Studies find one in every four car accidents is caused by texting and driving and it will soon become much easier for Iowa law officers to pull over and ticket texters. Iowa Highway Patrol Sergeant Scott Bright says the state’s received a donation of 1,000 signal-blocking devices called CELLslips which are being given away at […]Powered by WPeMatico
There are sections of the state that could use some rain, but overall, Iowa’s corn and soybean crops are faring well according to a weekly report from the U.S.D.A. Seventy-nine percent of the corn crop is rated in good to excellent condition, while 74 percent of soybeans are in that category, according to Monday’s report […]Powered by WPeMatico
A southeast Iowa man is in custody accused of multiple sexual assaults. Ottumwa Police say 35-year-old Armando Leyva was arrested after five female victims reported being sexually assaulted by the same suspect. Officers carried out a search warrant at Leyva’s apartment in Ottumwa on Friday. He’s now facing charges that include first-degree kidnapping, second and […]Powered by WPeMatico
A new state program offers help with the downpayment for those looking to buy a home. The #OwnItIowa program was laid out during the governor’s weekly news conference. The Iowa Finance Authority and the Iowa Association of REALTORS® are sponsors for the program which offers $1,500 in closing cost assistance with conventional loans. Iowa Finance […]Powered by WPeMatico
Getty Images/Paras Griffin(LOS ANGELES) -- Spike Lee's next joint is set to hit the small screen on Thanksgiving Day. Netflix has announced that Spike Lee's series adaptation of his 1986 film, She's Gotta Have It, will premiere on November 23. In the newly released teaser, we get a glimpse of the series' main character, Nola Darling, played by Shots Fired actress, DeWanda Wise. The show, which is a contemporary update on the original film, […]
Gravitas Ventures - 2017(NEW YORK) -- The movie Score: A Film Music Documentary, now in limited release, shines the spotlight on some unsung heroes: the composers who create the music that makes good movies great, and great movies unforgettable. Director Matt Schrader's movie earned acclaim on the festival circuit even before its official release earlier this month. It features features interviews with some of the most recognized filmmakers in cinema history, as […]
ABC/Heidi Gutman(NEW YORK) -- He redefined Batman for a generation, and is now starring as a villain in Spider-Man: Homecoming -- but Michael Keaton is no comic book fan. "Which is kind of ironic," he told ABC's Good Morning America on Monday. "I basically know nothing about any of the lore of any comic book, frankly," Keaton laughed. "So I had to catch up." In Homecoming, Keaton plays classic Spider-Man […]
Getty Images/Warner Bros.(LOS ANGELES) -- Sunday marked thirty-five years since the influential science-fiction film Blade Runner debuted in the U.S. Harrison Ford starred as Rick Deckard, the hard-boiled cop who hunted rogue replicants -- human-like-androids -- in a dark, dystopian future Los Angeles. The film, which initially opened to mixed reviews and disappointing box office numbers, went on to achieve cult status, and is regarded by critics as one of the best all-time science […]
Author J.K. Rowling in 2007 with the final book in her "Harry Potter" series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"; SHAUN CURRY/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Happy birthday, Harry Potter! June 26 marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first book in then-unknown author J.K. Rowling's soon-to-be wildly popular Harry Potter book series. Scottish-born Joanne Rowling was a single mother in 1990 when […]
