cuts ponca's lead to one.. thirty-two to thirty-one.3. ponca comes right back.. dalton tremayne with his own up and under.. he's fouled.. he'd miss the layup.. indians up thirty-four to thirty-one.4. move to the fourth quarter.. ponca up two..forty to thirty-eight and neney-oaoaale's alex kirkman with the drive and the layup.. game tied at forty with a little over a minute left in the game.5. ponca has the ball with just over thirty-seconds left in the game.. logan kingsbury misses the layup but hunter schweers is there to clean it up.. indians up forty-two to forty and that's how it would end. ponca hands the warriors their first loss! 42-40. can they do the same to 3 great northeast nebraska shootout at wayne state! consolation matchup between laurel concord coleridge and st. mary's this morning.1) on the boys side this is dylan wolfgramamith the drive and the basket. the bears were getting out in fronon 2)aint mary's trying to mount a comeback in the second half jake reiman making it rain! the three pointer is good.the bears roll though. 70-47 the final. 3 sam

later on, ponca up one...and bryn schutte of the bears...money from distance...lcc takes the lead ponca, tries to respond, but katie leapley, comes up with the rejection on t t defensive end. so t t lady indians,o to the outside game...sadie finnegan connects on the triple...they go on to win it, 51-41. chris some bad news for iowa state fans today...naz mitrou long announced he'll miss the rest of the seasonon mitrou-long had arthroscopic surgery on both of his hips in the offseason, but had played the first 8 games for the cyclones. he sat out sunday's game, but persistent soreness led him to decide to shut it down. iowa state will seek a medical redshirt for which would allow him to return in 2016-17. alex up in vermillionon today, usd introduced new footba coach bob nielson. the 56 year old comes to the yotes from western illinois, where he was named missouri valley coach of the year this past season. nielson has an impressive resume, with a reer mark of 186-80-1 in 23 years as a head coach and a pair of division two national championships. national championships. alex dordt also an

in ponca, nebraska, for abc9 news. enthusiastic dancer myself ... i simply had to try. sot: "so you are already becoming a dancer ... ready for the trivia dancer. as you see we are going to continue dancing here in ponca nebraska. you just keep tuned in to abc9 ... i am lukas voss ... in ponca, nebraska, for abc9 news. "live with kelly and michael" airs weekdays from nine to ten a-m on abc9..... if you would like to see father andy's dance again.. just head to our website... that's siouxlandmatter.c om and click on this story. deborah: hockey players from all around siouxland took to the ice today to honor a former sioux city musketeer. the sixth annual "lobster style" hockey tournament was held at the i-b-p ice center today...in honor of t-j reinsch who passed away in 20- 10. t-j was a youth hockey coach for 15 years here in sioux city...as well as sioux falls and san diego, california. he also played for the musketeers. t-j's former teammates and students,....say the event helps them honor the late coach...in the way

a look at one ponca, nebraska home's christmas lights display. and how you can take a tour before christmas. across the region with lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures, after the fog burned off this morning. we have a chance for some patchy fog yet again tonight into the pre-dawn hours of our tuesday. the snow pack will continue to dwindle with temperatures climbing into the 40s and 50s tomorrow under partly cloudy skies. a few sprinkles, or maybe a light shower, will be south. after that moves out of siouxland, high pressure takes over for the remainder of the workweek giving us more sunshine and mild temperatures. still to come... when we talk about farming, chances are you think of corn still to come... when we talk about farming, chances are you think of corn and soybeans first. but, for one farmer, his crop in crustaceans. we'll tour his unique "farm", next. have your next burger with a side of awesome. the one-of-a-kind, creamy blend of sweet and tangy. at kraft we start with quality ingredients. all expertly blended to make our mayo.

e-h continues their attack as ponca she nails the 3-pointer to put the pirates up three. ponca answers back, though, as elizabeth watchhorn puts up a three that rattles around the rim before finally going in, and that ties it up. it's too much emerson-hubbard though, blanke is left wide open again on the inbounds play, and she hits another 3-pointer to put the pirates back up. they beat the indians tonight, 71 to 51. the wayne boys - 1-4, at home against 3-2 wisner-pilger. good passes lead to logan godbersen hitting the deep 2-pointer to give wisner-pilger a two point lead. but wayne would control it from there, grayson mcbride gets the long pass in the corner, and he sinks the three to put the blue devils up four. later, the blue devils get it done in the paint as drew davie misses his shot but colby keiser is there to grab the board and get the basket, putting wayne up four once again. the blue devils strike again as this time a long pass leads to payten gamble hitting the 3-pointer, and wayne takes down the gators tonight, 53 to 44. to the tyson - musketeers have won t

