HIM.
KRISTEN DAHLGREN, NBC
NEWS, NEW YORK.
I THINK WE ALL
CERTAINLY BELIEVE IN
HIM, TOO.
THAT IS N BR"NBC NIGHTLY
NEW
NEWS".
IUD.
Community, this is KNWA
News at 6."
((KELLY))
SEVERE WEATHER
COULD BE MAKING ITS
WAY ACROSS
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
GOOD EVENING, I'M
KELLY O'NELL, JENNIFER
PENATE IS OFF
TONIGHT.
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
DAN SKOFF JOINS US
NOW WITH YOUR
FORECAST FIRST.
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"Now, your forecast first
from your northwest
arkansas weather authority,
sponsored by Crain
expected
to be two different rounds.
Very large hail in excess of
2 inches
in diameter is the greatest
threat with any sustained
supercells
late this afternoon and
evening with the first round,
mainly
across southeast Oklahoma
second round will affect
northeast Oklahoma later
this evening and
into the overnight. The
greatest threat with these
storms will be
damaging straight line
winds, however there are
indications that
some tornadoes are
possible along the leading
edge of the
advancing storm complex.
A few of the stronger cells
could drop
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FORECAST YOU CAN
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((KELLY))
OUR INVESTIGATION ON
COMPLAINTS AGAINST
CENTERTON'S INTERIM
POLICE CHIEF
CONTINUES.
KNWA'S KATIE DAVILA IS
LIVE IN STUDIO WITH
NEW INFORMATION
ABOUT LIEUTENANT
COMPLAINTS FILED
AGAINST CENTERTON
INTERIM POLICE CHIEF
ANTHONY KECK.
THROUGHOUT OUR
INVESTIGATION WE
LOOKED INTO KECK'S
HISTORY IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT
INCLUDING WHEN HE
WAS FIRED FROM THE
SPRINGDALE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
KECK STARTED
WORKING AT
SPRINGDALE P-D IN
MARCH 2003.
HE WAS FIRED IN 2012..
FOR POLICY VIOLATIONS
INCLUDING
UNNECESSARY
VIOLENCE TOWARD A
AND SAT ON HIS CHEST
WHILE HE PUNCHED THE
SUSPECT IN THE HEAD
AND FACE.
THERE'S ALSO MULTIPLE
INSTANCES WHERE HIS
SUPERVISORS SAY
KECK USED PROFANE
AND BELITTLING
LANGUAGE TOWARDS
SUSPECTS.
((KATIE))
TONIGHT WE'LL SHOW
YOU EXCLUSIVE DASH
CAM FOOTAGE OF KECK
TASING A SUBJECT THAT
MULTIPLE
SUPERVISOR'S SAY WAS
UNWARRANTED.
YOU'LL ONLY SEE THIS
FOOTAGE ON KNWA AT
10.
LIVE IN STUDIO, KATIE
DAVILA, KNWA
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
NEWS.
((KELLY))
THE SON OF A U-S
REPRESENTATIVE WAS
SENTENCED TO PRISON.
POSSESSION OF A
COUNTERFEIT
SUBSTANCE AND
POSSESSION OF A
FIREARM, ACCORDING
TO COURT DOCUMENTS.
WOMACK WAS
ARRESTED AND BOOKED
INTO THE BENTON
COUNTY DETENTION
CENTER LAST
SEPTEMBER.
DEALING WITH A LOVED
ONE'S ADDICTION.
THE MOST RECENT
ARREST OF OUR SON
ADDS TO THAT PAIN.
WE LOVE HIM
UNCONDITIONALLY;
HOWEVER, AS AN
ADULT, HE IS
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE
CHOICES'S HE'S MADE.
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((KELLY))
ROGERS CITIZENS ARE
WORRIED THAT THEIR
SAFETY IS IN DANGER
WHILE RIDING ON A
CLOSED TRAIL.
KNWA'S NKIRUKA AZUKA
IS LIVE IN ROGERS WITH
WHAT THEY WANT TO
SEE DONE ABOUT THE
ISSUE.
((NKIRUKA))
KELLY -- THERE MAY BE
ENOUGH SPACE TO
DRIVE THROUGH
HERE...ESPECIALLY
RESIDENT WORRIES A
PARTICULAR AREA
COULD BE DANGEROUS
-- ESPECIALLY FOR THE
NEWEST OF RIDERS.
Matt, Local Biker
"The child has decided that
he doesn't want to go back
out on the trail because
coming across on to the
greenway and driving past
the barriers to get on the
road."
