Wednesday Morning Read: Marion man faces murder charge; Iowa woman killed in Las Vegas massacre; North Liberty man gets ‘lucky for life’ at 92

TODAY'S WEATHER — Turning partly cloudy, cooler. High 69, low 52.

MARION MAN FACES MURDER CHARGE — Police say Carrie Davis was dead for several days before her body was discovered Monday outside a rental home on Hillview Drive near Hanna Park in Marion. On Tuesday, Gregory Davis, 27, of Marion, was charged with first-degree murder in her death. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/gregory-davis-charged-with-first-degree-murder-after-marion-police-find-body-of-carrie-davis/

IOWA WOMAN KILLED IN LAS VEGAS MASSACRE — A family member Tuesday evening confirmed the death of Sutherland, Iowa, resident Carly Kreibaum, a victim in the largest mass shooting in U.S. history. Kreibaum, a native of Sibley, Iowa, was believed to be one of at least 59 people shot and killed during a Sunday night incident in which lone gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of some 22,000 people attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival, a country-music extravaganza on the Las Vegas Strip. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/nation-world/northwest-iowa-woman-killed-in-las-vegas-mass-shooting/

NORTH LIBERTY MAN GETS 'LUCKY FOR LIFE' AT 92 — Taking the lump-sum cash option was kind of a no-brainer for Charles 'Chuck' Svatos when he claimed his Lucky for Life winnings Tuesday at the Iowa Lottery headquarters, considering he turned 92 last July. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/at-92-north-liberty-man-wins-lucky-for-life-prize/

FORMER IOWA STATE PLAYER EXPERIENCED HURRICANE MARIA — 'First-world culture shock' is how former Iowa State basketball player Chelsea Poppens describes her current state of mind. 'Electricity, cellphone, air conditioning — everything you take for granted,' Poppens said by phone Tuesday about her re-entry to the U.S. on Sunday after a month in Puerto Rico that included living through Hurricane Maria and the first 11 days after it leveled the Caribbean island/U.S. territory. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/sports/ex-cyclone-chelsea-poppens-on-puerto-rico-you-dreaded-nightfall/

QUOTABLE — 'It ranks up there with motherhood and apple pie.' Susan Collins of the Container Recycling Institute, on Iowa's 38-year-old bottle bill. Collins, however, also agreed it's time to modernize the bill. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/government-politics/recycling-advocate-calls-for-expansion-of-iowas-bottle-bill/