that's a big deal in that lyon county community. kolo 8 news now's ed pearce tells us why. 00-:13 :13-:17 :17-:45 :45-:48 :48-1:34 doesn't get a lot of respect. thousands live here, but it's lacking in jobs, commercial activity, in fact many of the services other communities take for granted. hoyen: "i don't know if we can say this, but it's like it's the red headed step child of fernley, reno, fallon." the location does have some advantages. it's the crossroads for two highways. lahontan reservoir is right next door and it has an airport some much larger communities would envy. but, if you live here, you have to drive elsewhere for groceries but it's like it's the red headed step child of fernley, reno, fallon." the location does have some advantages. it's the crossroads for two highways. lahontan reservoir is right next door and it has an airport some much larger communities would envy. but, if you live here, you have to drive elsewhere for groceries or even to work. that may help explain why the renovation and reopening of this g

saying that already people in churchill county and northern lyon and southern lyon county are thinking about the problems ahead and so it's exciting on one hand, but also challenging on the other. >> and you visit all the various government groups around from city council to the legislature, do you think we're preparing well enough? it seems to me everybody is aware. this isn't a possible thing that may happen, this is a real thing that is actually occurring. >> it is no secret. our governing councils are aware and want to plan for it. what you are starting to see, we talked before, this bubbling up of anti-growth sentiment. joe mentioned washoe county school district, that is a problem. we have overcrowding before the first tesla kid comes to the district. we're trying to get hated with a ballot question. tax increase, to build more school, will be difficult for i think we are well prepared. rtc 5, we passed a couple years ago, southeast connector going through. taking care of that stuff. school is a problem. peep they'll live here a long time don't want new people and new traffic and

the district includes most of northern clark county, part of lyon county, and all of esmeralda, lincoln, mineral, nye and white pine counties. 3 (samantha)>> with one month to go before the nevada caucuses .. democrats held a mock caucus training last ngiht... to help people understand how it all works. assemblywoman "amber joiner" of the 24th district was able to teach those who attended the training .... about how to democratic caucuses.but what if you're not a registered democrat and want to vote in the upcoming caucuses? party leaders say it's not a problem if you're a registered

lyon county, our neighbors to the right or left of us, in this case, dealing with fernley, and making sure they are at the table, as well. >> for folks watching in las vegas that think this doesn't have anything to do with us, it has a lot to do with them because of apex and farraday, they are dealing with the same issues. >> same issues. >> you have experience in economic development after you deputy director for northern nevada development authority, responsible for folks in storey count and he those areas outside of washoe. >> right. right. >> as you look at what is anticipated just with switch and tesla to be tremendous growth, now lance gilman was on the program talking a couple weeks ago, another project in the works that is 4000-plus acres, the size of switch and tesla combined. >> right. >> coming into the marketplace and looking good that deal will happen. that is even more intense than we saw before. i'm saying it is good news, but the fact is that we'll have to deal with it and through the city and counties. >> right. lance is a visionary. lance and roger. they are visionar

lyon county school superintendent wayne workman issued an apology on tuesday and said the district was taking the appropriate action. chipotle has been hit with a federal grand jury subpoena in the wake of a norovirus outbreak. the subpoena is part of an investigation by the f-d-a's office of criminal investigations. it requires chipotle to hand over several documents related to a about 100-people were sickened there by norovirus in august. chipotle says the incident was isolated and it will cooperate fully with the federal investigation. a new study suggests some parents are definitely getting less sleep-- than the rest of us. doctor timothy johnson explains why. script: the buzz of the alarm clock? do you have to drag yourself out of bed? it might be because you're a particular kind of parent. a single one. a new c-d-c study shows that when it comes to sleep, single mothers crave it, and are the most likely not to get it. researchers used a large national survey to look at sleep duration and quality? more than two in five single moms get less than seven hours of sleep a night. adults

