With the year you're going to.
Right now on ABC 7 News at 6,
today's weather may not have you
thinking full time, but that's the
case in Canyon today will explain.
Plus, we're talking about those frigid
temps there headed our way and how to
protect yourself from the blustery weather,
Steve. Speaking of blustery,
it is already windy out there,
but take a look at this gorgeous sunset.
From our Sky Cam in Pamper.
Wow, take a look at that frigid
forecast for Saturday coming up next
on ABC 7 News at 6 live from
KVII studios and downtown Amarillo.
ABC 7 News the panhandle
spirit starts now.
Good evening, thanks for being here.
I'm Larry Lemons.
Lisa is off tonight and tonight we
begin with that frigid weather that
Steve says is coming meteorologist
Steve Kirsch here right now with a
timeline. How are you Steve? Doing great.
We just sitting here kind of.
I know isn't that a great
sunset at a gorgeous sunset?
It really is wow, but yeah,
we're watching that.
We are talking about the
wild swinging temperatures.
Near record heat tomorrow with a high
fire danger and then very cold down to
one one above zero on Sunday morning.
So get ready, hold on with both hands.
Make sure trade tables and locked
in upright position.
It's going to be pretty bumpy
for the next 48 hours.
In the meantime,
we've got sites like this.
I'm going right now.
I get our sky cam from Pamper top
to Pamper Regional Medical Center.
What a gorgeous sunset is
ongoing right now,
but everyone is talking about
the big chill that's coming.
In the meantime,
I need to worry about tomorrow with gust
between 50 and 60 mph if you have some
of those inflatable Christmas ornaments
out in your front yard decorations,
you may want to deflate him and pack
him for a day because they may end up
in Western Oklahoma tomorrow.
Those strong winds, light snow and
Saturday is not going to be a big deal.
I'll talk about that coming up.
What is the big deal is down to
one degree Sunday morning,
so we'll go from 75 tomorrow to
one on Sunday if you get ready to
head out the door and take a look
at this gorgeous sunset 42 degrees
at 9 o'clock 40 at midnight.
Only 38 furlough should be down to 20s.
It's going to be a mild night tonight.
Send the table for it could be a record
setting warm day tomorrow.
More about that will be coming
up in about 10 minutes.
More news with Larry right now.
Alright, thanks even as the
just mentioned those temps about
to make a dramatic dive,
but tonight we're finding out
if it affects your health.
ABC 7's Tatiana tumor is here in
the studio with what you need to know.
Tatiana.
Larry, the winter months are all
about how you prepare for the cold
and maintaining a healthy immune system.
Tonight we're taking a look at what
you need to do to protect yourself.
I drink a lot of emergency in
the winter just to prepare just
bundling up like crazy trying to get,
you know, as many layers as possible on
when there's those great swings and
temperature that tends to kind of
kind of get folks sick for a while.
We just kind of push through.
You know, it's just kind of the
weather temperatures are expected to
take a deep dive this weekend.
So will the drastic dip
cause people to get sick?
When you have weather changes like this
and we will be more susceptible to the
cold and feel like you're getting sick
when their body will be stressed to it
because they may not dress properly to
protect themselves from the elements.
James Russell, a nurse practitioner
at BSA Care Express, says the cold
weather is not a direct link to illness.
Being cold does not necessarily
make you sick going outside.
You know, without a hat on,
you know years on cover makes
him more susceptible to a frost
bite on your ear than it does.
You getting sick from it,
Russell says freezing temperatures
can bring some health dangers
if you are not prepared.
You can definitely become
hypothermic where your
temperature drops too low.
And if you're exposed and just,
you know, you'd be outside several
minutes and your fingers be exposed.
It can be susceptible to a frost bite.
During the winter months,
Russell recommends taking the
necessary precautions to maintain
a strong immune system such as washing
hands, eating healthy and getting
the appropriate shots. Flu
vaccine for everybody just to stay.
It's just an extra preventative
caution to staying healthy. BSA
also noted that during this time of year,
the pressure from the cold can lead to
migraines as well as a lot of arthritis
problems reporting from the County
Department of ABC 7 News.
Alright, thanks Tatiana and now
to the ABC 7 crime watch.
All new tonight,
a raid in Borger ending with
the arrest of two people.
The search warrant executed in the 600
block of North Florida at CC's
Wednesday evening tonight.
