dustin jefferson will be sentenced in april.his mother is already serving life for in cedar rapids tonight... tonight...the eastern iowa heroin initiative w wl be his mother is serving life. >>> in cedar rapids tonight the town hall meeting will be addressing heroin use. it will be in the public library to discuss how to help people suffering. >>> lawmakers are battling over school spending. students from many schools are they are to state their to keep those programs, funding would need to be bumped up more than three-and-a-half percent. that's less than what iowa democrats want, and more than the republicans' request. "it's bigger than this one trip to the legislature its about them being citizens and productive citizens and knowiong what's happening in what those lawmakers are deciding." some of the students say although lawmakers may not agree with what they have to say, after today, they will at least know where they stand. elementary schools in the iowa city school district, districtill start nearly an hour later than secondary scscols starting in august. august.the school board vote

police found her body when they went to a home in tama to arrest dustin jefferson on a different charge. in 2014, a jury found jefferson's mother, ginger, guilty of first degree murder. she's now serving a life sentence. testimony during that trial implicated dustin jefferson's involvement in the murder. emerald ash borer is now on the university of iowa campus. a member of the landscape services staff found it. the invasive pest destroys ash trees. ash trees only account for about 7% of all of the campus trees. u-i facilities staff say they were trying to be proactive and diversified in what trees they planted on the city is encouraging people across iowa city to diversify the trees in their yards. the iowa city parks and forestry superintenden t also says it isn't necessary for people to cut down their ash trees immediately. he says it can take 8 to 12 years for the insect to decimate the local ash tree population. the emerald ash borer is now in 30 iowa counties. that includes black hawk, dubuque, linn and bremer. the iowa department of natural resources has instituted a statewide qu

police found her body when they y went to a home in tama to arrest dustin jefferson on a separate charge. in 2014, a jury jefferson's mother, ginger jefferson, guilty of first degree murder. she's now servivi a life sentence. testimony during that trial implicated dustin jefferson's involvement in the murder. two local photographer s are sounding the alarm about people being reckless around trains in cedar rapids. alex jordan and lance schaeffer are train enthusiasts, who have spent hours recording video of trains. they say they have captured many people at local crossings breaking the law when trains approach. some of the worst offenders are pedestrians. missed a speeding train by about four seconds. this happened at otis road back in august. "i don't want to be t te person to have to call 911 if you get hit. or if you almost get hit and the train has to go into an emergency. i don't want you family friends and engineer a conductor to go through that." the safety manager for cedar rapids and iowa city railway says employees and engineers are told to keep an eye out for people illegally

police found her body when they went to a home in tama to arrest dustin jefferson on a separate charge. in 2014, a jury found jefferson's mother, she's now serving a life sentence. testimony during that trial implicated dustin jefferson's involvement in the murder. two local photographer s are concerned about people being reckless around trains in cedar rapids. alex jordan and lance schaeffer are train enthusiasts, who have spent hours recording video of trains. they say they have captured many people at local crossings breaking the law when trains approach. some of the worst offenders are pedestrians. one group of runners missed a speeding train by about 4 seconds. this back in august. "i don't want to be the person to have to call 911 if you get hit. or if you almost get hit and the train has to go into an emergency. i don't want you family friends and engineer a conductor to go through that." the safety manager for cedar rapids and iowa city railway says employees and engineers are told to keep an eye out for people illegally crossing railroad tracks. they turn over numbers to polic

dustin jefferson's trial was moved to newton. the jury found him guilty today, of helping kill 32-year-old kerry o'clair jefferson back in 2013. this was dustin jefferson's 3rd trial on these charges. verdict. still to come on kcci 8 news at 6:00 iowa state is on the road , tonight for a rematch with texas tech. but one starter will not be suiting up for the game. stacey: speaking of basketball, the tournament coming up in des more challenging. sides to basketball star an fashion icon russell westbrook. and with coverage in the middle of anywhere from u.s. cellular, he can find some new ones. like, farmer. russell's brussels. russell speaking. paleontologist. hashtag t-rex. park ranger. where am i? and t.v. spokesperson. that's my line. i got it. with u.s. cellular, you can do all the things you like, from the middle of anywhere. announcer: this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 6:00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, chief meteorologist john mclaughlin, and sports director andy garman. stacey: basketball is a challengi

