>> a polk county woman dies in a hit and run. now almost a year later investigators make an arrest in the case. >> murder mystery solved. how an old grudge ends with a beloved softball coach gunned down in his driveway. good evening. cate. >> i'm jennifer leigh. right now crews are work ing to clean up major storm damage in desoto residents in arcadia were dealing with winds close to 65 miles per hour. check out the damage in venice. you can see the roof of that strip mall torn right off. if there's any good news it's that no one was injured. >> but we are not out of the woods just get. there's another chance for strong storms tomorrow. we have team coverage starting with paul mueller in sarasota county.

night filling up dumpster after dumpster taking them 12 hours to clean up what mother nature left behind in minutes. >> as nightfalls on tamiami trail crews continue clean up. >> the winds started blowing up and it just went boom. >> around 11:00 a.m. the metal part of roof went flying. >> you're thinking? >> what happened. >> strong storms with winds gusting up to 45 miles per hour. immediately allen called his wife. >> i got the call, karen, i got the call, it's bad, b-a-d bad. >> did people know what happened? >> they didn't. they got their doughnuts and left. >> it wasn't just the roof but damage to cars outside. then an hour later in arcadia -- >> i came home and just stuff

truck was damaged. >> another storm with winds up to 65 miles per hour, roofs torn off homes, trees knocked over, debris throughout the neighborhood. >> tonight we're just going to go home and decompress. >> still the debris has to be taken away. the power is back they hope to be up and running by sunday. in sarasota county, paul mueller, news channel 8. >> our team coverage continues can storm team meteorologist 8 steve jerve. are we going to see storms like this again? >> it's possible sunday morning from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00. we could see more strong a lot of this has cleared off to the east. the bay area. much calmer.

had a weak cold front push through the area but it's coming in from the west so it's mild still. local storm reports show tornados down around the cape coral area again today. also over on florida's east coast as well as the local severe damage we talked about in venice and arcadia southern areas were under a tornado watch for a while, the southern sections of desoto and highlands county. it's just an indication of strong thunderstorms with that line of showers coming through in the morning hours. our rainfall, these are estimates, 2 inches of rain. this fast moving line that came through at 45, 50 miles per hour still picked up an inch of rain in some areas but a half inch was fairly common. as we look at the severe weather risk for tomorrow into the early part of

and a slight risk. the slight risk is a higher risk of severe highlands. this is issued by the storm prediction center. we're looking back to the west. that's the wrong graphic. about that. we'll continue to weather. we'll talk more about the path and i'll show you that rpm computer forecast model on the timing of this and the cold it could be intense on sunday morning so close to our intense weather that we had in parts of the bay area today. >> thank you, steve. a reminder at home, you can track the storms as they move through your neighborhood on your telephone. it's free to download in your app store. we have breaking news in pasco county. authorities are on the scene of a deadly accident involving a pedestrian. this is a live look at state road 52. we are told two westbound lanes near colony lakes boulevard are blocked.

we are working to get you new information and we'll update you here and on wfla.com. closure tonight in polk county. nearly one year after a hit and run that left a winter haven woman dead on the side of the road investigators made an arrest in the case. investigators say surveillance video shows john may, junior pulling over at the scene and then walking away like nothing happened. tamera pierson died after being struck by may's bmw last february. 11 months after the incident may was arrested this morning for leaving the scene of the accident involving death. he has a bond of $15,000. he could potentially bond out tonight. in other news tonight, a popular softball coach was killed over a grudge. investigators in polk county believe they have his killer

sheriff judd called alfred jenkins the face of evil. they believe he killed terry yelvington because he turned in him 6 years ago for stealing union dues at the company where they worked. yelvington was gunned down in his driveway as he was leaving for work last august. >> he needs to death penalty. he needs to serve the ultimate penalty. he needs to die for killing terry yelvington. >> jenkins appeared in front of a judge today who sent him back to the polk county jail to await his murder trial without any bond. a worker was killed today at port tampa bay. the front end loader that he was driving was buried in sulphur. investigators tell us an avalanche of sulphur collapsed onto it.

