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.
March Student of the Month Kayla Wallace
The Cedar Rapids Community School District announced the names of the new westside elementary schools.
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.
North Liberty is prohibiting on-street parking beginning at 9:00 A.M. on Thursday
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.
Willie Ray Fairley fed hundreds of Iowans per day for weeks following the devastating derecho in August last year.
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.
Volunteers and workers with the Domestic Violence Intervention Program in Iowa City have a virtual system this year to get gifts to children.
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.
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.
Thousands participate in virtual Especially for You 5K
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.
A non-profit garden now grows at the site of a former school in Vinton.
Carmen Legaspi and her husband are using multiple avenues to get their products to customer.
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.
Benton County Conservation says it's taken more calls from people wanting to explore the outdoors locally.
120 year-old Vinton Train Depot houses historical artifacts of the town.
Vinton is home to an AmeriCorps headquarters, who has had to modify its usual plans because of the pandemic.
The trail chairman says the Old Creamery Nature Trail is the best kept secret in the county.
Vinton Parks and Recreation working on several new projects for people to enjoy the outdoors.
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Murals celebrating Vinton's 150th anniversary in 2019 are displayed around the town.
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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.
Passengers at the Eastern Iowa Airport have increased in May compared to April of this year and are tracking along with the national average.
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.
Linn County Public Health is reminding residents that social distancing is just an important outdoors as it is indoors.
The Coralville Police department announced Friday two arrests were made in connection to a murder that happened on Christmas Day last year.
Airports are quiet as the coronavirus outbreak leaves people grounded. Less travel means less revenue. but for most airports relief is on the way.
The KCRG-TV9 morning team welcomes Jay Greene to the co-anchor chair.
A local food manufacturer said one of its employees likely has the illness associated with the novel coronavirus, company officials confirmed on Monday.
The KCRG-TV9 morning team welcomes Jackie Kennon to the co-anchor chair.
A plan to rebuild or renovate 13 elementary schools in the Cedar Rapids Community School District and close eight others is pushing ahead.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million students are impacted by teen dating violence.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The results of the survey show an overall increase, considered a win for conservationists.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The largest commercial airport in eastern Iowa served a record number of passengers during 2019, according to officials.
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.