police found her body when they went to a home in tama to arrest dustin jefferson on a separate charge. in 2014, a jury found jefferson's mother, ginger, guilty of first degree murder. she's now serving a life sentence. testimony during that trial implicated dustin jefferson's involvement in the murder. it's on to south carolina and nevada after voters in new hampshire made their presidential decisions last night. the polls were fairly accurate for both parties. vermont senator bernie sanders ran away with win on the democratic side 60% to 38% over former secretary of state hillary clinton. sanders says it will take a combined effort from his entire party to win it all in november. "we will need to come together in a few months and unite this party and this nation because the right wing republicans we oppose must not be allowed to gain the presidency. " for the republicans, donald numbers were actually slightly better than projected. he won with 35% of the vote. after focusing time in new hampshire in recent weeks and months, ohio governor john kasich pulled in a strong 2nd place with

ago.a jury -- tuesday -- convicted dustin jefferson of aiding and abetting first- stabbing of kerry o'clair jefferson in 20-13. 13.prosecutors argued that ginger jefferson could not have acted alone and that dustin jefferson had his wife's blood on his clothes.in iowa -- aiding and abetting murder carries a life sentence. dustin jefferson will be sentenced in april.ginger jefferson is already serving life for the murder. a north liberty man's personal tragedy is bringing out the best in one local community. community.in 2010, todd bevans lost his sight in a car accident.since then arvo, his service dog, guided him.sadly, arvo passed away due to cancer. the blue bird cafe donated 10-percent of their sales tuesday to get a new service dog for todd.bevans says having a service dog helps him physically *and emotionally. "i ride a bicycle wherever i go because i'm blind but i got some usable vision with the service dog makes it a lot more easier and i feel a lot more safer. " " "one of the hallmarks of a great place is supporting the business that benefits from the support of the community in th

police found her body when they went to a home in tama to arrest dustin jefferson on a different charge. in 2014, a jury found jefferson's mother, ginger, guilty of first degree murder. she's now serving a life sentence. testimony during that trial implicated dustin jefferson's involvement in the murder. emerald ash borer is now on the university of iowa campus. a member of the landscape services staff found it. the invasive pest destroys ash trees. ash trees only account for about 7% of all of the campus trees. u-i facilities staff say they were trying to be proactive and diversified in what trees they planted on campus. the city is encouraging people across iowa city to diversify the trees in their yards. the iowa city parks and forestry superintenden t also says it isn't necessary for people to cut he says it can take 8 to 12 years for the insect to decimate the local ash tree population. the emerald ash borer is now in 30 iowa counties. that includes black hawk, dubuque, linn and bremer. the iowa department of natural resources has instituted a statewide quarantine. this means ash t

this was the third trail dustin jefferson has had on the charge of aiding and abetting in trial ended during jury selection and jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict in the second trial. his mother, ginger jefferson, is serving life in she stabbed her daughter in law to death in last night the university of iowa issued its third and fourth warnings this year about possible ssual misconduct on campus. fededal law requires the university to issue the warnings, but the one last night didn't give much information. it simply said university police received anonymous reports of two possible sexual assaults last weekend. one was in an east side residence hall on saturday, the other was in a west side hall on sunday. in both cases the alleged victims did not wt to cooperate with police. the warnings didn't even give the names of the residence halls. the university's public safety department says the vague information is not intended to generate leads for police. instead, it's part of an erall plan to make the community safer. the idea of timely warnings about possible sexual misconduct r

dustin jefferson faces aiding and abetting in first degree murder charges. this week's trial moved to jasper county after jefferson's attorneys said pre-trial media coverage wouldn't allow him to get a fair trial. the move also comes after jefferson's first two trials ended in mistrials. jefferson and his mother-in- law, ginger jefferson are accused of killing kerry o'clair jefferson in september 2013. prosecutors say ginger jefferson stabbed her daughter-in-law in the neck at her home after an argument. a jury convicteginger jefferson of fifit degree murder in m m of 2014. she later received a mandatory life prison sentence. whenever you see news, give us a call on newsline nine. that number is 319-365-9999, you and video to newsroom at kcrg dot com. let's go to meteorologis t chris havely for a check of your first alert forecast. chris, mild temperatures today, are those going to stick around? tonight, skies will bea mix of stars and clouds, with clouds being more predominant. temperatures will remain above average, dropping only into the mid and upper 20s

