"your watching local 5 news at 10 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." tonight, we're taking the time to showcase police work that goes above and beyond the call of duty. an ames police officer was able to turn an "average crime" into something extraordinary for one young boy with the help of a local business. local fives nikki davidson joins us now with more...nikki? nikki: it started off as a theft report... but what a police officer did next completely changed the outcome of this story.... to the point that the crime itself isn't what this young victim is going to remember as he grows up... learning to ride a bike for the first time can be scary... just ask five year old fionn (i wanna stop) but all the confidence, and practice in the world can never prepare a new rider for what happened last week. 2:23:20 i came home and realized his bike was missing. but fionn wasn't abo

"you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." "(anderson cooper/moderator) "secretary clinton, is bernie sanders tough enough on guns?" (hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) "no. not at all. i think that we have to look at the fact that we lose 90 people a day from gun violence. this has gone on too long and it's time the entire country stood up against the nra. stephanie: guns were a hot topic at last night's debate-- the democratic candidates showing their differences. stephanie: there's no doubt about it... gun control is a hot button issue. jack: and now there's word of a major lawsuit that could create more tension.. it stems from a jury's decision to hold a wisconsin gun shop liable for the sale of a weapon used to shoot police officers in the face. jack abc's marci gonzalez has more. " " a land-mark lawsuit... quick trial nats? a gun store- found liable in the shooting of these two police of

"your watching local 5 "your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie/ram deadly storms tearing across texas this weekend. at least five people killed so far as another band of heavy rain and strong winds flood the state. abc's aditi roy is in houston with the latest. natsot - "do you see this? i hate when it rains!" mother nature will not let up on texas? it's been days now of storms pounding the state? flooding neighborhoods, winds flipping trailers, reported tornadoes tearing buildings and homes apart. natsot - "we're experiencing the worst flooding here? a hundred year flood." and the record rains - still falling. some houston families are left trying to pick through what remains - as the flood waters keep rising. sot - "we don't even know what's left of our home - we're hoping to go get some clothes." nats the alvarez family had just minutes to get everyone to safety. sot

we'll have a recap of their latest debate that's tomorrow on the all-new good jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." "nats of sleet stephanie: no snow yet here in the metro, but something kind of like it fell on us during a shoot in altoona this afternoon! stephanie: and brad ..i was told by good that thi is actually called grauple? brad (adlibs into weather tease) brad: weather adlib: now it really feels like late octoberrrr! those cold northwesterly winds have exceeded 40 mph at times and will continue to blow through the night at 15-30 mph. that will means some pretty low you are heading out to watch some high school football games, dress warm and maybe take a blanket or two because wind chills will be falling back into the 20s as the actual temps fall into the 30s. there will be some clearing over mainly southern iowa, but northern iowa will likely see clouds and a few snow showers- thursday will be a chilly day with a bit mo

"your watching local 5 news at 10 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are news at 10 in hd with jack miller, stephanie iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is stephanie: jack: brad brad: weather adlib: we snuck out another decent day with highs reaching 70 in many locations, but those nw winds are getting cooler and cooler now. look for mainly brad brad: weather adlib: we snuck out another decent day with highs reaching 70 in many nw winds are getting now. look for mainly clear skies tonight with chilly winds dropping our temps down into the 30s for advisory posted for threat for freezing temperatures will likely come late friday night into saturday morning when many areas north and east of the metro could drop below freezing. we will have a good amount of sunshine the next three days in spite of the cool temperatures. after a couple of days reaching the 50s, sunday will be warmer with se winds and a high in the mid 60s. the 70s should return for early next week along with our first d

i'm stephanie angleson. jack/2shot and i'm jack miller. u-s representative dave loebsack is championing what's called the "restructuring underutilized resources for advancing learning act" or the "rural" act in congress. it's a long name for a simple goal strapped rural same amount resources as big stephanie: is taking him to six iowa schools this week. local 5 was with him in knoxville and oskaloosa today. here's why this is important. stephanie: it all has to do with consolidation. since 1965, more than 120 iowa schools have had to consolidate. this map shows the areas in iowa that have merged schools from 2000 to 2012. when schools consolidate, they tend to spend more money on just transporting students from several towns to one school -- and less money on teachers saleries and things that improve the kids' education. jack: local 5's jacob peklo met up with loebsack on his tour today for the answers. he joins us now to explain how this could help fix rural districts........ in our eye on education -- jacob? jacob: jack, congressman loeb

