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
Stretching from new mexico to michigan and georgia. Continu eastward this morning. At least 43 people have been killed in 7 states from severe weather. Abcs megan hughes has details. The christmas twisters marched across the texas landscape in the neighborhood of rowlette they tossed trucks and tore trees from the earth. The twister that hit garland, texas was clocked as an ef4. Mos you could see transformers blowing up the survivors count themselves lucky. Norma jimenez grateful were alive and safe. This can be replaced mandatory on screen courtesy youtube roamin rich in missouri, flooding like this led to several deathsand led the governor to declare a state of emergency sunday night. In oklahoma, west mexicosnow created whiteout conditions on the roads. nats snowplow in oklahoma Mike Springer from affiliate koat cut after coated in snow just last week it was 60 degrees in roswell now its covered in snow. Trucks out of control rest in the snowbank more than 20 motorists were stranded
Travel times of the entiti year. But with a winter storm m rning for the e tire state of iowa. Local lawenforcement is urging people to stay off the roads. Reporter jacob peklo has more on what you should keep in mind if you do get behind the wheel. Michael clyde has worked a lot of holiday weekends, in his 11 years with the iowa state patrol. Trooper michael clyde, iowa state patrol every year, it seems like people get in more and more of a hurry to get where theyre going, ananthat always seses to be a factor right around the holidays i ithe speed. On sunday, hes performing his usual checks of the roadways, making sure all the cars or trucks that have skidded off the roadways are accounted for. Nats with the potential for the whole state to be under a winter storm warning on monday, this flowing scene of traffic could look far different. Trooper michael clyde, iowa state patrol if you are stranded, its important to remember to stay calm, dont get out of your vehicle, call us and well