Tuesday morning. Dci is reviewing evidence. After 108 years they finally did it. The chicago cubs beat the Cleveland Indians in game 7 of the world series. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. Plan on a really nice thursday. Due to the to walk some patchy fog out of here through 7am, but we are good to go otherwise. Plan on highs in the lower and middle 60s with sunny sky. This is a very persistent weather pattern that should allow for highs primarily in the 60s through all of next week. Your weekend looks great with highs well into the 60s both days. There is only a slim shower day today patchy early fog, otherwise sunny. Wind nw 515. High 65 tonight clear. Patchy fog possible late. Wind light. Low 42 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 66 tom. Night mostly clear. Wind sw 510. Low 44 as people in the des moines area and throughout Police Officers early wednesday, Des Moines Police are expected to offer new information later this
A man. Linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden says it would be in the publics best interest to allow a grand jury to decide if the case warrants any criminal charges. Around one am on november first Cedar Rapids Police officer lucas jones pulled over Jerime Mitchell on a routine traffic stop. That was near coe college and into some kind of an altercation that led to officer jones firing his gun, seriously wounding mitchell who was still inside his vehicle. Vander sanden says the grand jury will consist of seven people theyll choose randomly, and at least five of them have to agree on any possible indictment. The process to choose the grand jury members has already started. This is the first time Vander Sanden has used a grand jury in a case involving a Police Officer using deadly force since he took office in 2010. Tv nine contacted mitchells family attorney this afternoon. The family declined to comment. Cedar Rapids Police say there have been no shots fired calls yet this month. We
The telethon throughout the telecast. Tonight were hearing from some of the loved ones of the fatal crash on saturday night. Martrell watson was driving. The crash killed watson who was 21 years old and caitlyn hall who was 22. And samantha you were able to speak to a couple of people that knew martrell watson. Although they arent blood related it was like losing her own son. And it does feel i lost a you know. One of those things. But it definitely bonded with him like he was one of my own. Hes been a big part of my life for eight, nine years. He later had a child with mariah. That was his life. She was very important to him. And he was very important her. Impacts them tremendously. I think its going to be very sad for her especially its a christmas thanksgiving holidays. This is going to be a sad memory every year around a holiday thats supposed to be happy and family oriented. Services. He promised her a princess carriage. Its 400 but its something we have to give her for. Family is
Cloudy sky is back and will hold on the rest of the week. In addition, we are still on track for a few snow showers, primarily this afternoon and evening. Accumulation will not be much of an issue, though areas north of i80 will be at risk for a quick quarter inch in any moderate bursts of snow that occur. The wind will be blowing as well, with gusts around 25mph likely. Plan on clouds to hold on tight through saturday with our next area of low pressure set to arrive on sunday. Accumulating snow is possible with that system over parts of the area. Have a good day today chance of light snow. Little or no accumulation. Wind w 1525. High 38 tonight scattered flurries. Wind w 1020. Low 32 tomorrow cloudy and cool. Wind w 1015 high 37 tom. Night cloudy and cool. Wind nw 510. Has issued a deadline for demonstrator s to leave a north Dakota Bakken Oil pipeline protest site. But protesters say theyre going to ignore the december 5th deadline. Yasmin amer has more. After nearly five months of p
Month tcr announced they cast an actor who can hear to play a deaf character in their upcoming play tribes. The decision sparked outrage in the Deaf Community. The theatre says they were limited by who auditioned but they could have done more to find deaf talent. Talent. Today theatre cedar rapids hears the local Deaf Community loud and clear. Tcr recently cast an actor who can hear to portray a deaf character named billy in the upcoming play tribes. 082904 theres only five weeks left, im not sure we have the ability to Work Together. The Deaf Community wants tcr to recast the the role of billy with a deaf actor right now or post pone the play so they can all Work Together for a representative cast. 083712 if you postpone this show and you recast, the Deaf Community will love you for it. They will attend your shows. This is a long term solution. If you dont do it, no they will never come. They wont. Ifthats the path tcr takes deaf advocate carly armour says theyll respond. 094937 commu