i'm stephanie angleson. jack miller has the night off. tonight-- parents and kids in altoona on edge. this after police say two men drove up to two boys outside an elementary school ... trying to lure them into their truck with candy. stephanie: local 5's kattey ortiz has more in tonight's big story. kattey: of course those two boys were terrified ... but they were able to run away and tell the school crossing guard. the two men drove off -- tonight police are still looking for them. "it's just not something i expected to hear about right here." an unnerving scene just one block away from altoona elementary school. police say two boys were near 5th ave and 3rd street southwest around 3:45 tuesday afternoon. home from school when two men drove up to them yelling they had candy ... and "they were pretty parents arrived and they were pretty shaken up as well." the boys ran back guard who called police. james bissett's fifth the whole thing. "she just said a white van tried to get a little boy. the police showed up, they wouldn't let anyone 1

i'm stephanie angleson. and i'm jack miller. jack: still no verdict. following now for a week is taking a surprising turn. be headed for a pete polson is charged with pleasant hill neighborhood last fall, injuring two people. local five's claire powell has been following the trial since the start. she joins us live now with an update. claire jack and stephanie, after 16 hours and two full days of deliberation the jury in the attempted murder trial for pete polson has still not reached a verdict. polson is facing three counts of attempted murder, two willful injuries charges, intimidation with weapon, felon in firearm and two drug charges. with polson and both attorneys in the court room, judge jeffrey farrell questions- all jurys deliberation room. requesting clarification of what "mental in relation to this case and specifically if murder premedation or motive "possible for more clarification efficient mental capacity, intoxication as a defense causing mental , what is a mental disability claire in talking to the today, they told today, they told us t

stephanie and i'm stephanie angleson. it took a jury four days and it caused the victims a lot of frustration. but today, finally a verdict in the trial of pete polson. polson was accused of shooting up a pleasant hill neighborhood last fall. he seriously hurt two people. and as part of his long list of charges, that also included drugs-- he was charged with two counts of attempted murder. however-- he wasn't convicted of both. stephanie: local five's claire powell explains,( live from the polk county courthouse for us. claire jack and stephanie, at 2:30 the jury finally reached their verdict- finding pete polson guilty on all nine counts. however, when it comes to the three attempted murder charges, polson was only found guilty for one count of attempted murder... then the jury went with a lesser offense for the other two counts. they found polson guilty of serious injury for both matthew stephenson who narrowly missed being shot that day... and also for zach whitehill who was shot once in the back and once in the neck.

"your watching local 5 jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack: hundreds of students and faculty march on the u of i campus against the iowa board of regents. 500 people marched and held signs demanding each member of the regents be dismissed along with the president they harreld. the protesters surrounded the nine regents and handed over the group's petition with more than one thousand signatures. they say harreld isn't fit to run the university and should immediately be dismissed. they're also requesting a more democratic method of electing a president that takes in account faculty, student, and community opinions. stephanie/ram it may be a class that you nodded off in. but a central iowa teacher is shaking up social studies. and that has earned her this month's one classroom at a time grant from bankers trust and local 5. alicen morley teaches at boone high school. she works pretty hard to keep her students engaged a

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are meteiowa's most accurate edwards, and local 5 sports with sports schaeffer. this is jack: students in the dubuque school district now have a harder time sending selfies through the social media app snapchat. jack: the district blocked the app from its wi-fi network this week. administrators say the app can be dangerous.... and has been talking about doing it for some time. katie wiedemann has more. [take pkg]pkg it's a form of social media that seems to be some teens favorite way to communicate. keuanna harrington high school student <"it's a social media network. why would the district block it for kids, you know? "> [anchor:katie]katie [readrate:14] well, because the school district says snapchat has absolutely no educational value. unlike other social media sites. koby culbertson dubuque school district <"the way we balance that there's a lot of educational value that twitter offers as well. there's a lot of professional learning that happens on twitter. "> [anchor:katie]katie [readrate:14] snapchat allows

"your watching local 5 jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack: imagine going through thousands of hours of paying thousands of licensing fees, braid someone's hair for money? at the state justice institute announced they'll be suing the iowa board of cosmotology on behalf of two hair-braiders. the two plaintiffs claim the state's licensing laws finish more thousand hours of cosmotology school to run an african hair business. they don't even teach this kind at these schools. these women say the technique has been passed down through generations and it allows them to keep that heritage alive. now they want the chance to own and operate their own business without having to follow what they consider to be outrageous licensing laws. " " 1:45 being a hair braider and not being licensed is terrifying. i just want a right to make a living and not feel like i'm a cirminal. jack: there are some serious penalties for violating th

