a fatal crash in fayette county led to a woman's arrest for child endangerment. emergency crews were called to the business resale therapy along highway 18 in clermont sunday evening. the fayette county sheriff's office said 38 year old james tackett's vehicle smashed into the building. he died at the scene, but a five year old girl in the back was taken to the hospital. investigators found alcohol may have played a factor. the sheriff's office also determined tackett is a convicted sex offender who didn't register his status in fayette county. they also learned the child in the car was the daughter of 27 year old hilary upton. they say upton knew he had not registered his status... and let tackett watch her daughter. charge. a pro-life group is welcoming the news that planned parenthood is closing its health center in dubuque. today, planned parenthood of the heartland said it's stopping its clinical services there immediately. the non profit says it's doing that because there isn't enough demand at the location on hillcrest road. dubuque county right for life a

well the fayette county sheriff says tackett was a registered sex offender-who did not register with the sheriff's office - and upton knew, but still let her daughter be alone with tackett. wl's lauren moss has been looking into this for the last speaking with sheriff fisher..she joins us now live with the latest. sheriff fisher tells me tackett was convicted of third degree rape back in 2007 in the state of washington. as a convted sex offender, he cannot watch any children- and ininestigators y his girlfriend was well awwre of that- but as we know, he was alone with upton's 5 year old little girl..who was in the back seat during that awful accident. the last time tackett registered was in 2013 in oelwein, but every time he moves, he needs to check in. investigators say he lived with upton and her children since november, but never registered saying he moved to clermont.. they say the night of the accident, he was running errands with the little girl. deputies believe alcohol and speeding were factors in this crash. tackett died on scene. meanwhile, the little girl is okay..however

the fayette county sheriff's office said 38 year old james tackett's vehicle smashed into the building. he died at the scene, but a 5-year old girl in the back was taken to the hospital. investigators found alcohol may have played a factor. the sheriff's office also determined tackett is a convicted sex offender who didn't register his status in fayette county. they also learned the child in the car was the daughter of 27 year old hilary upton. they say upton knew he had not registered his status... and let tackett watch her daughter. upton faces a child endangerment charge. a pro-life group is pleased that planned parenthood is closing its health center in dubuque. planned parenthood of the heartland services there immediately. the non profit says it's doing that because there isn't enough demand at the location on hillcrest road. dubuque county right for life applauded the decision. "very excited. very good news. we've looked forward to this. now we can have more time to continue our education efforts in more avenue instead of planned parenthood. " planned parenthood says it plans to

clinton county, union county and fayette county. they could be in the 10-15 degrees below zero range. hamilton county, brown, adams a winter weather advisory tomorrow, 6:00 until 4:00. let' s start with the wind chill. here' right now about seven degrees. the feels-like temperature, five degrees below zero. single digit temperatures all across our area and it will stay cold throughout the day. 13 degrees at noon. clouds rolling in at 6:00 tonight. sunny skies for most of the day. by tomorrow morning we are waiting for the snow to arrive. it really gets going after 7:00 and 8:00. 9:00 and 10:00 into northern kentucky. central and southern kentucky will get hit hardest. snow bands are moving out of the area by the afternoon. today 20 degrees and the wind is lightning up. it will be sunny and cold. daytime snow tomorrow. a system on friday is a big old question mark. it will hit pretty big on the east coast. it is still too early to call. into the weekend it does look like it will be dry with temperatures around 30 degrees. tomorrow mor

frost was also a factor in a two-vehicle crash that sent three people to the fayette county. it happened just before eight yesterday morning at highway 150 and 190th street. that's just south of west union. the fayette county sheriff's office says 23 year old sara shaffer of waterloo lost control of her car and crashed into another vehicle. first responders used the jaws of life to remove the driver from that second vehicle... 46- year-old kellie blanchard of west union. they airlifted her to a hospital with serious injuries. shaffer and her passenger also went to the hospital. law enforcement agencies across eastern iowa are working together to reduce gun violence. cedar rapids police hosted a summit that included police chiefs from a half- dozen cities. the city y s seen an increase in shots fired incidents over a five-year period. in 2009, there were 17 shootings - including two homicides. that number jumped to 93 shootings in 2014, with eight homicides. kcrg-tv9's chris earl tells how that group of police chiefs and a u-s attorney hope to change things. remains a componen

convicted sex offender that didn't register in fayette county. they say the girl's mother knew that, but left her five year old in tackett's care anyway. 27-year old hilary upton now faces a child endangerment charge. and investigators believe a dart bus driver may have suffered from a medical condition just prior to slamming into a des moines home last night.. the dart bus went through janet brown's living room. fortunately, brown had just left the living room and wasn't hurt. the bus driver and a passenger were treated for injuries. the unemployment rate is holding steady in iowa... the jobless rate remained at 3.4 percent... the number of unemployed iowans fell to 58-thousand-300 that's about 500-fewer than november.... and down 15-thousand from one year ago. iowa workforce development says the unemployment rate has been falling since january of last year. senate democrats released their budget proposal today... it calls for nearly seven-point-four billion dollars in general fund spending. that's less than governor branstad is proposing. democ