and ponca, nebraska lights things up for the holidays. folks lined the streets for the annual lighted christmas parade last night. floats decorated with thousands of lights rolled down main street. and of course, santa claus made an appearance. the people of ponca say this yearly event really brings the town together during the holidays. sandra bullock's family grows... taylor swift treats her crew to some r-and-r... and another reality show couple calls it quits. melisa raney has today's hollywood minute. << sandra bullock is now a mother of two! the oscar-winning people magazine about the adoption of her 3-and-a- half-year-old daughter, laila. the little girl is from louisiana... just like bullock's son louis whom she adopted in 2010. bullock tells people that the five-year-old big brother is the one who "spearheaded this whole journey." congratulations to the happy family. taylor swift will wrap up her 1989 world tour december 12th... then it's time for some r-and-r. but she won't be vacationing alone... the pop star shared this post o

the holiday spirit shines brightly in ponca, nebraska. folks lined the streets for the annual lighted christmas parade last night. floats decorated with thousands of lights rolled down main street. the people of ponca say this yearly event really brings the town together during the holidays. "i love this parade," said lauryn gill. "i like seeing all the lights and colors and seeing santa claus." sarah beach. "i like how the community all comes together." "beautiful," said mackenzie crosgrove. "all the lights and everything, everyone has their own personality on the floats, and santa claus is here!" and there he is. santa was the main man at the parade.. and he wishes everyone a merry christmas. the holidays bring out the seven-year-old boy in montana. he's spending the holidays looking for ways to give samantha harrelson has his story. << jacob studer is a second grader studer, billings best hiking sticks) "billings best hiking sticks, that is what i call my business." and a philanthropis t. jacob studer, billings best hiking sticks) "eve

the ladies bracket featured eight area teams and we start with battle creek and ponca. the indians 4-2 this season.......the braves off to a 3-3 start looking to get back over .500. picking things up third quarter.....abagail van dyke finds some space down low for the easy bucket...indians within three..... then its cassidy gillespie answering for the bravettes with the offensive board....battle creek ties it t 40..... ponca hangngg touhg.....mamaenzie boyle sweet seline drive with the little kiss......this one went down to the wire... and it was battle creek coming out on top.....kiana bolling with the runner in the lane....that gets the job done...bravettes hold on 54-51. over to the boys bracket......wakefi eld squaring off with eighth- ranked pierce.... early in the first.....taggart bailey finds braydan waldner for the easy deuce......jays take the lead...... and they would get hot from deep....bailey spots up at the top of the key...bang! pierce rolling right along.g.. this would turn into the taggart bailey show.....the steal......and man look silly....the dime f

ponca hanging touhg.....mackenzie boyle sweet baseline drive with the little kiss......this one went down to the wire. and it was battle creek coming out on top.....kiana bolling with the runner in the lane....that gets the job done...bravettes hold on 54-51. over to the boys bracket......wakefi eld squaring off with eighth- ranked pierce.... early in the braydan waldner for ththeasy deuce......jays takeke the lead...... and they would get hot fromdeep....bailey spots up at the top of the key...bang! pierce rolling right along.... this would turn into the taggart bailey show.....the steal......and man does he start making people look silly....the dime for two.....jays out to a 7-0 lead.... next wakefield possession......bra dy starkel the

cuts ponca's lead to one.. thirty-two to thirty-one.3. ponca comes right back.. dalton tremayne with his own up and under.. he's fouled.. he'd miss the layup.. indians up thirty-four to thirty-one.4. move to the fourth quarter.. ponca up two..forty to thirty-eight and neely-oakdale's alex kirkman with the drive and the layup.. game tied at forty with a little over a minute left in the game.the ball with thirty-seconds left in the game.. logan kingsbury misses the layup but hunter schweers is there to clean it up.. indians up forty-two to forty and that's how it would end. ponca hands the warriors their first loss! 42-40. can they do the same to winnebago in the title game today?great northeast nebraska shootout at wayne state! consolation matchup between laurel concord coleridge and st. mary's this morning.1) on the boys side this is dylan wolfgram with the drive and the basket. the bears were getting out in front. 2) saint mary's trying to mount a comeback in the second half jake reiman making it rain! the three pointer is good.the bears roll though. 70-47 the f

