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right now a waterloo man is accused of luring two girls into sex trafficking. trafficking.officers say they ve arrested lawrence campbell junior. waterloo police tell cbs 2 news they discovered the crime earlier this week when they caught a girl shoplifting at the waterloo target. they say campbell met both 16-year-olds online and told them to come to waterloo from chicago for a better life. when they got there, campbell allegedly told them they would need to have sex in order to make money. police have now contacted the girls parents to let them know they ve been found. across the country hundreds of thousands of children are at risk for being sold into human trafficking.unlike other violent crimes this one can go un-noticed. un-noticed.one corridor woman who escaped the sex trafficking trade says we have to band together to stop the cycle.local organizations like chains interrupted also provide services to help survivors.but they say the only way to make su ....
with some of the storms. after a break on thursday, more active weather returns friday, ahead of a cold front, ushering in beautiful fall weather for the upcoming weekend. have a great night. tonight: storms become likely. heavy rain is possible. wind: sw 5-15. low: 70 tomorrow: occasional rain and thunderstorm s. heavy rain is possible. wind: firefighters say the riley s restaurant near downtown cedar rapids will need a lot of work before it s up and running again. a fire this afternoon extensively damaged the popular spot for breakfast and lunch. the restaurant s at 836 first 3:30 this afternoon. it took them a little more than an hour to get the fire under control. the fire itself didn t injure anyone, but one firefighter went to the hospital with a heat-related illness. kcrg t-v nine s jordee kalk is live outside riley s tonight with the latest. a good majority of the roof here, at riley s, is gone. the exact amount of damage inside the restaurant is unknown at this ....
many areas. over the northern half, isolated rain amounts of 4-5 are also possible. should this occur, flash flooding would be a concern, along with area rivers likely rising into the weekend. thursday continues to look dry with more storms possible on friday. this weekend will be a nice one with highs in the 70s and lows well down into the 50s. kickoff for iowa/iowa state will be in the upper 60s with temperatures falling to the upper 50s around the 4th quarter. thanks kaj. love water, not oil! love officers have pulled back from dakota access pipeline protesters in north dakota. that s because they say it wasn t safe for police officers. this after a federal judge has temporarily stopped work on some, but not all, of a portion of the dakota access pipeline the pipeline set to go through iowa. the standing rock sioux tribe is pushing a pipeline company because they say construction could destroy sacred sites. the judge says he ll make decision by friday on the trib ....
opportunity for that property to be redeveloped and back on the tax rolls which would be a win for the community. that property the mayor is talking about is the site of the original proposed casino site at 1st avenue and 1st street southwest. it s still owned by the city and there s been no rush to entertain other development proposals while still holding out hope for a the mayor says the original casino investors still have an agreement with the city, running three more years, to only work on their casino plan. but he says if this new proposal appears to generate interest, it s likely some deal could be worked out with the old and new investors. live in cedar rapids, dave franzman, kcrg-tv9. open for business. today, 11 story, 37-million dollar tower in downtown cedar rapids. the building on first street isn t completely done, but c-r-s-t headquarters is operating out of there already. companies that will lease space will move in next month. meteorologist joe winte ....