First on 13. A Roosevelt High School coach and teacher is behind bars this hes facing felony charges. After turning himself into police yesterday. Gerald tig johnson is charged with Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee and assault with intent to commit sex abuse. Hes the Girls Basketball coach. Johnson is being held in the polk county jail. At this point in time we dont have a lot of details. The complaint was made with the Des Moines Police department and so the report is with them. Weve not seen that yet and so we dont have information on the timing or the exact accusations that are being made right now. Though the Des Moines School district is waiting to learn the though the Des Moines School district is waiting to learn the details surrounding the case. The game must go on. The Girls Varsity Basketball Team took on hoover last night, lead by their assistant coaches. The district says another teacher is assuming johnsons duties in the classroom. He has been placed on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation. A Pleasant Hill babysitter is headed to prison for abusing kids in her im a human being too. I have kids. Watching those films was just sickening seeing how you treated those babies. And with that. Christina williamson was sentenced to five years in prison. She was arrested in may after video surfaced showing her abusing three kids at her daycare. She was originally charged with five counts of child endangerment. But three were dropped as part of a plea deal. The parents of the kids williamson hurt described her as a monster. We were inconsolable with guilt that we had put our little girl in the hands of a monster. We didnt want to believe you were capable of this. Daycare decisions william also made a statement. Saying shes receiving several Mental Health issues. Four cities are considering sharing resources to cut down on Emergency Response times. Fire departments in clive, urbandale, waukee, and West Des Moines are working on an agreement. Thats according to the des moines register. It would send units from the closest station to an emergency. No matter the address of the call. Officials say it could save both time and money. As the number of calls is outgrowing resources. The plan is still in its early stages. Des moines leaders are revising a tax abatement program. They revised less than two months ago. It gives developers a 5 year tax abatement on multi Family Housing developments in certain city areas. It was supposed to end for developers who havent started construction by the end of the year. However, a Council Member brought up an amendment to change that monday night. And it passed. The deadline is now june first of 20 16. Something Officials Say will it takes substantial effort to develop plans to get a rezoning in place, to prepare your site plan. So, they hired engineers. Theyve invested in the project move forward. It takes time, it the Program Eliminated when they were was the impotence for the Council Action officials expect the new grace period could benefit up to half a dozen planned projects. The Holiday Season is upon us. And one of the busiest places in town in the local post office. Thats where we find channel 13s josh nguyen this morning. At the post office on 2nd avenue. Josh. There are some dates people should keep in mind if they want to mail anything before the des moines, ia processing overflow parcels for the area and will help distribute thousands of letters this time of year. The busiest mailing day is monday, december 14th. The busiest delivery day is wednesday, december 16th. The busiest delivery day for holiday cards letters and packages is monday, december 21st. An estimated 15. 5 billion items are expected to be delivered between thanksgiving and new years eve. Its still early in the season, but iowa teams are already wins that will matter come tournament selection time. Uni already beat top ranked north carolina. Last night, a chance for another quality win, on the road at george mason. Panthers up 7. More from behind the arc. Paul jesperson 3 of his 19, uni still up 6. 5 mins left, panthers up 1. Matt bohannon huge 3 from the corner. Northern iowa, big road win 7365 over george mason. Got plans for tomorrow night . If they dont include a date with the tv set at 6, better break them. Its only the biggest basketball game in the state. Iowa and iowa state. Emotions always run high in the cyhawk showdown. Last year iowa state went in to carver and pummeled the hawks by 15. Georges niang, never afraid join in the fun of the moment, got iowa fans all riled up when he blew a kiss to the student section. That was sort of just an in the moment thing. I was just like everything they were saying during the game. Its all out of good fun. Thats just me. I dont hold back on anything. Other than that im really excited for Hilton Coliseum will be rocking tomorrow night. Tip off is set for 6 hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Many people brave long lines at malls to grab a picture with the