Youtube daily Dec 22 2016

PREPORTER: FRIENDS TELL ME

PCLIFFORD MILLER WAS HIRED BY A

PCOMPANY TO INSTALL TELEVISIONS

PAND REFRIGERATORS HERE AT THE

PCROSSLANDS HOTEL

P>> HE WAS A REALLY NICE GUY,

PAND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS

PAT ALL.

PREPORTER: JASMINE KEMP IS TRYING

PTO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT HAPPENED

PTO HER FRIEND CLIFFORD MILLER.

PPOLICE FOUND MILLER'S BODY

PDUMPED BEHIND A WALMART OVER THE

PWEEKEND, HIS HEAD AND GENITALIA

PMISSING.

PDETAILS ANOTHER FRIEND, COULDN'T

PBELIEVE.

P>> I WANTED TO THROW UP.

PIT MADE ME SICK. THEY LEFT T

PPOOR GUY HERE WITH NOTHING.

PREPORTER: SHE DIDN'T WANT TO

PSHOW HER FACE ON CAMERA, BUT

PSAYS MILLER TOLD HER HE WAS

PLIVING ON THE STREETS IN

POKLAHOMA WHEN A COMPANY BUSSED

PHIM TO ALBUQUERQUE TO INSTALL

PTV'S AND REFRIGERATORS AT THIS

PHOTEL.

PMILLER TOLD HER HE NEVER GOT

PPAID FOR THE WORK.

P>> HE WAS FRUSTRATED. HE WANTED

PTHE MONEY FOR HIS LITTLE GIRL.

PTHAT'S WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO,

PWAS TO GET MONEY TO GO BACK

PHOME.

PREPORTER: OKLAHOMA COURT RECORDS

PSHOW MILLER GOT DIVORCED IN

P2003, AND HAD 3 CHILDREN.

PMILLER'S FRIENDS SAY HE WAS

PSTRANDED IN ALBUQUERQUE WITH NO

PPLACE TO LIVE AND NO MONEY TO

PGET BACK HOME.

PTHEY TELL ME THEY DON'T KNOW WHO

PCOULD'VE DONE THIS, BUT SAY THEY

PDON'T BELIEVE IT'S TIED TO DRUG

PCARTELS.

P>> THERE'S NO WAY HE WAS CAUGHT

PUP IN ANYTHING. NO WAY.

PREPORTER: MILLER'S FRIENDS TELL

PME THEY DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER

PFRIENDS MILLER MADE WHILE HE WAS

PLIVING AT THIS HOTEL, OR AFTER

PHE MOVED OUT.

PIN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE, SANDRA

For more infomation >> Decapitated victim was homeless, friends say - Duration: 1:38.

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Inspector General investigating sex abuse of children in its care - Duration: 1:43.

ABUSE IN THE PAST

FEW YEARS.

>> BRANDON WEATHER SENTENCED IN

FEBRUARY TO 100 YEARS IN PRISON

FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A CHILD.

HE IMPREGNANT NATEED I FOSTER

CHILD 13 SUPPOSED TO BE IN HIS

CARE.

THE FORMER STAFF MEMBER AT THE Y

MC ACCUSED OF HAVING SEXUAL

RELATIONSHIPS.

JUST ONE OF A FEW CASES CATCHING

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

>> WE HAVE HAD 36 REPORTS OF

CHILDREN OR YOUTH BEING SEXUALLY

VICTIMIZED OR EXPLOITED.

>> KIDS IN FACILITIES IN STATE

CARE.

>> OUR INVESTIGATION IS FOR THE

PURPOSE OF FINDING GAPS IN THE

SYSTEM TO SEE HOW THE SYSTEM CAN

IMPROVE TO PROTECT KIDS FROM

BEING FURTHER VICTIMIZED.

>> IT.

H S HAS BEEN TAKING STEPS TO

REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OUT OF HOME

PLACEMENTS.

CHILDREN IN CUSTODY IS OF THE

UTMOST IMPORTANT THEY SAY.

AND THEY WELCOME THE

RECOMMENDATION FROM HIS THE

REPORT THEY COULD INCLUDE POLICY

CHANGES AND TIGHTER LICENSE

INVESTIGATIONS.

>> WE DON'T DO CRIMINAL

INVESTIGATION.

IF WE FOUND CRIMINAL

INVESTIGATIONS.

IF WE FOUND THEY HAVE BEEN

COMMITTED THEN WE TURN THEM

OVER.

For more infomation >> Inspector General investigating sex abuse of children in its care - Duration: 1:43.

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Industrial lift struck after stalling in road - Duration: 1:51.

LIVE ON THE

SEACOAST TO EXPLAIN WHAT

HAPPENED.

REPORTER: IMAGINE DRIVING DOWN

THE STREET, THE SUN IN YOUR EYES

WHEN SUDDENLY YOU COME UPON A

HYDRAULIC LIFT WITH A BASKET AND

ITS DRIVERS INSIDE HANGING RIGHT

IN FRONT OF YOUR WINDSHIELD.

THE JAWS OF LIFE REMOVED SIDE

BARS FROM THIS LIFT BUCKET SO

ITS DRIVER COULD BE SAFELY

PULLED OUT.

THE INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE STILL IN

THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF

ROCHESTER'S SOUTH MAIN STREET.

HOURS LATER ALONG WITH THE

SMASHED UP CAR THAT HIT IT.

THE SCENE WAS UNDISTURBED UNTIL

OSHA COULD ARRIVE.

ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE LIFT

WAS DRIVING UP THE SHOULDER OF

THE ROAD, TURNING INTO THE

WALKWAY TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO

FIX THE ROOF, WHEN THE COLLISION

OCCURRED.