GARRET ROAD IN
ROGERS HAS BEEN
CLOSED TO GENERAL
TRAFFIC FOR THE PAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS
BECAUSE OF
CONSTRUCTION CLOSE
BY. RIGHT NOW .. ONLY
BIKERS AND PEOPLE
WHO LIVE ON THE
STREET SHOULD BE
USING IT.
Matt, Local Biker
"We're just worried that
there's no signs, nothing
telling pedestrians, cyclists
even people driving what
they're supposed to do."
MATT SAYS NOT ONLY
ARE PEOPLE DRIVING
ON THE CLOSED ROAD ..
THEY'RE ALSO DRIVING
ON THE DESIGNATED
THE CONSTRUCTION IS
INCONVENIENT ... BUT
SAYS EVERYONE HAS TO
FOLLOW THE RULES OF
THE ROAD.
Officer Keith Foster, Rogers
Police Department
"Even though one side of a
barricade may be missing,
it's still closed. It's the same
as if we had barrels or
anything else across this
area. You can't drive past
the barriers."
MATT SAYS HE DOESN'T
WANT TO GET ANYONE
IN TROUBLE ... HE JUST
WANTS TO MAKE THE
AREA MORE SAFE.
Matt, Local Biker
"We have a lot of children
that play out here. A lot of
people walking dogs,
people on headphones.
And all it's going to take is
one driver for someone to
get hurt."
((NKIRUKA))
OFFICER FOSTER TELLS
ME THE PARK AND
RECREATION
DEPARMENT REACHED
OUT TO THE
CONTRACTOR WHO SAID
THEY WILL WORK TO
GET CLEARER
BARRIERS HERE.
HE ALSO SAYS MORE
POLICE WILL BE IN THE
AREA TO MAKE SURE
THIS ISN'THAPPENING.
LIVE IN ROGERS...
NKIRUKA AZUKA ..KNWA
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
NEWS
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((KELLY))
HAPPENING IN
SPRINGDALE--SPRING
HAS SPRUNG AND THE
CITY IS SET TO SPRUCE
UP ITS DOWNTOWN.
NEW BUSINESSES,
LARGE SCALE EVENTS,
AND IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS ARE
BLOSSOMING IN THE
CITY.
FROM SKATE SHOPS TO
20.
THE DOWNTOWN
SPRINGDALE ALLIANCE
SAID THE
ORGANIZATION'S AIM IS
TO BRING FOLKS
DOWNTOWN TO ENJOY
ITS UNIQUE AMENITIES
AND OFFERINGS.
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00:09:52:14-:00:10:12:09
Jill Dabbs, Executive
Director of Downtown
Springdale Alliance
"There's always opportunity
for growth and
improvement and right now,
Springdale is poised to
have a lot more density, a
lot more employees
working downtown.
Employees and density will
lead to more restaurants
and just a more vibrant
urban fabric for the people
of springdale to enjoy."
((KELLY))
NOT TO WORRY-
((KELLY))
A NANOTECHNOLOGY
MANUFACTURER IN
SPRINGDALE FILES FOR
CHAPTER ELEVEN
BANKRUPTCY.
ACCORDING TO IT'S
CHIEF RESTRUCTURING
OFFICER ATTORNEY
NANO-MECH WAS
FOUNDED IN 2002 TO
DEVELOP
NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR
USE IN MACHINING AND
MANUFACTURING, AND
IN 2009, A NINE
THOUSAND SQUARE
FOOT FACILITY WAS
BUILT IN SPRINGDALE
ACCORDING TO IT'S
WEBSITE.
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((KELLY))
TODAY PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP
DISCUSSING WAYS TO
HELP COMMUNITIES
FIND INVESTORS TO
CREATE JOBS IN THEIR
BACKYARD.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS
BUSINESSES
NATIONWIDE ARE
LOOKING FOR ROOM TO
EXPAND....
AND A NEW PROGRAM
THAT CREATES SO
CALLED " OPPORTUNITY
ZONES"...USES TAX
BREAKS TO
Development
Commission
"we're starting to promote
those zone throughout our
state, trying to get investors
to pool their money
together to be able to
actually invest in these
zones so we can start
seeing some of the money
flowing into communities."
((KELLY))
THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SAYS
OPPORTUNITY ZONES
ARE MEANT TO LAST...
AND NOT BE A SHORT
TERM INVESTMENT THAT
DISAPPEARS WITH AN
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
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((JENNIFER))
WORKERS IN THE
SEASON KICKS OFF AT
THE WALMART AMP
TONIGHT...BUT WILL THE
WEATHER COOPERATE,
DAN WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
((SKOFF))
WE'RE WATCHING THE
RADAR CLOSELY
TONIGHT AS STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS ARE
LOOKING LIKELY FOR