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie: o'malley met with the des moines register editorial board earlier today and said that he would consider legalizing marijuana across the entire country....somet hing he hasn't said on the campaign trail before now. the former governor of maryland said he is keeping an eye on how colorado and washington are handling the issue, but that he is open to the idea of federal stephanie: on the republican side, candidate rick santorum is adding staff in iowa. santorum told reporters after last night's debate that he's upping his ground game in iowa as some candidates, like jeb bush, are downsizing. santorum is back in the state today for a five day campaign trip. jack: you may see a new iowa-themed megabus driving around the state. governor branstad helped honor a special, megab-bus-dot- com bus today, called the "hawk

"you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." jack/lam they're still trying to figure out what happened with that blimp that broke free from a miltary base and crashed in pennsylvania. the balloon was followed by fighter jets as it floated across two states. abc's marci gonzalez reports. today - investigators are trying to figure out how this happened. nat viewer vid - "oh my god" this 175-million dollar, top-secret military surveillance blimp, ripping free from a military base in aberdeen, maryland yesterday afternoon. .. nats - oh my god it's dragging a 66-hundred foot metal cable behind it, knocking out powerlines, wn kid down our power at school and it knocked columbia's power. the helium-filled blimp... crossing over neighborhoods.. we were just like holy cow! that thing is enormous. military officials- unable to stop it ganyard there's supposed to be a switch that somebody on the ground, in an emergency can flip, that will do an emergency deflation and bri

"you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate iowa's most accurate forecast with chief news at 5, we are iowa." jack: america's withdrawal from afghanistan is going to be slowing down. this morning the president announced some big changes. abc's karen travers has more from washington. " "president obama today explained his shifting timeline in afghanistan. (president obama) "i believe this mission is vital to our national security interests." nearly all of the 98- hundred us troops currently in afghanistan were supposed to be home by the end of 2016. but president obama will now leave as many as 55-hundred troops on the ground. it's a remarkable turn for the president. but today he said that while the us presence in afghanistan will continue longer than he planned...it will be a narrow mission. counterterrorism operations and training and assisting afghan forces. (president obama) "i do not send you into harm's way lightly. it's the most solemn decision that i make." but why the shift in policy? top pentagon officials believed af

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie: it's harvest season across the state -- but imagine harvesting 2- hundred acres of crops in just one day -- it's a daunting task, but some iowans came together to pull it off. stephanie/2med it was all to help a farmer who has spent decades working the fields. jack/2med after a friend suffered a stroke last summer -- some farmers came together to lend a helping hand. brady smith has the story. " ""everyone likes him, gets along with everyone." "yeah, he's a special guy. he comes to coffee every morning and just a lot of knowledge. he's an older gentleman, but a lot of knowledge." all of bob pflughaupt's knowledge comes from spending more than 80 years in dusty fields. "i've been on the farm all my life, really." and this is a way of life... "you have to stay with it." ...that comes with ups and downs. bob pflughaupt / walker "you have to go through all the weather, all t

"you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." stephanie/ram in national news tonight, a four- year old girl is dead after a road rage case in new mexico. her family is speaking out for the first time. and police say they have arrested and charged a man with murder. abc's elizabeth hur has the latest. " " police say the 32- year-old suspect was taken into custody without incident yesterday afternoon.. today, he sits in jail.. and police say he has confessed to killing the young girl. liz pkg: ((sot)) mother "she just grabbed your heart the minute you met her.." heartbroken over their sudden and tragic loss.. ((sot)) mother "if you were to see and you would just smile?she would just smile at you.." lilly garcia's parents are calling the death of their 4-year-old little girl .. their worst nightmare. ((sot)) father "wouldn't want anybody in my shoes? i woudn't anybody in my shoes.." the