a jury convicting 40-year-old dustin jefferson of aiding and abetting first degree murder. his mother -- ginger jefferson -- is currently serving life in prison . this was the third attempt by the state to convict dustin following the murder in 2013. governor branstad spending time with students and teachers at one local high school - talking about specialized programing. kwwl's jessica hartman getting an inside look at waterloo west's culinary classroom witt the governor. the culinary classes are part of the districts career and technical education or c-t-e program. teachers telling branstad today - - the hands on program keeps students who might be at risk for dropping out engaged in learning. students got a chance to showcase their skills in the students "i was just going to tell you that i appreciate having this experieee." opportunity to share the love students and teachers havv for their specialized classes. but programs like the one at waterloo schools have says - - with today's workforce demands - - not doing anything isn't an option. tracehulme "now 20% of have got

the trial of a tama county man, dustin jefferson, is currently underway for a third time. he's accused of helping to kill his wife, and faces charges of aiding and abetting murder. last week, jefferson's trial moved to jasper county after attorneys said pre-trial media coverage wouldn't allow him a fair trial. the move also comes after jefferson's first t o trials ended in mistrials. he and his mother-in-law, ginger jefferson, are accused of killing kerry o'clair jefferson in september 20-13. prosecutors y ginger jefferson stabbed her daughter-in-law in the neck at her home after an argume. a jury convicted ginger jefferson of first degree murder in may 2014. she later rereeived a mandatory life prison sentence. an iowa city church working to stop construction of a new high-rise building in downtown iowa city is now letting the projeje move forward. last year, trinity episcopal church appealed a judge's decision to dismiss a lawsuit trying to stop construction of the chauncey tower. this week, the city council approved the settlement between the church and the tower's devel

a jury on tuesday convicted dustin jefferson of aiding and i can't getting first degree murder in the fatal stabbing in jefferson in 2013. prosecutors argue that ginger jefferson could not have act admission loan and dustin had his wife' blood on his clothes. aiding and i can't betting murder carries a life sentence, he will be sentenced in. >>> personal tragedy bringing out the best in one local community, todd bev ins lost his sight in a car accident, since thenenhihiservice dog has guided him, he passed away from cancer, blue bird cafe donated >> i ride a bike because i'm blind but i have some usable vision, but the service dog makes it easier and i feel more safer. >> one of the hallmarks a great community is supporting the members of that community, as a business that benefits from the support of the community, in this small way it's really a privilege and honor to be able to give back. >> if you would like to donate to the cause check out thisis story on cbs 2.com. >>> firefighters they con save the structure, now that community is helping the owner, here home tube. go fund me p

dustin jefferson was found guilty of aiding and abetting first-degree murder. his mother, ginger jefferson, was convicted of stabbing and killing 32-year-old kerry o'clair jefferson in 2013. this trial was the state's third attempt to convict jefferson. elizabeth: dozens of iowa high school students will lobby lawmakers at the statehouse today. the students will travel to the legislature to talk about increasing school funding for next year. on tuesday the senate passed a 4% increase but the house had previously passed a 2% increase. rapids has been studying what their district needs to pay the bills and what could happen without enough money. >> i know it is important. and i know that they are willing to talk to us, and they are willing to hear our stories, so hopefully mine will impact them. elizabeth: lawmakers say the issue will likely go back and forth between the two chambers for a while before funding is set. also at the statehouse. the push to revamp iowa's medical marijuana law will get a jump start today. republican representative peter cownie will be

this was dustin jefferson's third trial. the selection and jurors could not reach a trial. t-v nine. >>> good mororng. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following on this morning on "world news now." >>> a resounding reflection and rejection of politics as usual. donald trump and bernie sanders win big in new hampshire. john kasich's investment paid off. and the race for third place at this hour too close to call. our extended coverage is just ahead. >>> president obama is proposing a major new tax on crude oil that would raise the price of gasoline by 24 cents. it's part of his new budget sent by republicans dead d arrival. >>> soccer star hope solo says if she had to choose whether to go to the summer games in brazil right now, she would probably skip the games in fear about the zika virus. the u.s. olympic committee says it is keeping a close eye on the virus outbreak. >>> and denver's mayor says a million people turned out to celebrate the broncos super bowl victory, peyton mannininand his teammates rode on fire trucks throu