Police saying the location suspected
of promoting illegal gambling
seized during the raid.
Computers that police say operated
gaming machines and money.
43 year old Jeannie Ellis arrested
for gambling promotion.
46 year old Kimberly Hastings arrested
for possession of a controlled
substance and continuing on the
crime watch back in Amarillo,
a man arrested following a search warrant
on the city's West Side earlier this week.
This is 24 year old Jared White,
now facing drug charges.
Police saying they found what
was believed to be marijuana and
white powder and dried mushrooms,
which may be controlled substances.
And another drug bust to tell you about tonight.
More than $8000 in drugs seized
during a traffic stop along I-40.
This happening Wednesday afternoon,
and what you're looking at there
is a number of drugs seized including
$7500 of marijuana and $1000 worth
of promethazine that's a prescribed
cough medicine. And that's the man arrested.
26 year old Eric Russell Hoffman tonight.
The Potter County Sheriff's Office
saying a canine helping with the bust.
And tonight a scam alert to tell you
about the Amarillo Police Department
warning folks about a phone call.
People are getting trying to impersonate them,
so here's what you need to know.
Police saying folks receiving a call
with a number on your screen.
Those callers claiming to be with
APD asking for donations tonight.
Police saying they will never call
and ask for monetary monetary donations.
Officials saying the best way to
keep yourself safe from scams is to
never give out personal information
over the phone or online.
And you can always go to
abc7amarillo.com.
We've posted ways you can avoid
falling victim to a scam.
And don't forget the ABC 7
Amarillo app is free and available
on iOS and Android.
Headline all new tonight at 6 a man
killed in a car crash in the Oklahoma
Panhandle is happening early this
morning at about 215 near Slapout
in Beaver County, the Oklahoma
Highway Patrol saying the semi
truck driven by 42 year old Jacob
Leonard of Oklahoma City crossed
the center lane, OHP saying the
semi then left the road and struck
the guardrail before catching fire.
Tonight the crash remains under
investigation. Happening today,
Canyon City leaders breaking ground
on their new $6 million aquatic
facility ceremony happening at
1 30 this afternoon at Connor Park.
Mayor Quinn Alexander and other city
officials tossing the dirt around
in Connor Park where the future
Canyon Aqua Park will sit.
The new bond for the complex being
approved by residents in November
of last year, the so called cap
will have two slides, a lazy river
and several other waterfronts.
Fun features for kids, adults and senior citizens.
We need our kids to have something to do,
and this is it's going to be affordable
for him and then for our families.
You know, again, you can see in our
Connor Park area we've got baseball.
We have we have facilities that things
happen here in our park here and so
this is just one more thing to add to it.
That proposed admission fee
for the complex is $8 and Alexander
saying he also hopes construction
will be complete by June of 2017.
That full story coming up on ABC 7
Nightside and that's not the only
groundbreaking Canyon ISD breaking
ground on a brand new school.
The new intermediate school
located north of Sundown Lane.
The school set to open in August of 2018.
That new school will have 5th and 6th
grade students and school officials
saying this stems from a bond
election from last year.
This is a combination of a lot of effort
and people involved to not only from
the grounds up to the design of the
building but also that to come to
fruition in this effort to honor
what our stakeholders requested.
And that is less fulfill a new
intermediate school in the bond of May
2015 and we got to kick that off today.
There's not yet a formal name for the school,
but it will house up to 800 students
and tonight a reminder about Christmas
for our four legged friends.
Right now your opportunity to donate
items benefiting panhandle paws of hope.
Leshato Pet Resort accepting donations.
Tractor supply plus also accepting
oh tractor supply plus also accepting
donations and needed right now for those
cute pups, toys, food, bedding, blankets,
cat litter, pet clothes and other items.
These organizations are several here.
There's panhandle paws of hope as well
as three or four others that I'm aware
of that do the same kind of rescue
situation and they need they need to
they need they need Christmas presents too.
They need to have some joy in their
lives just like everybody else does.
And panhandle paws of hope right now.
Also in need of foster homes.
For more information on the organization,
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And tonight on panhandle spirit,
we get into the Christmas spirit.
Now you know him by many names.
Jolly old Saint Nick Santa Claus,
Mrs Claus, his husband,
Rudolph's master.