>> THE EQUIPMENT STALLED,

LEAVING THE BUCK NET THE ROADWAY

AND THE GENTLEMAN DRIVING THE

CAR DUE TO THE SUN GLARE DIDN'T

SEE AND IT STRUCK THE BUCKET.

REPORT PEOPLE NEARBY HEARD THE

ACCIDENT.

>> IT WAS A HUGE BANG, SO

EVERYBODY RUSHED OUTSIDE TO SEE.

REPORTER: THE LIFT DRIVER WAS

TAKEN TO THE DRIVER WITH NONLIFE

THREATENING INJURIES.

>> IF IT WAS A BIGGER VEHICLE IT

PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE

SEVERE INJURIES.

REPORTER: ALL AROUND A CLOSE

CALL, POLICE SAY MIGHT HAVE BEEN

PREVENTIBLE.

>> PROBABLY HAVE BETTER FLAGGING

GOING ON, AS THIS LIFT COMES OUT

INTO THE TRAVEL PORTION OF THE

ROADWAY, OF COURSE THE SUN

DIDN'T HELP.

BUT HAVING BETTER PEOPLE

DIRECTING THE TRAFFIC OR

STOPPING THE TRAFFIC WOULD HAVE

DEFINITELY HELPED THE SITUATION.

REPORTER: THE EXTENT OF THE LIFT

DRIVERS INJURIES ISN'T CLEAR,

THE OTHER DRIVER WAS NOT INJURY.

OSHA IS INVESTIGATING TO SEE IF

For more infomation >> Industrial lift struck after stalling in road - Duration: 1:51.

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Gov. Fallin's plan to fill budget hole may impact pet groomers, tattoo parlors - Duration: 1:02.

E THEIR TAXES GO UP.

KOCO'S BRET BUGANSKI HAS THAT

PLAN.

BRET: IF YOU ARE AN ANIMAL

LOVER, CHANCES ARE YOU HAVE THEM

GROOMED, BUT YOU COULD SOON BE

PAYING MORE FOR THOSE SERVICES.

>> I WAS SO SAD TO HEAR THIS

BECAUSE IT JUST HURTS ME.

BRET: SHE OWNS FOUR PAWS

GROOMING.

A SMALL BUSINESS WITH ONLY THREE

FULL TIME WORKERS AND A HANDFUL

OF PART TIME DOG WALKERS.

THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM PAYING THE

STATE SALES TAX, BUT THAT COULD

SOON CHANGE AS GOVERNOR MARY

FALLIN PROPOSED WEDNESDAY TO

CHARGE SALES TAXES FOR

BUSINESSES LIKE PET GROOMERS,

CAR WASHES AND TATTOO PARLORS.

>> THIS YEAR, I WAS HOPING TO BE

ABLE TO HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES,

FROM MY BUSINESS.

BRET: NOW SHE PLANS ON HOLDING

OFF AS SHE FEARS SHE WILL HIS

CUSTOMERS IF SHE HAS TO CHARGE

For more infomation >> Gov. Fallin's plan to fill budget hole may impact pet groomers, tattoo parlors - Duration: 1:02.

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Highway 75 construction causes confusion with drivers - Duration: 2:09.

RUCTION AREA

ON I65 SOUTH OF THE METRO.

>> JUST IN THE PAST 24 HOURS

THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ACCIDENTS IN

THAT CONSTRUCTION AREA.

I SPOKE WITH DRIVERS THAT DRIVE

THROUGH THE AREA AND THEY SAY

DRIVING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION

IS WAY TOO CONFUSING.

>> IT'S A MESS.

>> I WAS WAY ALL OVER THE PLACE

BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I

WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.

>> CONFUSION AND FRUSTRATION

WAS THE REACTION I GOT FROM MOST

DRIVERS DRIVING THROUGH THE

AREA.

>> THESE PEOPLE KNOW ONLY ONE

WAY TO GO HOME AND THAT'S DOWN

HIGHWAY 75.

WHEN IT'S CLOSED OFF THEY DON'T

EVEN KNOW HOW TO GET TO THEIR

OWN HOMES.

>> LAST NIGHT TWO PEOPLE WERE

TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, ONE WITH

CRITICAL INJURIES AFTER A

ACCIDENTS ON LA PLATT ROAD AND

ANOTHER ACCIDENT THIS MORNING,

THIS ONE WITH NO SERIOUS

INJURIES.

THE WHILE THE CAUSE OF THESE

ACCIDENTS ARE STILL UNDER

INVESTIGATION.

THEY HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS SINCE

CONSTRUCTION BEGAN.

>> THINGS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING

IN CONSTRUCTION AREAS.

PAY ATTENTION.

>> THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF

ROADS SAYS THEY ARE KEEPING AN

EYE ON THE SITUATION AS WELL,

TWEETING TODAY, WE'VE HEARD LOTS

OF CERTAIN OVER THE CRASHES ON

165.

ONE BIG CHANGE THEY'RE MAKING

TODAY, CHANGING THE SPEED LIMIT

FROM 55 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR.

>> ALSO AN ACTIVE PA TROLL

MANAGER ON SCENE.

>> IT'S JUST STRANGE FOR PEOPLE

TO DRIVE SO FAST ON SUCH NARROW

ROADS.

PEOPLE AREN'T USE TO IT.

>> THEY SUGGEST PIMA VOID

TALKING ON THE PHONE WHILE

DRIVING IN THE AREA.

For more infomation >> Highway 75 construction causes confusion with drivers - Duration: 2:09.

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FieldhouseUSA no longer managing new sports complex - Duration: 2:20.

BREAKING ONLY ON KETV NEWS WATCH

7.

>> ROB YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW

LATE IN THE GAME THIS DEVELOPED

HIT.

THEIR NAME ALREADY ON THE SIDE

OF THIS BRAND NEW BUILDING.

