Joining us tonight im tim seaman Jenna Rehnstrom has the night off. We are less than two days away from christmas, and siouxland churches are preparing for big crowds on christmas day. But in a time of declining faith, are numbers of church goers dwindling during the holiday celebrating the birth of christ . Tim according to a Pew Research Center poll, 41 percent of baby boomers and generation xers y they dont attend religious servises on either Christmas Eve or christmas day, just under half of millenials polled reported the same. Tim for others, the tradition of going to church on christmas is tradition. Even if folks might not make other services during the rest of the year. Celebrating the birth of the new born king just seems to be more important. But we wondered d why . Our lukas voss met with religous leaders today and has more. Lukas thanks tim. Somehow that walk to our local brisk winter night has something special. The christmaservice. Fomany its a time to bring the whole fam
Snow, Christmas Day a light mix is possible. Both days in the mid 30s. After that, a mix lingers saturday, and were keeping an eye on monday, could bring porter is set to start on june 13 th. Porter is one of six officers facing charges in the death of freddie gray. His first trial ended with a hung jury and mistrial last week. A Court Spokeswoman says the new date has to be approved at a hearing today. Freddie gray suffered a fatal spinal injury while riding in a police van. He was shackled during the ride, but officers didnt put a seat belt on him. His death set off massive protests and violence in ltime earlier this year. Jessica rae from tragedy to triumph. To politics. Big events helped shape the world in 2015. Heres a look back at the year in news. Earthquake centered in nepal. David muir the death toll now surging terry moran this team has brought this young man out of this building, and he is alive. Marci gonzalez the epitome of chaos hit mt. Everest david kerley the airbus 320
Future of space travel. Welcome back everyone, and thanks for choosing kcci. Im eric hanson. Elizabeth im elizabeth klinge. Its tuesday, december 22nd. You will definitely want a code but things could be worse. Frank temperatures waking up this morning around our average high. I think we will take that. A live shot from winterset, notice some fog in the air. Especially down to the south and wests acute that in mind if you are heading in. You see the lights on top of the buildings, winterset down there and Madison County decorated so nice this time of year. 28 in ames, 27 and fort dodge. We could see fog around toward lamoni. He that in mind if you are in from the south and west. Mainly cloudy, 32 by nine. The low 40s. 3 00 has some sunshine and temperatures in the mid40s. Elizabeth we start with new information this morning, eddie tiptons alleged lottery fraud goes beyond just iowa. Emmy victor is here with what Kansas Lottery officials are saying he did. Emmy . Emmy elizabeth, this in
Camera . Soon, you wont be shelling out quite so much cash. Jenna thanks for joining us tonight im Jenna Rehnstrom tim seaman has the night off. We begin tonight with a grim discovery in pierce nebraska. The state patrol is now investigating the discovery of a body found burned in an abandoned pickup truck. A vecle was spotted in a field about 10 miles outside of town around three this afternoon. Investigators say they discovered the remains of a person in the cab of that charred pickup truck. The Nebraska State Patrol and the state Fire Marshals Office were called in to investigate. The state patrol says the vehicle was still smoldering and too hot to get inside. The state patrol along with teh state fire marshal and Pierce County Sheriffs Office are working to identify the body and the cause of more details as they come into us. Jenna fire officials in spencer say flamable materials too close to a space heater caused a house fire saturday. One person was found dead inside the mobile
Had enough of that. Ryan s. last month a kcci investigation revealed county deputies responded to evolution nightclub 70 times in seven months. Thats more than twice every weekend. It was finally an overall symptom of a greater disease which was an out of control bar. Ryan s. polk county supervisor Robert Brownell says the tipping point, a deadly shooting in the parking lot six weeks ago. I think the bigger overshadowing piece was just safety when we had the gun activity. Ryan s. polk county suspended the bars Liquor License after novembers shooting. Weve learned the owners failed to appear for an appeal hearing friday, permanently losing its Liquor License. Investigators reviewed hours of Video Surveillance from inside the nightclub and witnessed multiple Violations Including serving minors failure to check serving minors, failure to check ids and serving alcohol after hours. County leaders now say theyd prefer that property remain alcoholfree. Its going to take some along with anothe