gene watchorn and julie mcdowell of ponca have been decking their halls with christmas spirit for more than 30 years. but over the last 10 years, the array of decorations has grown to what it is today. to date, the christmas collection includes more than 100 inflatables, 17 full-size christmas trees and several hundred nutcrackers and animations. more than a thousand people visited the home last year and the couple says they expect even more visitors this holiday season. "it's spectacular," said first time visitor, diane hoyt. "you wouldn't believe that a display this beautiful would be sitting out here in out-state nebraska, or the people who put that much time and energy and love into providing a display that everyone can enjoy." for some who live in the area, visiting the holiday brooke kneifl, who lives in ponca, saw the display for the first time with her grandmother when she was in 4th grade. "it's so lit up every year," said brooke kneifl. "it's kind of become a tradition to come and see this." if you would like to check out the lights, gene and julie will be giving tours every

as you see we are going to continue dancing here in ponca nebraska. you just keep tuned in to abc9 ... i am lukas voss ... in ponca, nebraska, for abc9 news. "live with kelly and michael" airs weekdays from abc9..... if you would like to see father andy's dance moves....or simply see lukas dance again.. just head to our website... that's siouxlandmatter.c om and click on this story. " deborah: coming up.... the week after christmas has some of the best shopping deals of the year... and after the break... i'll show you where you can score the best deals. " deborah plus... we'll discuss the art of re-gifting... and whether ettiquette experts think it's to have. ice berg... the week after christmas is considered the best time to go out and snag the best deals. abc's mary bruce has more. "this morning, the holiday may be over, but the shopping season is still going strong. the post-christmas rush is on? retailers are slashing prices, eager to sell off extra inventory and appeal to shoppers sot brian hoyt- vice president of communications for retailmenot (

jopeph's in ponca, nebraska.... he says there's a message behind his dancing. "people are really hungering for something positive something fun, something inviting and encouraging. we see so many thing that are so negative and to just have fun, enjoy life." deborah: "father sohm says the real blessing from his experience has been all the joy it has brought to others. and i do want to remind you that nine to ten a-m on abc9..... and if you would andy's dance moves. website... siouxlandmatter.c this story. deborah: the new adventure thriller "revenant" starring leonardo deicaprio...is debuting in south dakota two days before the actual premeire. the revenant highlights a true story that occured in lemmon, south dakota almost two hundred years ago. the story follows a mountain man....who sets out on a path of revenge against those who left hiim for dead after a vicious bear mauling. that special showing of the revenant will be held in lemmon on january 6th. deborah: preparations are already being made for the big night in times square i'm talking about the countdo

the ponca people in north-central oklahoma are suffering from environmental genocide.he first onslaught of the settlers came with bayonets, with rifles, with smallpox blankets. but now they come with refineries, with fracking, with pipelines and they kill the air, they kill the earth, they killed the water. and that kills my people. [singing] >> all friends. in fact, we are all family. all of humanity his family. and so we appeal to the government to stop violating their own laws, to stop violating our rights, to stop alleging and exploiting our lands and territories. we do not want to die in silence. we want to be heard. we want to be -- is in your best interest as well. amy: the leader of the people of brazil. they call themselves -- the chief wears a traditional large wooden disc in his lower lip. yes played a leading role in the struggle against the hydroelectric dam which is now under construction in brazil. a special thanks to amy littlefield for that report. when we come back, we will go to activists taking on corporate power at cop21 and then to french journali

come out at their leisure and enjoy the hiking trails out there with our 22 miles of hiking trails at ponca state park. on the 2nd you've got winter fest and this is a whole day of activities all taking place on one day in one place. i think the two that i want to highlight are the two that sound the most fun to me: one is the national championship fruitcake fling. yes, it show. it's a wonderful event, people come out and they throw wildlife friendly fruitcakes. they compete for distance. there will be three age categories for which prizes are awarded. you also have the yule log quest, i know the different check points and stuff for obstacles are top secret at this point. what can you tell me about the yule log quest? i can tell you that equivalent to a 3k run but it's not a traditional 3k run. there will be five challenges that families can compete in. once they've completed the five challenges they get five clues that lead them on the quest for the yule log. once the log is found we have a horse and carriage that drags is out of the trees then we have a big ceremony at the burning of the