BUT DEVELOPERS TOLD ME FIELD

HOUSE USA IS NO LONGER A PART OF

THIS PROJECT.

THE COURTS ARE GETTING SANDED

AND SEALED, JUST A FEW FINAL

TOUCHED TO TAKE AT FIELD HOUSE

USA'S GIANT SPORTS COMPLEX NEXT

TO THE MID AMERICA CENTER BUT A

KEY PLAYER BOXED OUT.

>> THE PRIMARY PROVIDER IN THE

FACILITY IS NO LONGER FIELD

HOUSE USA.

WE'RE FINALIZING AN AGREEMENT

WITH A GROUP OF LOCAL PROVIDERS.

>> NOT EVEN A MONTH FROM THE

SCHEDULE OPENING IOWA WEST MAKES

THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE

COMMISSION NEGOTIATIONS WITH

TEXAS BASED FIELD HOUSE USA

BROUGHT ON BOARD TO MANAGE THE

SPORTS CENTER FELL THROUGH.

>> BIG SURPRISE IN THE FINAL

HOUR TO LEARN WE'RE SQUARE ONE.

>> IT WAS A LITTLE UNEXPECTED

AND WE THOUGHT WE HAD CLEAR

UNDERSTANDING.

>> IOWA WEST PRESIDENT PIETATE

LA PAN A SAYS THEY WANT TO KEEP

THE THAT SILT AS ACCESS ABLE TO

THE PUBLIC AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

THAT WAS MESSING WITH FIELD USA.

>> WE THINK THEY'RE A WONDERFUL

ORGANIZATION.

THE PROJECT WASN'T GOING TO MEET

OUR GOALS TO MEET THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE GOAL BRING MORE PEOPLE

TO THE COMMUNITY AND FILL THIS

STRIP FALL WIT FAMILY FRIENDLY

RESTAURANTS.

>> THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL

FACILITY, A HUGE ASSET FOR THE

ENTIRE REGION.

>> THE WILL HAVE THE THING WE

WANT DOWN THERE IS MORE VACANCY.

WE WANT TO HAVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW

THROUGH THERE.

>> FIELD HOUSE USA NEVER

RETURNED MY PHONE CALLS OR

E-MAILS.

I'M TOLD EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK

FOR THE JANUARY OPENING DAY AND

THIS CHANGE WON'T AFFECT THE

YOUTH TIMES OR OTHERS SET TO USE

THE FACILITY.

THEY SAY THEY SHOULD BE

FINALIZING NEW PLANS WITH THE

For more infomation >> FieldhouseUSA no longer managing new sports complex - Duration: 2:20.

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Friends of Northshore teen killed in crash: 'He was one in a million' - Duration: 1:01.

THE CAR WENT INTO THE

VALUE -- INTO THE WATER.

DYLAN DARGIS SAYS HE AND HIS

FRIENDS WERE LEAVING HIS HOME IN

THE RIGOLIES, WHEN THE CAR THEY

WERE PASSENGERS IN WENT OFF THE

ROAD AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN IN

THE SALT BAYOU.

>> IT'S ALL TOO REAL.

HE WAS A GREAT GUY.

IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED THIS

WAY.

CASEY: DARGIS SAYS HE, HIS

FRIEND KRISTIAN LEGGET, AND THE

DRIVER JONATHAN LUNSFORD, GOT

OUT ON THE OWN AND TRIED TO SAVE

TYLER LEVY, WHO WAS STILL

TRAPPED IN THE BACK SEAT.

>> WE ALL DID.

IT WAS JUST SO HARD.

WE TRIED EVERYTHING WE COULD,

BUT HE WOULDN'T COME OUT.

AND AT THAT WE KNEW SOMETHING

POINT, WAS WRONG.

CASEY: THEY WERE BROUGHT TO

TEARS AS THEY REVISITED THE

CRASH SITE AND WERE JOINED BY

OTHER NORTHSHORE HIGH SCHOOL

STUDENTS, REMEMBERING THE LIFE

OF THEIR FRIEND.

For more infomation >> Friends of Northshore teen killed in crash: 'He was one in a million' - Duration: 1:01.

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VIDEO: Chance for snow, rain - Duration: 3:07.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER

NOW.

A PERFECT 32.

PERFECT FOR FREEZING.

>> WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW

OFF TO OUR WEST.

NOTICE THAT IS ALL MOVING TO THE

EAST.

THAT PUTS US NEAR THE SOUTHERN

EDGE.

THERE IS A LITTLE STRIP OF SNOW

THAT COULD START.

THE AIR IS GOING TO BE SO DRY.

WE HAVE TO WAIT A FEW HOURS.

THAT MEANS THERE COULD BE A FEW

RAIN SHOWERS FROM I-95 SOUTH AND

EAST.

JUST SO YOU ARE AWARE, AS

WE

PARTIALLY CLEAR,

YOU ARE NOT

GOING TO FIND TOO MUCH AROUND

BOSTON.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET NORTH AND

WEST.

YOU MIGHT SEE SOME POCKETS THAT

HAVE AN INCH OF SNOW.

A FEW SPOTS COULD HAVE TWO

INCHES.

SOUTH OF THE PIKE I WOULD NOT

EXPECT MUCH OF ANYTHING.

NOTICE THIS MEANS 0-1.

IT COULD BE VIRTUALLY NOTHING AT

ALL.

THEN YOU GET INTO THE

ACCUMULATION FARTHER NORTH.

RIGHT NOW IT IS 37 IN BOSTON.

WIND IS LIGHT.

DROPPED OFF TO FREEZING OR EVEN

BELOW IN SOME SPOTS.

BOSTON

ITSELF WILL HOVER AROUND

THE FREEZING MARK.

OTHER AREAS CAN GET BELOW

FREEZING.