yesterday, lyon county school superintendent wayne workman issued an immediate apology, reading in part, "we of the image and regret that it was used." workman could not say what consequences the teacher might face, citing personnel privacy issues. he did say the district was taking appropriate administrative action. in dayton, ed pearce kolo 8 news now solarcity says it's laid off 550 nevada employees. that's about a quarter of its workforce. two weeks ago solarcity announced it will halt the sale and installation of rooftop solar panels in nevada. the move comes after n-v energy cut the rate it pays solar customers for extra power. solarcity says the new rates make solar too expensive. n-v energy argues, solar customers avoided paying some of the utility's fixed costs in the past. las vegas data company-- "switch", has begun drawing exclusively from renewable energy, to power its facilities. switch has entered into an agreement with n-v energy, to use the utility's existing renewable sources, including geo-thermal, an historic hall of fame vote today in baseball plus...a reno bighorns

lyon county school superintendent wayne workman says he only learned about the issue yesterday. he quickly issued an apology which read in part "we understand the offensive nature of the image workman would not confirm that the teacher--who had taught at the school since 2013--had been fired, citing personnel privacy issues. he did say the district was taking appropriate action. nelson says all that is up to the school district. he says discussion of slavery is very appropriate in a u-s history course, but this image is not. nelson: "i doubt there are very many people who can draw any meaningful relation between that image and u-s history or slavery in any way." much of the reaction to this incident has played out on social media and the fallout continues there. this issue came to light through a local talk radio program 'armed nevada radio'. the host told us acting on complaints from students supporting the teacher, facebook has barred him from access to his own page for 24 hours. ed, thank you. solarcity says it's laid off 550 nevada employees. that's about a quarter of its wo

yesterday, lyon county school superintendent wayne workman issued an immediate apology, reading in part, "we understand the offensive nature of the image and regret that it was used." workman could not say what consequences the teacher might face, citing personnel privacy issues. he did say the district was taking appropriate administrative action. in dayton, ed pearce kolo 8 news now the numbers are in -- and you didn't win. no winning tickets were million powerball jackpot. it's now up to 675 million dollars-- the largest jackpot of any lottery game in u.s. history. the next drawing is saturday. which means there will most likely be a rush to buy tickets over the next few days. out at gold ranch in verdi... they've seen a huge uptick in business thanks to the recent lottery fever. trt: 15 tom macintosh, gm gold ranch casino & rv resort, "well it is an intrical part of our business. it generates a lot of traffic that would otherwise not come out here. some of our best zip codes for customers are in the sparks area. which shows the power of the lottery." in the past 13 years, 16 powerba

kolo 8 news now governor brian sandoval is asking the environmental protection agency not to list lyon county's defunct anaconda coper mine on the superfund national priority list. in a letter to the e-p-a today sandoval said quote: "there are differences opinion , but the common thread among these constituents is that everyone wants to see the site cleaned up. "obviously, the state shares that fundamental objective, but we continue to view n-p-l listing as an option of last resort." but the governor stopped short of taking a formal position on listing. listing would make the site eligible for federal funds to pay for 90 percent of the cleanup costs. but state and local officials worry the impact property values. state gaming revenue was up-- 1-percent in 2015 over the previous year. the nevada gaming control board says the state's casinos, took in 11-point-1 billion dollars during last calendar year. reno casinos saw a gain of about 3-percent las vegas strip gambling revenue was down about 1-percent. downtown las vegas casino winnings were up about 6-percent. nevada gambling revenue has remain

lyon county school district says its interviewing everyone involved, and investigating the motives behind the picture. nevada attorney general adam laxalt is asking a judge to throw out one of the lawsuits on the education savings account program. this is the lawsuit filed by lieutenant governor mark hutchison, on behalf of parents who hutchison say are left in limbo because of the hutchison has a legal conflict of interest in this case, since he filed it as a private lawyer. the savings account program is scheduled to start february first. it's also facing lawsuits from groups who don't want state funds to go to religious schools. a heartwarming sendoff today, to the city of henderson's fire chief. he retired today, and each station spoke about what he means to them over the scanner. " the enormity of your positive impact can never be truly measured. but we feel your legacy can be summed up by saying that you're a person of great character and leadership that truly values people over everything else. " fire chief steve goble has been on the job nearly 26 years. the city says he'll be mis