western contracting corporation will do the work in a backwater area near ponca state park. the area provides space for the endangered pallid sturgeon to feed and spawn. it was damaged in the massive 2011 missouri river flood. the pallid sturgeon is considered "critically endangered" because only a small popular remains in the wild. western contracting will be paid one and 3- quarter million dollars. the repair work is expected to start in january and continue throughout next year. the two missing children from storm lake iowa have been found safe in buena vista county. stoprm lake police say they are currently in polie custody. they were found roughly 6 p.m. this evening. authorities cannot tell us where exactly they were located just that it was somewhere in the county. brad's here -- u-s-d has found their new football coach. the coyotes are getting a coach who is within their conference and, the first iowa boys basketball ratings are out -- and western christian is a contender in class 2a. wake up in your first home. wake up in a home you've made a bit bigger. wake up in

the community of ponca, nebraska, lined main street tonight to take in the beauty of the annual lighted christmas parade. floats decorated with thousands of twinkling christmas lights brings the small town together every year. parade-goers had a blast and got to see one famous north pole resident. "i love this parade," said lauryn gill. "i like seeing all the lights and colors and seeing santa claus." "i think it's awesome," said sarah beach. "i like how the community all comes together."." "beautiful," said mackenzie crosgrove. "all the lights and everything, everyone has their own personality on the floats, and santa claus is here!" that's right, kris kringle himself made his annual appearance and wisisd everyone a y holiday season. students at one siouxland school holiday spirit today. youngsters from gehlen catholic in le mars put together advent gift bags. they provide enough for more than 300 people who are shut-in or homebound. students and school employees buy all of the items that go into the gift bags that they give out every christmas season. an iowa cat takes his first steps

the giant killers of ponca who handed neely oakdale their first loss yesterday and beat ranked battle creek to start the tournament couldn't knock off the undefeated state champs winnebago. 78-63 the final there. winnebago hasn't lost since january third. 3 3 3 3 <> 3 3 have a great evening. >> quijano: new year's fears, fire in a high-rise hotel, then in the tightest security ever.

gene watchorn and julie mcdowell of ponca have been decking their halls for more than 30 years. their display has grown to include thousands of lights, inflatables, trees, n ncrackers and animations. more than a thousand people visited last year and they expect even more visitors this holiday season. if you would like to check out the lights, gene and julie will be giving tours every weekend from now until christmas on friday, saturday and sunday nights. their address is on the bottom of your screen. a "200-year flood" d dastates western norw... and forget about dog paddling through flood waters... how about cat paddling. we'll explain when we come back. and stay tuned for the forecast from meterologist ben dorenbach coming up next on news four at noon. here's the live view from our it's 37 degrees right now. announcer: a horrific terror attack in paris. then, a brutal act of terror here at home. it's time for a tested and proven leader who won't try to contain isis. jeb bush has a plan... to destroy them. and keep america safe. jeb bush: the united states ould not delay leading

) on the look take a look outside (ponca) on the (hard rock hotel and casino) cam. 3 3 here's a look at your weather to go ... 3 3 3 3 here's a look at your news to go ... 3 3 police in cacafornia are trying to figure out what led to a deadly shooting at an office holiday party in san bernadino that killed 14 people. police say two suspects... one man and one womane... died in a gun fight with police two miles from where the massacre happened. late wednesday they were identified as 28 - year - old syed farook... a county employee... and 27 - year - old tashfeen malik. officials think there was some this.british warplanes have started hitting isis targets in syria... hours after e countrtr's parliament approved the move. the airstrikes come close to three weeks after the terror group claimed responsibility for the paris terror attacks that killed 130 people. president obama welcomed the move... saying isis *must* be defeated by a global response.and in the meantime... ben carson is struggling to get ground back in the republican presisintial contest. latest polls show the former neuro

osmond over bloomfield 58- 46.on the ladies side battle creek over ponca 54-51. allen falls to verdigre 46-40.and bloomfield tops osmond 61-30. randolph over winside 54-14. 3 michigan st taking on iowa in iowa city..1st half.. michigan st trails 14-11... alvin ellis iii (mst) misses the three.. deyonta davis (mst) finishes with the put-back slam score: michigan st trials by 1 later in the 1st... iowa leads 21-17 anthony clemmons (i) misses the jumper... nicholas baer (i) fights for the reboundbaer (i) launches the three.....t's good score: iowa leads 24-17 later.. iowa leads 28-17 anthony clemmons (i) passes it the three from the top of the key score: iowa leads 31-17 later in the 1st... iowa leads 33-19michigan st in transition... matt mcquiad (mst) attempts the three... it's blocked by nicholas baer (i)the crowd is loving it item: still in the 1st.. iowa leads 33-21iowa in transition... mike gessell (i) drives... gessell (i) loses the ball...iowa gets it back... nicholas baer (i) finishes with the dunk score: 83-70!move in overnight and linger into the morning

