And, im sheila brummer. Nebraska voters will hear a lot about Capital Punishment between now d the november election. matt lawmakers abolished the Death Penalty in may, but a petition drive is bringing the issue to voters. Today, Death Penalty opponents made their voices heard at the State Capitol in lincoln. They urged voters to keep the punishment off the books. We are promised a punishment and made to wait for it for years and years and years. Today, the group called retain a just nebraska also unveiled their first commercial. Meanwhile, Death Penalty supporters say they too plan to reach out to voters before the november election. Have an update, tononht, to a plan that could make roads safer for cyclists in iowa. The iowa senate has passed a bill that would require motorists to change lanes when passing bicycles. It now heads to the iowa house for consideration. Supporters of the bicycle bill say half of all deadly crashes have been caused by a cars trying to papa bicycles without
Youre watching 9 on your side at 11 tonight Law Enforcement sources tell abc news the rusted folding knife reportedly held by a retired lapd officer for nearly two decades. Is likely not connected to the oj simpson murder case. Case. Investigators believe the blade is too small to have killed Nicole Brown Simpson and ron goldman. But police are testing the knife to be sure. We will look at anything that we believe has any validity to either assure people that this investigation was done appropriately. The case remains open. But because of double jeopardy. Oj simpson cant be retried is currently serving a 33 year sentence in a nevada prison for his role in a botched robbery back in 2007. Some are starting to train for the flying pig some are running for a cause some are just here for the beer. Beer. Thousands of people flow into the streets downtown and in over the rhine for the bockfest fivek this morning. It sold out this year. Bockfest is an historic celebration of the coming of spri
Some of you didnt get to voteits because at 4 clock if you didnt make into the parking lot you were turned awaynow all day traffic had been an issue easily more than 5 thousand voters trying to get through these doors here in boone countycrazy long lines today. My family wishes it was over. Been waiting in line for an hour to come a half a mile. Florence Baptist Church was the one location for boone county. Deputies directing lainhart made the journey and just walked. sara lainhart rabbit hash 42and it was a other ways to get here. We drove all the way into florence and turned around and had to park at a steak and shake and just walked organizers say they were caught off guard. phyllis sparkschairperson boone county caucus this has exceeded everything we couldnt imagined. Its overwhelming. Weve never had an elections with one location insidethis massive church 65 volunteers tabulating and directing voters organizers say the flow of the voters went well some issues causing delaysfirst n
Burn itself out so they can go through evidence at the scene. The community of spencer, iowa mourning the loss of a High School Wrestler who died over the weekend. Today, the clay county medical examiner says the preliminary investigation shows Austin Roberts died of natural causes. He was a senior at spencer high school. The case has been turned over to the state medical examiner. Austins father told nbc news that his son had never collapsed before and they dont understand what happened. One minute he was competing for the championship and was doing fine. The third period started and he just went down and never got back up. The high school was open yesterday for grief counseling. Roberts placed eighth at state tournament last year. He planned on wrestling and playing football at Iowa Central Community college in fort dodge. Well let you know when funeral arraignment have been set. Investigators have released the cause of a deadly fire in spencer, iowa over the weekend. Firefighters re
BEDFORD - The Stonegate Arts and Education Center on the Square in Bedford hosted a Skilled Trades show last Friday in several shifts. The first two sessions, 9 a.m. until 11 a.m., and 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. were specifically designated for students in grades 11 and 12. Students watch a machinery .