More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Jim Field visits with2016 Griswold High School seniors Trey Huerta, Payton Rush and Natalia Kunze.
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Police in Creston say a man was arrested late last week, on an assault charge. 21-year old Tyler White, of Creston, was arrested just before 7-p.m. Thursday at a residence in the 600 block of N. Pine Street. White was charged with Simple Assault and later released on $300 bond.
And, 62-year old Donald Vincent, Jr., of Des Moines, was arrested Sunday afternoon at the Union County Law Enforcement Center in Creston, on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear (in court). Vincent, Jr. was being held in the Union County Jail while completing a seven-day jail sentence.
The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Today: Showers and thunderstorms this morning & later this afternoon; Cloudy & breezy. High near 72. SE @ 15-25.
Tonight: Cloudy w/showers & tstrms. Low 57. SE @ 5-15 w/gusts to around 20.
Tomorrow: Cloudy to P/Cldy w/isolated shwrs & tstrms. High near 80 E/SE winds @ 10 becoming S/SW during the afternoon.
Tue. Night: P/Cldy w/a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 57.
Wednesday: Cldy & breezy, w/showers and occasional thunderstorms. High near 70.
Wed.: A 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, otherwise P/Cldy. Low around 47.
Thursday: P/Cldy & windy, with a high near 68.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 70. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 53. We received 1.4 of rain overnight through 7-a.m. today here at KJAN. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 73 and the low was 48. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 96 in 1895. The Record Low was 24 in 1980.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – A former Mount Mercy University basketball player has died after a Johnson County car crash. The accident occurred a little after 3 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 380 near the Iowa Highway 965 overpass. The Iowa State Patrol says a northbound car driven by 26-year-old Rashad Carrington went out of control and struck a guardrail, then landed in a roadside ditch. He was pronounced dead later at an Iowa City hospital.
Carrington graduated from Mount Mercy in 2013 and most recently was playing for the Cedar Valley CourtKings, a minor league basketball team based in Waterloo.
Motorists saw very little shift in prices at the pump last week as oil prices seemed to stabilize. Officials with AAA (Triple A) say gas prices are hovering at their highest levels in more than six months, and the national average has remained above $2 per gallon for 46 consecutive days. As of Sunday, the National average was $2.21, while the average in Iowa was $2.13/gallon.
Looking ahead…
•Summer drivers could find the lowest seasonal gas prices in more than a decade.
•Demand for gasoline is nearly 6 percent higher than a year ago.
•National prices at the pump are 45 cents lower than a year ago and $1.46 lower than two years ago
•The average motorist saves $22 for a full tank of gas compared to two years ago.
•National gas prices averaged $2.22 last week – 5 cents more than the 7-day average the week before.
Consumer Attitudes
The lower price environment for gas prices has not only led to drivers taking to the roads at record levels, but is also shifting attitudes about various price points. Attitudes towards gas prices have changed significantly over the past few years, according to a new survey by AAA:
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