a lot of scrambling. i ll have to makeup some time at work his week, and find somebody that will stay home with them she says her kids have never complained to her about being hot. it s bearable to me. i think we have had hotter days than this. i felt like today of all days, i felt like yesterday was warmer. but superintenden t stephen murley toured two hot schools tuesday, saying 23 percent of their classes don t have air conditioning. i know i was in multiple classrooms yesterday where they were running half a dozen fans at a time obviously for kids to hear, hard for teachers to communicate with the students. only 7 out of the 26 schools are feeling the heat. but the district had to let all of tm out because of their strict bus schedule. we tier our buses that is in the morning they take elementary to schools and then go back out and pickup junior high and high school students. in the afternoon it works the same way. luis lopez hopes picking up his sister from sou
has your first alert forecast, kaj. plan on a great day in all areas. highs will drop into the upper 70s today with lower humidity levels as well. our wind will people believe the city is wasting their time and money. the city is holding an inforanal meeting tonight to explain why the city needs updates. the city council wants to fix crumbling sidewalks and put them into neighborhoods where they don t exist. homeowners will have to cover the cost. council members say the ordinance has been around for years, they just haven t enforced it. iowa code lets cities assess sidewalks to property owners. some say the the city council is going about the project the wrong way, but the city 22:20:54;13 the other side of town down there, i can sit in front of my home for hours at night and never see a car go by let alone a person walking the streets 22:08:36;00 we have a grant program available that anyone that qualifies for low-income we have grant money set aside, we also can assess
barrier now still trying to hold back the water. water.beyond cedar rapids the river crept into parts of palo.we ll take you there as the long cleanup process kicks . off.and an inside look at the protection of an island of just. justice. we were preparing for the worst case scenario. scenario. we ll take you on a tour of the linn county courthouse in the middle of the cedar river. river.this is fox 28 news at nine. for the most part, it appears cedar rapids has tamed the great flood of 20-16. 20-1 and volunteer effort has, mostly, held the waters back. back.but, the river level will fall very slowly over the next few days.right now, a curfew is again in effect for the evacuation zone.some are wondering why the precaution after the crest?city leader say there is still a risk that the flood protections could fail before the river falls back into its banks.but, they hope to begin cutting back on the evacuation zone over the next few days. chief meteorologist terry and the
themselves on the wrong side of the walls. first, chief meteorologist terry swails and the rest of the weatherfirst team have been tracking this flood threat for a week now. now.terry, now that the highest water has past, we re getting a better look at how all that water more on flood 2016 in just a m. moment.now we turn to a tragic story developing in cedar rapids, where a 13-year old girl died after being shot. shot.cbs 2 news anchor jenee ryan is looking into this morning s shooting.she joins us live with what neighbors have to say about all this, jenee? scott - of course everyone devastated by this tragedy. right now- neighbors and others alike are gathering for a candle lit vigil honoring the 13 year old girl who lost her life to a gun shot wound right here this morning. lousie murray: 12:24:28 i think it s horrible. i think it s horrible. this morning i told everybody to stay in the house because i had to go to a doctors appointment. i come back and and crying a
from brandon marshall. now for a developing story in cedar rapids - this morning hearts are still grieving for a young life lost. several people came out last night to remember a 13-year-old girl that was shot and killed tuesday morning. neighbors, friends and family held a candle-light vigil - at the very same spot the young girl was killed.cbs 2 news sister and her cousin. why did this happen? she s too young she didn t deserve this. she brought joy to everybody. her attitude, man, it was something else. else.she didn t even get to graduate. she didn t really get to see anything. it hurts a lot to know that my younger sister got shot. i never get johnson was live on the scene yesterday morning - right after it happened - she joins us live in studio for the lates. latest.kelly- right now - three people are in custody in connection to the shooting. shooting.police have not released the names of the suspects nor have they released the name of the victim.neighbors i spoke to te