the fayette county sheriff's office says 23 year old sara shaffer of waterloo lost control of her car on the frost- covered ro and crashed into another vehicle. firr responders second vehicle... 46- year-old kellie blanchard of west union. they airlifted her to a hospital with serious injuries. shshfer and her passenger also went to the hospital. remember, whenever you see news, call newsline nine at 319-365-9999. you can also send pictures and news tips to newsroom at kcrg dot com. meteorologist joe winters joins us now. joe, when will the cooler air move into the area? we can begin to wave gogobye to the milder weather as arctic air is in sight. there is a slight some light snow on friday as colder air begins to move south. saturday features falling temperatures with the winds increasing from the north. as an arctic front moves through late saturday light snow is possible. wind chills will drop to dangerous levels between -25 to -35 later on precautions good night! tonight: chanan of mix late low: 25-31 winds: sw 5-15tomorrow: chance of snow, windy high: 27-33 winds: nw 15-30 back t

the fayette county sheriff's office said 38 year old james tackett's vehicle smashed into the building. he died at the scene, but a 5-year old girl in the back was taken to the hospital. investigators found alcohol may have played a the sheriff's office also determined tackett is a convicted sex offender who didn't register his status in fayette county. they also learned the child in the car was the daughter of 27 year old hilary upton. they say upton knew he had not registered his status... and let tackett watch her daughter. upton faces a child endangerment charge. a pro-life group is pleased that planned parenthood is closing its health center in dubuque. planned parenthood of the heartland said it's stopping its clinical services immediately. the non profit says it's doing that because there isn't enough demand at the location on hillcrest road. dubuque county right for life applauded the decision. "very excited. very good news. we've looked forward to this. now we can have more time to continue our education efforts in more avenue instead of spending time in front of planned paren

the sheriff's office also convicted sex offender who didn't register his status in fayette county. they also learned the child in the car was the daughter of 27 year old hilary upton. they say upton knew he had not registered his status... and let tackett watch her daughter. upton faces a child endangerment charge. and remember, whenever you see news, call newsline nine at 319-365-9999. you can also send pictures and news tips to newsroom @ kcrg.com. the cedar rapids community school district wants to develop more magnet schools. magnet schools focus on specific subjects and are designed to attract students from diverse backgrounds. the cedar rapids school district is applying for a federal grant to increase the number of magnet schools in the district. last august, the district started up the johnson steam academy, which focuses on science, technology, engineering, arts and math. these are second and third graders learning in their steam lab. next school year, the district will open its second magnet school - kenwood if the district gets the grant, school leaders want to open five

hilary upton turning herself into the fayette county sheriff's office. she was wanted for a child endangerment charge following a deadly crash in clermont. of that crash. authorities say the driver -- 38- year-old james tackett -- a registered sex offender -- was killed in the crash. a five-year-old girl -- who popoice y is upton's daughter -- was in the backseat at the time. she is expected to be ok. upton is now being held in the fayette county jail on two-thousand dollar bond. a vacant church is now jukt pieces of rubble after massive fire. here's a look at the fire we first showed you last night in lamont. saint peter lutheran church hasn't been used as a church since 2010 when it was turned into housing -- but nobodyywas living in it at the time. here's a look at what's left today the owners live right next door -- but was other neighbors who called fire crews to alert them. and they say the owners didn't even know it was on fire. (terry crow/lamont fire chief) "they didn''t even realize it was on fire. a neighbor, you know, stopped and nocked on th

throughout the night and right now, we're going to see a few sprinkles. and rest of us are dry. fayette county, western franklin county and ripley county are going to be seeing the showers and moving in first. they will be moving from the west to the east or southwest to northeast. we stay mild and we'll be breezy on and off light showers. we're not looking anything tenth of the evening. the area of low pressure will continue to move eastward. at 11:00, we'll be tracking on and off showers. and i doubt we'll get into a whole lot of heavier rain. we're not looking into a whole lot of accumulation of rain. cold front pulling to the east. we'll remain cloudy and we'll be a bit breezy with winds out of the west through the day tomorrow behind the cold front. we stay dry on tuesday. after the rain early in the morning. wednesday, we look to stay dry as well. a few flurries will move in. that will stay to the north of us, as a ridge of high pressure will move in late, we'll be seeing decreasing clouds. we're dry pretty much tomorrow and dry in the middle of the workweek as well. we'll slowly see slo

frost was also a factor in a two-vehicle crash that sent three people to the hospital in fayette county. it happened just before eight yesterday morning at highway 150 and 190th street. that's just south of west union. the fayette county sheriff's office says 23 yr old sara shaffer of waterloo lososcontrol of her car and crashed into another vehicle. first responders used the jaws of life to remove the driver from that second vehicle. 46- year-old kellie blanchard of west union. they airlifted her to a hospital with serious also went to the hospital. business leaders in dubuque now have a better ea of what to expect for the area's economy this coming year. 500 business leaders met at the dubuque chamber of commerce's annual business forect luncheon. financial experts say there's one thing that many businesses will have to deal with in the near future, interactive teller machines. i-t-ms are like a-t-ms but there are cameras on the machine that let customers talk face to face with a bank teller. when it comes to higher education, experts say students are looking for alternative ways to e

