good evening, the search is over for the tampa bay buccaneers offensive coordinator dirk cutter has been promoted to head coach. paul ryan joins us now in the tampa newsroom center with the very latest.

less than an hour ago when the nfl made it official. cutter and the rest of the buccaneers organization felt they had nothing to lose. and in his first year as offensive coordinator, cutter broke the franchise's franchise yardage record. dirk has been a head coach twice before but never at the professional level. he was the hc at arizona state from 2001 to 2006 and led the highland ram's high school team for a year in the 80s. actually won their first state championship that year. we're still waiting for an announcement of the press conference for the buccaneers.

just approved a proposed new deal with the rays. and no fee if the team selects a new site within st. petersburg. graverobbers have hit the italian cemetery in east tampa. as jeff patterson shows us the thieves struck sometime this week and they left with a couple of bodies. >> reporter: angelos spacola stood outside of his family's mausoleum in disbelief. >> who would take bones out? >> reporter: inside were the remains of his relatives. >> my grandfather, grandmother, great grandfather, and an aunt that we never knew. >> reporter: sometime before wednesday, thieves broke in stealing two small caskets.

third casket removes moves -- removing some of the remains. anthony's brother is charles pecola. >> when i said that i shook my head and said there's people around that don't deserve to be on the same earth with most of us. and i would love to meet them, any time and any place. >> reporter: for him, the grave robbery has been devastating. >> i didn't expect it. i did not expect this. desecration of a grave, desecration of human bodies it's beyond my comprehension. >> reporter: tampa police say they are unsure of the motive in this case. jeff patterson, newschannel 8. polk county sheriff judd says that two men are in custody for the execute murder of two men in lakeland. the murder scene was a notorious drug house and the men who showed up from miami came to kill the people inside. three of them died, a fourth person survived a gunshot wound

under arrest now are the alleged miami master mind andrew joseph and his half brother jonathan elseguire. as many as three other men are on the lose tonight. >> there's a $10,000 reward just for information leading to an arrest. i point that out because you might think, these are bad dudes and you're right. they are. you don't have to get involved. you don't have to give us your name. call the local crime stoppers or feel free to call our crime stoppers number here. >> reporter: sheriff judd says these are images of one or more of the other men actually these are, you see down there on the lower right hand corner of your screen that's the imagine of one of the men still at large. the detectives believe were involved in the triple killings. they are still at large probably in miami according to

a day after a raid and bust at a st. petersburg drug bust, people are surprised that it went down. police received all kinds of tips which led investigators to the home to make undercover buys. a former resident of the community says that the place has been trouble for a long time. >> just hard to believe, it's just really hard to believe that people don't think about the, there's a women's facility right next door. that are looking for a place to keep their children. >> reporter: busted on various drug charges are antonio ford, green and tonson. the sheriff admits one of his deputies made a mistake.

of a motorcyclists. the crash left yule barry paralyzed from the neck down. minor will keep his job but he will be sited in the crash and will face a judge next month. three people will share the record $1.5 billion jackpot and one of the tickets was sold on florida's beach coast. >> reporter: this is it, this is the publix where that winning ticket was sold. long time customers are excited they want to know who won. but the mystery is making it more exciting. >> reporter: it's not just long time shoppers wants to share in the glory. >> i'm getting phone calls from friends, text messages, e- mails. >> reporter: even though our cameras aren't allowed inside, customers insist all the talk is about the big win. >> other they're excited. oh they are so excited. >> reporter: publix spokesman daniel stevens knows everyone simply wants to know who bought

>> it could be the employee. >> who knows. >> anyone call in sick today? >> no, as far as i know everybody is here. >> reporter: a lot of residents think they will figure out who won after all it's a small community made up of mostly beach. in melbourne beach florida, mastis. >> and several power ball tickets were sold in the area. i'm sad so say that i have not been to either of those locations to buy a ticket. >> i had one number correct so i was really close. >> super close. >> i didn't realize you could get $4 for that. >> no just one number. >> so you got nothing. >> nothing. >> but i had the satisfaction of knowing i got one number. >> i didn't play so i knew i had to come to work which made

me the most disappointed person ever. >> you turned out to be the smartest one. weather. a passing low will bring us friday. early afternoon. starting any time around potentially 6:00 a.m. up until about noon. or the early afternoon. and then damaging winds isolated tornadoes are possible. we mentioned tornadoes because we're in an el nino phase and we've seen these in previous years. this can happen. so we want to give you the early heads up. a high chance of lightning and rain certainly. a lower chance of tornadoes. definitely very strong winds actually a gail warning in place for tomorrow through friday at 7:00 a.m. that should tell you the wind should definitely pick up. showers continue to the west. this is just light rain at this point. we're talking about overnight and the morning hours tomorrow for the potential for severe weather. but look at all those clouds just rolling across the state.

rain chances will increase and we'll look at a pretty nice saturday forecast coming up. still ahead on 8 at 7:00. >> a homeless couple coming here to cross creek ranch in dover to have their dream wedding. today they got an opportunity

getting the experience of a lifetime their dream wedding. >> so pretty. >> today the dream began with rodney and evelyn touring the location of their wedding cross creek ranch an all inclusive

wedding venue in dover. the couple overwhelmed with joy. >> it's so pretty. >> reporter: today they chose the flowers they want. they tasted the food they're going to eat. and of course picked out the cake. bonny and her husband own cape creek. when she saw their story she was moved to help. >> about 30 years ago i found myself in a bad relationship and ended up living in the back of a pickup truck. >> reporter: rob carter, newschannel 8. lots of people have asked the obvious question, why pay for a wedding and not a home. it's important to mention the wedding and everything that goes with it is coming from volunteers who wanted to help and are donating services not money. well a merry christmas at best buy. not quite. the disappointing sales numbers coming up.

