live in ankeny, laura terrell, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. kevin: also 10:00, -- also new at 10:00 a , local mother says her disabled son was assaulted at school by another student. the charges stem from an incident that happened monday at jesse franklin taylor education center. kcci's ryan smith is live tonight. ryan, you found out the school district is now investigating. ryan: a district spokesperson tells me this is in fact an active investigation. the alleged victim, a 14-year-old student who wound up -- was mother tells me her son is the target of daily bullying at the school behind me because of his disability. >> when you let your kids go to school in the morning, you're assuming that they're safe. ryan: but now leesa castillo has doubts. her 14-year-old son steven suffers from a learning disability and when asked to , describe what life is like at school. >> everything is pretty much torture. ryan: according to steven, daily name-calling and pushing escalated monday. >> another boy walked up behind steven and pulled his pants clear d

todd: the laura terrell joins us live with the family's response. laura: it happened right here at merle hay road and urbandale avenue, right at this intersection behind me back in , june. des moines police are telling us senior police officer vanessa miller was justified when she shot 28-year-old ryan bolinger. it all started with a traffic stop, and ended like this, broken glass in the middle of the intersection of merle hay and urbandale. police say officer vanessa miller shot ryan bolinger from inside her squad car after he was acting erratically and moving toward her. bolinger was not armed. >> it has not set in on me yet that he is actually gone. i know he is gone. he is not coming back. laura: bolinger's friend justin kendall told kcci last june he had no idea what could have led up the shooting. in august, a grand jury made the decision to not charge miller with a crime. >> this is a very fair process. laura: now des moines police say , after their own internal investigation they've cleared , miller. after looking at evidence, witness statem

reporting in des moines, laura terrell, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. stacey: parents are outraged after alleged incidents of hazing in clarion. a total of at least 6 victims school have come forward. police chief steve terhark tells kcci a group of three older football players would grab a younger player after school before football practice, take the player into a room by the locker-room, hold him down, and use their fingers to assault him. terhark says the victims weren't specifically targeted. some parents say they want to pull their kids out of school. >> after every incident, they said that it was intiation, your freshman initiation. >> it was like the most disgusting thing i've ever heard of. you know, there's a lot of sick stuff, but come on to do that to a kid? it's going to scar him for life. stacey: the suspects, one adult and two juveniles, will all face two charges each, simple assault and hazing. superintendent robert olson declined to go on camera, citing student privacy issues. he did say over the phone the school board expelled three st

live in studio, laura terrell, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. steve: google express is arriving in des moines and surrounding areas. here's how it works. shoppers pay a year for an $95 unlimited delivery membership, then they shop their favorite stores online. you can also subscribe for a month or even just single delivery. orders arrive the very next day. a free one-month trial is being offered right now for new members. stacey: new guidelines today from the american cancer society on breast cancer screening. they suggest for most women, less screening may actually be more beneficial. the new guidelines say women at average risk of breast cancer should start getting mammograms at age 45 instead of 40. the change means three different medical groups recommend 3 different ages for starting mammograms. some physicians say they're concerned insurance plans may decide not to cover costs of early mammograms. others fear the guidelines may shift focus away from catching cancer early. >> picking up cancers earlier, where the treatment is easier for pat

reporting in des moines tonight, laura terrell, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. elizabeth: a disturbing trend in high school sports has allegedly made its way to central iowa. an alleged incident happened at clarion-goldfield-dows high school about two weeks ago. eric: and now some parents tell kcci they're so worried, they want to pull their kids out of school. kcci's vanessa peng has more. vanessa: an alleged hazing incident here at clarion-goldfield-dows high school has exposed a rash of alleged incidents. police chief steve terhark tells us a group of three older football players would grab a into a room at the school, hold him down, and use their fingers to assault him. >> after every incident, they said that it was initiation your , freshman initiation. vanessa: what happened here is part of a disturbing national trend in high schools. >> it was like the most disgusting thing i've ever heard of. you know there's a lot of sick stuff, but come on, to do that to a kid? it's going to scar him for life. vanessa: terhark says the alleged hazing incidents would ha

