By bearing gifts. See more just ahead. Good morning and welcome back everyone, im eric hanson. Elizabeth im elizabeth klinge. Those campers have lucked out with the weather. Metinka you know what, thats right. Temperatures have been so mild. 38 in des moines and a couple degrees cooler in ames. Great for the early part of december. A light breeze from the northwest and the wind will be shifting to the south. And help warm temperatures back up to 55. Thats 20 degrees warmer than it should be and we will have plenty of sunshine. Tomorrow is looking warm. Highs close to 60 which could come close to record high temperatures but it will be windy on thursday. Friday has a few clouds and slightly cooler temperatures over the weekend. Thats when the changes happen. Eric todays big stories now. Theres new information this morning on a roosevelt basketball coach arrested for sex charges. 46yearold gerald tig johnson turned himself into Police Assault with intention to commit a sex act and Sexual
Christmas weekend, you can track iowas Winter Weather by using our kcci storm team app. You get interactive radar and weather alerts, whenever you want them. The download is free. Search storm team 8 in the apple store or on google play. Lots of people heading out tonight, looking for something to do on christmas, when just about everything is closed. Kccis rose heaphy joins us live , she has solved that problem for you tonight. She is live from Flix Brewhouse with the story. Rose this place is hopping. The manager tells me this theater will serve thousands of people today. People are packing the theaters. Seven showings of star wars are already sold out at flix. For one ankeny family, going to the theaters was the plan all along for Christmas Day. They told me they bought their tickets two months ago to see star wars. In the spirit of christmas, they wanted to spend time together and share the experience. Rich im from california. Families, so theres 18 of us. Star wars. Weve probably
36 in ames and in des moines were at 39 with most locations across the state are already above freezing. In a more typical december morning, temperatures would only be near 20 degrees so this is a huge improvement over average. And its going to be an above average day, too. We are expecting sunshine by noon, close to 50 degrees, headed for highs today right around 55. The weather stays quiet the next couple days and it also stays warm. But weve got some change coming in the forecast and well need to pull out those warmer coats as we head towards the weekend. Eric todays big stories now, theres new information this morning on a roosevelt basketball coach arrested for sex charges. 46yearold gerald tig johnson turned himself into Police Tuesday facing charges of assault with the intention to commit a sex act and Sexual Exploitation by a school employee. The varsity basketball coach returned to roosevelt after a few stints with other schools. The district says it is cooperating with invest
Grown bigger over the years. The preparation for Hope Ministries big free Christmas Day meal. White christmas. Snow fell just in time for the holidays. However, it is creating a headache for travelers. The problems drivers ran into. 10 14 12 0610 14 16 23 we expect the same performance and same decisions out of all our officers regardless of their age. A Police Officer accidentally fires his gun at the des moines airport. What the department is doing about it. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 heavy snowflakes started to fall earlier today. Just in time for christmas. A blessing for those of us waiting for a White Christmas. And a curse for those traveling to be with loved ones for the holiday. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. Im lyn melling. Finally. It looks and feels like december out there tonight. But the fresh snow also came with headaches for drivers today. Car wrecks and pileups have with the very latest on
There will be thousands of hawkeye fans at Memorial Stadium tomorrow. More than 90thousand fans can cram into the stadium, clearly many will be hawk fans with the team ranked in the top 5. Even drivers we talked to that werent heading to the game, were talking about the hawkeyes. Many iowans say hawkeye football will be the focus of their thanksgiving weekend. We found one person going to the game tomorrow whos actually a husker fan, but even he was happy for the hawkeyes. I think its exciting, its nice and brings some exposure to iowa and your program, its always a good thing. With tomorrows game at 230 and the tough weather, there is a good chance even more hawkeye fans will be on the road first thing in the morning. No doubt about it many people are thanksful for these hawkeyes. Stephanie thats mark carlson reporting. Like he said, the game kicks off tomorrow at 2 30. Be sure to tune in to local 5 to catch all the action. Stephanie new at six now, some good news for a central iowa f