woman was sitting at her dinning room table--when a man backed his car through her living room kwwl's taylor bailey joins us live from the scene now. taylor? the woman who lived inside this appartment tells me the car stopped just three feet from her--she says she is blessed to be alive. a massive hole--left in the side of this appartment debris iscattered in the living room wall the couch where the renter usually sits--covered by pieces of the wall she says--had she been sitting there--she would have been hit releived she chose to sit gonna sit down i know it wasn't and just heard a big boom and then just to see a car sitting there" the driver of the car--rivers calhoun is facing charges operating while

was fixing his obviously damaged car. i talked with rivers today who admitted to backing into her home. though he tells me he wasn't drinking--police and neighbors say otherwise. hear from him in the story i'm working on for six. live in waterloo...taylor bailey...news seven...kwwl no one was hurt in the accident. rivers was also charged with driving with a revoked license. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for the first look at your like? 7 weather team. see the screen information from the kwwl 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: this afternoon and a good light through the day monday as we warm to the upper 30s and low 40s. however, changes increase this afternoon to mostly cloudy by tonight. a storm system to our south west is tracking closer to eastern iowa through the day today. by tonight, we could see reaches our region tomorrow, any wintry mix will change over to rain through most of tuesday. rain is expected to continue into wednesday as

light wintry mix later this week during the early morning hours of thursday. however, thanksgiving day and friday look mainly dry, although partly cloudy. highs will stay in the this afternoon and a good portion of this evening will continue to be mild. winds stay light through the day monday as are coming to our weather a man dies from complications from a shooting 15 years ago... the case, now being considered a homicide. driveway back in 2001- north told police two men knocked on his door demanding his truck- when he refused, they shot him. the shooting left him paralyzed for 15 years from his armpits down. no one has ever been arrested. shawn's sisters have been caring for their brother. and it's been 15 years of from this shooting. not only when he got shot we had to worry about oh my god

the same. you could never be the same. after the shooting the two men took off- leaving shawn's truck behind. his sisters are hopeful with more attention on the case now, the suspects will be found. the man who kidnapped and killed an 11-year- old boy in minnesota gets 20 years in fedearl pision. danny heinrich got that sentence as part of a plea deal. he pleaded guilty to child pornography. that was part of an agreement involving his confession to kidnapping and murdering jacob wetterling in 1989. he led investigators to the boy's body in september. and a reminder...right here in eastern iowa -- the search

elizabeth collins. the cousins were taken in evansdale in 20-12 -- their bodies were found several months later a reward is available for anyone with information that leads to an arrest decision 20-16 coverage tonight... the list of president elect donald trump's cabinet member continues to grow trump's administration saying he's not rushing to fill his cabinet members names topping the list- rick perry...trump's former primary rival and mitt romney trump spending the weekend with romney trump advisor kelly-anne conway making this statement president elect trump has been doing this flurry of non stop on the many different people from diverse backgrounds he's met over the last two weeks. executives and anchors from the

today no one commented on what that meeting was about and the national security agency is being audited... this ncoming as two officials call for the dismissal of the man in charge now, officials say they're lookng into the nsa's effecectivenes...esp ecially when it comes to security breaches an iowa city man is in custody tonight... police are saying he committed multiple car burglaries and thefts saturday police say jose admiitted to burglarizing cars back in august items such as speakers, a hunting bow, boxing gloves, a fishing rod, and cash were taken among other things jose was identifies through e-bay ..where police found some of the stolen items for sale he now faces multiple charges if convicted, jose could spend up to 22 years in prison a long serving area church is being renovated into a community center.

it closed several years ago...and was at risk of being demolished. but then a group of people came together to save it. many in the city -- with strong ties to the church. "i grew up downtown on 9th and white, and st. mary's was my parish, i was baptized and confirmed here. i was also married here 48 year ago this month." square. it's campus will include a vibrant community center, also daycare for kids... and the former school is being transformed into an affordable apartment building. the whole project is scheduled to be done in 20-19. with thanksgiving this thursday, we're in the season of giving. and in that spirit, three waterloo men have spent the past few days handing out turkeys to homeless shelters around town. spreading the message of giving and hoping to encourage

speaking with them earlier today. amanda-and each of these men have overcome their own obstacles to get where they are today. which is why they decided to do one meaningful. video of them giving turkeys to house of hope just isn't the same, it ain't the same anymore, and marcus looked at me one day and said well what are we doing to change it?" tired of the negativity- these three friends decided to be a step towards change. so marcus, chuck and cottrell bought a few turkeys and donated them to families who thanksgiving. places like house of hope. karine rowe "they don't have grandma that's making this huge dinner for them, and showing up to this already come in and say here, take it drawing in more than a thousand likes.

want our community to look like. norris seeing the effects of negativity in this community first- hand. "when i was 7 years old i was shot in the head so basically i was traumatized from a young age, i lost my mom, lost my dad, so that's what basically made me wanna change, to get others, use my testimony to inspire others that you can chase your dream and your life. such an amazing group of guys. and that message of being the elizabeth amanieh news 7 kwwl house of hope as well as other organizations are accepting donations. visit our website kwwl dot com for

coming up... fighting fire to fighting hunger eastern iowa firefighters are helping out for the holidays and.... you won't believe what one set of grandparents are saying set off this fire that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast next. "this is kwwl news at five. meteorologist mark schnackenberg and sports with rick coleman. we've got you covered." --------- --------- --------- "now your storm track 7

but is there snow in the forecast? let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your full forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: this afternoon and a good portion of this evening will continue to be mild. winds stay to our weather pattern. clouds will begin to increase this afternoon to mostly cloudy by tonight. a storm system to our south west is tracking closer to