lyon county superintendent wayne workman learned about this earlier today. he says it's a personnel issue he could not say a whole lot about the teacher involved or workman quickly and promptly apologized though to parents and students. >> the first thing that we would want to say the to the parents is that we hope that they would accept our sincereest apology for the offensive nature of the picture the message reflected in there no way is consistent with our views in regard to law enforcement. >> workman says this is an isolated case. he also says the district is now working to ensure that something like this does not happen again. >>> switching queers now the first major retail near 30 years may soon be coming to downtown reno. a midtown and downtown reno developer tells news 4 he signed a letter of intent to lease the first floor of the former post office to a national retail chain. parts of the letter of intent includes a nondisclose you are agreement though that prevents him from confirming the name of the chain. however there are a few rumors is a clot

yesterday, lyon county school superintendent wayne workman issued an apology. workman said the district was taking the appropriate action. ### some parents are definitely getting less sleep-- than the rest of us. doctor timothy johnson has tonight's medical minute. script: the buzz of the alarm clock? do you have to drag yourself out of bed? it might be because you're a particular kind of parent. a single one. a new c-d-c study shows that when it comes to sleep, single mothers crave it, and are the most likely not to get it. researchers used a large national survey to look at sleep duration and quality? more than two in five single moms get less than seven hours of sleep a night. adults in two-parent families and adults living without children do better. even when they do get to sleep? single parents have worse sleep quality. that means roughly half of single parents said they frequently woke up feeling not well-rested. and they were more likely than two-parent- households to take medications to fall asleep or stay asleep. are single parents doomed, to have bag

a lyon county sheriff's spokesman says one person was arrested for arson. four people inside the home, got out safely. ### a wild week on wall street ends with the first winning week of 2016. the dow was up 210 points today, finishing up seven-tenths-of-a- percent for the week. the s-and-p 500 and nasdaq fared even but u-s stocks are still down more than six- percent for the year. the decline is being driven by low oil prices and economic troubles in china.### california saw a slight unemployment increase in december. the california employment development department reports last month's rate was at 5-point-8 percent... up a tenth of a point from november. but that's still better than the 7-point-1 percent rate from december 2014. there will be grand opening for a new gas station in silver springs tomorrow. that's not the kind of event which usually qualifies as big news, but in silver springs it does. kolo 8 news now's ed pearce is here to tell us why. ed, for one thing they haven't had a lot of this kind of news there for some time. it's the first new busi

that. )) (sam)>> plus ....a controversial homework assignment given to high school students in lyon county is leaving many parents upset... what picture the kids were given as part of a final exam. 3 (bill)>> and president obama was emotional when he announced executive actions to prevent gun violence. these stories and more.. coming up on this wednesday, january 6, 2016. 3 ((male voice: you're watching 3 (bill)3 >> good morning and thank you for choosing us to start your day. i'm bill frankmore.(sam) >> and i'm samantha boatman. 3 (bill)>> if you ventured 3 out on the roads in the last several hours.. you know 3 just how foggy it was last night.(samantha)>> this is a picture sent in by new 4 facebook taylor" that shows 3 (bill)>> we have team 3 coverage this morning... with alex cannito who is out on the roads.. to see what your morning commute will be like... but we begin with meteorologist tim studebaker who has the outlook for this wednesday... 3 (bill and samantha)>>let's take a quick look outside... current conditions and skycam 3 (bill, samantha)>> we'll toss it over to meteorologis

a social studies assignment centered around a provocitive image is stirring up controversy at a lyon county high school. sarah what parents are saying... and the school district's response... tonight on kolo 8 news several accidents reported this morning especially in the area of i-580 and glendale. you'll definitely want to take it slow on the icy roads. conditions. the next winter storm is moving into the region today bringing additional snow as well as travel impacts across the sierra. another, weaker storm may impact the forecast area on saturday before a ridge of high pressure returns to the region early next week. main change to the forecast was to add freezing fog to many valley locations and to issue a freezing fog advisory. many locations are reporting lowered visibility as well as very icy roads. morning commuters are urged to leave plenty of extra time for travel as roads will be extremely icy and hazardous. dense freezing fog appears to have consolidated in the vicinity of the reno early this morning so if you have a flight be sure to check its status before heading out. several