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the price of crude oil was up 227 points the s & p500 up 31. why is your cell phone bill so big? there's a good chance you're getting hit with overage charges. at&t customers are most likely to get hit 28% of the company's customers said, they paid for overages. sprint customers faired the best just 5% were charged extra. more k mart stores will be going away. sears holdings says it is preparing to shut down some locations. sears and k mart stores are on the chopping block but most of the cuts will involve k mart. the company isn't naming exact locations or saying how many stores will shut down only saying that the cuts are a very small percentage of the total number of stores. it looks like best buy did

the electronic chain says that its sales declined nearly 45%. the company had predicted its fourth quarter would be flat. now it's predicting domestic sales to shrink. checking out at aldi will be a little less sweet. the grocery chain plans to remove candy from check out aisles and moms everywhere rejoice. the candy will be replaced with healthier fair like granola bears and dried fruit, and kids everywhere crying. and chick-fil-a is going to start ordering happen kids apple juice. today a popular lip balm is facing a lawsuit.

known as the evolution of smooth causes rash particularly the summer fruit formula. eos tells fda that their product is in full compliance. think twice before you sit down in a swinging chair from pier one. the store is recalling 276,000 of these chairs sold from 2010 through this past august. the suspension hardware can break or the stand can fail causing you to fall. you can contact pier one for a repair kit or return the chair for a full refund. if you think diet is a dirty word. you can have it wiped off the internet. all you need is a download from lean cousine. it's offering a chrome that will take out the word diet

from every website you visit. and 8 on your side was able to get a refund for a woman who got fined for puking inside an uber ride. >> when i got home i got an e- mail that said your fare has been adjusted. >> reporter: alex thought surely this was a mix up and uber would clear it right up. uber responds, this picture of the mess that alex supposedly left behind. that picture is not the same but closely the same to cody who also claimed that she had left a mess behind charging her $200. alex friend saw this story. >> he text me saying alex you have to check this report.

tells us that he knew about our story, hours later uber refunded his money. and hours later. >> i want to let you know that we have since removed the driver from our platform. >> reporter: alex says that this will not stop him from using the service, but he will look closely at his statements in the future. mostly cloudy skies a light possibility of sprinkles. mild temperatures, a slight chance of showers. then starts to get much higher. even in the early morning hours, you can see around 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 a.m. and a severe weather threat from 7:00 a.m. till noon and possibly early afternoon. timing is always very difficult when the areas of low pressure move to the west. that's our best thinking at this point. note the rain chances, that

with these thunderstorms. really anything this winter coming off the gulf of mexico. you need to watch very closely including the possibility of tornadoes. seminole 62 new port richie. very much sameness here to the temperatures from low 60s to mid-60s across the bay area. and the clouds have been a big factor today. low pressure back to our west. here's where our potential rain chance is coming from. lots of rain across south florida. light to moderate stuff today. we're starting to gather to the west that's why we're introducing rain chances here into the late evening hours. they usually put out a daily report for possible severe weather. this is what it sets up in the area for later tomorrow morning and into the mid-afternoon tomorrow.

our forecast model finds the severe storms chances. it all clears out of here turns much windier. doesn't really get much cooler probably until next week we will see another cold front push through the area. the next three days, our temperatures 71 degrees for friday. 75degrees on saturday. our rain chances increase to sunday to 50%. friday is the first two -- first 12 hours of the day. we'll be here to pass them along to you. keep you safe in the home there and temperatures will cool down next week they'll look back down to the 60s by tuesday overnight low temperatures chilly in the low 40s. so we'll have plenty of cool air yet. >> we have to get through the next 24 hours. >> we do, we have the possibility of thunderstorms and tornadoes. this is an el nino phase. historically that's what it shows us. >> i remember el nino back in 08. >> that was no joke. >> in the meantime you can follow us any time online, you

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in case you missed the breaking news at the top of the newscast. the tampa bay buccaneers appear ready to name their new head coach. the bucks are finalizing a deal to promote offensive coordinator dirk cutter. late last night, rumors surfaced that cutter was making plans to put together his coaching staff. a school in oklahoma has figured out a way to preserve chalkboards complete with drawings that date back to the 1800s.

the school in oklahoma city uncovered the chalkboards during renovation. long ago the school had simply covered them up complete with drawings, maps, a calendar other lessons. now the chalkboards are covered in plexi glass and sealed air tight. some will be on display others will once again be hidden to be rediscovered some day in the future. remember the snake smuggler from portland who smuggled a snake in his pants. the snake that endured being shoved into a guy's you know what region. the snake doing just fine. he has a feeling that the guy who returned the snake is a friend of the thief. but for now, no arrests has been made. good to know that one turned out all right. >> oh, yeah. okay. >> the snake is okay. that's the most important part.

>> a few rain drops possible this evening but mostly overnight and especially tomorrow morning for the morning commute within that range the possibility of storms as we talked about. we will bring you any advisories that may come our way. >> we will stay tuned. thank you for joining us. you can get tuned on our app. our next newscast coming up at 11:00. see you then, good night. . new video. sandra bullock and her new man on a ski vacation with jen aniston. >> and the breaking news today about a friends reunion now on "extra." sandra, her boyfriend and her bff jen aniston hitting the slopes. why jen's getting ready to reteam with the gang from friends for a two-hour tv special.

news he's up for an oscar. >> i appreciate that. >> i'm at oscars headquarters with shockers, surprises. we've got all the reaction today and the surprise a j sprung on the star of brooklyn. rolling with adele. her hilarious carpool karaoke with james corden. then mrs. george clooney sitting for her very first american tv interview. plus, "el chapo," aka el flirto? and j.lo and eva on taking over prime time. >> thank you. now, on extra from universal studios hollywood, the entertainment capital of l.a.