africa. gunfire erupted. an al-qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility and the french embassy is now monitoring the on going operation. the coast guard is searching for 12 missing marines after two military helicopters collided off the coast of hawaii. the choppers were performing a routine night training flight when they went down off the coast. witnesses describe seeing a fire ball in the ocean. poor weather conditions have made the search process difficult in the 7 mile debris field. the bucs have a new coach at the helm. sports anchor paul ryan is joining us with that report. >> press conference marked the start of an over 3 decade career for dirk cutter. he turned a gun slinging type into a man over come with emotion which surprised everyone including his

>> this is the new head coach of the tampa bay bucs dirk cutter. >> dirk cutter has been coaching football for 34 years but nothing could prepare him for the emotions as being introduced as the head coach of the tampa bay buccaneers. >> it's emotional on a day like this. it's one of the happiest days of my life but one of the most humbling. >> i was surprised that he was emotional. i don't see him like that ever really. i can think of like one other time. so that caught me by surprise and made me emotional. >> a lot of years there's been a lot of speculation, a lot of chances and then here you are. this is it. it happened. >> i've got to thank my parents, jim and barb in idaho. i know they're probably watching right now. man, if you only knew the things that they instilled in me along the way that led up to today.

everything he does, he's the best guy . the way people talk about him and going back with him it's amazing to see how people perceive him. he's great. he's an awesome guy. >> the bucs players by spoke to today seem to echo davis cutter's sentiment . much more tomorrow at 7:00 on news channel 8 in a special edition of bucs bonus that will lead into nbc's divisional game. >> he's already picked out his defensive coordinator. some new staff members on the way. >> he announced mike coach as the dc this afternoon. since then a couple other names have entered the fold. an update later in sports. >> paul, thank you very much for that. we'll see you soon. less than 24 hours, that's how long it took tampa mayor bob buckhorn to react to the rays

st. petersburg voted yesterday to allow the rays 3 years to explore possibilities of moving across the bay to tampa. that opens up a lot of questions like who would pay for a new stadium and where would it be built. mayor buckhorn has some suggestions. >> the rays if they do their due diligence they will look at all the option, the fairgrounds, the raymond james sight, west shore, downtown. i think from my perspective of the mayor of tampa and looking at it from the ray's perspective a stadium in the urban corridor is the best location and will return greater value on the dollar invested. >> the mayor is hoping so set up a meeting between ray's management and the hillsborough committee forum to bring the team across the bay sometime in the next couple of weeks. >> a lot to think about. >> it will be interest ing . thieves are stealing your

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asking the secret service to take a look at this crime. >> the majority of those instances have occurred in orlando and tampa. there's perform elsewhere throughout the state but there's been a heavy concentration. that's year that's where the greatest concentration occurred. >> they are urging people to report to crime to law enforcement and not just their credit card companies. airline. their ceo designed. they said the leadership change will serve as an opportunity to refocus on operation needs and improve. walmart is closing hundreds of stores worldwide but there's not any here in the bay area.

walmart express or neighborhood market stores. only three walmarts in florida are slated to close. you can check where those are right now on wfla.com. you will have to do without your favorite burrito for one day next month. chipotle is shutting down every location for one day in order to hold staff meetings about food safety. they have been hit with e. coli and salmonella. you can see john robinson buying a ticket at a munford, tennessee grocery store. this morning the couple was on the today show talking about their big win in the powerball. >> looked again, they're the same. looked again and the third time i went running down the hallway, john, john, you have to check these numbers. >> i checked them actually four

believe it when the news comes on in the morning and they say there's a winner in munford. >> john is a smart man. we guys know to listen to the women. he did what she said and the robinson's plan to take a lump sum pay out which is about $327 million. their first order of business, loans. >> i think nay got the -- they got to loans covered there. no problem there. 75 degrees saturday, 68 degrees sunday. 62 degrees on monday, much cooler air headed our way. 60% of showers and thunderstorms for sunday. look at monday, tuesday and wednesday. nothing in the forecast. it's going to dry out and be a cooler week. it's going to be a beautiful week.