yesterday, lyon county school superintendent wayne workman issued an immediate apology, reading in part, "we understand the offensive nature of the image and regret that it was used." workman could not say what consequences the teacher might face, citing personnel privacy issues. he did say the district was taking appropriate administrative action. in dayton, ed pearce kolo 8 news now the numbers are in -- and you didn't win. no winning tickets were sold in last night's 524- million powerball jackpot. it's now up to 675 million dollars-- the largest jackpot of any lottery game in u.s. history. the next drawing is saturday. which means there will most likely be a rush to buy tickets over the next few days. verdi... they've seen a huge uptick in business thanks to the recent lottery fever. trt: 15 tom macintosh, gm gold ranch casino & rv part lot of traffic that would otherwise not come out here. some of our best zip codes for customers are in the sparks area. which shows the power of the lottery." in the past 13 years, 16 powerball jackpot winners have bought their tickets in pennsylvani

the district includes most of northern clark county, part of lyon county, and all of esmeralda, lincoln, mineral, nye and white pine counties. 3 (samantha)>> with one month to go before the nevada caucuses .. democrats held a mock caucus training last ngiht... to help people understand how it all works. assemblywoman "amber joiner" of the 24th district was able to teach those who attended the training .... about how to democratic caucuses.but what if you're not a registered democrat and want to vote in the upcoming caucuses? party leaders say it's not a problem if you're a registered to a different party and still want to vote. 3 (( "we want to be inclusive... participate as a voting democrat.")) 3 (samantha)>> > nevada's 3 democratic caucuses are set for february 20th at 11 a-m. 3 (bill)>> happening today... a special meeting is planned to provide updates on the next steps in reno's master plan "reimagine reno" .the meeting will take place at four this afternoon .... in the reno city council chambers. 3 (samantha)>> radon gas is becoming a widespread problem in the u-s... but local org

ted cruz hitting 36 counties in six days, january 4 through january 9. much of northwest iowa from lyon to monona county. that'll do it for this week, the first sunday of the new wreer. we hope you keep us on your schedule each week, in the meantime, have a great week, and join us next week for this week in siouxland. captioning provided by: (music) >>sabrina: coming up, one-on-one with martin o'malley. we talk campaign strategy with the democratic presidential candidate and how does he feel about his rivals? >>amanda: plus, what life is really like on the campaign trail. and he'll even break out his guitar for us. it's all coming up on this week in iowa. (music) >>amanda: thanks everyone for joining us here on this week in iowa. >>sabrina: we're joined today for the whole half hour by martin o'malley, a democratic presidential candidate. and thank you so much for joining us. thanks for >>mr. o'malley: thank you both. >>sabrina: bearing the cold weather. (chuckling) here. at home in maryland

understanding of how to grow plants in microgravity. 3 3 3 3 the gitchie manitou murders happened in lyon county back in the '70s. now a book is going deeper into what happened 43 years ago. we'll take a look in "talk of the town"... next. 3 "you're watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob taylor"3 3 3 3 county back in 1973. that's what i'm talkiki about with the book's authors... phil and sandy hamman... here on "talk of the town" this morning.good morning! 3 jake and a guest or group of 3 thanks for being with us this morning. if you missed this segment...or want to find out any more information...you can find everything on our web site...that's siouxland news dot com slash sunrise... 3 3 we're making faces now... soso say the "stink eye" has entered the 20 - 16 presidential race. we'll show you what had bernie sanders making faces at sunday's debate. it's (time) this morning. thanks for watching siouxland news at sunrise. 3 a winter weather advisory is in effect until 6pm tonight for southern counties in siouxland. details on your forecast are coming up next. 3 good morning, (city)... i