IF IT WERE JUST ARE VERY EARLY

TOMORROW THAT IS YOUR BEST

CHANCE OF GETTING

NORTH AND

WEST.

THESE ARE GOING TO BE AFTERNOON

TEMPERATURES MOVING UP AS IT

GETS MILDER.

AFTER THAT WE GET A WEATHER

BREAK WHICH IS GOOD NEWS ON

FRIDAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE CLOUDS WILL BE IN.

IT REALLY LOOKS TO BE THAT SET

UP IS MILDER.

LIKELY TO COME THROUGH ON

SATURDAY, I THINK IT IS PRETTY

MUCH GOING TO BE OFFSHORE LATE

IN THE AFTERNOON.

NOT PARTICULARLY COLD.

ALSO NOT LIKE NEXT YEAR.

NEAR 70 DEGREES.

NEXT WEEK IT STARTS TO GET

MILDER IN THE AFTERNOON.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME RAIN SHOWERS

MIGHT COME THROUGH.

SOME SIGNS OF A COLDER.

For more infomation >> VIDEO: Chance for snow, rain - Duration: 3:07.

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Indianola man's struggle with CTE hits national newsstands - Duration: 1:42.

.

AS OF TODAY, HIS STORY CAN BE

FOUND ON NEWSTANDS ACROSS THE

COUNTRY.

LAST DECEMBER, ZAC EASTER SHOT

HIMSELF IN THE HEART, TAKING

CARE NOT TO DAMAGE HIS BRAIN

.

MONTHS LATER, THE CALIFORNIA

DR. WHO DISCOVERED CHRONIC

TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN PRO

FOOTBALL PLAYER'S BRAINS

CONFIRMED TO ZAC'S PARENTS THAT

THEIR SON DID INDEED HAVE CTE.

>> IT WAS A LEAP OF FAITH.

MARK: NOW, THE STORY ZAC WANTED

TO TELL IS DETAILED IN THIS

MONTH'S "GQ" MAGAZINE.

THE ARTICLE GOES INTO CHILLING

DETAIL ABOUT A YOUNG LIFE IN A

SHARP DOWNWARD SPIRAL, IT BEGINS

WITH ZAC'S SUICIDE NOTE AND

INCLUDES EXCERPTS FROM HIS

JOURNALS AS HE DOCUMENTED HIS

DAILY STRUGGLE BOTH PHYSICALLY

AND MENTALLY.

>> IF YOU'RE A NON-BELIEVER, IF

YOU'RE NOT CERTAIN THAT CTE IS

AN ATROCIOUS DISEASE, I BEG YOU

TO READ THIS ARTICLE.

MARK: ZAC'S MOTHER SAYS THE

FAMILY IS SHARING HIS WRITINGS

ONLY BECAUSE ZAC MADE IT

APPARENT IN HIS WRITINGS HE

WANTED TO HELP EDUCATE ABOUT

CTE.

>> I GO INTO A CORNER EVERY DAY

AND CRY, BECAUSE I'M MOURNING MY

SON. I COME BACK OUT OF THAT

CORNER EVERY DAY SO I CAN HONOR

HIS WISHES.

MARK: WHILE IT'S OBVIOUS

RE-TELLING THE STORY OF HER SON

IS PAINFUL, IT'S ALSO OBVIOUS

BRENDA EASTER AND HER FAMILY

HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE ZAC'S FINAL

DECISION MATTER.

>> IF I CAN SAVE ONE CHILD, ONE

ATHLETE, ONE FAMILY FROM

EXPERIENCING WHAT MY SON WENT

For more infomation >> Indianola man's struggle with CTE hits national newsstands - Duration: 1:42.

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Man asks for help to find whoever killed his father, brother - Duration: 1:31.

, THEIR KILLERS, STILL ON THE

STREET.

PAUL: KOCO'S MECCA RAYNE LIVE

WITH THE STORY.

MECCA: PAUL AND JESS, HE SAYS

WHEN HE FOUND THEM INSIDE HERE,

THEY HAD BEEN SHOT AND WERE

DYING.

HE'S NOT HOLDING A GRUDGE, BUT

HE IS ASKING FOR JUSTICE.

HE FOUND HIS DAD AND BROTHER

SHOT.

HE TRIED TO HELP, PLACING

PILLOWS UNDER THEIR HEADS.

>> I DID NOT WANT THEM TO FEEL

ONE BIT OF PAIN AND I REMEMBER

MY BROTHER REACHING FOR HIS HEAD

WITH THE BULLET.

MECCA: KERLEY GRIEVING BUT STILL

ALIVE.

>> MURMURING WITH TEARS COMING

OUT OF HIS EYES.

MECCA: HIS 14-YEAR-OLD BROTHER

DID NOT MAKE IT AN EVEN DID HIS

DAD, PEDRO.

THAT WAS MONTHS AGO.

TODAY, STILL NO ANSWERS AS TO

WHO AND WHY.

>> I AM WORRIED THAT THOSE

PEOPLE ARE STILL IN THE STREETS.

MECCA: TELLING US THERE WERE

DRAWERS PULLED OUT, BUT ROBBERY

JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

>> WE DON'T HAVE MUCH.

I MEAN, WE DO NOT HAVE MUCH.

MECCA: WHATEVER THE REASON AND

WHOMEVER THEY ARE

HE WANTS JUSTICE AND BELIEVES IF

NOT HERE IT WILL EVENTUALLY

COME.

>> THE LORD SAID VENGEANCE IS

, MINE.

I TRY TO REMEMBER THAT PHRASE

EVERY SINGLE TIME.

MECCA: PEDRO SAYS HIS DAD WA

HIS VERY BEST FRIEND AND HE IS

JUST HONORED TO HAVE HIM IN HIS

LIFE FOR THAT SHORT TIME.

For more infomation >> Man asks for help to find whoever killed his father, brother - Duration: 1:31.