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are meteorolforecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie: landowners are fighting back against the landowners are fighting back against the landowners are fighting back against the landowners are fighting back against the bakkan pipeline in western iowa today, but they were handed a ruling that many are not happy with. local 5's elisa raffa talked to cheorkee farmers who say their opposition isn't about money. "what does it mean if you own a property, and yet somebody can come blazing through it with a pipeline? " asks bill luetkeman, landowner. the bakken pipeline has been causing controversy, landowners in northwest iowa went to court a few weeks ago to sue against the right of a private company to use eminent domain to gain access to their land. thursday, the judge ruled that these landowners didn't have enough to take the issue to court yet. first, they must exhaust all avenues through the utili

"your watching local 5 jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie/ots: it's a perfect celebrate a place for kids to get a leg up in life. you're looking live at the grand openg of the frank j. ross boys and girls club at moore elementary in des moines they held a halloween carnival, trunk n. treat and a chili dinner as part of the ceremony tonight. the ross serves 60 kids each day... focusing on academic success, good character and healthy lifestyles. stephanie: a big congratulations tonight to the west des moines shool district. eighteen students and 12 teachers were honored at the university of iowa belin-blank recognition ceremony earlier this month. valley high school was also recognized as one of the top 25 schools in the state for advance placement test scores. jack/ots: the des moines farmers market ends for the season tomorrow, and it's going out with a bang. it started in may, and tomorrow will be the last outdoor market day of t

stephanie and i'm stephanie angleson. stephanie: taking the risk out of selling your stuff online... police departments across the country are making these so called safe places for people to meet up and make exchanges. and this idea is catching on in johnston. local 5's claire powell has more. " " "this may just look like your average public

i'm stephanie angleson. jack/2shot and i'm jack miller. tonight-- an entire county says no to the bakken pipeline. we've heard from individuals, we've heard from farmers. now officials in boone county are urging the iowa utilities board to say no too. jack: local 5's kattey ortiz joins us now with the latest. kattey: this is the first time an entire county has stepped up to the plate. yesterday they adopted a resolution against the project ... and they say the people of boone county are behind them. "we essentially pulled a hail mary" in a last-ditch effort, the boone county board of supervisors signs a resolution saying "no way" to the dakota access, or bakken, pipeline. "what we're concerned about is property rights, and the environment and the resources that would be affected by the line." the resolution was adopted at a board meeting wednesday with dakota access officials. boone county chairman chet hollingshead says not a single person from boone county at the meeting supported the controversial project. "we can send a message to the

i'm stephanie angleson. jack/2shot and i'm jack angleson. jack/2shot and i'm jack miller. tonight, new video released in the johnston bus assault case shows what happened before and after a 15-year-old special needs child was shoved. the bus driver in the video, rober scarbrough, is in jail facing child endangerment and assault charges. stephanie: we showed you video of the incident yesterday, and now local 5 has new, longer version of that confrontation. it shows what happened before the altercation, we've blurred out the children's faces. " children talking...get up here...no! behind you. get up here. you! get up here! suck my...woah! hey don't say that to me. hey, stop! stop! stop! say it again. can't do that. sit down! sit your a down. you canont do that. you cannot assault another kid. hit me again. knock it off. i'm following this story since it broke. she spoke to the johnston school district about how they train their bus drivers. they told us, scarbrough did follow some of their protocol. ""it takes a special person to be a bus driver." robert scarbrough semester

i'm stephanie angleson. jack/2shot: and i'm jack miller. 29 year old christina williamson was arrested back in may, accused of abusing kids in the daycare she ran out of her home. today in court, the parents who trusted williamson with their kids were very emotional. stephanie: local five's kattey ortiz was in court for her trial and has more in tonight's big story. a quiet and visibly weary christina williamson appeared in polk county court for the start of her trial. she was arrested in may after her husband secretly recorded surveillance video of her running a daycare out of her home. "i handled the children roughly. i handled a-n today ... she admits to roughly grabbing a child by the arm. "i handled nr roughly to the point where one was crying and you could tell there might have been potential injury." but it gets worse. "when you say handled her roughly what did you do? after i changed her diaper we were excersing and i had laid her on her chest with her legs out." while a baby was sitting upright with

news at 10 ijack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." jack: james: weather adlib: this week started on the mild and warm side, but now we're really back to feeling like fall with a cold night and frost advisory in the forecast. overnight we're going to see mostly clear skies but we'll probably see wide-spread frost as lows fall into the low 30s and 20s warranting a frost advisory for most of the state. northern iowa is under a freeze advisory. saturday will start very cold and chilly, but with some sunshine we'll warm that air up into the upper 50s, maybe even 60. sunday is going to be gorgeous with highs climbing back into the upper 60s, and breezy se winds. next week we have some rain chances early wednesday am and we'll have our highs go back into the 70s for early in the week. james jack: frost advisory in the forecast. overnight we're going to see mostly clear skies but we'll probably see wide-spread frost as lows fall into