We visit with Santa as he brings
toys to good boys and girls in the
Santa Fe building and we take a drive
through Amarillo and down Candy Cane Lane.
Tonight at 10 on ABC 7 Nightside.
When we come back on ABC 7 News at 6.
A New York airport recruits a new face
to help passengers relieve stress
during the holiday season.
Hopefully not too stressed out about
the weather for the upcoming weekend,
especially the snow.
Don't look to be a big deal.
Man, those sunsets are nice though.
More about that coming up next.
You're watching ABC 7 News at 6 with
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Lee Baker with sports and Storms
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Good Thursday evening everyone,
we're just still looking at this
gorgeous sunset from our sky came
in Pamphlet all just every single
color that's in the crayon ballad
is what's going on right now.
Just a beautiful and what's been a
pretty nice day little cool there in
Pamphlet back look at our school net sites.
Still below freezing in Canadian.
Meanwhile, 50s even had a 6 degree
reading awhile ago at Tucumcari.
That Arctic Air still just
having a tough time being dislodged
from the North Eastern Panhandle
here in the central and North side
of Amarillo that wind is keeping
our atmosphere stirred up so not
a big difference in temps.
The coolest at Caprock at 42 South
side of Amarillo down in Canyon 47
at the KGRT Radio Studios also 47
degrees at Coronado Elementary School,
but out West 54 degrees in Adrian.
It is still 60 degrees at our school
net site in San Ho, New Mexico in
the northwest. Same thing that
southwest wind coming off Sierra
Grande is kept Des Moines at 57.
But notice Elkhart at 38.
Then you get back in the Northeast
Panhandle.
It's still 30 degrees atop the
Ag Barn at Follett High School.
46 at Sunray Eastern Panhandle.
Same thing, mainly 30s here.
Some some freezing temperatures,
including 29 at Shamrock 30 at Wheeler
in the southeast Panhandle.
Same thing 36 degrees at Childers,
but look what happens.
You get on top of the Caprock in
the southwest Panhandle.
We're back in the 50s.
52 at Bovena at 42 degrees in Nazareth.
Let's go to Bushland where those
winds really start to pick up today.
South southwest at 13 gusting to 39.
They're going to be in the 15 to 25 mile
prior range most of the night tonight
and then really get cranked up.
Tomorrow's this type of level storm off
the California coast makes its way
across the mountains and under the Plains.
We're already getting some wind gusts
between 65 and 80 mph in
Northeastern Colorado.
Now I don't think the winds will be that
strong, but we can have some gusts to
50 to 60 mph around here and it's
this cold Arctic air.
It's going to be grabbed by this
storm system and pulled down to the
South here in today Saturday.
And we'll talk about when it could
arrive in your backyard coming
up in just a minute.
A lot of cloud cover today.
Course of May for that gorgeous sunset,
but it's also going to keep our
low temperatures tonight much
warmer than they should be.
We should be down in the 20s.
We're only going to start off
tomorrow in the 30s at 74 degrees
in Phoenix, 47 degrees in Denver.
Again with those strong winds
occurring there right now.
Here's a look at our computer model
forecast for the rest of the night,
showing a lot of cloud cover and
we'll start off tomorrow at only 38 degrees.
But by lunchtime those winds are 20 to 30
gusting to 40 to 50 mph at 68.
Tomorrow's record high is 76 and look
at those winds 30 to 40 gusting between
50 and 60 mph a lot of blowing dust.
High fire danger.
Folks be careful.
No cigarette butts out the car windows.
Tomorrow let me take you through
Saturday morning.
Here comes the cold front arriving
right around Amarillo at about 6 to 7 AM.
57 degrees.
That's going to be the high and
notice the snow or lack thereof.
This is not going to be a big deal.
As far as the snow goes,
it'll be in out here quick.
About an inch or less,
but 20 to 30 mile per hour sustain
winds out of the North with an air
temperature of 21 at 5 o'clock.
Skies clear out the wind settle down.
Will be down to one for low
temperature Sunday morning.
Thankfully not that cold tonight.
Lows in the 30s and 40s.
We've got some 20s already in
the eastern Texas Panhandle.
Your capital farm credit 7 day forecast.
Those temperatures will absolutely
be frigid on Sunday morning.
One above zero but below zero
temperatures for the Oklahoma Panhandle.
Northeast to Mexico in the
Northwestern Texas Panhandle.