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Officials hope barrier wall will prevent damage to Norman solar panel garden - Duration: 1:37.

CRYSTAL?

CRYSTAL: GOT SOLAR PANEL FARM IS

LOCATED RIGHT BEHIND ME.

IT IS DARK AND DIFFICULT TO SEE

BUT IT IS STILL UNDER

CONSTRUCTION AND TONIGHT THERE'S

A PLAN FOR FUTURE CRASHES

PREVENTION.

TWISTED, TANGLED, AND BROKEN

THIS IS HOW 39 SOLAR PANELS

LOOKED AFTER TWO SEPARATE CARS

VEERED OFF I-35 AND CRASHED INTO

THEM.

FROM SKY 5, YOU CAN SEE ITS JUST

FEET FROM THE INTERSTATE.

>> WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT ITS

ANYTHING WITH THE SITE BEING TOO

CLOSE TO THE ROAD.

CRYSTAL: BRIAN HOBBS WITH

WESTERN FARMERS ELECTRIC SAYS

THE PROJECT IS OUT OF THE

EASEMENT OF THE INTERSTATE AND

THEY CHOSE TO PUT IN 900 SOLAR

PANELS CLOSE TO THE ROAD BECAUSE

THE SUBSTATION IS ALREADY HERE.

>> SO HAVING THE SOLAR FACILITY

LOCATED ADJACENT TO THAT

SUBSTATION HELPS MANAGE THE COST

OF INTERCONNECTING THE ELECTRIC

GRID WITH THE SOLAR ENERGY.

CRYSTAL: BUT HE SAYS THEY DON'T

WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

THAT IS WHY THE COMPANY IS

INVESTING $20,000 INTO A BARRIER

WALL AROUND THE FARM.

>> IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT A

VEHICLE HITTING THE BARRIER, IS

LIKELY BETTER FOR THE VEHICLE

THAN IT IS THE OCCUPANT HITTING

THE FACILITY ITSELF.

CRYSTAL: CONSTRUCTION OF THAT

BARRIER WALL IS EXPECTED TO

START NEXT WEEK.

THEY HAD TO GET ODOT'S APPROVAL

For more infomation >> Officials hope barrier wall will prevent damage to Norman solar panel garden - Duration: 1:37.

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Joe's Wednesday Evening Forecast For December 21st - Duration: 3:12.

PJOE: ROUGH TRAVEL IN THE EASTERN

PPART OF THE STATE TOMORROW.

PSNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN COULD

PCAUSE DANGEROUS TRAVEL.

PTHEN THERE'S A CONCERN FOR HEAVY

PSNOW IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE

P9,000 FEET.

P10-20 INCHES -- VERY LONG TIME

PFRAME, UNTIL NOON ON FRIDAY, AS

PWAVES OF MOISTURE WORK IN.

PMETRO AREAS, THERE WILL BE SLICK

PROADS.

PSTARTING TO WORK NORTHWARD.

PTHIS AREA IN PINK, MIXED RAIN

PAND SLEET.

PWHERE THE RAIN WOULD BE AND

PWOULD POTENTIAL FOR THE --

PLOOK HOW IF YOU'RE TRAVELING UP

PTO SANTA FE, SNOWY TRAVEL.

PAND THERE SHOULD BE SOME DICEY

PTRAVEL, EASTERN PARTS OF THE

PSTATE.

PTHAT'S WHY WE ARE CONCERNED

PABOUT THAT.

PSO THEN WE GET A LULL BUT THEN

PANOTHER WAVE WORKS IN.

PA LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AND SLEET

PAROUND.

PAFTER WORK, WE ARE LOOKING AT

PTHINGS TO BE QUIETING DOWN BUT

PTHE TIMING STATEWIDE -- PEOPLE

PWERE ASKING ME ARLIER -- NO,

PIT'S GOING TO BE MOSTLY RAIN.

PTHEN YOU SEE THE MXTURE OF RAIN

PAND SNOW THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NEW

PMEXICO.

PHERE'S THAT NEXT WAVE OF

PMOISTURE.

TEMPS ARE GOINGT O BE COLD.

PLOOK AT THE DRENCHING RAIN

PPOTENTIAL.

PTHIS IS A MUCH NEEDE

PDEVELOPING IN TERMS OF THE

PRAIN, IN TERMS OF THE -- WOW --

PWE ARE LOOKING AT RAIN, SLEET,

PAND SNOW FOR TOMORROW.

PCHRISTMAS EVE, IT WILL BE

PBREEZY AND WARM.

PIT'S A QUICK -- FOLKS.

For more infomation >> Joe's Wednesday Evening Forecast For December 21st - Duration: 3:12.

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Thieves targeting holiday gift cards, intercepting cash - Duration: 1:41.

THE CONGREGATION OF TRINITY

UNITED METHODIST IN SEVILLE

SCRAPED TOGETHER $250 TO BUY

PASTOR NELSON BONILLA A GIFT

CARD FOR CHRISTMAS.

BUT WHEN HE WENT TO USE THE CARD

TO BUY HIS GRAND DAUGHTER A

PRESENT, IT ONLY HAD $40 ON IT.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK

AT THAT MOMENT BECAUSE I KNEW I

DIDN'T USE THE CARD BEFORE.

MATT: PARISHIONER KATHY JONES

BOUGHT THE CARD AND SAYS THE

STORE, AND POLICE, OFFERED

LITTLE HELP.

>> THEY WERE WORSE THAN

SKEPTICAL.

THEY ASKED IF I KNEW WHO STOLE

IT AND WHAT I WANTED THEM TO DO

ABOUT IT.

>> WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S

A WAY.

MATT: WE BOUGHT A $20 GIFT CARD

AND TOOK IT TO CYBER SECURITY

EXPERT ERIC DELISLE.