lyon county school superintendent wayne apology on tuesday and said the district was taking the appropriate action. joining me now is lindsey matherly with a look at the forecast. pressure continues to provide light snow showers across the sierra and western nevada this morning. accumulations have been generally less than an inch since last night but still enough to cover roadways and likely create travel impacts for the morning commute. an additional few inches is possible across the sierra through the morning but with the bulk of the activity over with, will allow the winter weather advisories to expire as scheduled. the best potential for snow showers will shift eastward this afternoon with some deformation on the backside of the departing low. accumulations of 1 to 2 inches are favored across far eastern pershing, churchill, and every morning these men ate a tired breakfast and had a tired day. they weren't lumberjacks, they were slumberjacks. then one day jack showed up with a breakfast burrito poweredby jalapeos. it didn't just change theirmorning. it changed everything! turning these

near anderson county, it is smooth, mark lyon driving on i-85 mile marker 27. wet roads, give yourself extra time and space. ricardo good morning, i'm : ricardo lecompte. south carolina remains the only school in the country with both an undefeated men and women's team. now a combined 28 and 0 after the gamecock women won last night over vanderbilt. tiffany mitchell had a hand in that victory, but in the first quarter, she took a nasty spill. did return. and showing no ill effects. second quarter, gamecocks down one. mitchell with a south carolina three. and vandy tied at 31 at the break. still tied in the fourth quarter. mitchell with the steal and the lay-up. mitchell led the gamecocks with 22 points. close games at the gymnasium. a four-point margin victory the last day meetings. tina roy pitched and 13 off the bench and later khadijah , sessions with a big corner three and 10 on the night. the gamecocks move 14 and zero with a 71-621 victory over vandy. geoff: thank you. the live look from tillman hall on the clemson campus where it allyson: taking a look a

wyff news 4's john lyon is live in weaverville, in buncombe county where a $100,000 winning , ticket was sold. john? john: we are outside the mountain energy store and gas station in weaverville. we are just off u.s. 25 on the outskirts of the city limits across from the walmart if you at this store behind me, one person bought the powerball ticket with five of the six winning powerball numbers on it. now, that person won a total prize of $100,000. let's go to videos shot earlier. people have been in and out of the store all afternoon. this is a popular spot for people to buy powerball tickets. for last night's drawing, clerks sold plenty of tickets. most were some -- surprised that there was a winner here, and some of the customers were sad that it wasn't them. >> that is awesome. to help someone out in the community, hope it went to a good person. john: anyone not show up at your work today? >> no, i'm from south carolina. john: i hope they spend -- >> i

priscilla kaiser is in bedford county with a man accused of killing the lyon sisters more than 40 years ago was in court for a hearing. >>> a second day of witness

lyon, wyff news 4, honea path. michael: new details right now out of spartanburg county tonight. a woman is recovering after deputies say her husband shot her, and left her to die in the yard. today, a judge denied bond for johnathan batchelor. deputies say he shot his wife, stephanie, several times in their garage earlier this month, here on reidville road. investigators say stephanie was able to talk with deputies yesterday for the first time since the shooting, and the evidence led them to her husband. stephanie's attorney says doctors are calling her recovery miraculous. regained consciousness a little while back. she's been in the hospital for three weeks now, and the doctors are optimistic that in a couple of weeks, she'll be able to leave the hospital. michael: the couple has two children, a two-year-old and a four-year-old. t being cared for by relatives. the teen known for his "affluenza" defense in court is back on u.s. soil. mexican police arrested ethan couch in mexico last month. he is 18 years old. this morning, he arrived at dallas-fort worth airport. couch, along