We do warm up 51 degrees on Wednesday
and will be watching a storm system
to our South for the end of next week.
That will take into Christmas
Eve and Christmas Day.
Stay with us.
Will be right back on the next wheel.
We have a Amazon parent.
She watches Will Fortune with us
and she learned how to call out letters.
She also learned how to say bye bye.
Just like Vanna.
Well, if you're ever not feeling well,
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Tonight after ABC 7 News at 6.
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Well, you know, travel can be stressful.
New York's Albany International Airport typically uses therapy
dogs to help relax travelers.
But on Wednesday, Tracy Villami reports airport officials took
that program one step further.
Pig.
Santa Claus.
Pig.
It is a pig.
I think he's ready to go to Disney.
To Disney.
Meet Bacon Bits, the therapy pig.
The purpose is to relax people and calm them and de-stress them.
It breaks their train of thought when they're trying to get
through the checkpoint or once they get through.
She's referring to the canine ambassadors program at the airport.
But today, Bacon Bits became the first poor sign to join the program.
Bacon Bits is a perfect match for the public.
He loves people.
He wags his tail.
He's friendly.
Bacon Bits was gifted to Terry Hutchinson when she was recovering
from being ill.
She likes to say they obviously ran out of flowers, cards, and boxes of candy.
But her recovery gift has become a gift for others.
Together, the two visit 65 different facilities and nursing homes each year,
delivering smiles.
When Terry met one of the canine ambassadors at a Halloween parade,
she reached out to the airport right away.
I thought it was a little, you know, I was like, oh, okay, you know,
but let's look at it.
But it only took one interview with the 101-pound charmer, and he was in.
I couldn't believe how lovable and friendly he was.
He was in my office and wagging his tail.
And I thought, oh my God, this is great.
Terry was wonderful.
Bacon Bits was wonderful.
And so here we are today.
And at just 20 months old, this little guy has years to continue to wag that tail,
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101 pounds.
No way.
Anyways, we're going to talk about some Craig Sager necks in sports.
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Welcome back everyone. It's a sad day for the whole sports broadcasting and sports fan world.
And Craig Sager, longtime sideline reporter from TNT, has passed away at the age of 65.
Here's how I remembered Mr. Craig Sager.
As a small kid watching the NBA, I would always wonder why Craig Sager looked so funny.
How a man could be so comfortable in such weird clothing.
He was revered by all that watched.
Even non-sports fans would be able to know the suits of Craig Sager.
He was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in April 2014, but that did not stop Sager from doing what he loved to do. Interview.
You take this or you burn it?
Is there not any part I can keep?
No.
Nothing.
You know, I didn't recognize you right away. I thought you were the good humor ice cream man.
It's a nice suit you got on there. Easter passed though. Easter already went by.
I gotta honestly tell you, this is the first time I've enjoyed doing this ridiculous interview we're
required to do. It's because you're here and you're back with us. Welcome back, baby.
Now looking back on Sager, to me, he was a hero in every stretch of the work.
Through the good and the bad, his positivity would always shine through.
I will live my life full of love and full of fun. It's the only way I know how.
Craig Sager passing away today at the age of 65.
By the way, Sager was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
And over time this evening, state championships continuing down in Arlington today. Bremen took home the 2A Division 2 title over Ira Ann 49-21.
Refurio beat Crawford for the 2A Division 1 title 23-20.
And in 3A Division 2, Gunter leads bowling right now 21-0.
Something historic today in women's college basketball. Third ranked Baylor beat Winthrop 140-32.
The 108 point win is the largest win in women's college basketball history. 108 points.
Whoa, were they even in the game? They cleared the bench, essentially, is what Baylor said.
Wow, thanks JP. No problem, we'll be right back.
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This holiday season, people have a lot to say about the Chevy Red Tag Sales Event.
This thing is a beast. Steel or aluminum? Oh, steel. Why? Science.
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Capital Farm Credit Seventh-day Forecast, seventy five with high winds tomorrow.
Gusts between fifty and sixty miles per hour in the afternoon. High fire danger.
And then the front arrives about six a.m. on Saturday.
The temperatures drop all the way down to one on Sunday morning.
So we get to run the gamut in the next thirty six hours.
OK, catch your breath. Thanks, Steve. Thanks for being here for ABC7 News at six.
We're always online at ABC7Amarillo.com. Have a good one.
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