The very first to be stalled in fairfax county. Take a look at this morning as pedestrians punched the button for the first time and put it to the test. The signal then activates the overheadlight to eventually turn to solid red and that stops traffic in both directions so the pedestrians can safely cross. It was put at this location to solve a frightening situation. An Elementary School right across the street from a big Apartment Community where many of the residents live. But the closest intersection with crosswalks were blocks and blocks away. Unfortunately, drivers are really distracted and at a minimum they are crossing where there is a crosswalk and here we had none so we gave people no option. Now that the option is here, we want to make sure everybody uses the crosswalk to cross the street. As you can see behind me, this is a busy road. Reporter now, when i join you at 5 00, we have obtained Security Camera video. Why it shows something that is every drivers nightmare. Back to
Picture provided by urbandale police, fired a gun at police officers. Three officers are on paid administrative leave tonight Sergeant Jeff casey and officers Anthony Brooks and justice weaver. Police have not released any more information about the incident. Steve a weather system bringing rain and possibly snow now headed toward central iowa. Kurtis is going to be a beautiful evening. Computer. In the dakotas, generally rain. In colder air will move in. Still some cars in the ditches. Turkey towing up there around boone. Below the freezing mark. Weve still we will see some fog forming later tonight. This system should move out, and by noon tomorrow, around 34 degrees. The big story after this system is spring fever. If a warmup moving in . Is a warmup moving in . 30s into the 50s for three days. Stacey flags around iowa are flying half staff today to honor u. S. Supreme Court Justice antonin scalia. The 79yearold was found dead in his room at a texas ranch saturday morning. Governor
[kcci captioning is brought to you by the iowa clinic] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] mollie it happened in the 100 block of north lucas. Our vanessa peng just arrived there in the past hour. She joins us now live on the phone. Vanessa, what can you tell us . Vanessa it happened yesterday around 8 00, on valentines day. Its in the 100 block of north lucas avenue. Its kind of an industrial area, there are some older buildings and some that arent occupied. The one we are seeing that we do believe may be it happened here, but we have not had it confirmed from authorities that happen, theres an apartment complex over here. What happened was, authorities found both the victim and the suspect had gunshot wounds. Both the victim and suspect were transported to area hospitals, and then Center Des Moines hospitals. What were learning from authorities right now is that the Iowa Division of
Eric also this morning taylor swift swipes back at the naysayers with her acceptance speech at last nights Grammy Awards. Who one, who lost and who outdid themselves with their performances ahead. Eric good morning everyone and welcome back. Its tuesday february 16. Im eric hanson. Elizabeth im elizabeth klinge. We want to get over to metinka. We have a wintry mix coming down. Metinka it looks like a whole rainbow out there. Superbright colors are snowflakes that are melting as a are falling. As they are falling. Watch for freezing rain to make said. That could two makes in. Temps have been key overnight here it 36 degrees right now here it up to the north in ames, it is only 32. We are expecting the rain to temps dont get a chance to warm up at all. Well have a blustery afternoon. We are looking forward to the warmer days in the forecast. Eric and you may notice some slick spots out there on your drive this morning Shaina Humphries is here. What are the latest conditions right now . S
Its kind of a sad day when you lose one of your neighbors thats been here for r ite a few years id see them out in the yard, on the porch with their plants and stuff and they like to be out with their garden and trees and whatnot. Neighbors say they heard firefighters found Ronald Jacobs near the front t f the mobile home and karen jacobs in another room. Ronald jacobs was pronounced dead at the scene. Cedar rapids fire investigators have no this mobile home yet for for the moment its labeled as undetermined. Live in cedar rapids, Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. Remember, whenever you see news hapapning, call newsline nine at 319 3659999. You can also send pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Lets turn now to a live look city cam. You can see much of the university of northern iowas snowfalls. Us now. Joe, we could see some more light snow tonight . An area of low pressure pushes across eastern iowa tonight bringing the chances for a wintry mix. The precipitation looks light i