reporting in ames, laura terrell, kcci 8 news. iowa's news leader. kevin: new details today in the death investigation of tyler sash. osklaoosa police say when officers found sash on september 8 he appeared to be dead for some time. he was lying on a couch. nothing unusual was found nearby. his family said they had last seen him alive two days earlier. sash's mother said her son had been a bit disoriented lately and unable to sleep. sash's girlfriend says he fell from a ladder four days earlier and hurt his shoulder. an autopsy showed sash died from an accidental overdose of methadone and hydrocodone. new details tonight about lamar odom. the former l.a. lakers star was found unresponsive with blood coming from his nose and mouth tuesday. witnesses tell police odom was consuming cocaine and herbal viagra before passing out at a brothel near las vegas. right now, he is on life support at a las vegas hospital. steve: a touching tribute in kansas city, as the royals honor 2 fallen firefighters, with a moment of silence before tonight's game. fire invest

this is kcci 8 news at 10:00 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. laura: right now authorities , continue to search for a suspect in friday's deadly tennessee state university shooting. police say it happened after an apparent dispute over a dice game. one student was killed, two others injured. it happened at an outdoor courtyard at the campus in nashville. clean-up in massachusetts right now after a huge explosion and fire rocked a neighborhood. it happened in taunton, destroying one home and shaking up several others. remarkably, no was hurt. the woman inside the home at the time made it out safely. fire officials say they think it was a gas explosion but are still investigating. new details tonight about the victims and the suspect from saturday's tragedy at oklahoma state university. todd: a young woman is accused of driving through a crowd of spectators at the homecoming parade. brian webb with what her lawyer is saying tonight. ryan: -- brian: blurry footage shows the moment of impact. a hyundai elantra ran over a parked p

this is kcci 8 news at 5:30 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. laura: new information tonight about the victims of saturday's crash at oklahoma state university. police say a 2-year-old boy was among the 4 people killed. when an allegedly drunk woman drove a car into crowds at the school's homecoming parade. 23-year-old nakita prabhakar and retired professor 65-year-old marvin stone and his wife bonnie stone and were pronounced dead at the scene. 47 people were injured. right now, 17 of them remain in the hospital. the driver 25-year-old adacia chambers is behind bars tonight. police are treating the case like a homicide investigation. chambers path attorney says chambers suffered from mental illness. in boston, an all day vigil for the child whose remains sparked a nationwide search for her identity. 2-year-old bella bond's body was found on deer island back in june. she was known as baby doe for months afterward, as police searched for her true identity. her mother and mother's boyfriend are charged in the toddler's death. todd:

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this is kcci 8 news at 6:00 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. laura: today, the downtown farmers' market opened for the last time this year. organizers asked people to dress up in costume to celebrate. some vendors sported produce like they were selling, as well as handing out candy. if you didn't make it out, don't worry. there will be two winter farmers' markets. the first is november 20-21. then in december, on the 18th and 19th, at the kaleidoscope mall and capitol square. well all across central iowa, , ghosts and goblins will go door to door tonight for candy and treats. todd: children will be trick-or-treating in adel, creston, dallas center, fort dodge, grimes, knoxville, marshalltown, newton, pella, slater, and van meter, just to name a few. we have a complete list of halloween activities on our kcci app and on kcci.com. laura: take a look at this. officer brandon stoneburner of the altoona police department was out handing out candy on beggars' night in the venbury trail area, just off of 8th street southwest. he had the