HE SAYS CROOKS CAN STEAL THE

CARDS OFF THE RACK, OPENING THEM

TO GET THE CARD NUMBER.

THEN RETURNING THEM RESEALED.

>> THE AVERAGE CONSUMER IS NOT

GOING TO HAVE ANY IDEA.

MATT: DELISLE SAYS PORTABLE

SKIMMERS ARE ALSO BEING USED TO

CASH IN ON YOUR CARD BEFORE YOU

EVER GET TO.

>> SO IT WOULD BE RELATIVELY

TRIVIAL FOR A TRUE CRIMINAL

ENTERPRISE THAT WANTED TO GET A

LOT OF THESE TO GO THROUGH THE

EFFORT.

MATT: TO PROTECT YOURSELF

EXPERTS RECOMMEND CHECKING FOR

, TAMPERING, AVOID BUYING CARDS

FROM ONLINE AUCTION SITES,

BUYING DIRECTLY FROM THE

RESTAURANT OR STORE IT'S MEANT

TO BE USED AT, PAYING WITH

CREDIT CARD SO YOU CAN DISPUTE

THE CHARGE IF NEEDED, AND USING

THE MONEY AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

KATHY SAYS NEXT TIME SHE'S

JUST GIVING CASH.

>> I JUST SEE PEOPLE KNOW THAT

THEY SHOULD NOT PUT THEIR MONEY

THERE.

PUT YOUR MONEY SOMEPLACE WHERE

IT IS GUARANTEED.

MATT SINCE IT WAS A VISA GIFT

CARD, I REACHED OUT TO THE

COMPANY FOR COMMENT, BUT I DID

NOT HEAR BACK.

For more infomation >> Thieves targeting holiday gift cards, intercepting cash - Duration: 1:41.

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Retail theft at Whim has police searching for suspect - Duration: 1:51.

PSHOP LIFTING MAY BE COMMON BUT

PFOR SMALL BUSINESSES IT CAN HURT

PTHE BOTTOM LINE.

P>> ANY AMOUNT OF CRIME ERODES

PTHE CRIME JEWEL THAT IS CHURCH

PSTREET, THERE IS A LOT OF

PIMPENDENT BUSHINESS PERSONS ON

PCHURCH STREET AND THAT HAS A BIG

PIMPACTS ON THEIR BOTTOM LINE,

PTHEY SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE

PINVENTORY AND WEALTH OF MAJOR

PCOMPANIES

PREPORTER: ACCORDING TO PRICE

PGUN.COM SMALL BUSINESS THEFT

PACROSS THE NATION TOTALS 35

PMILLIONS DOLLARS EVERY DAY.

PAND IT WAS CHURCH STREET

PBOUTIQUE WHIM'S TURN TUESDAY

PAFTERNOON

P>> WE RECEIVED A CALL FORM OUR

PNEIGHBOR LETTING US KNOW THAT

PSHE HAD ATTEMPTED TO STEEL FROM

PTHEM AT THAT POINT SHE WAS

PALREADY IN THE FITTING ROM AND

PCONCEALED THE ITEM OR ITEMS

PREPORTER: BY THE TIME THE

PEMPLOYEES REALIZED WHO MIGHT BE

PSTEALING THEY WHERE ALREADY

PGONE.

P>> IT'S VERY IMPACTFUL BECAUSE

PWE ARE A SMALL BUSINESS EVERY

PLITTLE TIME COUNTS, IT HAS TO BE

PTAKEN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE

PREPORTER: AND ALTHOUGH THE WOMAN

PALLEGEDLY STOLE A SINGLE

PSWEATER.

PIT MAY EFFECT MORE THAN JUST

PTHIS ONE SHOP.

P>> THE ITEM WE ARE SURE SHE GOT

PAWAY WITH WAS A SWEATSHIRT BY A

PCOMPANY THAT DOES SOCIAL GIVING,

PIT'S MADE IN THE US AND ALL OF

PTHE PROCEEDS GO TO UNDER

PPRIVILEGED YOUTH.

PREPORTER: FOR BUSINESS ON THE

PMARKET PLACE THIS KIND PETTY

PTHEFT IS ALL TOO COMMON.

P>> WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN

PRETAIL THEFT INCIDENTS THOSE

PRANGE FROM THE TYPICAL TEENAGERS

PTHAT ARE OUT AWAY ROM THEIR

PPARENTS THAT STEEL SOMETHING

PFROM A STORE AS OPPOSED TO MORE

PORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT.

P>> ONCE A MONTH IT'S HAPPENING,

PWE ALWAYS CALL THE POLICE AND WE

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Man in Red surprises young hospital patients - Duration: 1:50.

PREPORTER: SANTA ARRIVED FOR HIS

PCHRISTMAS PREVIEW, AS ALL MODERN

PSANTAS DO, BY HELICOPTER,

PCOURTESY OF U.S.

PCUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTIO

PNO WONDER KIDS SEEMED BOTH HAPPY

PAND CONFUSED

P>> HO HO HO. MERRY CHRISTMA

PEVERYONE. MERRY CHRISTMAS AL

PREPORTER: HIS APPEARANCE

PSURRISED YOUNG PATIENTS, AND

PTHEIR PARENTS, AT UVM CHILDREN'S

PHOSPITAL.

P>> HERE ARE SOME CHOCOLATES FOR

PYOU.

P>> THANK YOU

P>> EVER MET HIM BEFORE

P>> YEAH.

P>> SEEM ABOUT THE SAME?

P>> NO.

P>> LOST A LITTLE WEIGHT?

P>> YES.

P>> HO HO HO. BORDR PATROL

PAGENTS STARTED THE EVENT, AFTER

PONE OF THEIR OWN HAD A CHILD I

PTREATMENT HERE A FEW YEARS BACK.