i'm stephanie angleson. jack: and i'm jack miller. tonight, wedding bells may soon ring in again. an evangelical chrstian church same beliefs as owners -- no same sex marriage. jack: they gave local 5's nikki davidson sunday. (nat) buried in drills... tubes... and insulation... what was once the gortz haus gallery has changed... its strong message is still here. (this is the front door) now it's home to the group senior pastor ryan jorgenson leads-harvest bible chapels. they plan for 180 bodies to fill this that includes members, and former owners betty and dick 5:27:31 the oogards church loves jesus. 5:21:28 we got a deal on the property, but the well too. in the last two months reconstructing the basement...and chapel area to service church needs...(we tried to keep the light fixtures, windows) but at this point it's all hands on deck because time is running out for opening weekend. nikki; theres still a lot transformation is done and people will be in these seats sunday. 5:22:37 its going to be a church, a big day for jorgenson says eventually couples will even be married here.

i'm stephanie angleson. jack/2shot and i'm jack miller. the big crowds are for a rally for hillary clinton, a free performance by katy perry and an appearence by former president bill clinton. tonight, we ask police what they're doing to make sure everyone's safe. jack: local five's kattey ortiz lays out what people can expect tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be a rough one for anybody trying to drive through downtown des moines. up to six thousand people are expected to fill this parking lot her husband bill clinton ... and pop superstar katy perry the jefferson-jackson ---- des moines is used to special guests during the election cycle ... but probably not used to having big names like katy perry hold a free concert. "she said at one point she was willing to write a campaign song for the campaign, any way she can help out she was willing to so we're really grateful to have her and we're excited for tomorow." the singer will headline a rally for hillary clinton on saturday afternoon with president bill clinton at this parking lot behind the

i'm stephanie angleson. jack/2shot and i'm jack miller. tonight, we're showing you one of the videos students recorded as they watched the confrontation unfold. " stop! stop! stop! stop! you're hurting me. shut up. sit down! you can't do that. sit down! you can't do that. you cannot do that. you cannot do that. " jack: local 5's kattey ortiz has been she spoke with students who are shocked by the video. she joins us now with more in tonight's big story. kattey: thanks to some quick thinking middle schoolers... this bus driver ... 61 year old robert scarbough of west des moines was handcuffed in the middle of the bus route. the students were able to flag down a deputy at the next stop... and showed him on their phones what they had just witnessed. (nats) students begging a bus driver to leave a 15 year old special needs student alone in this disturbing cell phone video. "why! why would they do that!" johnston middle schoolers were on the bus ride home thursday afternoon ... when police say 61 year old robert scarbrough got upset the victim

stephanie/2ram and i'm stephanie angleson. tonight, closing arguments are done in the trial of pete polson. now the jury will deliberate and she their verdict with the court--but that wont happen until monday. local 5's claire powell brings us a recap of today's events in the courtroom. stephanie: she joins us now live from the polk county courthouse. claire? claire: jack and stephanie over the past four days the jury has seen 40 witnesses prosecution brought in 37 over the first two days with dash cam video of pool since, rest after the november 17 shooting special

stephanie/2shot: and i'm stephanie angleson. we showed you video of johnston bus driver robert scarbrough confronting a special needs student on a bus yesterday, and now local 5 has new video of the confrontation. the children's faces are blurred, but here is the video in its entirety. " children talking...get up here...no! behind you. get up here. you!

stephanie/2shot: and i'm stephanie angleson. jack: new tonight at 6... a fight between a man and a woman ended with her being lit on fire. jack: west des moine police say they were called to a house early this morning. the caller said she and a man got into a fight on thursday. she says the man threw some type of flammable liquid on her upper body and lit her on fire. police arrested 58 year d john moore and charged him with willful injury causing bodily harm...which is a he was taken to the polk county jail. the victim was taken to a hospital with what are being threatening injuries. jack: an overnight normally quiet des moines neighborhood. on capitol avenue last night, around 10:30. today, investigators looked at the house and found several bullet holes there and