jopeph's in ponca, nebraska.... he says there's a message behind his dancing. "people are really hungegeng for something positive something fun, something inviting and encouraging. we see so many thing that are so negative and to just have fun, enjoy life." deborah: "father sohm says the real blessing from his experience has been all the joy it has brought to so many people. and i do want to remind you that "live with kelly and michael" airs weekdays from nine to ten a-m on abc9..... and if you would likekeo see father andy's dance moves....or simply see lukas dance again.. just head to our website... that's siouxlandmatter.c deborah: a special showing of the revenant starring leonardo dicaprio will take place in south dakota two days before the actual premeire. the revenant highlights a true story that occured in lemmon, south dakota almost two hundred years ago.o. the story follows a mountain man's near fatal encounter with a grizzley bear. that special showing of the revenant will be held in lemmon on january 6th. and speaking of movies... 'star wars the for

folks in ponca, nebraska lined main street to take in the sights and sounds of the annual lighted christmas parade. many look forward to the floats, decorations, and special guests every year. "i love this parade," said lauryn gill. "i like seeing all the lights and colors and seeing santa claus." "i think it's awesome," said sarah beach. "i like how the community all comes together." "beautiful," said mackenzie own personality on the floats, and santa claus is here!" the north pole's most famous resident made the trek down for the parade. holiday. here's ben with weather. << in addition to the many single digit temperature readings early this morning, many will have some fog to deal with as well. visibilities could fall below one mile in some places along with some re-freezing on area roads, so use some extra caution when commuting this morning. once we burn off the fog, the sunshine will return in full and help temperatures rise into the middle to upper 30s. some more fog is possible tonight and early tomorrow morning, but that won't stop many from making a run at 40 degrees on not only >

and now, ponca city here, and this is where the lake, call lake, and it is pretty much divides kay countysage county, and osage county had wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. and the terrain, the temperatures were dropping above freezing, but then the rain and the sleet started to mix and changed to ice overnight, and accumulating to noon sunday to to a quarter of an inch, and the ice and windchills at 30 degrees. so if they were wearing the waiters and they were in a boat, and if it did capsize, they were extremely wet. so temperatures down into the teen, and the quarter inch of ice, is terrible for anybody, and so as we get there to sunday morning, the ice is still with them. so again, an amount of rainfall, and kwa quarter inch of rain accumulating with the snow, and no way that any boat on any lake can withstand 60 miles per hour with rain changing over to sleet. it could have been prevented, and it is sad, sad with the storm that ravaged several states across the plains. >> yes, very, very tough conditions there. and ana, what is the reactions there in the kcountry music circles? >>

western contracting corporation will do the work in a backwater area near ponca state park. the area provides space for the endangered pallid sturgeon to feed and spawn. it was damaged in the massive 2011 missouri river flood. western contracting will be paid one and 3- quarter million dollars. the repair work is expected to start in january and continue throughout next year. here's meterologist ben dorenbach. << << it'll be a rainy and windy morning commute for most siouxlanders with some isolated areas of mixed precipitation too, so be sure to watch out for a few slick spots on area roads. the rain will move east of the viewing area by around lunchtime which will leave us cloudy, breezy and cool this will remain in place overnight, but we should stay dry with the exception of a little patchy fog and drizzle in some places. most of tuesday will also be dry ahead of our next weather system that could bring a light late day mix out west, but the main threat for that and light snow will be tomorrow night and wednesday morning. some places in northern/western siouxland could se

hastings 63-41.south sioux city falls twaverly 55-5osmond over mf46.on the ladies side batcreeeeover ponca 4allen fallniobrara verdigreand d el t61-30. randolph ininde 54-1michigan st takin iowa ci 1michigan st trails 3 trials by 1later in the 1sa leads 21-17anthony clemmisses the junicholas baer(i) 3 launthree... it's goscore: iowleads 24-17 later.leads -1 aclemmons (i) passes it dom uhl (i)uhl (i) banks in the top of t kscore: iowa leads 31-17 lat1st... iowa leads michigan st transimatt mcq (the three... 3 (the crowd isloving ititem: p the 1st.. iow owa in transitimike gesi) igessell (i) loses 3 back..(i) finishesthe score: ioleads 35-21 io70!that's it for your morningsportscastbe sure to joius tonight fo ,3 star wars is still blasting away records. it's (time)... your sunrise entertainment is after the 3 here's a look at your new 3 years forecast. 3 "first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor" 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperature

