second period no score, laura stacey scores on the backhand, a goal for the captain give dartmouth a 1-0 lead. but later in the period, karlie lund skates in and scores one for the tigers. 1-1 after two periods, but the tigers got 3 in the third, and princeton goes away with a 4-1 when. pitcher robbie ross and the boston red sox have agreed to a $1.25 million, one-year contract a 26-year-old left-hander was appearances last year for boston. the red sox first workout for pitchers and catchers right around the corner february to/ / 19. time to start again baseball. -- picking baseball. tom: still to come on news 9 tonight. shelley: the information tom: the nasa space craft new pluto. this is a picture of the dwarf planet' s atmosphere. the blue ring is caused by particles in the atmosphere. horizons also shows there' s more s surface than scientists thought. ice we' pluto also has ice that' s actually frozen methane, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide. from pluto. thanks for joining us for shelley: jimmy kimmel live is next, followed by night line. have a good night. [captioning performed b

second period, no score, laura stacey scores on the back hand. the goal for the captain made it 1-0. carly scores one for the tigers to make it 1-1 after two periods. tigers got three in the third. >> and pitcher robby ross agreed to a $1.5 million contract and avoided salary arbitration. the 26-year-old left-hander was 0-2 in 54 relief appearances last year for the socks. the red socks first wok rk out for pitchers and catchers february 19th. so its 's right around the corner. >> thank you, jason king, still ahead, a new hampshire teacher is carrying on a family legacy. the sweet sent off before she >> and now to our you local hot shot, this is a samantha. she thinks she's a lapdog. don't they all? >> a teacher is ready to go >> they held a deployment ceremony that is also a guard member. how this prepared her for military life. >> stand up to give you a round of applause. >> students and staff said good-bye and good luck to their teacher lietenant morgan. >> it is going to be an adventure. it's exciting. i'm a little sad to leave the school. it

and trying to convince them to come laura terrell, kcci 8 news, --laura: laura terrell, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. stacey: on the republican side, candidates are gearing up for the first debate of the new year. donald trump, ben carson, senators ted cruz and marco rubio, governors chris christie and john kasich, and former governor jeb bush all qualify for the main fox business debate thursday in south carolina. some of those candidates are making stops in iowa before the debate, including jeb bush. the former florida governor speaking at the ffa enrichment center on dmacc's ankeny campus tonight. bush needs a big boost before the caucuses. he's polling in the single digits right now. the campaigning continues for bush here tomorrow. he'll be at the machine shed in urbandale at 7:15 in the morning. mike huckabee is also in iowa and rick santorum plans to host a town hall meeting in downtown des moines at noon. steve: taking a live look from our beautiful skycam. kurtis: no doubt about that, but the warm-up is already emerging to the west. below zero readings in minneapolis, but notice 20's to 30's in par

tonight at 10:00 laura terrell , explains the message of hope they have for other teenagers and families out there struggling. stacey: sports director andy garman joins us now. andy: we have a story of great the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. nothing more, nothing less. so we got the sirloin, the chuck and the plate. no fillers; that's it. all prized cuts, all well-marbled for richness and flavor. this is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. you can just tell that blend is working in there. and we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. and that's the culver's butterburger. announcer: from iowa's sports leader, this is kcci 8 sports. andy: a month ago, iowa state men's basketball team was ranked number two in the country by the coaches. the cyclones don't look like that during their recent funk. the early conference season struggles showed up again last night. when isu gave up 49 points in the first half at texas and ended up losing in overtime to the longhorns. isu is now 1-3 in league play. certainly not where anyone expected them to be. steve prohm

with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. stacey: our 2016 coverage continues right now. let's send it back to chief fodor. steve: she's standing by live with a representative from the jeb bush campaign, cynthia. cynthia: that's right. we are just outside the spin room and with me is david kochel , the chief strategist in iowa for the jeb bush campaign. how'd he do tonight? do you think he was able to get more air time without donald trump around tonight? >> he certainly got more air time but i think it was jeb bush's best debate so far. i think he looked like a president and sounded like a president and the absence of trump i think removed some of the side show and the debate was a service to iowans for people who have serious plans and who can talk about the record and i think having a little bit more time and also removing some of the theaterics and the celebrity for iowans to see what these the country. cynthia: and he did have lighter moments right off the top where he said i kind of missed donald trump a little bit. you mentio

stacey: new at 10:00 a marion , county father is suing his son claiming the son murdered his mother. kcci's laura terrell explains why he decided to file to wrongful death lawsuit even though criminal charges have not laura? laura: 68-year-old shirley carter was found dead in her rural marion county home in june. and now 7 months later, shirley's husband bill says he has no doubt his son committed the crime. >> i'll never get over losing her. she is the best thing that ever happened to me. laura: bill carter still wears his wedding ring in his home filled with pictures of his wife of 52 years. >> this is shirley and i's 40th wedding anniversary picture. that's the one she got dressed up for. laura: shirley carter was found dead inside their home on bill june 19. was at work. he says there youngest son jason is the one who found shirley dead on the kitchen floor. did. he needs to pay. seven months after the murder, bill carter and his two other wrongful death suit against jason. >> the reason we decided to file was because we were afraid there wouldn't be any justice for shirley. shot and killed h

stacey: new at 10:00, rape case closed. authorities in marion county say dna evidence has solved a cold case nearly 8 years later. kcci's laura terrell explains. laura: 44-year-old james murphy is now facing sexual abuse charges for a crime authorities say he committed in 2008, all because his dna came up as a >> we are glad to hopefully have a resolution for her, even though it is almost eight years later. laura: detectives say they're happy a marion county woman can finally have some peace in bars. he is 44-year-old james murphy. authorities say, in 2008, murphy kidnapped the woman at knife point in rural marion county and sexually assaulted her in a vacant house. >> the offender was not known to her at that time and that's why so long -- so much time has elapsed. laura: fast-forward to 2014. murphy is charged with sexual assault, this time in decatur county. his dna profile is submitted to the codis, the fbi's national dna database, and recently matched the unsolved case from 2008. >> we hope that this stands to show other people that you can't get away with a crime and it will come back on you. laura: murphy escaped from

stacey: right now at 10. skipping the debate. republican front-runner donald trump refusing to face fox news. he announced his decision in marshalltown tonight. steve: kcci's laura terrell was there and has new reaction to the risky move. andy: donald trump was adamant when he told the press that he will not be participating in thursday's debate. he says he'll stay in iowa and hold an event of his own at the same time. trump: they can't toy with me like they toy with everybody else. so let them have their debate, and let's see how they do with the ratings. ratings. in a small marshalltown gym room donald trump told reporters, a fox news press release is what set off his decision to pull out of thursday's republican debate in trump: when i see a press release written by a child like i just saw i said what do i have to do? why do i have to make fox rich? andy: -- andy: -- reporter: trump says he's in no way concerned that dropping out out of the debate will hurt his chances here. iowa. i love iowa. and i don't think iowa is going to care. and at least one iowa voter agreed. that i think it is probably ok if he doesn't. republican party of iowa officials say trump