stephanie/2shot: and i'm stephanie angleson. glad you're with us. stephanie: the more popular you are... the more dangerous life can get. it's a scary thought but, that's the reality for some high profile presidential ndidates. local five's chief political correspondent amanda krenzjoins us now with more. amanda: we're talking specifically about ben carson. he's gone from an almost unknown... to the top republican presdiential candidate. and now he wants some extra protection. ben carson makes himself available. he shakes hands, and talks one on one, even the middle of a big crowd. but that could be scaled back. carson's campaign said there've been threats, and they think the secret service could provide some needed security. ryan 2:14 you have to have credible threats and you have to be in a position where eyou ahve a chance to be the next president of the united states, both of those have happened. ben carson's iowa campaign director ryan rhodes says dr. carson hasn't had many problems in iowa, he barely even deals

i'm stephanie angleson. jack: and i'm jack miller. eddie tipton is a name not may peopleknew until he was caught rigging the lottery system to collect the jackpot. jack/lam: he was an ordinary guy with a very sensitive job -- protecting the integrity of the lottery. instead, he made a serious play to steal 14 million dollars. in the end, it didn't work. tonight... i show you why lottery leaders say from day one, he was going to be caught. and i'll help you decide how you feel about the drawing, before you buy your next ticket. nats -- "it's time for your powerball drawing!" (from oct. 21 drawing) lights, camera, action and -- the most important part -- hundreds of millions of dollars. (nats) it's what keeps so many americans buying tickets week after week. the dream of instant financial freedom. that dream was shared by this man, eddie tipton. the problem is, tipton worked for the multi state lottery association. it runs many drawings nationwide, including the grandaddy of them all -- powerball. (nats of powerball drawing) but behind

stephanie/2shot: and i'm stephanie angleson. 29 year old christina williamson was arrested for abusing kids in home back in may. tonight, we've learned her fate. stephanie: local five's kattey ortiz was in court for her trial ... she joins us now live, kattey? kattey: today in court ... the parents wh truste williamson with their kids were very emotional. williamson admitted to handling the kids so roughly in some cases ... even shoving towels and rags into their mouths to get them to stop crying. a quiet and visibly weary christina williamson appeared in polk county court for the start of her trial. she was arrested in may after her husband secretly recorded surveillance video of her running a daycare out of her home. "i handled the children roughly. i handled a-n roughly." today ... she admits to roughly grabbing a child by the arm. "i handled nr roughly to the point where one was crying and you could tell there might have been potential injury." but it gets worse. "when you say handled her roughly what did you do? after i changed her diaper we were excersing and i had laid her on he

stephanie/2shot: and i'm stephanie angleson. tonight--that newly released dashcam video is used against pete polson in day two of his trail. local 5's claire powell was in the courtroom again today. stephanie: she joins us now with more in tonight's big story. claire: yesterday we heard from two of the shooting victims seriously injured after

and i'm stephanie angleson. glad you're with us. just before 10 last night, flames were spotted shooting out of thpella coffeecup cafe... just off of east

stephanie/2shot: and i'm stephanie angleson. it took the jury four days of deliberation in the case of the pleasant hill shooter. pete polson was found guilty today in court. jack: polson is charged with shooting up a pleasant hill neighborhood last fall where he seriously hurt two people. he faced a long list of charges including two counts of attempted murder. but he was not convicted of both those charges. jack: local 5's claire powell is live at the courthouse

stephanie and i'm stephanie angleson. police arrested 61-year-old robert scarbrough of west des moines... the incident happened this afternoon inside a johnston middle school bus while they were on the way home. another student on the bus happened to

stephanie/2shot: and i'm stephanie angleson. we begin at the polk county courthouse... stephanie: that's where this man -- pete polson -- is on trial. accused in last year's shooting rampage in pleasant hill. two people were shot and seriously injured, but survived. after days of

local five's stephanie angleson shows us why she is this month's one classroom at a time winner it was a normal day at boone high school. "nats of alicen" alicen morley was just starting to teach a class... when.... "we are with local 5 and baners trust and you have won this month's one classroom at a time grant...really?.. you've won it...so we've brought the big check...congratulation s." it doesn't take long to see that alicen is not your typical social studies teacher--in fact, in this classroom, it's called social sciences... 6:32:12 alicen morley social sciences teacher "the difference is that in social studies, it seems to be we're learning more about history. in social sciences it's examining history and trying to use history to then provide better arguments for the future." these students look at history the way they'd look at a science experiment. morely has to find different ways to keep them engaged... that can take a lot of creativity,,, and sometimes...you just need more money. 6:30:54 "we want to use green screen technology so my kids can do reenactments and the can look