nebraska judges in brown and burt counties have entered orders placing nursing homes in ainsworth and lyons in receivership. attorney general doug peterson ordered the receiverships and filed court proceedings, at the request of courtney phillips, c.e.o of the nebraska department of health and human services. owner deseret health has been financially unable to pay staff and ensure the future care of residents. norfolk mail carriers need your help in stamping out hunger this weekend during the national association of letter carriers' simply fill a bag with non-perishable food items, place it near your mailblb and collect it. all of the food collected will be donated to the pantry. those and more stories can be heard lite rock 97.5(and 106 kix. " jessica rae: thanks to an updated city on the road in lemars are getting some new snowmobiles will city streets and on state highways locals in le mars have pushed city officials to legalize all- terrain vehicles on city streets with an updated ordinance. the updated version was approvedednd passed on january 5th. jason vacura, the assistant city adm

lyons nature center. today marked the first day for early voting in johnson county for a special board of supervisors election. voters are filling the vacated seat left open by former supervisor terrence neuzil. neuzil left last month to take a job in michigan. two north liberty residents are on the ballot for that open seat. the special election is set for january 19, but early voting will be available most days leading up to the election. people in black hawk county were able to vote early today for a waterloo school district bond referendum. the bond issue would support building a career center and renovating east and west schools. the satellite voting location at east high school will be open until nine tonight. we've all heard that we should recycle to help the environment. but that's about to become more expensive for all linn county cities with curbside recycling. stay with tv9. "is there a price where people will say, i've had enough i'll throw it in the garbage." recycling may be good for the environment. but it comes with a cost and it's going up soon. an 88 percent increase in the cost of processin

county. the coroner there has been called to a house fire near the blue line auto tire store. wyff news 4's john lyon is near the scene of the fire right now, and john, what's the latest you can tell us? john: we are at -- a few blocks off main street in downtown pickens, where pickens did -- fire department says there has been a fatal house fire. let's go to some video that sky4 shot a short time ago. it shows the scene shortly after the fire started at 1:00 this afternoon. a witness driving by says she saw a small fire, then she heard a boom, then the fire totally engulfed this woodframe house. she said that flames were shooting out all of the windows. pickens fire department says an hour to bring the fire under control. family members i spoke to a short time ago tell me that this house belongs to an woman. they say she did not make it out of the house. the coroner is here. the red cross is here. pickens fire investigators are here, and they are trying to find outt caused the fire. we are waiting to hear from the fire chief to give us more information about exactly what happened. as soon as he tell

lyon, wyff news 4, greenville. michael: oh yeah. parents gathered at in anderson county school, talking about the potential for downsizing within the district. anderson school district four says they have seen little growth in the last 10 years. dropping a school would save up to $1.5 million per year. one option is for pendleton element to school to turn into a middle school. another is to move riverside middle to a renovated mount lebanon elementary. >> i do believe they have our best interest at heart overall.. also i understand that people are very passionate about their schools. all the elementary schools are wonderful. they all serve different needs. make this decision will be hard. michael: officials say no job be lost will either option. carol: trey gowdy paid a visit to a local elementary school to show off patriotism. they wanted a new american flag for their school, so they rode a letter to the congresstrey gowdy hand-delivered a new flag to paris elementary school in taylors. but it's not just any flag. rap. rep. gowdy: this flag flew on top of the capital on

county circuit court. lloyd lee welch junior faces two counts of first degree murder in the disappearance of the lyon sisters. shelia and katherine lyon shopping mall 40 years ago. if convicted in their murders... welch could face the death penalty. wsls 10's ananda rochita was there as his defense team made requests before trial is set. ananda ... what were some of the requests? they weren't unusual requests because of the circumstances surrounding this case and the judge approved them. welch's lawyers asked to hire an expert criminal investigator, mental health expert, and mitigation specialist. all of which the judge approved. in court ... commonwealths attorney randy krantz says the requests were reasonable since the commonwealth is seeking the death penalty. also discussed today is to postpone the trial to later this year to october 18. it was originally planned for march. lot go through and allegations that happened between march to april 1975. one of welch's lawyers also said there is still quote an "abundance of discovery" and need additional time. in court today ... the defense also brought up all t

