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To understand better says Bishop Walker nickless, dioceses of sioux city. And even with all the political talk surrounding the race for the white house religious studies professorsbruce forbes believes the pope may have beeeea bit misinterpreted with hihimessage, albeit a strong one. Mass right on the border, i mean. He was tryingngo Say Something about divided people and how in the world can we get people to come together. I think he was making a social statement, but its a mistake to see it simply as a political statement says bruce forbes, professor religious studies, Morningside College. Forbes says religion and politics coming together is nothing new. Prohibition, womens rights, and the Civil Rights Movement were all religioly based issuesn their time ....
Abc 9s bria bell brings us more. Bria tim and jenna, the Sioux City Public Library and the Convention Center are two prominent places are feeling the effects of vagrancy issues downtown and now both places are looking to stop people from entering if they do not intend to utilize the facilities properly. Its not a good look when you have somebody sleeping at a table, the sioux city library, typically a nice place to enjoy a good book, is unintentionally housing the homeless. The library will allocate nearly 46,000 for additional security options due to the frequent vagrancy issues, but will it be enough . Im not sure that with the money that well be having, that its really going to cover what we really need, says capron. Also facing similar issues, the sioux city Convention Center. So theyve got some prob ....
Week away. The proposed pipeline would cut through the state and has been stirring up a lot of controversy. Right now the hearing is scheduled for next week in boone, and the iowa utilities board is adding 210 speakers to the meeting. But some people arent happy with how those speakers are divided. The iowa utilities board looked at several options for an organized way to hear Public Comment at the hearing. They ended up with a 5o. 50 split half the people who speak next will will be in support of the pipeline, the othehehalf will be opopnents. Tim Water Treatment isnt something g most people think about. Thats unless theres an odor issue. But with millions of dollars of improvements at sioux citys waste Water Treatment plant, city officials are hopeink folks will take notice. Abc9s lukas voss joined in on a tour of th ....
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 ....
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 ....