Many wanted to have one final say. Some were happy about it. 18 53 10 thank you again for listening to us and coming up with what i think is a really good solution. Others still wanted change. 18 53 55 why cant the expectation be set that short term meetings are happening on a weekly basis outside of the Normal School hours. Superintendent t ad buck says the district settled on fridays due to a recent survey. The district got more than 38hundred responses. 18 31 43 overwhelmingly fridays and end of the day, to the tune of 80 plus percent. Dr. Buck says he believes teachers will use the professional Development Time to look back on their week and look ahead to next week. Still some have concerns asking the board to track the outcomes of this new plan. 18 55 55 a couple of concerns i see is will this increase the absentee rate on fridays. Parents may say lets have a three day weekend. 19 11 15 we do need to have a reflection at the end of part end, of what we are seeing with the r rults
Winds n 1530 alo o 9 dbq 40 iow 41tomorrow night partly cloudy, windy low 2228 winds nw 1525 alo 25 dbq 24 iow 26 thanks kaj. President ial candidate donald trump is expected to continue his winning streak tonight in the nevada caucuses. Republican voters will head out to caucus today following some last efforts from the two runnersup. Ted cruzs Campaign Manager released a video of misquoting marco rubio. The video claimed senator rubio said there were not many answers in the bible. He actually says all of the answers are in the bible. Senator cruz asked for and accepted his managers resignation. Every single day something comes out of the Cruz Campaign thats rick tylers a good man, this was a grave error of judgment. We are not a campaign that t going to questiononhe faith of anotherrandidate. Trump capitalized on the episode tweeting more dirty tricks. This happened at the same time Ohio Governor john kasich said quote many women who o ft their kitchens to go out and go door to door
Crystal gaffney. The crime happened back in july of 2014 in linn county. Kwwls lauren moss joins us now live in our newsroom with the latest developments. In a very interesting case, lauren. Very. Hogan was originally charged with first degree murder, but i spoke with an assisant county attorney today who told me he accepted a plea deal for Second Degree murdern hogan admitted to assaulting and stabbing gaffney. Her body was found in rural linn county, back in 2014 now before hogan was arrested he sparked an amber alert accused of taking gaffneys three children, one of whom was his own. Hogan was arrested a few days later at University Avenue studios in waterloo. He was then charged with first degree murder in her death. You may remember, all of this happened in a span of just days in july of 2014. Now, because he took the plea deal, hogan now faces up to 50 years in prison and he must serve 35 years before he could be up weve got you covered, Lauren Moss Kwwl news. Thanks lauren hogan
Called for a federal investigation, after a grand jury declined to indict the officer. Investigators say ambrose ran from police, despite their calls for him to stop. Prosecutors say ambrose had a gun, but tosssed it as he was running. The officer chasing him said he didnt see that and opened fire. As part of this settlement, the city and the Police Officers involved, admit no wrongdoing. This could be one of the last weekends families will be able to spend their day at the cedar rapids public library. The board of trustees says something has to go and that means closing the doors on days like this. This. Fox 28 News Reporter steffi lee is here to explain. Steffi. Joy if City Council Passes the librarys proposed budget they will have to cut nearly half a Million Dollars worth of services. Services. When stage lights turn on its a picture Perfect Moment for this crowd at the downtown but its at risk of going away. Away. Books and literature are a big part of our homeschool its something
Ladd library across town will be closed on saturdays. Right now both branches are open until nine, but budget cuts mean theyll close an n ur earlier. Director dara schmidt says after looking at numbers the board chose to cut from days that dont see as much demand. There will be less staff, a not as many programs offered. Our demand has gone up so far up what we had ever expected, so its having to respond to increased demand buhaving to do that with less money moneyif City Council Approves this Budget Proposal next month youll start seeing these changes in march. Steffi lee, cbs 2 news. A new York Police Officer suffered wounds early this morning in a gun fight in the bronx. 25yearold Sharrod Stewart responded to 911 calls and rolled up on a crowd fighting in the street with guns bats and knives. A 19 year old is in serious condition hes also the officer stewart. As backup units arrived the officers engaged in a gunfight, during which Police Officer stewart was struck in the right ankle