holidays. The same goes for shoppers in canada. But this jolly old fellow has a fresh new look well show you yeah. Its time to talk about what everyone else is talking about. Heres whats trending. A throwback from the 19 90s. Crystal pepsi. Is about to make a comeback. Pepsi announced a contest that will award thousands of fans with a six pack of the transparent cola. The tomorrow and friday. Through the pepsi pass app. Crystal pepsi debuted in 19 92. But it was pulled off the market in early 19 94. Its maintained a loyal following over the years. This bottle of wine was found in a very unusual place. An elks mouth the elk appeared to be drinking from the bottle in colorado last week. A woman took several pictures after she says the animal picked through a neighbors recycling bin. She joked it probably chose a red wine. To go with the white snow or to pair with his leafy greens. Its the Christmas Tree you and your College Buddies always dreamed about. A brew house in new york built the 26 foot tree from four hundred beer kegs. Its a holiday tradition. And this is the tallest one yet and the best part is. No ornaments old saint nick is getting a new look. Meet fashion santa. A veteran model thought of the idea two years ago when he grew a beard. Some of his santa look is the same. The beard is white and the belt is black. But he ditched the traditional hat. And updated his red jacket. With velvet. You can see him all season at a mall in toronto. A College Student in michigan decided to send out christmas cards with a photo of his new family. The only problem. He doesnt have one yet. So he spent about 50 bucks to make the cards. Featuring a random family that he found online. Of course, everyone is wearing ugly christmas sweaters. His goal was to make his distant relatives think he got married and had a bunch of there are a lot of ways to attempt a Half Court Shot. But an australian woman failed miserably. Youre looking at whats being called the worst Half Court Shot attempt. Ever. She had a chance to win 250 thousand dollars at a pro game if she could sink the shot. Instead, it looked like shes never a roosevelt teacher and coach is in custody. Find out what hes accused of doing. And hear how the School District is responding. Emotional testimony. Parents confronted a Pleasant Hill woman who abused their kids. The sentence a judge imposed. And how the case was caught on camera. Christmas craziness. A look inside one of the metros busest post offices. As the holiday rush is underway. Its wednesday december 9th. First on 13. Today were expecting to learn more about what put a Community Figure behind bars. The Roosevelt High School coach and teacher is facing felony charges. After turning himself into police. Gerald tig johnson is charged with Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee and assault with intent to commit sex abuse. Johnson is being held in the polk county jail. Details surrounding the case havent been released. But that didnt stop the Girls Varsity Basketball Team from facing hoover. The team was lead by their assistant coaches. And the Des Moines School district says a teacher is assuming johnsons duties in the classroom. Our high schools, all of them in des moines are pretty tight communities, and theyre going to support each other. The assistant coaches of course have stepped up to take over for the game tonight and of course at this point these are accusations being made, what comes next of course johnson has been placed on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation. A Pleasant Hill babysitter answered to child abuse charges in court. I believe her crying was the normal crying of a baby who didnt want her mother to leave. Smash her beautiful face into the carpet Christian Williamson was sentenced to five years in prison. She was arrested in may after abusing three kids at her daycare. She was originally charged with five counts of child endangerment. Of a plea sorry. And herself. 00 47 11 i loved your children like i love my own. Im so deeply sorry 00 47 22 receiving treatment for several Mental Health issues. Fort dodge police are investigating an armed robbery. That lead to a shooting. It happened in the 8 hundred block of 3rd avenue north yesterday morning. Officers arrived to find steven burns with a gunshot wound to his hip. Burns told police that two people approached him and demanded money. Burns says he refused. And was shot. Police are asking anyone with information to call the Webster County crime stoppers. The Iowa Democratic party is trying to get more members of the military to caucus. The party announced it will hold a telecaucus for iowans serving out of state or overseas. It will be held the same time as the caucuses and those interested must register by january 6th. They will be sent a pin number. So they can join the conference call. Chosen that night. 