PIT ALMOST DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS

PYEAR. AS A MISCOMMUNICATION WITH

PSANTA'S ELVES LEFT ORGANIZERS

PTOYLESS -- FIVE DAYS AGO -- AND

PFORCED TO PUT OUT AN EMERGENCY

PAPPEAL.

PWELL, THE NORTH COUNTRY

PRESPONDED.

PIT IS COOL -IT'S CHRISTMAS AND

PWHEN YOU'RE TRYIGN TO HELP THESE

PKIDS IN THE HOSPITAL -- I MEAN,

PTHE GOOD IN EVERBODY COMES O

PAND THE RESPONSE WAS

POVERWHELMING.

P>> THE CHILDREN ARE REALLY HAPPY

PTO SEE ME. BRING A LITTLE

PBRIGHTNESS INTO A TOUGH DAY.

PREPORTER HE SURE DID.

P>> IT WAS VERY NICE FOR SANTA TO

PMEET ALL THE KIDS IN THE

PHOSPITAL

P>> WHAT CAN YOU SAY? WE'RE HERE

PFOR REGULAR APPT. WE COME ONCE

PA MONTH. YOU SHOW UP, SANTA'S

PHERE. IT'S PRETTY COO

PREPORTER: SOON HE WAS OFF

PFOR PLACES UNKNOWN.

P>> SANTA IS A VERY NICE GUY.

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VIDEO: Pacific storm will bring snow dusting on Christmas - Duration: 1:15.

U THE CHANCES.

PREPORTER: DREAMING OF A WHITE

PCHRISTMAS?

PIT'S LOOKING LIKE YOUR WISH, MAY

PCOME.

PA PACIFIC STORM IS TRACKING

PTOWARD NEW MEXICO, BRINGING SNOW

PTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE

PSTATE AND AT LEAST A DUSTING

PINTO THE METRO AREA AS WEL

PTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

PCOMPILED THIS DATA, DATING BACK

PTO THE 1800'S.

PMETEOROLOGISTS SAY THE CHANCES

POF A WHITE CHRISTMAS AT THE

PSUNPORT ARE ONLY 4%.

PTHAT'S ONCE EVERY 16 YEARS.

PLAST YEAR, SNOW SLAMMED

PSOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO CITIES LIKE

PROSWELL

PBUT IT NEVER HIT THE METRO.

PTHIS WAS LAST TIME A DECEMBER 25

PSTORM TRULY HIT THE DUKE CIT

PIT WAS 2011.

PSEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN

PTHE FOOTHILLS THAT YEAR.

PAS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE HIGHER

PTHE TERRAIN THE BETTER YOUR

PCHANCES ARE FOR A SNOWY, PICTURE

PPERFECT HOLIDAY.

PRED RIVER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE

PHIGHEST POINTS OF NEW MEXICO ON

PAVERAGE HAS A 78% CHANCE OF A

PWHITE CHRISTMA

PCHAMA, WHICH SITS AT NEARLY

P8,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL A 75%

PCHANCE.

PREGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU SEE OUT

PYOUR WINDOW THAT DAY, OLD SAINT

PNICK SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM

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Neighbors stunned after Belle Chasse man arrested on 150 counts of child pornography - Duration: 1:39.

VED IN THE AREA LONG NEIGHBORS

SAY THIS IS A TIGHT-KNIT

COMMUNITY WITH LOTS OF SMALL

CHILDREN AND WORD OF HIS ARREST

TRAVELED FAST.

>> I JUST GOT BACK ROM OFF

SHORE AND I HEARD ABOUT IT AND

PRETTY SURPRISED, BUT YOU NEED

TO BE CAREFUL.

GINA: BRANDON MILLER SAYS

NOTHING EVER HAPPENS IN HIS

BELLE CHASSE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALL THE FAMILIES KNOW EACH

OTHER.

>> WE ALL HANG OUT KIDS PLAY

TOGETHER, THEY CATCH THE BUS

TOGETHER BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT

, GOES ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

>> A LOT OF CHILDREN IN THE

NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE ARE ALL FRIENDS WITH THE

PARENTS, WE ARE ALL VERY CLOSE.

GINA: THAT IS WHY NEIGHBORS WERE

ALARMED LAST WEEK TO SEE SUCH A

HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE JUST A

COUPLE OF DOORS AWAY.

>> WE HAVE VERY LOW CRIME AROUND

HERE, SO IF YOU SEE COP CARS,

IT'S KIND OF UNUSUAL.

GINA: THE UNUSUAL ENDED WITH AN

ARREST FOR A CRIME UNTHINKABLE

FOR THESE NEIGHBORS.

BRIAN AMY BOOKED WITH MORE 150

COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF CHILD

PORNOGRAPHY INVOLVING CHILDREN

UNDER THE AGE OF 13.

>> ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED.

I DO NOT KNOW WORDS TO DESCRIBE

IT.

>> SHOTS -- SHOCKED.

IT IS KIND OF SCARY.

GINA: AMY HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE

NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A SHORT TIME

, STAYING AT THE HOME OF A

FRIEND.

WE TALKED TO THE HOMEOWNER WHO

DECLINED AN ON CAMERA INTERVIEW

, BUT IT TELLS US HE HAD NO CLUE

WHAT BRIAN AMY WAS UP TO AND HE

HANDED OVER ANY ITEMS THAT MAY

HELP POLICE WITH THEIR

INVESTIGATION.

IT IS A CASE THAT STRETCHES FROM

PLAQUEMINES TO CANADA AND

INVOLVES MULTIPLE POLICE

AGENCIES.

OFFICIALS TELL US THIS

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When life gives you potholes...decorate them for Christmas! - Duration: 1:38.

THIS STORY, AND IT IS ALL NEW AT

6:00.