some light wintry mix north of highway 20. once this system reaches our region tomorrow, any wintry mix will change over to rain through most of tuesday. rain is expected to continue into wednesday as well. we have another chance of of thursday. however, thanksgiving day and friday look mainly dry, although partly cloudy. highs will stay in the low to mid 40s through the weekend. this afternoon and a good portion of this evening will continue to be mild. winds stay light through the day monday as we warm to the upper 30s and low 40s. however, changes mostly cloud b a storm system to our south west is tracking closer to eastern iowa through the day today. by tonight, we could see some light wintry mix north of highway 20. once this system reaches our region tomorrow, any wintry mix will change over to rain through most of tuesday. rain is expected to continue into wednesday as well. we have another chance of light wintry mix later this week during the early morning hours of thursday. however, thanksgiving day and friday look mainly dry, although partly cloudy. highs will stay in the low to mid 40s through the weekend. this afternoon and a good portion of this evening will

we warm to the upper 30s and low 40s. however, changes are coming to our weather pattern. clouds will begin to increase this afternoon to mostly cloudy by tonight. today. by tonight, we could see some light wintry mix north of highway 20. once this system reaches our region tomorrow, any wintry mix will change over to rain through most of tuesday. rain is expected to continue into wednesday as well. we have another chance of light wintry mix later this week during the early morning hours of thursday. however, thanksgiving day and friday look mainly dry, although partly cloudy. highi weekend. this afternoon and a good portion of this evening will continue to be mild. winds stay light through the day monday as we warm to the upper 30s increase this afternoon to mostly cloudy by tonight. a storm system to our south west is tracking closer to eastern iowa through the day today. by tonight, we could see some light wintry mix north of highway 20. once this system reaches our region tomorrow, any wintry mix will change over to rain through most of tuesday. rain is expected to continue into wednesday as well. we have another chance of

thanksgiving day and friday look mainly dry, although partly cloudy. highs will stay in the low to mid 40s through the weekend. this afternoon and a good portion of this evening will continue to be mild. winds stay light through the day monday as we warm to the upper 30s and low 40s. however, changes mostly cloudy by tonight. a storm system to our south west is tracking closer to eastern iowa through the day today. by tonight, we could see some light wintry mix north of highway 20. once this system reaches our region tomorrow, any wintry mix will change over to rain through most of tuesday. rain is expected ton well. we have another chance of weekend. a big grocery list...for an even bigger cause

out to feed others they're helping serve their communities in a unique way and a sound guy gets sacked a football worker brought to the floor --------- ---------

hunger. an eastern iowa grocery store and fire station team up to give back.

together this holiday season -- to help families put thanksgiving dinner on the table kwwl's amanda gilbert has that feel good story department has a big grocery list.... "lets go back and get "fresh sweat potato." " cranberry sauce" allt his food the fire station is getting... isn't for them... they're getting thanksgiving meals for 4 different cedar falls families." "it's what we do. firefighters are here to help protect and serve their communities and this is all part of that.." the firefighters are buyingwo "thank you" and the cedar valley hy-vees are buying the other two.. . "thanks for waht you guys do." appreciation, that's the part that makes you feel good." trying to help less people go hungry on the holidays. "that looks good." in cedar falls... amanda

the cedar falls fire station asked area schools who they should buy the meals for... families then picked up their food from the station later in the day. the fire station says they're going to buy christmas gifts for kids in a few weeks. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... a christmas crisis... a toy catching fire before its even and.... one man gets way too into a football game --------- ---------

officers were shot in three different states all within a 24- hour-period authorities saying in at least two of the shootings...the officers were targeted the shootings happening in texas, missouri, and florida... communities are in mourning tonight this all coming after two iowa officers were shot and killed in two separate ambush style shootings last month a hot toy may be to blame for a truck fire...

take a look at the blaze grandparents bought a tonka truck from toys "r" us as a christmas present for their grandson in washington but apparently, the toy burst into flames on the ride home toys "r" us responded with an apology, a refund, and a recall. they say it's an isolated incident...but the toy is pulled from shelves for now apple is offering free replacement batteries to some i-phone six-s users whose phones abruptly shut down for no apparent reason. small number" of phones made between september and october 20-15 are affected. this comes less than a week after a group in china launched an investigation into the problem. apple says it is not a safety issue. thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel days of the year now...an insurance company is trying to keep drivers safe allstate will offer roadside rescues for just two dollars through its app and mobile

free...emergencies include tows, flat tires, and things of that nature all to make sure you get to your destination in time for turkey a sound guy gets sacked... the minnesota viking defense is known to take down opponents on the field... even if you aren't dressed in pads and on offense. a sound guy was focused on is don't worry...he's ok and was here's a live look at the dubuque skycam. storm track seven meteoroligst mark schnackenberg has a final look at your weather --------- --------- --------- ---------

how's it looking out there for thanksgiving? from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen

stormtrack 7 weather team: thanks for watching the kwwl news at five. "nbc" nightly news" is next. weather when you want it, on kwwl-dot-com. and we've got you covered in 30 minutes on the

breaking news tonight. school bus horror. several students killed, many injured, when the bus slammed into a house and wrapped around a tree, splitting it in half. we have a late report. manhunt for a killer. police officer ambushed and assassinated, a deadly stretch for law across three states in just 24 hours. holiday week storm blanketing a big part of the country threatening to make a travel nightmare for billions. beating black friday, skipping the crowds but not the savings. how knows those in the know are already getting big deals ri ght now. and glory days, our monday inspiring america. the 55-year-old father who just made college football history proving it's never too late to live your dream. "nightly news" begins