elizabeth: kcci's laura terrell shows us how zach's story is now being shared all around the world. laura: it all started with this moment >> i don't really regret it. laura: after finishing first in the district championship davis county cross county runner zach hougland helps a rival runner who is dehydrated and near collapsing. >> he's just that type of person who helps others. laura: but that help cost zach his first place medal since a national rule says a runner is automatically disqualified for giving or receiving help. >> i kind of think that maybe they should change the rule. but if they don't they don't. laura: public outrage spurred a lot of attention. >> there's been a lot of publicity. laura: and now this image and the story of zach hougland has gone viral. >> i'm getting a little bit overwhelmed by it. the new york daily news, espn. >> makes me feel like i am kind of putting my town on the map. laura: are sharing zach's story. >> i am glad that they do care. it's a story that has a lot of sportsmanship and character and integrity. laura: so much sportsmanship and integ

this is kcci 8 news at 6:00 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. todd: hurricane patricia has now been downgraded to a tropical depression. welcome back. now the remnants of the storm that blew through mexico are threatening to bring more rain to the waterlogged texas. area. laura: as kenneth craig shows us, a flash flood watch remains in effect for much of the state. kenneth: the roof of this car is barely visible. too much rain with nowhere to go in corsicana, texas. more than a foot of rain came down friday. streets were submerged, leaving many drivers stranded in their vehicles. >> i just think i could make it. i started freaking out. i called 911, and they were like stay there. kenneth: the relentless rain washed away tracks, causing a freight train to derail about 60 miles south of dallas. flash flooding also shut down a major highway between dallas and houston for hours. traffic was backed up for miles. south and central texas are preparing for another round of misery. remnants of hurricane patricia, which hit mexico as a cate

elizabeth: kcci's laura terrell shows us how family and friends are hoping to ease his pain. laura: this is video captured by a witness seconds before theo erickson was air lifted to the hospital, september 6. >> come on, buddy. laura: an atv accident in winterset left the 27-year-old father. paralyzed. >> it wounded up crushing his vertebrae and he had to lay there for quite a while until somebody finally found him. laura: this is what theo looks like today recovering in a nebraska hospital. >> at first i didn't believe it. he actually had to video call me for me to believe it because he is kind of a jokester but definitely wasn't joking. laura: doctors told theo's family he won't regain feeling below his chest. dealing with the reality that he'll never be able to carry his lawnscaping business theo's family and friends. >> essentially everything is going to come off the front. laura: decided to raise money to remodel his house. >> the doorway isn't even wide enough for him to get in the house. laura: and make it handicap accessible. >> all the little tiny things that we tak

live in studio, laura terrell, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. kevin: recovery in osceola tonight at the osceola farm home as they get ready to open a brand new store. the original store burned down a year ago today. the new store will be twice as big as the first one. owners are setting up the store and building it at the same time in order to be open by black friday. they say they never considered closing down the store. >> our father spent years building up the business and we just didn't feel like we could walk away from this market, cashing a check and walking away just wasn't an option for us. kevin: maybe the best part is the owners say 14 of the 18 , employees who were working at the time of the fire will be back at work when the new store opens. steve: stunning new images tonight from nasa. this is the messier 94 galaxy. it has a bright starburst ring around it where new stars are forming right now. that's also what gives the galaxy it's unusual shape. it's only about 16 million light-years away from earth. and, for a time, we had rain 1

this is kcci 8 news at 10:00 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. todd: one person was killed and 5 others injured when a shooting broke out at the annual zombicon festival in fort myers, florida. the gunman has not been caught. wendy gillette reports from new york. wendy hundreds dressed as someone opened fire at the crowded zombicon street festival in fort myers, just before midnight and the official end of the festivities. >> about four or five shots. wendy one man died at the scene. : he was identified as 20-year-old expavious tyrell taylor, a football player at a local junior college. >> devastating for the family. is hard, but with us being family were gonna get through it. it may not be today it may not be tomorrow, but we are going to get through it. wendy four others were taken to : the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. one person refused treatment. >> there was people taking cover. officers were running towards the shots. and that's when we located the victims. police searched the area for a wendy: -- wendy p