TWO PEOPLE FROM WATERLOO WERE HOSPITALIZED AFTER LEADING STATE TROOPERS ON A CAR CHASE THROUGH RURAL HAMILTON COUNTY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE INCIDENT ENDED WITH A ROLLOVER CRASH. KHALIL CRAWLEY WAS THE DRIVER AND WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN AMES. HIS UNNAMED PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO A DES MOINES HOSPITAL. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT LED THE STATE PATROL TO ATTEMPT TO PULL OVER CRAWLEY’S VEHICLE.
FIRST-TERM CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON IS BEGINNING HER THIRD WEEK IN WASHINGTON. LATE LAST WEEK, THE REPUBLICAN FROM IOWA’S FIRST DISTRICT TALKED ABOUT THE JOB TO THIS POINT WHEN SHE WAS A GUEST DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. DURING THE INTERVIEW, HINSON SAID HER CONCERN WITH BIG TECH IS INCONSISTENCY IN IT’S POLICIES. SHE ALSO DESCRIBED THE VIOLENCE ON JANUARY 6TH WHICH DISRUPTED WORK IN THE CAPITOL AS UNACCEPTABLE. HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEW IN THE PODCAST AREA ON KXEL.COM
ONE OF IOWA’S FAVORITE ATHLETES IS HAS REASON TO CELEBRATE, TOTALLY UNRELATED TO COMPETITION. FORMER OLYMPIC GYMNAST SHAWN JOHNSON IS PREGNANT WITH HER SECOND CHILD. SHE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA LATE LAST WEEK. JOHNSON IS 28 AND CAME TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE DURING THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS WHEN SHE WON FOUR MEDIALS, INCLUDING GOLD FOR HER ROUTINE ON THE BALANCE BEAM. JOHNSON’S FIRST CHILD, A DAUGHTER, WAS BORN IN LATE 2019.
A VIDEO THREAT POSTED ON THE INTERNET LAST FALL IS LEADING TO MORE TROUBLE FOR A MAN ALREADY CHARGED IN THE SHOOTINGS OF TWO PEOPLE IN WATERLOO. AUTHORITIES ALLEGE THAT CHANDRIQUE DAY THREATENED A BLACK HAWK COUNTY DEPUTY AND SHOWED A GUN IN THE ONLINE MESSAGE. DAY HAS A PRIOR FELONY HISTORY AND IS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER AN OCTOBER CAR CHASE IN LINN COUNTY. FOLLOWING THAT INCIDENT, AUTHORITIES ALSO CHARGED DAY FOR INJURING TWO PEOPLE IN WATERLOO DURING AN AUGUST SHOOTING.
DOZENS OF EASTERN IOWA WOMEN WERE AMONG THOSE FROM AROUND THE STATE WHO PARTICIPATED IN A WEEKEND WEBINAR ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREERS. CEDAR FALLS-BASED STATE TROOPER MICHELLE BECK WAS AMONG THE PRESENTERS; AFTERWARDS BECK TALKED WITH OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 ABOUT THE ROLE OF WOMEN ON THE STATE PATROL. BECK HAS BEEN A STATE TROOPER SINCE 2014 AND IS A FORMER MARINE. SHE SAYS THE PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE OFFICERS, DEPUTIES, AND TROOPERS IS GROWING AND THAT THERE ARE INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FIELD.
ONE MAN WAS KILLED IN SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH SOUTH OF GUTTENBERG. INITIAL DETAILS ABOUT THE SATURDAY NIGHT ACCIDENT WERE REVEALED BY AUTHORITIES LATE SUNDAY. THE INCIDENT REPORT INDICATED A TRUCK SLID OFF GREAT RIVER ROAD AND THROUGH A DITCH BEFORE HITTING A ROCK WALL. WINTRY CONDITIONS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. THE NAME OF THE VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
LAST WEEKEND MARKED THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A TAMA COUNTY WOMAN. 41-YEAR-OLD RITA JANELLE PAPAKEE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE JANUARY OF 2015. SHE WAS WORKING AT THE MESKWAKI CASINO AND HOTEL AT THAT TIME. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 REPORT THAT SOME OF PAPAKEE’S RELATIVES BELIEVE THAT SHE MAY HAVE BEEN A SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIM. LAST SUMMER, A REWARD FOR INFORMATION RELATED TO PAPAKEE’S DISAPPEARANCE OR WHEREABOUTS WAS RAISED TO 75 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH HAS BEEN TOP-OF-MIND FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE NEW SESSION. AFTER A DEMONSTRATION IN WASHINGTON TURNED INTO A RIOT, AND WITH TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES DRAWING INCREASING CRITICISM FOR HOW THEIR PLATFORMS ARE UTILIZED, FEDERAL LEGISLATORS ARE TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. FIRST DISTRICT IOWA CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON SPOKE TO KXEL LISTENERS LAST WEEK ABOUT THE FIRST AMMENDMENT AND SOCIAL MEDIAL. HINSON SAYS SHE IS CO-SPONSORING LEGISLATION WHICH COULD TAKE AWAY SOME LIABILITY PROTECTIONS FROM TECH COMPANIES DEEMED TO NOT BE PROVIDING FAIR ACCESS ON THEIR PLATFORMS. HEAR MORE FROM HINSON AT KXEL.COM.
A LONG HOME WINNING STEAK FOR THE HAWKEYE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM ENDED WITH A LOSS TO OHIO STATE LAST WEEK. THE IOWA WOMEN ARE ON THE COURT AT CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. 8-3 IOWA HOSTS PURDUE WITH AN EARLY TIP-OFF; THE GAME IS SCHEDULED FOR 3:30.