local five's stephanie angleson shot this while out shooting video... but how far could we be from snow in the metro? let's ask sam... elias: (anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss. sam: weather adlib: sam: weather adlib: if you were looking for warm weather in my forecast today, keep looking. we have more harsh, cold weather in the forecast for today, and to be honest it's still going to be a couple more days till anything gets better! this afternoon we'll see more sun which will do a better job of pushing highs to 51, but the winds will stay strong and wind chills are going to be cold like yesterday. overnight tonight we'll get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to the mid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night (probably after 10pm for the metro) through saturday morning, but i think tailgaters for the isu and iowa games will be in luck since the rain should be g

and, in the spirit of full- disclosure, chris and candis are stephanie angleson's in- laws. nikki top plays tonight... jordan: another exciting batch, including another first... we unveil the latest top 5 plays coming up next... you're watching local five news at 10. are iowa sports" jordan: we're now halfway thru the college football season and almost to the playoffs in high school. that's when the mantra defense wins championships comes into play. tonights top plays are no different, with 3 of the top 5 coming on the defensive or special teams side of the ball! let's check out our top 5 plays of the week all made by local athletes. play number five...comes to us from ames. iowa state hosting tcu. joel lanning in at qb, his first and only pass of the game goes to allen lazard who shakes the defender and is gone! 74 yards for the score. if i'm paul rhoads, i use the ankeny- urbandale connection until someone proves they can stop it! lazard was nearly unguardable saturday night. he finished with 5 catches for 147 yards and this score! keyshawn johnson always said, just gimme

local five's stephanie angleson shows us why she is this month's one classroom at a time winner it was a normal day at boone high school. "nats of alicen" alicen morley was just starting to teach a class... when.... "we are with local 5 and baners trust and you have won this month's one classroom at a time grant...really?.. you've won it...so we've brought the big check...congratulation s." it doesn't take long to see that alicen is not your typical social studies teacher--in fact, in this classroom, it's called social alicen morley social sciences teacher "the difference is that in social studies, it seems to be we're learning more about history. in social sciences it's examining history and trying to use history to then provide better arguments for the future." these students look at history the way they'd look at a science experiment. morely has to find different ways to keep them engaged... that can take a lot of creativity,,, and sometimes...you just need more money. 6:30:54 "we want to use green screen technology so my kids can do reenactments and the can look cool they can do de

stephanie: but next--using one successful for more. it's a plan that has farmers in upset. "your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with angleson, we are good news for iowa's economy tonight as a new good news for iowa's economy tonight as a new report shows unemployment rates are down. it's the first time they've been this low since 2006. stephanie: a year ago the jobless rate was 4.3 percent in august and september that dropped down to 3.7 and 3.6 respectivly. compared to the u.s jobless rates which are at 5.1--we're doing well. the current estimate in october shows only 12,700 unemployed iowans. to give some perspective, last year there were 74 thousand unemployed iowans. stephanie: and new digs for kum and go in downtown des moines. tonight they're breaking ground for the new headquarters on grand. the site was controversial because of the building which now houses the gas lamp. there's no word yet on if that building will be torn down or reused for the headquarters or not. stephanie: and good news for online shoppers--googl e express next day delivery service will be arriving in the des moines area, allowing residents to h

"you're watching local angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." stephanie: the woman accused of driving into a crowd of homecoming parade spectators in oklahoma - now facing murder charges. the 25-year-old hit a crowd of people out celebrating... killing four, and injuring nearly fifty others. today, her family and friends argue drugs and alcohol were not involved. abc's lana zak has the latest on today's developments. family members of a- day-sha chambers came to her defense-- sot - lynda branstetter / aunt "this is so not her character. she's one that will give you a big hug. here's what is known, around 10:30 on saturday, a crowd of oklahoma state homecoming fans were watching the parade, when 25 year old chambers alledgedly drove her grey car into the screaming crowd. the impact-- too graphic to show. sot - konda walker "it hit people, just like thump, thump, thump. as people were flying." 47-injured. four people lost their lives: 65 year marvin stone?his wife bonnie. 23 year old student nikita nakal, and 2 year old nash lucas, whose father says was a s