Thanks to low gas prices. Its been the gift that keeps on giving all year. The National Average for gasoline has dropped below 2 dollars a gallon, triplea estimates drivers are saving about 550 dollars total this year. Experts attribute the current excess of crude oil and a fall in demand for the drop in fuel prices. Deborah if youve been procrastinating your Holiday Shopping, you may not be out of luck. Waiting until the last minute, could even benefit your bottom line. Mark ellwood, author bargain fever the sales this year are looking better are desperate to sell us things many stores are offering anywhere from 20 to 75 percent off already reduced prices today. Plus, because of the unseasonably warm sthe winter. Theres deep discounts on cold weather clothes and accessories. And if youve waited this long. Dont feel guilty. Only ten percent of americans have all of their Holiday Shopping done. Now, if you still need to ship gifts to your loved ones, be prepared to dig deep into your wa
The woman who drove her car into pedestrians in las vegas. Deborah friends of spencer wrestler Austin Roberts share their memories of their fallen friend. Deborah one of the oldest pilots in the country is still taking to the skies. And hes from right here in iowa well introduce you to him. This morning on abc9 news. Deborah good morning and thanks for joining us. Im deborah souverain. Jessica rae has the morning off. The woman accused of plowing her car into pedestrians in las vegas was a poster child for turning her life around. Police say she hit the crowd on purpose, but theyre not sure why. Reporter Stephanie Elam has the latest. Natsot didiatcher shut pretty much this wholelelace down. We have multiple people that are not breathing. Police say when Lakeisha Holloway plowed her car into a crowd of pedestrians on the busy Las Vegas Strip sunday evening. She killed 32 year old Jessica Valenzuela and injured more than 30 people. Now, holloway is being charged with one count of murder
Santa. Jenna good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im jenna rehnstrom. Tim is off. If youve ever been on the recieving end of a random act of kindness, however small. You know what a big impact that can make on your outlook. Well, here at abc9, we had a secret santa come to us with an idea. He handed over 3,000 and wanted us to help him give it away to strangers. So, we enlisted the help of some christmas elves from the Woodbury County Sheriffs Office, and what happened next is going to warm your heart this holiday season. Take a look woman says, holy buckets woman cries. Says, thank you so much woman shouts excitedly, thank you armed with envelopes filled with 200 cash, each, we got to fufill an anonymous donors Christmas Wish give this money, and a little goodwill, to 15 unsuspecting siouxlanders. Deputies from the Woodbury County Sheriffs Office drove us around and helped spot some folks they could tell needed a little holiday cheer. Deputy jim mccrystal says, were just
His mother. Shirley lemm of wisner. Tells the omaha worldherald that after graduating from beemer in 1989. Lemm joined the air force. Then eventually became a new York City Police officer. After the september 11th terrorist attacks. Lemm joined the air force reserves. He was servininhis secoco deployment to afghanistan. 3 3 a high speed chase crossed the border from nebraska into iowa this morning. Just after 11am. Police in dakota county, nebraska began chasing a reckless driver in a black s u v. That chase eventually wound through south sioux city. Across the vets bridge. And onto wesley parkway before ending with vehicle stopping at west 3rd and perry. The occupant ran. At this time. He has not been located. 3 3 sioux city fire rescue is honoring the memory of the citys first female firefighter. Jeanne jeanee vakulskas vuhkulskus joined the department in 1985. And retired on her 55th birthday in 2007. She passed away sunday at her home. Her fellow firefighters remember her as one of
Was just mom. You know she wasnt this figure that i you know that i realized what she accomplished later in life. Vakulskas funeral is tomorrow at st. Josephs Catholic Church in sioux city. That begins at 10 30 am. Vakulskas served with the Sioux City Fire Department from 1985 to 2007. Jeanne vakulskas was 63yearsold. Services are now set for a spencer, iowa wrestler, who collapsed during a meet over the weekend. A visitation for 18year old Austin Roberts begins at 3 00pm on sunday, december 27th, at the Spencer High School gym. Funeral services are set for 10 30am, on monday, december 28th, at the Spencer High School gym. It was during the championship round of saturdays spencer invitational that roberts collapsed, and never got back up. This is video of a prior match, today, the state medical examiner conducted an autopsy on roberts body. Results are pending further investigation. A soldier, with ties to siouxland, is one of six american troops killed in a Suicide Attack near Bagram