about if that would be money well spent. abc 9 s bria bell tells us why local police say they need a little more help on the streets. bria: jenna, during this week s city council budget meeting, sioux city police chief doug young asked to add two additional positions to the department s traffic team. council members will now have to decide if there is room in the budget for more officers to be on payroll. officers are just getting pulled thinner and thinner and thinner, says sheehan. on wednesday, city council members deliberated how the city s budget will be spent. sioux city police chief doug young took the opportunity to request two more positions for the department s traffic unit, causing a divide amongst council members. officer sheehan says he supports the cheif because the current lack of officers is taking a toll on the boys in blue. there are alot of shifts that have to be back filled because they re short shifted and so they have to hire back and pay someone for
the man who lives inside the home that s being surrounded has been living there for about 20 years and they tell me it is usually a quiet neighborhood. but they say that they hope the standoff ends peacefully.in west omaha shannon smith, siouxland news. larry diana 3 police say a sioux city man is facing burglary charges after getting caught trying to steal a car this morning.25- year- old sesar martinez was arrested around 3 this morning. after police received a call from a man shopping at the floyd boulevard walmart. the man told them there was an unknown person in his car.when confronted. and ordered out of the car. the man was attempting to shove a piece of metal into the ignition.he ran before police arrived. but was tracked down by a k- 9 officer to trinity heights and arrested.martinez is charged with two counts of third- degree burglary and one count of criminal trespass.he s being held in the woodbury county jail on 10- thousand dollars bond. 3 a year to the day afte
and continue the process of recovering. employees remembered jon richter,r,he man who was killed the in the workplace shooting. they placed a memorial plaque in his honor at the entrance where the shooting took place. you could walk up and down the street, and i know people say this a lot when there s a tragedy, but i really mean this when i say this about jon; you could walk up and down t t street and you will not find a aerson in this commununy thth ll have a bad thingngo say ababt that guy the ceo of sioux steel says the company is continuing to pay for counseling for employees. a bill up for debate at the state legislature, in pierre, is targeting people who are transgender. the bill proposes separate bathroom, and locker rooms, transgender students at south dakotatachools. iv s tiffany lane hahareaction from lawmakers, anstudents. anatomically different, i think is going to be a horrible affect on kids as far as bullying. under the bill, schools must provide reasonable
cindy lawler, owner of carnarvon inn. that s w wn, lawler says, werneburg backed up again and struck freese injuring his leg. you can still see the track and tire marks where the suspect jermey werneburg struck the victim, said michelle schoening siouxland s news channel. lawler says she s neburg since he was 17, and says freese was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. i want him behind bars. you just don t go and hit someone that you don t even know. lawler says kyle freese is in stable condition in a des moinin hospital tonight. if you have any information ononerneburg s whereabouts, you re asked to call 9-1-1, or call the sac county sheriff s office at (712) 662-7127. the lawyer for a nebraska man, who s charged in iowa with killing his wife, wants statements made in a police interview excluded from his upcoming trial. -year-old rogelio morales, of hubbard, nebraska, will go to trial for 20th. morales is accused of killing 21-year-old margarita morales of
kim flew kylie and her mom above le mars, from the airport to the golf course. way up in the sky, the three talked about life. and death. it was so peaceful up there and we were just like, yeah, if something would happen to the balloon and we went down, it would be a good day to die, says kylie. when they touched down, kylie s mother got out, her sister got in and they took off again. nats-camera sound that s the moment this photograph captures. it was a ride to remember. very cool, says kylie. it was a once in a lifetime experience. it was a good day, says paula. as you can see smiles all around. it was a good day. little did anyone know that this perfect day was about to turn tragic. he said he didn t feel right and i said, okay. do you want go ahead and go bowling, says paula. when paula got to the bowling alley, something didn t feel right. i was a little hesitant about putting on my shoes and he called me shortly after and said he had called 911, says pa