2 will be selected from the tele caucus. During the Holiday Season. The U S Postal Service processes 500 million pieces of mail. That makes the local post office one of the busiest places in town. Its where we find channel 13s josh nguyen this morning. On 2nd avenue. Josh. There are some dates to keep in mind when mailing your christmas cards. The des moines, ia Processing Distribution Center handles overflow parcels for the area and will help distribute thousands of letters this time of year. The busiest mailing day is monday, december 14th. The busiest delivery day is wednesday, december 16th. The busiest delivery day for holiday cards letters and packages is monday, december 21st. An estimated 15. 5 billion items are there will now be more security beginning today. Attendees with metal detectors. Fans are advised to bring only necessaritems. To help speed up the process. The doors will also open 75 minutes before the tip time. Officials say the changes are in order to improve guest safety and experience. It appears iowa fans are ready for the roses. The universitys rose bowl ticket allotment is already sold out. They went on sale yesterday. There were nearly 40 thousand ticket requests for the 22 thousand available. Well find out who the lucky ones are on monday. Ive been here for over 30 years and been to all the rose bowls and i dont know if ive ever seen anything quite like this. Were going to be working through this week and the weekend with stanford and seeing if we can use some of their tickets because traditionally stanford has not the hawkeyes take on the pac 12 champion. Stanford. On new years day. Kickoff is 4 10 p m, central time in pasadena, california. Iowa city isnt waiting for a win to start the celebrations. Yesterday the local hy vee delivered 43 hundred yellow roses to the athletic department. The floral manager says it was the biggest project shes ever worked on. The roses were a gift from the community. The historic football season is bringing more awards for coach kirk ferentz. Ferentz has been named the 20 15 woody hayes coach of the year. It comes after his recognition as big ten conference coach for the 4th time in his career. He was also named the American Football Coaches Association if youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all school Girls Basketball team is facing felony charges. Gerald tig johnson turned polk county jail. Hes charged with Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee and assault with intent to commit sex abuse. The Des Moines School district says he is on administrative leave. Pending the results of the investigation. A Pleasant Hill babysitter is headed to prison for abusing kids in her care. Christina williamson was sentenced to five years in prison. She was arrested in may after video surfaced showing her abusing three kids at her daycare. She was originally charged with five counts of child endangerment. But three were dropped as part of a plea deal. Williamson said shes working to better herself. And receiving treatment for several Mental Health issues. The man who went on a shooting spree in Pleasant Hill learn his fate today. A jury found pete polson guilty of attempted murder. Two counts of assault. And six other charges in october. He hit two people and narrowly missed a third when he opened fire last year. All of the victims polsons sentencing is set for 8 30 this morning. He faces up to 25 years for the attempted murder charge alone. The third man who unleashed carnage at a club in paris has been identified. He is Foued Mohamed aggad. And like the other attackers, he blew himself up. Officials say the 23 year old traveled to syria in 20 13. And was close to one of the main jihadist recruiters in france. The attack was launched as an American Band played to an audience of more than one thousand people last month. 90 people were killed there. The Republican Party is adding another debate to the primary calender. Fox Business Network will host the sixth g o p debate in north charleston, south carolina. It will take place january 14th. Two days after president obamas state of the union address. Its also two and a half weeks before the iowa caucuses. Fox business has yet to announce the moderators. On the campaign trail. In iowa. Clinton begins this morning in waterloo. With a tour of cedar valley tech works. Soon after. She heads across town to the 5 Sullivan Brothers convention center. A meet and greet will take place there. Then at 4 30 p m. She arrives in urbandale at living history farms. For a town hall. A water main break is slowing up traffic in downtown des moines. Heres a live look. At east 21st and easton boulevard. The break happened about an hour ago. As you can see. Crews have closed off a lane so they can fix it. They ask you to avoid the area until now heres Savannah Guthrie with a look at whats coming up next on the today its time to rise and shine. At kum go, were doing more for you to start your day right. Like serving up a friendly good morning along with breakfast sandwiches breakfast pizza, donuts muffins coffee that are all made fresh hot in our stores kitchens every day. Kum go. Where means more
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