you the latest on a number of proposed bills. why iowa senator chuck grassley. continues to the president all news this morning . good morning and thanks for joining i m lukas voss. we begin this morning with circumstances surrounding a fatal stabbing on the westside of sioux city. 50-year-old vernon mace was killed. and now the lone suspect is being held on murder charges. police responded to a call early wednesday morning at a home near the corner of west first and helmer. where they found mace suffering stab wounds. he was taken to mercy medical center where he died. 10 hours later. police apprehended the man they believe to be responsible, 47-year old eliase wanatee. who was booked on 1st degree murder charges this afternoon. wanatee has a previous criminal second degree murder conviction which he served 10 years for. and details surrounding mace s death are now surfacing abc9 news reporter christina grijalva brings us reaction from the victim s family. i never in m
percent of nevada s land is public. sanders says there needs to be better cooperation from the federal and state governments along with local communities to make sure that land can be best utilized by all. bernie: federal lands all over this country belong to all of the people in the united states. including the illegal immigrants according to sanders. nevada has one of the largest proportions of undocumented immigrants in the country and he promises to not break up families but to unite them. bernie: i m not into deportations, i m into comprehensive immigration reform and a path toward citizenship for 11 million undocumented people in this country. the nevada democratic caucus is this saturday. sanders says he will make several stops through nevada starting in vegas on thursday and then heading up p orth to elko on friday. for a public rally at elko high school starting at 10 a- m. bernie sanders is running neck-and-neck with hillary clinton here in nevada. a new c-n-n/o-r-c
tonight we have an update on a story we bright you last fall. the desert research institute in reno has been working on its very own weather model for a while now. since september, it s been able to test the model for accuracy - to help refine it. angela schilling joins us live in the newsroom with more. angela? kristen, while the folks at dri have a long ways to go, they i last spoke with them in the fall. both on a business front and research side of the project. the model indeed looks a little bit different now. if all goes well, they hope to have a business partner within the next few months. brian speicher: everyone wants to know first and foremost how accurate you are. especially when your new model forecasts the weather. brian speicher: over about a four month time we looked at the performance of the model over reno and las vegas and compared to really recognizable names. in weather. in december the results came in, showing their in house model could compete with t
we re also following a developing story out of henry county: deputies there want to know if you ve seen this woman: 62-year-old bernice proctor. she s from ruckersville and is 5 feet 10 inches tall, around 130 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. shortly before 4-30, on wednesday, deputies received a call about a suspicious car parked near old liberty drive in martinsville. deputies say that vehicle does belong to proctor. family members say they haven t heard from proctor and did not know her whereabouts. again, take a good look at this photo of bernice proctor. the henry county sheriff s office and virginia state police are actively searching for her right now. anyone with information on proctor s whereabouts is asked to call 911. appalachian power crews continue to work on power outages caused by monday night s ice storm. less than 10 precent of the nearly 50,000 customers who lost power earlier this week remain without power this morning. wfxr s taylor kanost is in r
thursday, february 18th. thanks for making good day virginia part of your morning. i m january keaton and i m kyle benjamin. we re continuing to follow the latest on that tractor trailer accident out of wythe county this morning. that accident still causing delays near milker marker 86. this is a live look from a vdot camera near that mile marker. right now, the all northbound lanes remain closed at this time. southbound lanes are back up and going. traffic is backed up for around 2 miles and is being diverted off at exit 84 then back onto 81 north at exit 86. so give yourself a little time if your travels take you through that area. in henry county: a woman who had been missing since wednesday afternoon is in the hospital after she was deputies tell wfxr news that 62-year-old bernice proctor was found in a wooded area near her apartment at around 4-this morning. she was transported to memorial hospital of martinsville and henry county for treatment. medical personnel there a