the fayette county sheriff's office says 23 year old sara shaffer of waterloo lost control of her car and crashed into another vehicle. first responders used the jaws of life to remove 46-year-old kellie blanchard of west union from the second vehicle. they air-lifted her to a hospital with serious injuries. shaffer and her passenger also went to the hospital. in a tv-9 follow-up this midday.... courthouse. pipes burst earlier this week, leaving a mess and cutting off warm air to the building. a portable heating and power unit from emergency management pumped heat into the building until the regular system was back. now the county is trying to get answers. " what the county has done is we've hired an engineering expert...and we have a manufacturer's representative on site trying to figure out what happened " officials found two leaks in the heating system for the jail and courthouse. facilities managers think there was an air pocket in the pipes. first, meteorologis t justin gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin... temperatures have begun their fall, and the drop won't stop for

fayett county sheriff's deputies say 38-year-old james tacket crashed into this business last night... he died at the scene, a five- year-old girl in his back seat was taken to the hospital ... investigators say she was the daughter of tacket's girlfriend. today - the clermont community is coming together to help clean up the damage at resale therapy. local volunteers spent the day cleaning up and logging all of the damaged items, so consigners can get their money back. the owner says the death is tragic, but she's amazed by the community support. chris larson- resale therapy owner in the three years that i have supportive of the business but ththy were here to help." larson says she is hopeful to reopen by the end of this week, all while the crash remains under investigation. in dubuque - this man's murder trial is getting pushed back. robert stern will go to trial for first degrr murder charges 26tt he's accused of shooting and killing his 27-year- old times in june of last year. according to court documents stern told police he was angry with her - so he shot. with just a week unti

frost was also a factor in a two-vehicle crash that sent three peoplto the hospital in fayette county. it happened just before eight yesterday morning at highway 150 and 190th street. that's just south of west union. the fayette county sheriff's office says 23 year old sara shaffer of waterloo lost control of her car and crashed into another vehicle. first responders used the jaws of life to second vehicle... 46- year-old kellie blanchard of west union. they airlifted her to a hospital with serious injuries. shaffer and her passenger also went to the hospital. and in an update from a crash in cedar rapids ww first brought you yesterday morning. five cars were involved in a crash near the edgewood road southwest overpass for highway 30. and while police were responding to that accident, the squad car crashed into a jeep. one of the officers had non life-threatening injuries. no one else was hurt. law enforcement agencies across eastern iowa are workink together to reduce gun violence. yesterday, cedar rapids included police chiefs from a half-dozen cities. in shots fired incidents over

independance man has been sentencecefor a fatal crash in fayette county. county.anthony fogle will serve 11-years in jail for vehicular homicide and drunk driving convictions. authorities say fogle was intoxicated behind the eel his pick-up truck.a passenger in the truck, branden samuel, was killed in the wreck. a cedar falls man is in jail for allegedly robbing a bank tuesday afternoon.. afternoon..26-year-old jon ellingson was arrested last night, just a half mile from the scene of the crime.police tell cbs 2 news he handed teller a note demanding money. money.this happened atathe first national bank on white-tail drive.police tell us he ran from the bank into the thunder ridge shopping center where he changed clothes.ellingson is now facing second degree robbery charges. did you know cedar rapids is the largest city in iowa without a senior center.cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson joins us live with how seniors are pushing to get a center now. now.ststhanie? stephanie?the board meeting wrapped up just a few moments ago.seniors came out to express th

fayette county sheriff marty fisher says..it's only because she was strapped into a booster seat. "any other location in the back have never been with tackett that night. he says tackett was a registered sex offender- convicted of third degree rape in the state e f washington ii 2007.. and fisher says- the little girl's mother...tackett's girlfriend 27 year old hilary upton was well aware of this... but still allowed hhr daughter to be alone with him that night.,.a night many people in the community are her. but he did not register county..which is required... whenever he moves ocations. in 5 days anytime they change anything he needed to change it phsyical damages- sheriff fisher says he's worried about thhchild..and he wants the mother to take responsibility. the department of human services is now looking into this case because investigators found out there were other children who were living in the house when tackett moved in back in november. . weve got you covered, lauren moss kwwl news. if upton is convicted she could face up to two years in prison. and a central iowa woman

i'm told a serious issue was the frost on the roadway, which is what caused this accident in fayette county, seriously injuring two people. five cars were in an accident on edgewood roadadn cedararrapids and a police car was in an accident on it's way to respond. and a mom and her accidents still felt the slick "multiple people told me they the melting, it's importantnto be (cg: d drin snedden) "when the weather is like it is we'll have a nice day like we're having today some of the snow will melt and obviously it ns across the road, once the tempertures drop again that will freeze back up." as for freezing back up i spoke with our meterologist mark schnakenbbrg and he told me whatever is left melted today will freeze overnight tonight, the iowa state patrol says to especially look out for areas on bridges and overpasses, as well as to never drive with cruise control on when it could be slick. we've got you covered live, kristin rogers...kwwl news. the iowa dot did prep some of the highways yesterday leading up to this morning, such as i- 380, which was not as slick as some of the county an

he is scheduled for our viewing area on saturday in allamakee, bremer, clayton, fayette counties. florida senator marco rubio has been polling third in iowa of late. he will be here in burlington on monday and cedar rapids tuesday, with that visit to the cedar rapids marriott planned for 8 am.. for the democrats, former secretary of state hillary clinton will appear in cedar rapids tomorrow at the new bo city market, between stops in davenport and des moines. the stop at the new bo city market in cedar rapids is scheduled for 3 p-m tomorrow. while we have all seen the running through iowa for months, the actual "business of running iowa" opens next monday -- january the 11th. the 2016 legislative session will start at the state capitol in 8 days. a similar balance between republicans and democrats has been in place for the past 5 years -- with republican governor terry branstad and a split legislature. democrats control the senate with a narrow margin, 26 to 24. while republicans hold the majority in the house 57-43. an issue that 2015 session was over k-12 education funding as bo

