Charity picked up more than 4 thousand toys this morning. 3 3 3 and tonight. Those 4 thousand toys joined the thousands of others collected during this years toys for Tots Campaign as volunteers began sorting through them. Theyre hoping to complete that task by the end of this weekend. So that they can be organized and distributed to kids in need here in siouxland this coming week leading up to Christmas Day next friday. 3 the amount of toys is just phenomenal this year. We actually restocked some agencies in the community we havent helped before that might have slipped rough the cracks. We want to make sure we get out there to all the children this time of year. This Years Campaign his helping 35 hundred kids in need throughout siouxland. Providing each child with at least two toys this christmas. 3 3 a sioux city woman is thanking jolly old Saint Nicholas tonight. For paying for her medication when 58 year old Barbara Fleming went to pay inhaler from the greenville pharmacy. She got
With a robbery and assault that terrorized a sioux city woman and her two sons in their own home early monday morning. Austin cummings of sioux city is charged with robbery, going armed with intent, assault while participating in a felony and theft in the 2nd degree. Police say cummings was one of two men who entered jodi blackwells home at 2627 south alice street, early monday morning. Anyone with information on the second suspect is urged to call crimestopper s at 258tips. Now to the terror in San Bernardino, authorities continue to work into the weekend, diving for answers hoping to learn whether anyone else was involved. Nbcs Gadi Schwartz is at the lake with more. While further south in San Bernardino. Divers will be back at it today. Searching for evidence in that attack. So far, we have seen 2 small objects recovered from the lake where terrorist couple syed farook and Tashfeen Malik are said to have visited the day of the shooting. S brian lavin professor, California State Univ
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
And the senator went onto defended not being in the senate to vote friday. Saying its part of campaigning for president. Jeb bush continues to blast republican president ial rival donald trump. Calling him out for a lack of seriousness. Bush campaigned in New Hampshire this saturday. Marking his first public event since tuesdays g op debate. After a town hall meeting, bush ripped trump to reporters. Continuing a line of attack he unveiled at the debate. Bush says the republican frontrunner is quote not a serious man. A warm december weekend throughout siouxland but, will it last, for more well toss it over to temperatures warmed up quite substantially compared to our friday, with most towns climbing close to 40 degrees. We will continue our warming trend right into our sunday as southerly flow begins to ramp up this will bring even warmer temperatures for sunday with high temperatures expected to climb into the 40s under mostly cloudy skies. Your 7day forecast is coming up in 10 minute
Bring a weapon to campus before the day began. Once the student got to school, they were able to search, locate the weapon and then detain the student. He was then taken into custody by the police. Once again, its important to note, that the student didnt have the capability to load the weapon, but dr. Gausman says that doesnt change the severity of the issue. We will follow all of the necessary steps, procedures and protocols to make certain that we do all that is necessary to keep our students and Staff Members safe, said Sioux City Community schools superintendent, dr. Paul gausman. Now, speaking of those procedures and protocols, its important to note that student cant return to school until this case is fully resolved. Of course, explusion is a very likely possibility, but dr. Gausman says that will this case moves forward. We have a Winter Weather advisory for a small section of siouxland tonight. Chief meteorologis t ron demers joins us now with the first look siouxland tuesday