Tonight when they opened the doors, were there many shoppers . No it wasnt too bad actually there were lines only at a few stores right when the mall opened at 6. The National Retail federation predicts 1. 6 million more people will hit the stores this year over the thanksgiving weekend compared to the same time last year. And many of the shoppers i spoke with at the lindale mall said it was their First Time Ever participating. Eager shoppers tonight despite some malls like mall of america opting to stay closed on thanksgiving. 19 15 14;00 our Corporate Office decided the best opportunity for lindale was to be open tonight to provide shoppers with another opportunity to get the best sales, deals and doorbusters. I think it lessens the craziness that we see on black friday so it just starts a little earlier on thanksgiving night. Some stores like francescas and some Jewelry Stores chose not to open, which surprised some shoppers. 19 21 04;25 we were going to go to we went to rue 21. One
Been chilly and snow on the ground. Today temperatures were around 40 degrees. So close to where we should be this time of year. It was a nice quiet date with no rain or snow. Tonight there is a weak disturbance moving across eastern iowa and as you can see there is a band of rain and snow mixed that is trying to work its way to the central part of our viewing area. Were not expecting this to last but there could be a brief period of snow as it comes by. Right now fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused a massive fire in central city this morning. It happened at recycling business on iehl street. Fox 28 news anchor matt hammilljoins us live from central city. Matt . A thanksgiving no one will forget as explosions rocked the town early this morning. As you can see behind us still some hot spots smouldering ad lib but also a feeling this could have been so much worse. Nats fire witnesses saw flames soar into the air and responding fire teams could see the smoke ten miles
Spots smouldering ad lib but also a feeling this could have been so much worse. Have been so this could have been so much worse. Witnesses saw flames soar into the air and responding fire teams could see the smoke ten miles before they got to the scene with so much oil to feed the fire what started in one building quickly spread to another. Nat 3 24 32 the explosions are going off and you can feel the heat. Neighbors say the flames moved so fast they didnt know what would happen next. Tina vanourney witnessed iowa gold fire 3 24 37 its crazy, it was very on. Nats fire right in the middle of the battle as crews struggled to bring the raging fire under control chief jim oleary watched the smoke plume settling over central city and realizedeveryone could be in danger. Chief jim oleary central city fire 18 20 we do have a message out to them to turn their heat off. City and realized many people could be in danger. We made everybody stay indoors. One firefighter had to be rushed to the hosp
Moves close enough to our area tonight that we could see some at most. The rest of friday quite rise into the upper 40s. Sunday features similar temperatures, but with breezy winds and the chance of showers. Showers last on monday, cooling us back down to normal to close out the stormtrack 7 weather team happy thanksgiving, eastern pressure tracks to the east later today, making way for a moves close enough to our area tonight that we could see some at most. The rest of friday quite mild and as a warm front will temperatures, but with breezy winds and the chance of showers. A cold front will track throug stormtrack 7 weather team happy thanksgiving, eastern pressure tracks to the east a thanksgiving day fire but not started in the kitchen. Large flames and thick black smoke coming from a distributing plant in linn county sending one firefighter to the hospital with possible life threatening injuries. The fire chief telling people who live in town to shut their windows and shut of their
Monte morris and the number 21 iowa state Mens Basketball Team taking on indiana state in the first round of the advocare invitational tournament in orlando. Indiana state is led by former iowa hawkeye assistant greg lansing. And this is a back and forth game from the state. The cyclones Deonte Burton with the steal and jam for the cyclones. Later its the sycamores with 20. Indiana state by five. The cyclones respond. Good iowa state defense leads to a monte morris layup and foul iowa state leads 4140 at the break. In the second half indiana state goes on a run. Brenton scott knocks down a three. The sycamores led by three late. But monte morris and the cyclones answerthis scoop shot by the all americanties the game at 69 in the closing minutes. And with iowa state trailing by two. Matt thomas rattles in what turns out to be the game winning three pointer. The cyclones hold on for a 7371 win. The Northern Iowa panthers are hosting the missouri conference volleyball tournament this than