The Court Dismissed an appeal, filed by former division of criminal investigation supervisor larry hedlund, saying it wasnt filed on time. Today, jurors in the firstdegree murder trial of a man charged in his wifes death learned about her injuries. Alexander fazzino is charged with firstdegree murder in emily fazzinos 2012 death. He told police that he found emily submerged in a bathtub. The doctor who performed emilys autopsy testified she had bruises on her forehead, arm, thigh and neck, and a bump on her forehead. The doctor also said emily had bruising on the inside of her throat, which could be from strangulation. The doctor didnt find any definitive signs of drowning. Steve a father will spend the rest of his life in prison, after being convicted in the death of his threeyearold daughter. 26yearold charles hall was sentenced last week, in the 2015 death of janyiah hall. The girl was found unresponsive at halls bedford home, last may. A fort dodge man has been given another man in a tavern parking lot. 22yearold torre mosley was sentenced yesterday, after pleading guilty to multiple charges. Mosley admitted to shooting 25yearold Damal Clayton last november, outside sneakers eatery and pub. A northeastern iowa man is dead, after his handgun accidentally fired and hit him in the leg. It happened around 12 30 this morning in elk run heights. Investigators say 45yearold Martin Lawrence returned home from work and dropped the gun, as he got out of his vehicle. It hit the ground and went off. The bullet entered his leg and traveled upward, causing internal injuries. Stacey Warren County voters get to decide whether to approve a tax that would raise their sales tax by 1 . Kccis rose heaphy is just back from Warren County. Rose, what did city leaders say about how a local option sales tax would impact them . Rose stacey, i spoke with officials from carlisle. They say local option sales tax could give the city funds it needs to improve. They say a small increase could andrew as a smaller city, were just not able to keep up with those expenses. Rose to carlisle city administration, a local sales option tax or lost would help with city improvements. Andrew its an investment. We can help with those expenses, and we can see those services improved. Rose currently, the sales tax in Warren County is 6 , or . 06 of 1. The local option sales tax would increase it by 1 making the total tax . 07 per 1. If lost passes in carlisle, the city could bring in almost 190,000 a fiscal year. Andrew 50 for public safety, and that is our police and fire. And 50 for streets and sidewalks. Rose street projects, such as improving this intersection with highway 5, that sees more than 20,000 vehicles a day. The tax would directly Impact Retail business owners, like kelly wentzel. Kelly i know it would help the community, but it may affect me. Rose at his Truvalue Hardware store, the tax may just be a few pennies to customers. But he says, it all adds up. Million in sales. Thats 10,000 that youre going to have to come up with. Rose city leaders say voters should focus on the longterm impact. Andrew its important for them to make that decision, to whether they would like to see things improve in their community and allow their city to grow. Rose voters in Warren County can send in their absentee ballots, or vote on the issue at Polling Centers on tuesday. If the local option sales tax does pass, it would go into effect on july 1. Stacey . Stacey West Des Moines is drafting its first ordinance regarding Solar Panel Installation at homes and businesses. The ordinance would dictate where the panels could be located, and could require screening to shield their view from neighboring properties. Green Energy Advocates say the new rules could limit expansion of clean energy in the community. Steve it is really nice out there today. Meteorologist kurtis gertz is therek with the update. I do want to point out early tomorrow morning, it is going to be 32 at 7 a. M. Noon is 59. 4 00 p. M. Is 63. Wind picks up out of the southwest, little cooler to the north. Highs on saturday from 56 and 40 odd, 60s from ames. Though southwest wind 1525, gusting to 28. But again, those highs in the 60s with all of that sunshine. A boundary moves through on sunday comedy some sprinkles around that. Wind shifts around, but it will get higher. Still at 56. Steve thank you, kurtis. steve with the warm weather headed our way this weekend, it is easier to starting thinking about summer. Des moines parks and rec says more than 100,000 people will use the city swimming pools during the warmer months. It expects about 2000 people to sign up for swimming lessons, centers. That means hundreds of employees cashiers and dock attendants. But the highest demand for this season is for swim instructors those who are interested need to complete a certification course. Thats available in midmarch. Jen you wouldnt think that, in february, that its time to be thinking about a summer job, but it is. Steve applications for seasonal aquatics and park program positions are posted online. Stacey sad news for doughnutlovers. Weve learned that donut king on grand in West Des Moines has to close by march 20. The building is going to be torn down, to make way for new development. Owner lou king says he hopes to reopen somewhere else. A customer has started a go fund me page to help pay for the new location. Steve lou makes a good doughnut. Unicorn sighting stacey plus, protection from abuse order. How that may have triggered yesterdays deadly workplace throws his support behind donaldternet speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. Yeah, the internets great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. Yeah, thats not working. I much prefer the twoday beard, hornrimmed glasses, justsleptinhiscar kinda thing. Yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. Okay. Be