warren the same can be said in southeastern indiana and places like franklin county, union county, fayette county. outside of cincinnati, this is where we will see some hit or miss reports. pendleton, grant, ranging from 2 , maybe as high as 5 inches of snow. if you are getting 5 you are getting to the south and east. in mason county, robertson county, bracken county and also athens county. that is where the big event is for the system. that is what we thought from day one. the best potential for snow was out in those eastern and southern spots. there was going to be a dividing line somewhere north of cincinnati. the line is on top of cincinnati. we will continue to watch that. widely scattered snow showers mainly east and south of town. this goes through 8 pm. you'll notice on the model and there is 10 pm. is still there. that is why i have a minor we continue throughout the pink. tomorrow. weather advisory. for those of you where the snow is falling now, still likely as we continue through the evening. temperatures will hover in the mid-20s. tonight, we are down to 23 degrees as snow starts to

the fayette county sheriff's office was called sunday morning for a burglary. during the investigation, witnesses reported seeing a male subject near the area. deputies were able to find the person and identified him as brian latham. they also found that latham was wanted out of blackhawk county for an escape charge from the department of correctional services. once arrested, deputies found and a large amount of cash. countdown to the iowa caucus. republican presidential candidate ted cruz is in eastern iowa trying to lock in support just one week before caucuses. kwwl's shirley descorbeth is live from manchester where cruz wrapped up his campaign stop not too long ago. shirley...how was it? well, it's an empty room now here at the fireside pub and steakhouse...but it was filled with cruz supporters. eastern iowans are support. "this is the time for the men make." the republican texas senator addressed a full room of pub and steakhouse. cruz says if elected president -- his two main goals him talk about -- i don't think what they say the media and i asked him a

from riley road in fayetteville. 1600 customers in fayette county are without power tonight. reporter: you can look around fayetteville and say wow, this is a winter wonderland. this is pretty. but this is what caused problems friday. we had thousands of outages that were taken care of. minimal problems when it came to power saturday. we encountered the icy roads. all of this video is before 11:00 this morning. ii-95-mile marker 59, there was a tractor-trailer that ran in a guardrail. there was a car in a ditch. this was because of icy roads, black ice. you didn't think anything was there. but it caused a problem here. you head over here, this couple turned over in their pickup truck. there for hours waiting for a tow, waiting for help, because that road early on was covered with snow and ice. sampson continues to have a number of problems into the early afternoon related to ice. highway 24, that was shut down because it was just a sheet of ice. it was actually the first stop this morning, but a deputy turned us around and said we could not go over the bridge because it was t

a crash with a pickup hitting a garbage truck in fayette county sent 4 people to the hospital. the sheriff's office says it happened around 6-45 this morning on highway 18 about 2 miles west of west union. deputies say a garbage truck was backing into a farm driveway when the pickup crashed into it. the pickup driver, phillip white, his passenger... ...melinda scribner, both of nashua, suffered life threatening injuries. the garbage truck hit was collecting trash. he also suffered life threatening injuries. the garbage truck driver, dustin bunn of fairbank, suffered non-life threatening injuries. meteorologist justin gehrts joins us now with our first alert forecast. seasonably chilly weather is here to begin 2016. temperatures will be in the teens at midnight with wind chills in the single digits. we'll start new year's day with lows around 10, then climb to the lower 20s under a mostly sunny sky. the weekend is looking just fine with a partly to mostly sunny sky and highs in the upper 20s. uneventful weather rolls on until the second half of next week when a slight chance of

he is scheduled to be in eastern iowa on saturday in allamakee, bremer, clayton, and fayette counties. florida senator marco rubio has been polling third in iowa. he'll be in burlington today and cedar rapids on tuesday, with a visit to the cedar rapids marriott planned for 8 a-m. for the democrats, former secretary of state hillary clinton will appear in cedar rapids today at the new bo city market. that will happen between stops in davenport and des moines. she's scheduled to be at the newbo city market at 3 p-m today. one candidate behind in the voters. yesterday, republican presidential candidate mike huckabee spoke to a crowd of about 100 people in a suburb of des moines. throughout his speech, huckabee stressed the importance of iowa in the election process. in 2008, he won the iowa caucus and is sticking to his plans to win them over this time. " i don't think there's any shortcut than going out there and talking to voters one on one and organizing in every county. as of thursday we will have done events not just driven through and waved we will have done events in all 99 count

hilary upton turning herself into the fayette county sheriff's office. she was wanted for a child endangerment charge following a deadly crash in clermont. here's a look at the aftermath of that terrible crash. authorities say the driver -- 38- year-old james tackett was killed in the crash. police say he was a registered sex offender. a five-year-old girl -- who police say is upton's daughter -- was in the backseat at the time. she is expected to be okay upton is now being held in the fayette county jail on two-thousand dollar bond. a vacant church is now just pieces of rubble after a massive fire... here's a look at the fire in lamont... saint peter lutheran church hasn't been used as a church since 2010 when it was turned into housing -- but time. here's a look at what's left of the building... the owners live right next door -- but it was other neighbors who called fire crews to alert them. and they say the owners didn't even know it was on fire. the building was still smouldering yesterday- despite four fire departments dousing the church with 40 th