RANDI: IN NEW ORLEANS, DRIVERS

KNOW ALL TOO WELL WHAT IT'S LIKE

TO HAVE A HOLEY NIGHT, BOBBING

UP AND DOWN ON CITY STREETS,

GETTING A BIT UP-SOT.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE LAWNS,

PORCHES, AND SHRUBS GETTING

DECKED OUT FOR CHRISTMAS THIS

YEAR, PEOPLE ARE ALSO DECKING

THE HOLES -- POTHOLES THAT IS.

>> IT'S VERY FESTIVE LOOKING,

THEY DID A GOOD JOB DECORATING

IT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL

WITH POTHOLES IN NEW ORLEANS,

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THEM

LOOK NICE.

RANDI: CARS GO ROCKING AROUND

THIS CHRISTMAS TREE DAILY.

AND FOR MOST, ALL THEY WANT FOR

CHRISTMAS IS A SMOOTH RIDE.

>> THAT WOULD BE NICE, THAT'S A

FAR STRETCH FOR LAKEVIEW SINCE

WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR 10 YEARS

NOW.

RANDI: WHICH IS WHY BENJAMIN

DOOR DECIDED TO SPREAD SOME

HOLIDAY CHEER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE

TO PASS DOWN HIS STREET, AND TO

WARN THEM, SO THIS GRINCH OF A

HOLE DOESN'T STEAL THEIR

TRANSMISSION.

>> I NEED NEW SHOCKS ON MY

VEHICLES.

AND YOU KNOW, I DECIDED TO

DECORATE THIS ONE THIS YEAR TO

BRING AWARENESS TO IT AND MAKE

IT A LITTLE MORE APPEALNG.

RANDI: I GUESS YOU CAN SAY,

DECORATED POTHOLES IN THE

CRESCENT CITY IS BECOMING A BIT

OF A CHRISTMAS TRADITION.

HOWEVER, SOME HOLES THAT ONCE

DONNED TWINKLING LIGHTS ARE NOW

FIXED, A GIFT FOR RESIDENTS IN

TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

BUT OTHERS ARE STILL WAITING FOR

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO WRAP

UP, SO THEY CAN HAVE A SILENT

NIGHT, AND NOT, JINGLE ALL THE

WAY.

REPORTING IN NEW ORLEANS, I'M

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Family of killed jogger asks for help to solve case - Duration: 1:25.

-- STRUGGLING WITH THEIR

EMOTIONS.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE SHE IS

REMEMBERED FOR MORE THAN HER

MURDER.

VANESSA MARCOTTE'S PARENTS ALONG

WITH HER UNCLE AND AUNT WALKED

DOWN THE STEPS OF A CHURCH IN

PRINCETON AND MADE THEIR FIRST

PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT HER MURDER.

>> IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN FOUR

MONTHS SINCE VANESSA WAS TAKEN

FROM US.

NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT WE DON'T

REFLECT ON THE ENORMITY OF OUR

LOSS.

REPORTER: ONLY MARCOTTE'S UNCLE

SPOKE AS HE READ FROM A

STATEMENT.

HER FATHER HELD A SIGN CALLING

FOR JUSTICE AND SHOWING THE

TIPLINE.

THE FAMILY THANKED THE COMMUNITY

FOR ITS SUPPORT.

>> VANESSA POSSESSED SPECIAL

GIFTS.

SHE WAS A LOVING, CARING AND

INTELLIGENT YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAD

HER WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF HER.

REPORTER: A PLASTIC FLOWER MARKS

THE SPOT WHERE THE 27-YEAR-OLD

GOOGLE MANAGER HAD BEEN JOGGING

LAST AUGUST.

SEARCHERS FOUND HER PARTIALLY

BURNED BODY IN THE WOODS NEARBY.

MARCOTTE'S FAMILY ANNOUNCED THE

CREATION OF A WEBSITE IN HER

MEMORY AND THE FORMATION OF A

FOUNDATION TO FUND CAUSES SHE

SUPPORTED.

>> SHE ALREADY ACHIEVED MUCH.

BUT WE KNOW SHE HAD MORE TO DO.

REPORTER: THEY WERE LOOKING FOR

A DARK-COLORED SUV SEEMED NEAR

THE MURDER SITE.

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OTA cleared to move forward with turnpike extension plans - Duration: 1:08.

PATTY: THE TURNPIKE APPLAUDING

THE COURT RULING.

MANY OF THE PROJECTS ON HOLD

PENDING THE RULING.

NOW THAT IT IS CLEAR, THEY WILL

BE READY TO GO SHORTLY AFTER THE

HOLIDAYS.

THE STATE SUPREME COURT

VALIDATING THE OTA'S $480

MILLION BOND PLAN FOR NEW

CONSTRUCTION.

THIS CLEARS THE PATH FOR

DEMOLITION OF HOUSES IN EASTERN

OKLAHOMA COUNTY WHERE A 21 MILE

TURNPIKE EXTENSION WILL BE

BUILT.

AS WELL AS RATE HIKES FOR PIKE

USERS.

>> BOTTOM LINE THING -- BOTTOM

LINE, I THINK IS COME UNLESS

SOMETHING HAPPENS, THE OTA IS

FREE TO GO FORWARD.

PATTY: ATTORNEY ERIC GROVES,

REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE IMPACTED

BY EMINENT DOMAIN WITH THE NEW

CONSTRUCTION.

THE GROUP SUPPORTED THE LAWSUIT

BY ATTORNEY JERRY FENT.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN TWO LAWSUITS

BROUGHT BY FENT.

BOTH HAVE LOST.

PATTY: FENT COULD NOT BE REACHED

FOR COMMENT.

HE SAYS THERE IS AN ARGUMENT TO

BE MADE THAT THE TURNPIKE IS

UNNECESSARY BUT PROVING THAT

WOULD BE FINANCIALLY