Jackie Kennon
Morning Anchor
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Jackie Kennon is excited to return to the KCRG-TV9 News team and her home state.
Jackie returned to KCRG-TV9 News as an anchor in June 2019. She first interned in the newsroom while attending college at Wartburg College in Waverly. After college, Jackie worked at KTVO-TV in Kirksville, Missouri, covering news in Northern Missouri and Southern Iowa.
Jackie grew up in Postville and graduated from Postville High School.
She enjoys baking sweet treats and going on runs with her husband and rescue dog, Mac. Contact Jackie at jackie.kennon@kcrg.com with story ideas or to say hi.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2021 at 8:10 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
March Student of the Month Kayla Wallace
Updated: Feb. 26, 2021 at 11:47 AM CST
|By KCRG Staff
The Cedar Rapids Community School District announced the names of the new westside elementary schools.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 7:27 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Seventeen- year-old Shye Johnson is used to balancing. She’s going to school in a pandemic, while also helping her younger siblings, ages five and seven, with their online lessons. She’s also learning the Meskwaki language, along with her other curriculum.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 10:26 PM CST
North Liberty is prohibiting on-street parking beginning at 9:00 A.M. on Thursday
Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 at 5:36 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Noah Rich is a 16-year-old student at WACO Community Schools who stepped up to help his classmates share their music with the community during the pandemic.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 4:28 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Willie Ray Fairley fed hundreds of Iowans per day for weeks following the devastating derecho in August last year.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2020 at 7:02 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
After 17.5 years of working in aerospace, Connie Moyer said she needed a change, and opened up a quilt shop in Marion. That was 28 years ago. Her 28th year of owning Connie’s Quilt Shop was much different than the previous 27.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2020 at 9:06 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Volunteers and workers with the Domestic Violence Intervention Program in Iowa City have a virtual system this year to get gifts to children.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2020 at 4:21 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
While the new parents say caring for newborn twins is hard, they're thankful they had a little help to get through those days in the hospital.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2020 at 5:17 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Looking back on 2020, the year could seem like a coal chunk in a stocking for Jordyn Redmond and Andrew Miller. But the way they see it, it’s more like a Christmas miracle with the arrival of their son.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2020 at 6:31 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Thousands participate in virtual Especially for You 5K
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 10:29 PM CDT
|By JAY REEVES, ANGIE WANG and JEFF MARTIN
Sally was the second hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast in less than three weeks and the latest to blow in during one of the busiest hurricane seasons ever.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 6:23 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
A non-profit garden now grows at the site of a former school in Vinton.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Carmen Legaspi and her husband are using multiple avenues to get their products to customer.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 6:38 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
John Gualtier was hit by shrapnel in the hand and the foot while treating soldiers in battle. No one logged his injuries so he could keep helping others, but it delayed getting his honor of a Purple Heart.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 5:32 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Benton County Conservation says it's taken more calls from people wanting to explore the outdoors locally.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 7:44 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
120 year-old Vinton Train Depot houses historical artifacts of the town.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 7:20 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Vinton is home to an AmeriCorps headquarters, who has had to modify its usual plans because of the pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 6:45 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
The trail chairman says the Old Creamery Nature Trail is the best kept secret in the county.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 7:36 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Vinton Parks and Recreation working on several new projects for people to enjoy the outdoors.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 7:08 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Murals celebrating Vinton's 150th anniversary in 2019 are displayed around the town.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 2:21 PM CDT
|By KCRG News Staff
An eastern Iowa social services organization is one of the places coordinating the distribution of federal funding for rental assistance, organization officials said on Monday.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2020 at 12:51 PM CDT
Passengers at the Eastern Iowa Airport have increased in May compared to April of this year and are tracking along with the national average.
Updated: May. 27, 2020 at 2:51 PM CDT
|By KCRG News Staff
As local businesses continue to reopen and other restrictions are further eased by Gov. Kim Reynolds, the city of Cedar Rapids is planning on resuming normal practices soon.