authorities say anthony fogle was driving his pickup on november 1, 2014, when it crashed in fayette county, killing a passenger and injuring himself and another man in the truck. the mother of the deceased testified at the hearing and said since her son died, her family will never have normal. the iowa supreme court says the state is making progress in addressing racial disparity in its criminal justice system. more than 700 workers received training helping them recognize biases that may contribute to the court also says three iowa counties are working on pilot projects that try to eliminate racial disparity in the juvenile justice system. countdown to the caucus... republican presidential hopeful jeb bush downplayed the role of ads in winning voters support. the former florida governor, discussing campaign ads at breakfast event in urbandale this morning. bush said iowa voters "have a way of kind of filtering all this out and making their decisions based on the information they have." his super pac has spent more than $60 million so far on ads, more than any other campaign or super pac.

fayette county sheriff's department says the garbage truck was backing into a farm drive when a truck driven by phillip white and melinda scribner collided with it. scribner was trapped and the jaws of life were used to cut her free. both white and scribner and one of the garbage workers were airlifted to the hospital with life threatening injuries. one person is dead following a car accident. the accident took place at the intersection of 215th street and oxford enue just north of oskaloosa. the iowa state patrol says a car driven by susan durian failed to stop at a stop sign and was dead at the scene. decision 2016... a major shake-up in the ben carson two top aides for the republican candidate have resigned. first, carson campaign manager barry bennett and communications director doug watts stepped down. carson's finance chairman, dean parker spoke to cnn about how this shake up is not unheard of. running for president, he shook up his campaign right before the doug watts are great gentlemen, carson wanted to work on the efficiencies of the campaign and focus on the campaign leader

fayette county sheriff's department says the garbage truck was backing into a farm drive when a truck driven by phillip white and melinda scribner collided with it. scribner was trapped and the jaws of life were useb to cut her free. th white and scribner and one of the garbage workers were airlifted to the hospital with police are called after a hunter falls through the ice. johnson county sheriff's department found jared bushell in a secluded area in the hawkeye wildlife area this morning. bushell was partially submerged in the water and unable to move. authorities put on cold water suits to pull him out. bushell rereeived minor injuries during the fall. a garwin couple is accused of using the city's !mbulance service money ff personal uss. kwwl's macleod hageman digs deeper -- and investigates the state's audit. mac? amanda -- the former garwin ambulance servii president anan secretary are accuued of using more than 13- thousand dollars for personal use. workers mismanaged money. a community of less than 550 people -- (nats... pick-up driving) taken for a ride -- as the city's form

two people were seriously ininured in fayette county after an accident and slick conditions left people injured from accidents in cedar rapids and waterloo. (cg: darin snedden/ them but the frost that was set on the roads was very slippery and hard to see." i'm told even though there is a lot of melting going on today, whatever is wet is going to freeze overnight. the iowa dot tells me they prepped big highwaysssuch as i- 380 llst night leading into this morning, most of the issues today were on city or county roads, and as mentioned those slick spots can be deciveing so be careful! we've got you covered live, kristin rogers...kwwl news. the iowa state patrol says to especially look out for areas on bridges and overpasses, as well as to never drive with cruuse control on when it could be slick. another slick roads accident it happened five miles west of marengo on highway 212 this morning. according to the iowa county sheriff's office, 18- year-old bethany clark and her 2- year-old son roran were driving when shlost controll the cc went into the ditch and hit a creek embankment - the ca

but fayette county sheriff marty fisher says the girl should have never been alone with sheriff "we are always concerned about children who are involved in situations or put into situations like this and if the fisher says the little girl is alive today because she was strapped into her booster seat. he says if she was sitting anywhere else in the back seat- she would have been severly injured. two people are arrested and charged with murder in a local cold case. 28-year-old christopher yenger and 27-year-old zachary dye each charged with two counts of first degree murder. authorities say the two started a fire that killed two people in wapello county in 2006. the two victim's are 20-year-old nathan messer and 22-year-old seth anderson of ottumwa. the case was reopened this month after authorities learned about a fight at the home shortly before the fire. drivers will be happy to know low gas prices aren't going anywhere anytime soon -- according to gas prices seen as low as a dollar and 66 cents a gallon in parts of eastern iowa right now. experts say the fuel prices should stay below

is your chance at four inches or more of snow fall from this system. are getting to parts of fayette county. across southeast indiana, butler county, very low chances foreseeing four inches or more of snow. as you get closer to downtown cincinnati we get to the 30 to 40% chance that we will get 3-4 inches of snow. we are in the purple colors there, we are getting closer to a 70% chance of four inches of snow based on the current information that we have. because of that, the national weather service issuing winter storm watches, switzerland, indiana, and expanded clairemont, brown and highland county, that is tomorrow, tomorrow night and saturday, the storm warnings for mount olivet, peeble, and adams and mason county, those areas look to have the highest potential to have significant snow. it's quiet today, teens this morning, low 20s this afternoon, skies will move mostly cloudy through the day. heading for a high of close to 30 degrees by late this afternoon. there's nothing on precision doppler 12hd. the clouds to the west us, they are moving through. here is an upper level low through

the fayette county sheriff says the girl should have never been alone with tackett -- a "we are always concerned mother is convicted it is an aggravated misdemeanor and could received a maximum up to two years in the state pen." fisher says the little girl is alive today because she was strapped into her booster seat when the crash happened. he says if she was sitting anywhere else in the back seat- she would have been severely injured. this week, we're learning new details about a former iowa football player who died. doctors say tyler sash had c-t-e. it's a brain disease caused by repeated trauma to the head. it's been found in dozens of former nfl players. police say tyler's mother found his body in their home in the state medical examiner says he died from an accidental mixing of two very powerful pain medications. doctors grade c- t-e on a scale from zero to four -- with four being the most severe. they say sash was at stage two when he died. just five days to go before iowans have their say. the candidates are very busy, but at least one could be on the sidelines tomorrow night.