lyon was at his dinner in pendleton. john: this is jeb bush' first visits to anderson county as a presidential candidate. it did not take him long to make friends. jeb: 24-17, clemson. john: it was a good first step, than a suave to step that got -- two step that got jeb only good footing with the crowd. destroying them is the proper strategy. john: is talk talk on terrorism is what the crowd wanted to hear. much larger than what dyar's diner was ready for. jeb: i want an america where everyone can reach earned success. where we change our government works so that everybody can rise up. john: bush is trying to rise up in the polls, will behind front runner donald trump. who bush says is not fit to become runner in -- commander-in-chief. jeb: we need someone that understands the role of commander-in-chief, not an agitator in chief. we need someone that understands how serious times are right now. john: he then worked the crowd until everybody that wanted to meet him, did. tomorrow bush is scheduled to make two stops in columbia, one in hilton head, revving up his up his two day south carolina swing. carol

lyons died around midnight last night. he was at northern nevada correction center, after being commited from clark county in may, 1993. the cause of his death scheduled. an estimated two point two million dollar project could bring new athletic fields to north valleys regional park. softball , baseball, soccer, and football from the existing park. the city hopes the new development at other parks. andy bass, dir., parks & rec., city of reno, "current softball is in disarray. we would like to could move the softball leagues here. then we could repurpose that space at our mayor's mcalinden park. " coming up at five kolo 8 news now's paul harris will tell you how the city of reno and washoe county will have to work together to make this athletic park... a reality. a crew member from truckee meadows fire station 18 spotted smoke from a camper shell fire in the back yard of a home, before "the residents were home, however they did not know that the storage unit to the rear of the structure was on fire, it was the diligent efforts of our mechanic and our crew ffrom station 18 that noticed the smoke within the neighborhood a

her testimony tonight at 6:00, live in campbell county, katie brooke, abc 13 >> the death penalty trial for a man accused of abducting and murdering the lyon sister 40 years ago has been pushed back. a judge granted six motions by lloyd welch's attorney. they include delaying welch's trial until october 18. hiring a mental health expert and private investigator. and issuing a gag order in response to the media attention of the capital murder case. we will as much charged with kidnapping the lyon sisters in 1975 and killing them. convicted killer george hughley filed a motion to ask for his conviction to be overturned pay cording to wvav in charlottescording to wvav in charlottesville. they say his imprisonment is a violation his constitutional rights. he was convicted in may of 2010 for the murder of his former girlfriend yardly love. in assistance of -- claim and the defense failed to present testimony from expert witnesses who have refuted the prosecution's claim that love died from a dramatic blow to the head. the hearing has not been set. >>> lynchburg police have released new information tonight after warrants were served at a house o

county circuit court. he's charged with the disappearance of 12-year-old sheila lyon and her sister katherine. their bodies have never been found. >>> a hearing surrounding the murder of former white house intern chandra levy, the man convicted in killing her is expected in court this afternoon. his lawyers say a witness deliberately misled jurors. levy's body was not discovered for a year. the new trial begins in march. >>> 6:49. we are covering all angles of the countdown to iowa for you. caucuses are set for monday night. new nbc news maris poll shows hillary clinton and bernie sanders nearly tied among voters in the hawk eye state. senator sanders stayed off of social media during last night's gop debate in deda hoin des moi hillary clinton says look real hard, you won't find anyone supporting equal pay, paid leave or reproductive rights at #gop debate. be sure to watch "nightly news" tonight. lester holt will speaking with secretary clinton after a rally today and the interview will air tonight right after news 4 at 6:00. >>> i mentioned i will be in des moines to cover it all for you. kn

lyon are right went missing from her home. her family pay state -- placed a teddy bear by one of the billboard looking for help. you can also crime -- call crimestoppers. carol: in greenville county, a woman's is a killer is on the loose after two of her horses were shot and killed. shot and killed. the owners say they had to bury one of them right here. >> we feel like we have lost children. we came down to feed on christmas eve night and she was just laying there. we threw it off as an accident. reporter: she says the horse was shot and killed. they called police after they found another horse dead on sunday. >> you can see where he was taking here trying to get up, thrashing his head back and forth trying to get up and kicking back here with his backseat. that's why i say i know for a fact that he suffered. reporter: she believes the shooter used a 22 caliber weapon. >> i'm a firm believer if they'd would do it to them, they would do it to a kid or to a grown-up. reporter: she says the animals >> you are a coward. you are not the egg bad. you are not scary. you have not done anything good. you may be working on making yourself famous, but it is not going to end well. reporter:

lloyd lee welch is accussed of kidnapping katherine and sheila lyon from a dc-area shopping mall in 19- 75, and later killing them in bedford county. yesterday, his lawyers asked for several motions and all were granted by the judge. welch's trial was continued and will now start october 18-th. it was originally set for march. mitigation, mental health and criminal specialists will assist the defense. and, the defense's billing records will be sealed until after the trial to protect witnesses, evidence and the integrity of the case. the commonwealth is seeking the death penalty. the father whose 3-year-old daughter died when his car collided with a train in elliston is now facing a more serious charge. austin lilly was orginially charged with involuntary manslaughter after police said a substance was found in his blood. but after looking at the evidence, prosecutors added an aggravated involuntary manslaughter charge. investigators say lilly's car collided with a train at a private crossing last march. his trial is scheduled for march 28. has been arrested on child pornography charges. sharing to clifton trent's apartment on floyd

lyon learned early this afternoon that two men, now 28-year-old chris yenger and 27-year-old zachary dye, were arrested and are being held in the wapello county jail, each charged with two counts of felony murder for the deadly 2006 house fire. an investigation involving the wapello county sheriff, the iowa division of criminal investigation, and state fire marshall led to mondays arrests of yenger and dye. dci special agent mike motsinger says this was a cold case, not a forgotten case. >> it just goes to show, when people think they get away with hopefully, everyone is looking over their shoulders because we do take homicide seriously and will find them. marcus: lyon says his thoughts are now with the families of messer and anderson and he hopes after the pain both families can find closure. >> parents not only had to go through it initially, but now they have to go through the whole thing again. marcus: authorities say yenger and dye were involved in an altercation during a birthday party at the house and asked to leave. they believe that may be the reason the pair set the deadly fire. stacey: des moines police say still no arrests in sund

county woman accused of cutting a baby out of another one. the trial will start february charges. last month lawyers tried to get her case moved but a judge turned them down. >>> a lyons man was sentenced to eight years in prison. he pleaded guilty to one count of accused of driving drunk. witnesses told police he hit and killed a cyylist when he was turning off main street. >>> a nine-year-old southern colorado boy has died after being accidentally shot in the head by his brother. this happened in trinidad. the two boys found a gun inside of a parked car and a family friend was looking after the boys. at this point, no charges have been filed.>>> covering the broncos chase for the steelers will be traveling to denver to face the broncos on sunday. lionel, you heard ffom the >> the chase is on. thank you guys. the steelers are coming to mile high on sunday and we meet again, terrible towels and all. steelers beat the broncos on december 20 but now the rematch means a little bit more because we are talking playoffs. the broncos a practice, peyton manning running the show. brock osweiler backing him up, role reversal, the team is healthy and everyone practice except for

lyon learned early this afternoon two men now 28-year-old chris yenger and 27-year-old zachary dye were arrested and are being held in the wapello county jail each charged with two counts of felony murder for the deadly 2006 house fire. an investigation involving the one below county sheriff, -- wapello county sheriff, the iowa division of criminal investigation and state fire marshall led to mondays arrests of yenger and dye. dci special agent mike motsinger says this was a cold case not a forgotten case. >> it just goes to show when people think they get away with murder we are always there, always willing to look at things and hopefully everyone is looking over their shoulders, because we do take things seriously and take homicides seriously and will find them. marcus: lyon says his thought are now with the families of messer and anderson and he hopes after the pain both families can find closure. >> parents not only had to go through it initially, but now whole thing again. that is awful. that is brutal. eric: authorities say yenger and dye were involved in an altercation during a birthday party at the house and asked to leave that