Updated: May. 1, 2020 at 3:46 PM CDT
|By KCRG-TV9 News Staff
Linn County Public Health is reminding residents that social distancing is just an important outdoors as it is indoors.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2020 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By KCRG-TV9 News Staff
The Coralville Police department announced Friday two arrests were made in connection to a murder that happened on Christmas Day last year.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2020 at 4:26 PM CDT
|By Allison Maass, Gray DC
Airports are quiet as the coronavirus outbreak leaves people grounded. Less travel means less revenue. but for most airports relief is on the way.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2020 at 6:26 AM CDT
The KCRG-TV9 morning team welcomes Jay Greene to the co-anchor chair.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2020 at 4:22 PM CDT
|By KCRG News Staff
A local food manufacturer said one of its employees likely has the illness associated with the novel coronavirus, company officials confirmed on Monday.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2020 at 5:58 AM CDT
|By KCRG-TV9 News Staff
The KCRG-TV9 morning team welcomes Jackie Kennon to the co-anchor chair.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2020 at 10:52 PM CDT
|By Mary Green
A plan to rebuild or renovate 13 elementary schools in the Cedar Rapids Community School District and close eight others is pushing ahead.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2020 at 2:30 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
The family of an Eastern Iowa girl who lost her sight because of the flu is still working through all that happened in the past couple of months. Jade DeLucia made national news headlines over the winter when complications from a severe case of Influenza B caused her to go blind.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2020 at 5:10 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
While most students sing their school fight song, two sophomores at Western Dubuque High School in Epworth are signing it. It's all part of a new class there, where the students decide what they want to learn.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2020 at 7:55 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
For many people, a quick trip to the library to pick up a new book is just an errand on a busy day, but for those who aren’t able to do that, the Friends of the Marion Public Library is bringing the books to them.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2020 at 5:34 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
One year after Oelwein started inspecting rental housing, the city is now acquiring properties from landlords who face long lists of required upgrades. One landlord worked out an agreement for the city to acquire 37 properties. The city plans to demolish many of those homes.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2020 at 6:09 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
A lot of eastern Iowans enjoy taking trips this time of year to get away from the winter weather, but the Centers for Disease Control are issuing travel warnings as the number of countries with cases of the coronavirus continues to rise.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2020 at 6:05 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Of the 30 or so former race horses from all across the country, the newest addition is Mucho Chrome, a thoroughbred who just got there from California.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2020 at 3:27 PM CST
|By Jordee Kalk
In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million students are impacted by teen dating violence.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2020 at 6:23 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
On February 6th, a water main break sent water and mud rushing into the Waypoint building at a force so strong it pushed back some walls, causing portions of the ceiling to fall down.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2020 at 8:28 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
The City of Dubuque partnered up with kids to create a plan for potential climate action in the city. It's part of an effort for the city's climate action plan, with a goal of cutting carbon emissions by 50 percent over the next ten years.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2020 at 6:01 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
It's Valentine's Day, and while many people are celebrating with flowers and chocolates, a couple of people also spent the day delivering something a little more unusual.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2020 at 6:34 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
With unemployment in Linn County at 3.1 percent, it can be tough for businesses to find workers. For people with a criminal past, it can be nearly impossible to find employment.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2020 at 5:46 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
The results of the survey show an overall increase, considered a win for conservationists.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2020 at 9:24 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
As more healthy animals get adopted, that frees up space to take in more strays. The shelter can also take on more complicated health cases.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2020 at 4:22 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
People at Waypoint are cleaning up after a water main break did some serious damage. The floor moved so much from the water pouring in that it shoved the walls back, causing parts of the ceiling to fall.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2020 at 5:48 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
A fire at a Cedar Rapids apartment complex has forced more than 15 people out of their homes. Now a Cedar Rapids business owner is offering to help out.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2020 at 5:48 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
A newspaper editor says a member of the Vinton Municipal Electric Utilities board threatened to shoot her. Valerie Close is the owner and editor of Vinton Today, an online newspaper that started 10 years ago.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2020 at 6:27 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
The new Dollar Fresh store will be right across Interstate 218 from the former Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School. That school opened in the 1800s.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2020 at 3:58 PM CST
|By KCRG News Staff
The largest commercial airport in eastern Iowa served a record number of passengers during 2019, according to officials.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2020 at 3:03 PM CST
|By Associated Press
Organizers of an emergency warming shelter in Waterloo have been given more time to operate while they search for another location that meets local fire codes.