degrees at 7:00 a.m., in the afternoon temperatures will warm nicely into the mid 70s with sunshine, a few clouds. a very nice day over all, it's just what's going to come early sunday. 60 degrees the current temperature palm harbor, 65 treasure island, 61 riverview, apollo beach, lutz and odessa 59 and 56 in inverness. the low 60s arcadia. you can see the showers and thunderstorms that lined up and raced across the state moving at 45 and 50 miles per hour associated with this area of low pressure. then an additional line of showers came through about 8:00, 9:00, 10:00. that caused tornados down to the south. this is an el nino year. the fast jet stream flowing at over 100 high above it tends to

some strong wind gusts. a trailing front didn't bring cold air in here but it's cooler. the wind will be lighter over night. visibilities could be reduced in many areas. %-`the forecast over night, the fog developing, temperatures will stay on the mild side. a dense fog possible inland, temperatures near 60 degrees for a low temperature. nice saturday. just a few clouds, about a 10% chance of rain. most of that later in the day. it's this area of low pressure for 6:10 a.m. for sunday passing along from west to east just racing along really. you can see the lines of equal pressure wrapping around the low. when you see this this time of year and in an el nino phase there's a possibility of strong wind gusts like we saw today and the possibility further down to our

that will turn breezy once this system moves through and then we'll start the cooler stuff. that's where we'll set up highs in the 60s next week. a marginal risk of severe weather. today the southern areas had a higher chance. 61 degrees for the morning, 75 degrees in the afternoon for a high temperature. nice day for saturday and different from much of our days that were cool. 68 degrees on sunday, rain chance much higher the first half of the day. 62 degrees there for martin luther king day on monday. temperatures stay cool throughout the week. near 60 degrees for tuesday, wednesday and then thursday and friday near 71 degrees. over night low temperatures chilly as well, the low 40s. that will mean some 30s in the northern areas. any severe bulletins we'll pass them along to you. >> it's nice weather over all aside from the traumatic events.

nice weather. that could be months. jockey for a playoff position with the penguins. >> the bucs new head coach adds to the staff we told you about. to tampa bay. paul ryan will tell you more about him and the rest of the day's sports. channel 8 today. >> the fbi is looking into a crime that made big news here in the bay area. i'm gene ramirez and i'll show you how it effects you and your pets. >> don't forget to wake up with weather and traffic on the 8s on

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in the cutter household the words family meeting meant life-changing relocation. cutter has uprooted and replanted his family ten times. this week it was to celebrate a dream come true. he was introduced as the head coach of the tampa bay bucs this afternoon. he couldn't hold back tears as he thanked his family and every player and coach he ever worked with and then addressed the bucs fan base assuring them that he is the man for the job. >> this franchise is headed in the right direction. easy to say, harder to do because competition in the league is the best of the best. i'm ready for the challenge. it's going to be a heck of a journey and i can't wait to roll them up and get started. >> just moments into his press conference cutter announced he hired a new defensive coordinator, mike smith who was

when cutter was the oc. now the two met in 2007, dirks first year in the nfl when smith was to defensive coordinator in jacksonville. he said he never before. >> to get a coach with mike's experience not only as a defensive coordinator, as a teacher, as a head coach but as a man, as the right kind of guy we want in front of our players every day i couldn't be happier. >> three other coaching changes have come down the pipeline so far. nate kaser is going to run special teams. mark duffin will replace hardy nickelson. jay hayes will be the defensive line coach. >> i think as the years have gone on we're starting to get better and gotten some big poifrnts.

points. the tampa bay lightning are finally getting healthy. they entered 7th in the eastern conference, just a skate's blade ahead of a couple other teams. one of the threats the pittsburgh penguins. also in attendance domesticov. bolts on the bolts would lead that 3-1 lead. pittsburgh storms back with three straight goals. anton strawman ties it at four a piece and forces over time. in the extra session glady falls in love with the rebound. game winner. the lightning take it 5-4. a season high fourth straight victory. the lightning now in sole position of third place.

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winning numbers 5, 4, 3 -- 5, 7, 3. mega millions 29, 41, 53, 54, 70 and the mega ball 12. it's so anticlimatic when it's not worth $1.5 million. >> not much to it. steve in the morning? >> nice and mild. 61 degrees to start the day. temperatures combined with the sunshine should make for a beautiful day. 75 degrees. late saturday night weather aware. there could be strong storms. an elementary school in nebraska received an out of the world gift at school this week, a biotic arm delivered by the one and only darth vader. >> are you okay? >> a group of students from the

built this using 3d technology. they thanked vader and company school. >> wow. >> for that young man that's >> absolutely. that's going to do it for us. jimmy fallon is coming up next.