he is scheduled for eastern iowa on saturday in allamakee, bremer, clayton, fayette counties. florida senator marco rubio has been polling third in iowa of late. he will be here in burlington on monday and cedar rapids tuesday, with that visit to the cedar rapids marriott planned for 8 am.. for the democrats, former secretary of state hillary clinton will appear in cedar rapids tomorrow at the new bo city market, between stops in davenport and des moines. the stop at the new bo city market in cedar rapids is scheduled for 3 p-m tomorrow. a monticello woman is thanking her sister and a "paired donor program" for being alive today. debbie hein was diagnosed with kidney failure a few years ago. her sister and wanted to donate their kidneys, but had incompatible blood types. so debbie's sister entered into a paired donor program, which allowed her to donate to another recipient. that allowed debbie to get compatible a kidney from an anonymous donor. "if it wasn't for that...it was what i would've called critical." during her kidney transplant, doctors found spots on her liver. tha

western half of the viewing area. this will continue to move oxford. we have a couple of showers in fayette county. that will continue to move aafrom the county, away from connorsville. connorsville, couple of sprinkles downtown, in the northern edge of lawrenceburg. that will continue to move showers near cold springs, moving northeast, rising sun in bellevue and a few sprinkles. rest of us are dry and cloudy and will remain that way throughout the evening, cloudy and we'll continue to see the chance for a couple of showers move in from the south and west along the weak cold front that's moving through. that's what's been kicking up the breeze. that will be the trend tonight and through the day tomorrow. here. that's have the light showers, moving in western tennessee and kentucky. we'll continue to see winds out of the south, southeast throughout the evening. right now, around 15 miles an hour. that's what's helping us bring in some milder air from the south. we'll continue to see temperatures in the mid 40s, pretty much all night long. 45 in lebanon. 46 at the airport. and 47 in alexandria. and

of the local 12 viewing area. we start to have the huge showers moving on in and eventually to fayette county and southeast indiana. we'll eventually get to butler county. that's what the clouds did little earlier on. that's the storm system moving our way. there's not a lot of moisture. spotty, light rain showers, changing over. few snowflakes priment. you could see that, it's mainly rain at 7:00 and 8:00. temperatures drop to the 30s. they continue to fall. midnight, a degree above freezing. few snow showers, mainly flurries. and one or two areas, barry light dusting. winds coming from the west, southwest. and we're pulling the warmer air for quite some time. with the cold front inching closer. we'll pull the air from the great lakes. even up there, it's not terribly cold. that's actually pretty warm this time of year, from the areas, up near detroit. the cool down is brief with highs in the 30s. warmer weather to the south. it's making a huge comeback by hour-by-hour, you could see some of the rain showers we have around. it's very spotty. we're not looking at a wall of steady light rain a

``saying go to the effect for clinton, fayette & union counties. we'll may not crack 20 degrees today. forecast just ahead. just in.. the cincinnati reds have announced that pete rose will be inducted into the reds hall of fame. the ceremony will happen this june. from baseball after reports he bet on the game. rose has asked for reinstatement more than once. more details on his selection to the reds hall of fame will come in a news conference this morning at 11am at great american ball park. kyla woods has a news 5 traffic update. single digit start. with the winds it feels like -5 at times. wind chill advisory expires at 10am for clinton, fayette and union counties. there it can feel like -10. sunshine today and a high near 20. snow returns during the morning drive tomorrow. expect and inch or two by the time it leaves in the early afternoon. heaviest mid morning. another system could bring us ``>>> this morning on "today's ``take," chris rock under ``pressure. ``should the oscar host boycott ``this year's awards? ``and then we'll catch up with o

today, this only includes clinton county (oh) and fayette and union county (in). as for our tuesday afternoon, skies will be mostly sunny, and temperatures top out at 190. so, it'll be another frigid day for the tri- state. that 190f will feel more like 120f once you factor in the wind. the first snow system we are watching will move into the tri-state during the day wednesday. only light snow will be here for the morning drive. but for later commuters, you tenths of an inch of snow to navigate on your way to through our area during the day and the majority of our snow will be done prior to the evening drive. due to the lighter nature of time it will fall over, this should lessen the impact on the roadways. in all, 1-2" of snow is possible. the 9 first warning continues to monitor this system that could bring a chance for significant snow on friday. this could be 3 to 5 inches, or perhaps more depending on the snowmaker. this is not a certainty as it stands, but i wanted to give you a heads up clearlow: 6tuesdaymostly sunny skiescold againhigh: 19tuesday nightincr