paul giamatti. Thats the essence of this role. Feel like a hollywood insider announcer this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 5 00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, and chief meteorologist john mclaughlin. Steve making news right now, an hourslong standoff ends with five people dead. Four people in a home in rural washington state, before turning the gun on himself. A sheriffs deputy says the gunman called 911, saying he shot and killed his family. One survivor has been taken to the hospital. New details tonight about a possible motive in yesterdays workplace shooting in hesston, kansas that left three people dead and 14 others injured. Authorities say, shortly before opening fire, shooting suspect cedric ford was served with a protection from abuse order in the factory, where he worked. Ford left work, after receiving the order. He opened fire from his car, hitting someone in a vehicle. He then shot another driver and stole a car, before heading back to work. Ford shot one person in the parking lot at the excel industries plant, and another 14 inside, before Hesston Police chief Doug Schroeder shot and killed him. Sheriff walton he had to stop that threat. Youve got 200300 people in there. Luckily, 200300 people came out. Armed with an Assault Rifle and an automatic handgun. Investigators are trying to figure out how he got the weapons, because he did have a criminal record. Stacey a big endorsement for donald trump. After a combative Republican Debate last night, the gop front runner picks up support from a former opponent. Kccis aixa diaz is live in washington. Aixa, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he made the decision yesterday. Aixa Chris Christie says donald trump is the strong, tough leader this country needs. Gov. Chris christie i endorse he and donald trump for president of the united states. [cheering] aixa Chris Christie, who dropped out of the 2016 race earlier this month, says donald trump is the only candidate who can beat hillary clinton. Thats why the new jersey governor is now backing the gop front runner. Donald trump when youre in number 1 place for a long period of time, the endorsements are coming in. But the one i was really happy with is this one, right here. Pay 1 million in a judgment. Mr. Trump thats wrong, thats wrong. Aixa the endorsement comes after a heated gop debate, where many of the attacks were aimed at trump. Marc theres been no evidence that any shot taken at donald trump has hurt him in the past. And well see now, as the nomination gets more and more realistic, whether that changes. Aixa campaigning in super tuesday states today, marco rubio called trump a con artist, while ted cruz criticized trumps debate performance. Sen. Rubio its time to pull his mask off, so that people can see what were dealing with here. Sen. Cruz i think donald trump had a tough night. Marc its all about getting votes. And whether it translates into votes on super tuesday or not, well, that remains to be seen. Aixa more than 500 delegates are at stake for republicans on super tuesday, with texas being the biggest prize. Live in washington, aixa diaz, kcci 8 news. Stacey republican senator Lindsay Graham says his party has gone absolutely crazy. Sen. Lindsay graham the most dishonest person in america is a woman. Whos about to be president. How can that be . My party has gone [bleep] crazy Stacey Graham spoke to lawmakers, aides, and journalists in washington last night. He says the gop has lost all semblance of sanity, by embracing donald trump. The South Carolina senator predicts an inevitable loss in november, if trump is the nominee. Well, democrats vote in South Carolina tomorrow, in the states open primary. Its the final contest before super tuesday. Poll numbers in the palmetto state predict a blowout win for hillary clinton. The but, nationally, Bernie Sanders is closing the gap. New poll numbers from business daily show the race virtually tied. Steve meteorologist kurtis gertz is back. This has to be a fun forecast to give. Kurtis beautiful out there, going to get better for the weekend read in the upper 40s. But it just feels better than that. Fairly dry, cold to the north in mason city. There are 30s along the Mississippi River valley. But near 50 presently in lamoni. Crystals clear, do not expect a big warmth on saturday morning. Sunny skies at 7 a. M. As the sunshine comes up at 6 53. But we will top out in the 60s. Should be a forecast high of around 63. So a nice warm up on the way. Hope you have a chance to get out and enjoy it. We have morning clouds, moving out quickly. There is one little band of high clouds that will move through tonight. They moved through as the night goes along. But by tomorrow, they should be out of here. We see nothing but sunshine. Look at these temperatures. 60 in st. Louis, minneapolis. Chicago has sunshine at 53. Western nebraska and kansas in the 70s. East, there is a frontal boundary that will drop in here. Definitely on the warm side of that. But on sunday, this will bring a contrast to the state with colder air in Northern Iowa. Maybe a chance for a spotty showers or two. What here is futurecast. Your timeline, not going to see much for cloud cover heading through saturday. The sunshine a good portion for the midwest. Heading into sunday morning, this is the sunshine. Notice that front, a few showers to the north. He could see a spotty shower on sunday. Wind will pick up behind this front, clouds come in. They move out sunday night. And that looks like monday, which will be a pretty nice day, we will see sunshine early. And in the clouds will push in a little later in the day. The one thing that will be consistent is, we are going to have some gusty wind over the next few days. Tonight, 32. Clear skies, southwest wind at 510. By the afternoon, gusting, warm