jopeph's in ponca, nebraska.... he says there's a message behind his dancing. "people are really hungering for something positive something fun, something inviting and we see so many thing that are so negative and to just have fun, enjoy life." deborah: "father sohm says the real blessing from his experience has been all the joy it has brought to so many people. jessica leles check in with for the weather. matt: good morning siouxland. winter storm warnings encompass much of the area on our monday. we can see the snow moving northward on the satellite and radar picture. this will deliver moderate to heavy snow for most of us with the exception being far western communities where snow totals are likely to coco in a little l ler in the 1-3" range. temperatures are cold as you walk out the door in the coming in at 5 to 10 miles per hour, but should get stronger as the day progresses. here's your dayplanner >>> wcome back to "good morning america." you're looking live there at lahoma city, where a winter storm is bringing a treacherous morning commute to the area.

he's from ponca, nebraska. he also celebrated his fourth birthday on tuesday, december 22nd. jett loves to play outside and go anywhere with his dad. from meriden, iowa we have levi. he turned 4 on tuesday, december 22nd. levi loves preschool and dirt bike rides. celebrating another tuesday december 22nd birthday is eliasyn. he's from sioux city. eliasyn loves to go swimming and loves being outside. r last 4 on 4 birthday of the week is paxton. he's from waterbury, nebraska. paxton likes riding his bike, outside. do you have a siouxland kid celebrating a fourth birthday? send us their picture about a week ahead of time, some fun facts about them and we'll put it on friday 4 on 4's. << >> << wx timerer :45 after our little b bst of snow eve, christmas day will remain relatively quiet with overcast conditions and temperatures in the 30's. another storm system will move its way out of the four corners region this s ternoon which willl give us our next chance oo wintryyeather this evening into the overnight hours tonight. minor accumulations are possible with a good bet of 1-3" i

we'll take a look next... 3 good morning, (ponca state park)... it's (34 degrees) outside at (time)... as we take a look from our (hard rock hotel and casino) camera. 3 if you don't register that drone you might have to write uncle sam a big checec hehe's your c - net techch update. 3 mamay mcfly never had to worry ababt exploding hoverboards. i'm m idget carey, this is your cnet update.this year's hot holiday gift is just way too hot for some companies to touch. and by hot, i mean fire and explosion go boom hot. you may know it as a hoverboard or balance board, but there are now some safety concerns with this mix between a skateboard and segway. in some models, the lithium ion batteries are catching fire, and it could be because some are poorly made. overstock is no longer selling hoverboards, and it appears that amazon is pulling some of these hoverboard products until the sellers can provide documents proving they meet safety standards. one popular brand, shared a statement with a few media outlets about this, around $400, and are cheaper than

western contracting corporation will do the work in a backwater area near ponca state park. the area provides space for the endangered pallid sturgeon to feed and spawn. it was damaged in the massive 2011 missouri river flood. the pallid sturgeon is considered "critically endangered" because only a small population remains in the wild. western contracting will be paid one and 3- quarter million expected to start in january and continue throughout next year. << >> after an indecisive day, stocks turned around in the last minutes of trading yesterday and managed to end with modest gains. last week the market had its august, and for much of the day it looked like the losses would continue. the dow jones industrial average picked up 103 points to finish at 17,358.50. the nasdaq composite index added 19 points to close at 4,952.23. and the s&p 500 index gained 10 points to end the day at 2,021.94. natural gas companies plunged as the price of the commodity fell sharply. natural gas, which is used for heating, has been sinking because of unseasonably warm winter weather in the u.s

gene watchorn and julie mcdowell of ponca have been decking their halls for more than 30 years. their display has grown to include thousands of lights, inflatables, trees, nutcrackers and animations. more than a thousand people visited last year and they expect even more visitors this holiday season. "it's spectacular," said first time visitor, diane hoyt. "you wouldn't believe that a display this beautiful would be sitting out-state nebraska, or the people who put that much time and energy and love into providing a disisay that everyone can enjoy." if you would like to check out the lights, gene and julie will be giving tours every weekend from now until christmas on friday, saturday and sunday nights. their address is on the bottom of your s seen. here's meterologist ben

jopeph's in ponca, nebraska.... he says there's a message behind his dancing.