central and northern warren county and even most of clinton county, as well as franklin union and fayette county, not going to see too much. areas to the south and east, claremont, brown and through the kentucky counties and southern ohio, we're seeing some persistent snow shower activity on and off. that will continue at least until 11:00, 12:00 tonight. after that, we shut things off for everybody, by 8:00 tomorrow morning. we're waking up with mostly cloudy skies. we see some major improvements in terms of cloud cover through the day tomorrow. we'll still have to deal with messy roads, especially in the southeast area. here at home, areas north and 1-2 in the light blue area. 2-4 in the medium blue. we're looking at the potential for 4-6. tomorrow's forecast, it looks like this. 24 around 7:00. it will feel more like 10 degrees. it's going to be very cold. the breeze kicking in the north, northeast. chance for rain late in the day on monday, turning to snow shower activity on tuesday. we get back closer to average, in terms of temperatures. with the exception of monday. >> sounds good, >> all

well the fayette county sheriff says tackett was a registered sex offender-who did not register with the sheriff's office - they ss ms. upton knew that, but still let her 5-year old daughter be alone with tackett. kwwl's lauren moss has been digging into this and speaking with the sheriff of fayette e ounty- she joins us now live with the latest.. it's a tragic story that has taken a bit sheriff fisher tells me- the

hit 54 degrees. we're dry over downtown at les for right now. we have showers moving into frank county. fayette and union county getting in on showers as well. more showers starting to move in vevay indiana. next few hours. as you get back from work or school, we'll likely have rain around and wet roadways. we have seen any sunshine today, we're not going to. 48 degrees with winds out of the south. we're all into the 40s. we haven't seen any 50 degree couple pop-up. it goes down from here. getting today over the next couple of hours as the rain starts to move in. look what behind it though. you have some flurries, even a few snow showers. that's the big changes we're talking about, we'll talk more about how much snow showers to expect. frigid temperatures and single digits all in the planning forecast here shortly. >> the cincinnati travel sports and boat show begins today. it offers a taste of spring and summer. you can save $3 if you buy a ticket at kroger. the show runs through this weekend and next weekend and sunday. >>> the adopt a pet telethon from 10:00 to 1:00. there will be quite a fe

today, this only includes clinton county (oh) and fayette and union county (in). as for our tuesday mostly sunny, and temperatures top out at 190. so, it'll be another frigid day for the tri- state. that 190f will feel more like 120f once you factor in the wind. the first snow system we are watching will move into the tri-state during the day wednesday. only light snow will be here for the morning drive. but for later commuters, you could have a few tenths of an inch of snow to navigate on your way to work. scattered snow showers pass through our area during the day and the majority of our snow will be done prior to the evening drive. due to the lighter nature of this snow and the time it will fall over, this should lessen the impact on the roadways. in all, 1-2" of snow is possible. the 9 first warning weather team continues to monitor this system that could bring a chance for significant snow on be 3 to 5 inches, or perhaps more depending on the track of the snowmaker. this is it stands, but i wanted to give you a heads up to here.morning rushvery coldlow: 6tues

we have a windchill advisory for fayette county. you' re seeing windchill' s this morning up in dayton below zero. it is not as bad here in cincinnati. we have clear skies and lighter winds. looking to the north, you can see some clouds starting to come in our direction. they will act as a blank it for right now, a live look at fountain square. seven degrees is our current temperature. just a five on our -- five mile an hour wind. negative two, not want to be out for any long stretch of time. at noon, 17 degrees. it will feel like eight degrees. through the afternoon, clouds build in and temperatures will make it to the mid--upper 20' s. here' s our futurecast. sunnybrook cold this morning. clouds rolling in this afternoon . maybe passing flurries close to dayton. cloudy and cold for the second half of the day. tonight will be near the mid-20' s. tomorrow, warming things up quickly. such i will be out and we will yes, we will go from seven now to 40' s. turning cloudy as again the afternoon. 44 on thursday. 46 on friday. by late aft

the fayette county sheriff's department says james tackett was driving with a 5- year-old passenger in the back seat-- when he lost control of the vehicle and crashee into the building. investigators say tackett died at the scene. the 5-year-old was taken to the hospital. been a factor in the crash. we will continue to follow this story and havevemore at 5 and 6. meanwhile: investigators are trying to figure out the cause of a house fire. fire crews were called to the 5 hundred block of boston avenue around 8 this morning. no serious injuries have been reported. in iowa city-- a man is arrested after police say he was involved in a fight earlier this month-- where baseball bats, a shovel and a child's b bg wheel were used. police say on january 15th -- and strikig another man while his sister and others damaged the man's car with a baseball bat and broken shovel. hariston's mother was also seen throwing a child's big wheel at the man her son was attacking. chchges. police are now investigating a suspicious death as a homicide...as we learn the victim's name. des moines police responded

it's the tiger band from fayette county high school in fayetteville, georgia. their motto is excellence in all we do. that is certainly on display every time they perform. >> this is the tiger band's parade. in previous years, they have traveled to london to take part in their new year's day parade and also to honolulu hawaii for the wiakiki parade. >> the beautiful sounds of the tiger marching band from fayetteville, georgia. looks like our grand marshall is heading our way. this guy has been a good friend of mine for years. chris demarco. he was a three-time all-american florida and since turning pro, he has three pga tour wins. i had a chance to talk with him prior to the start of today's parade. you've had a lot of thrills. what about riding in the parade with your wife and daughter? >> it's fun being a orlando resident. it's a cool honor. proud to be here. >> and what would make this better? >> gators win. absolutely. be a great win today if they can pull it out. >> greg, our next float represents florida's fantastic hospitality and tourism industry and co