and breezy. Sunny skies, 63 degrees just five degrees shy of a record high. Sound so good. Sunday is 56. But again, Northern Iowa in the 40s 60s in southern iowa. Monday, 60 degrees, still a little windy. But very pleasant. As we go to tuesday, we have a system to watch. I think the majority will stay to the south, definitely something to keep an eye on. Gore next week with 30s, eventually back to the 40s. Steve does a couple of accidents to tell you about way out in the western portion of the metro. First one is that jordan creek parkway, three vehicles involved in this one. And another one at 60th street out there and West Des Moines. A rollover accident that show you down, if youre headed out west. Across the greater des moines metro, things look really good right now for a friday afternoon. For the mix master. They look like this perfect. Where they should be, seven and six. Stacey now, a look ahead to the stories we are working on for kcci 8 news at 6 00. Cynthia im cynthia fodor. Its been two years since the f16s left the Iowa Air National guard base. See how the pilots are now, once again, flying missions out of des moines to keep our country safe. Vanessa should it stay, or should it go . Im vanessa peng. Coming up, ill show you why some ames Small Businesses want the Farmers Market moved. Andy big game for the iowa state cyclones. Scott reister will have a preview of that. Plus and i come final friday stacey today, in the buzz, hollywood is rolling out the red carpet for the 88th annual Academy Awards sunday. Steve but amid the preparations, protests are also planned. Its kind of hard to talk about the oscars this year, without mentioning the lack of diversity in then nominees. Stacey protests are planned in hollywood, and across the country, sunday. Rapper snoop dogg is the latest celebrity to speak out, saying, the oscars werent made for us. Steve variety awards editor tim gray says, the Industry Needs to change, out of selfpreservation. Tim history is at least 20 years behind what television is. And they will have to catch up, if people still want to go to the movies. Stacey as far as who takes home think there will be plenty of surprise winners sunday including best picture. After five nominations, this could finally be Leonardo Dicaprios year to shine. Brie larson is also a front runner for best actress. But theres no clearcut favorite in the supporting actor and actress categories. The calls were coming in as a unicorn running around out there on the roadway. Steve check this out. Folks, an escaped unicorn you heard right. Residents in one California Community could not believe their eyes, when they saw a tiny unicorn roaming the area. Now, it wasnt quite what people thought, though. Stacey the unicorn is actually a pony, named juliette. Shes dressed up as the mythical creature for photos with children. Juliette escaped earlier this week. And thats when authorities started getting calls and dispatched a search party. Juliette led the california Highway Patrol on a threehour capture. Oh, she is adorable. Bringing the bizarre incident to a fairy tale ending. Sandra the call came out, the unicorn was in custody. And i think, as tense as the situation was, i think it was the comedic relief that was needed at the time. And i laughed, and i cried, and i thanked god. Steve it is good to have her back where she is supposed to be. We will have is a sasquatch sighting. Steve first, it was the kids. Now, its the cats. Stacey this naughty cat somehow dialed 911 last night, from the ames pet hospital. Ames Police Posted this picture on their facebook page. They say officer vander zwaag made the cat promise to never call us again, unless theres an emergency. Steve do not do that, cap. T. Were back next with a final check of the forecast. Youre watching kcci 8 news at ats all this nonsense about balls . Pink balls, blue, yellow, red. Its hard to keep the whole thing straight. And all these socalled deals . Well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. Like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. U. S. Cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys dont. And as for deals . Hows 300 back for every line you switch . 300 no ball nonsense. Get 300 per line and a stronger signal, stacey we have some fantastic friday weather. Steve it is nice. Kurtis going to cool off, we dropped down to 30. Saturday is breezy. But hey, 63 with sunshine. Sunday is windy at 66. Maybe a spotty showers. A system to watch next tuesday, colder next week. So enjoy your last february weekend. Steve thank you very much. Thank you for joining us. As we leave you tonight, we will show you a little more video of the unicorn that was out there running around california. Very cute. Have a good weekend, everybody. [kcci captioning is brought to you by the iowa clinic] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, visit ncicap. Org] pelley the campaign deteriorates. Donald trump is a con artist. Pelley and the frontrunner get an endorsement no one saw coming. Also tonight, zika virus is confirmed in nine pregnant women one child has a birth defect. The deadly shootings in kansas. What might have triggered the rampage and the hero cop who stopped him. And Steve Hartman with the special bond between child and duck. Im his mom. Reporter youre not really his mom. Yup, im his mom. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this may go down as the week the party of lincoln devolved into a crippling civil war of the own. There was nothing grand in the old partys debate last night name calling, mocking, attempts at humiliation reached lows that many republicans would say are beneath the dignity of the office that the candidates are seeking. Maybe it reflected desperation, as time runs short before next weeks super tuesday, which is likely the last chance to catch donald trump