have that people in other countries don't veterans affairs says iowa is home to more than 226-thousand veterans. we'll be right back. hawks made a giant leap for mankind today. all the way to number five in the playoff poll.. clemson is on top followed by alabama, ohio state and notre dame. the hype surrounding this iowa football team is growing daily but the players are keeping things in perspective. "our mentality is just take it one game at a time and just work on finishing plays and finish games one at a time. that's been our meeality since all the way back in january." "we're going into it with the same mindset that it's our next game and we want to stay undefeated. we want to keep winning, so it's the biggest game for us." it's been a great for interesting dialooe but our guys are wired into what we are doing we better because we have a big challenge on our hands saturday. i think our team has one goal to stay humble and stay hungry and eveeyone is getting better everyday. vtr :33 oc: "getting better everyday " look for jordan canzeri to make his return this saturday night against the gophers. canzeri made the trip to indiana and warmed up with the team and has been practicing full speed. that is big because akrum wadley sprained his ankle against the hooseirs and didn't practice today. i rolled over and sprained right now i didn't practice today hopefully i practice tomorrow. jordan looking good out their. he looking like the old jordan he should rush for about 100. i am happy for jordan being a senior i hate to sse him miss playing time. is it his experience because he know what he is doing? that is a defenite advantage he knows what to do he knows the offense it doesnt take him near as long to get back as it would with a younger player. vtr :30 oc: " " this was the scene at kinnick stadium today as they rolled in the wrestling mats for grapple on the gridiron saturday.. it made iowa wrestling coach tom brands reminisce about his high school football days. i played football i was third string defensive back i thought i was second string until the starter got hurt and i was ready to go and they crushed me and then i was guard end and bench guarded the water bottle and tackled anybody thht got near it. :20 oc: "anybody that got near it " lets bump, set and spike.. they opened the state volleyball tournament today at the cell. class 4a.. top ranked west delaware took on western dubuque. and a good start by bridget hoffman with the block followed by the overhand smash for the for the hawks. the bobcats answered with great placement.. megan maas killing them softly.. and then western dubuque with some great defense with the double block.. but the hawks are number one for a reason. carlee the middle.. and west delaware raises their record to 47-2 with the 3-0 sweep. . --the hawks get the winner of marion and lewis central...tied at one set apiece...caitly n smith sets it perfectly to olivia frazier and frazier had the lead in game three... --later, it's kirsten way serving up an ace to keep marion --but this match went the distance and lewis central edges marion 3-2.... --also in 4a....waverly- shell rock and sioux city heelan....go-hawks looking good in the opener...kelse y young sets to hannah fox....waverly-shell rock wins game one 25-18... --but it's was all heelan after that t s the go-hawks are knocked out of the tournament 3 games to 1....for the class 5a highlights we ran earlier tonight at 6:00 you can go to kcrg.com. thanks scott. one last look at the forecast, joe... clouds increase as an area of low pressure strengthens. scattered showers are possible in the morning, but the best threat for precipitation occurs during the afternoon and evening. thunderstorm s that develop later ininthe day may become strong to seveee with he largest threat along and south of highway 30. check out the weather water cooler blog below for more details about

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