he is scheduled to be in eastern iowa on saturday in allamakee, bremer, clayton, and fayette counties. florida senator marco rubio has been polling third in iowa. he'll be in burlington today and cedar rapids on tuesday, with a visit to the cedar rapids marriott planned for 8 a-m. for the democrats, former secretary of state hillary clinton will appear in cedar rapids today at the new bo city market. that will happen between stops in davenport and des moines. she's scheduled to one candidate behind in the polls hopes to win iowa voters. yesterday, republican presidential candidate mike huckabee spoke to a crowd of about 100 people in a suburb of des moines. throughout his speech, huckabee stressed the importance of iowa in the election process. in 2008, he won the iowa caucus and is sticking to his plans to win them over this time. " i don't think there's any shortcut than going out there and talking to voters one on one and organizing in every county. as of thursday we will have done events not just driven through and waved we will have done events in all 99 counties. " democrat mart

the same thing in warren county in fayette county. the focus is east and south at this point. this is going up through midnight tonight. a few isolated snow showers across the tristate but it will be really be hit or miss. not leading to much accumulation. we have taken the old snow map and put on new numbers. finally seeing where the dry air and the cutoff has happened little to no snow expected from northwest. as you get southeast of town, that is where we get into that it will be closer to the inch potential. are looking at 6 inches and up potential. we are getting some snowfall amounts from there. on the satellite and radar loop you need to watch, we expected this to go north but look how this down. it is not our friend. winter weather advisories in purple elemental tomorrow morning. winter storm warnings in pink until tomorrow morning tulsa. some of those more northern spots may be dropped. the snow impact is not as great. temperature-wise we are around 26 closer to 10 pm. likely and moderate snow showers continue to be focused south and east. tonight, snow will come to a

advisory is in effect until 11am for the following counties: clinton, warren, butler, franklin, fayette, union, ripley, dearborn, ohio, switzerland, hamilton, clermont, campbell, kenton, boone, gallatin, owen, grant. a wind advisory is in effect until 1pm for the following counties: clinton, warren, fayette, union. during the late morning, the rain will continue to transition over to snow. the snow showers will taper off during the early afternoon leaving behind accumulations ranging from trace amounts up to 2 inches. reduced visibilities and hazardous travel are expected as the snow falls. winds will increase out of the west from 15 to 25 mph with gusts in the 40s possible. this will be as temperatures fall throughout the day. we will drop into the mid 20s by the midafternoon with frigid wind chill values. the cold conditions will stick around for a majority of next week with another chance for snow on tuesday. chef gary davis is here from horshoe how to make a hot smoked salmon recipe.... thanks for coming on. hot smoked salmon with wilted spinach, pickled red onions, brine 1 over sal

that died at the scene in clermont was a convicted sex offender -- and did not register with the fayette county sheriff's office. and the mother of the little the situation. police alcohol may have been a factor in the crash-- and the young girl was taken to the hospital and is believed to be ok. we will have more on this developing story at 5 and 6, also new at noon: dubuque police say they were led on a chase that started in galena --illinoisand ended at this home in dubuque. the story is continuing to develop we will have a live report in our next half hour from kwwl's shirley descorbeth who's on the scene. cedar falls police arrest two people in a sting operation set up to help nab a bike theif. police say they used covert cameras and a bicycle embedded with a gps receiver to catch the thieves that stole a 2-hundred dollar valued bike these two people were arrested. police say they found the bike in their truck in the walmart parking lot in cedar falls police say dull is a suspect in other bike thefts in the community, and their investigation is on going. cedar falls police say they've used

a crash with a pickup hitting a garbage truck in fayette county sent 4 people to the hospital with serious injuries. the sheriff's office says it happened around 6-45 yesterday highway 18 about 2 miles west of west union. deputies say a garbage truck was backing into a farm driveway when the pickup crashed into it. the pickup driver, phillip white, his passenger... ...melinda scribner, both of nashua, suffered life threatening injuries. the garbage truck hit jeremiah geary of fayette, who was collecting trash. he was hurt and is in serious condition. the garbage truck driver, dustin bunn of fairbank, was hurt but expected to be okay. crews are getting close to the halfway point of construction on the new northwest recreation center in cedar rapids. workers are six months in and have installed walls and windows and are now putting in some utilities. many people in the neighborhood have waited a long time for this center after the 2008 flood damaged the old one. the finished product will have a full-size gymnasium, a social room and a multipurpose room. crews say the mild weather along. " 8:

haven't seen too much in fayette county, though we're expecting the northwest counties to get the higher snow totals. northeast, closer to the surface stronger winds as it lifts out during the late morning. wind advisory from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. could see wind damage reports out of those counties with wind gusts at 40 to 50 miles an hour a potential. so the winds will be a factor today as well, especially this morning as this low pressure strengthens and lifts out. satellite and radar showing the back edge of the snow showers come through this morning pop once the morning snow bands come through, flurries into the midday. the rest of the day will be the winds, the falling temperatures, wind chills this evening in the single digits. tomorrow morning, wind chill near zero. we'll stay with the wind chills in the teens through the day monday. a quiet monday expected, but another cold front taking shape. you can see the snow developing, should bring snow back in for monday night/tuesday morning. could be a tricky start tuesday with minor accumulations. temperatures falling today. morning s