. >>> last year terrell brown helped an 84-year-old man that as news channel 8 ryan houston found out, is the -- hues -- ryan hues found out -- ryan hughes found out, this is new to action. >> reporter: terrell brown had been with the united states postal service for six months, in you to the job and territory. >> i remember hearing like a faint noise, actually. i was thinking it was my knees. >> but he knew it was more than that. he got to this home in the court in hillsborough county where he delivered mail time and time again. >> behind a potted plant i saw this man lying on the ground. he was trying to hold on to me. >> reporter: 84-year-old wa hoe was trimming trees and fell and hurt his head. he was in need of immediate attention. >> i said we will get an ambulance out here. i stayed with him. this post office in town & country and felt much better. they praised brown for his life- saving actions. the 84-year-old was reserved but appreciative and so are those at the postal service. >> he exemplifies what the carriers all do here all the time. we are proud of what he did. >> repo

terrell brown was doing his route last november, when he heard a noise and stopped his truck. it turned out an elderly man had fallen off a ladder. brown quickly called 9-1-1 and ambulance arrived. he even called a family friend, to let them know the man was okay. the postal service will give brown the letter carrier *hero award this morning... during a ceremony at his office in town n country. the man he helped... is expected to attend. 3 3 a little girl... with one *big message. she's asking the hillsborough county commission... to *spare the bears.((more)) 3 megan sorbo of orlando has been traveling all around the state, advocating for an end to the state's black bear hunt. the 10-year-old's most recent stop, was wednesday's commission meeting in tampa. and she definitely impressed everyone there. 3 the young girl got their attention... before she even spoke. she brought her *own pink step-stool to the podium... just to make sure she could *reach the microphone. she then cited facts and figures... on *why florida's bear population then asked commissioners to pass a resoluti

last year, terrell brown was on his usual route in hillsborough county when he spotted a man in the yard. it was an 84-year-old who fell and hit his head. he needed help right away so brown jumped into action. >> i just made the decision, let's get an ambulance out here and i'll stay with him and make sure he is all right. >> the man was able to recover. he and others thanked brown at a ceremony last night. the mayor kaler received a -- carrier received a plaque and letter from the post master general honoring him for his actions. >>> weather and traffic on the 8's is three minutes away. >> saving money on your doctor bills. we'll show you a website that may help you save on everything >> very cool and police officers on a wild ride. we'll show you the dramatic dash cam video of a driver taking off as officers tried to question her. time now is 4:24. . >>> when you send the kids out to the bus stop there may be a slim rain chance. most of us will clear out quickly. it is mild at 64 this morning. they will come home, 74 # and breezy. look how happy emoji man. this is as happy as i've seen

terrell brown saw a man lying in the yard. it was an 84-year-old man who had fallen and hit his head while he was trimming trees. he was badly injured and needed help right away. >> i made the decision to get an ambulance out here and i will stay with him and make sure he is all right. >> the man recovered and was there to thank brown for brown received a plaque and a letter from the postmaster general recognizing him for his actions. >>> a commercial flight to cuba could be a reality very soon. >> which two airlines are >> flying to cuba is about to get easier than ever before. several airlines have announced their plans to have commercial flights. jet blue and southwest have both applied to run flights. jamel lanee is looking into how this is going to work and she joins us live from tampa international airport. hi jamel. >> reporter: good evening rod. before the wheels can go up, tampa international airport has to beat out several other airports for the commercial flights, especially traveling people want to go. georgiani ch

last year, terrell brown was on his route when he spotted a man laying in his road. an 84-year-old fell and hit his head while trimming trees. brown jumped into action. >> at that point i made the decision to get the ambulance out here and stay with him to make sure he was all right. >> he was able to recover and the mail carrier received a plaque and letter from the post master general recognizing him for his actions. he got to thank the mail carrier personally. >>> weather and traffic on the >> saving money on your doctor bills. we'll show you a website that may have to save on everything from x-rays to mammograms. >> police officers on a wild ride. we'll show you the dramatic dash cam video of a driver taking off as officers question her. you're watching news channel 8 . >>> 5:28 on this friday, there are a couple of showers out early this morning, if the kids have to go to the bus stop early and you live south of i-4, you might have a shower but mostly sunny, breezy and 74 when they come home from school. emoji man smiling about the great weekend weather. if you'r

"terrell brown" was out on his route last november, when he heard a noise and stopped his truck. turns out: an elderly man had fallen off a ladder... brown quickly called 9-1-1 and stayed with the man, until an ambulance arrived. he even called a family friend, to let them know the man was okay. all this from a *rookie letter carrier... it happened during his first year on the job. well today, the postal service will give brown the "letter carrier hero award." the ceremony will be held at his post office, in town 'n country. and the man he helped... is expected to attend. 3 live in a beautiful place... there's so much to see and there's something you might have missed... russell takes us to a gorgeous opportunity... that's just a one tank trip away... after the break. the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. put more fun in your day with ice-cream-flavored coffees at dunkin' donuts. go for delicious flavors like butter pecan, cookie dough, or new pistac

terrel brown was on his mail route when he spotted an 84- haul trimming trees. he was in bad shape and needed help right away, so brown jumped into action, getting the man help. he recovered and this week he was able to thank brown, who is recognized for his actions. one of my favorite stories for the week for sure. we are here with a final look at what we can expect for the weekend. >> yes the cool start will not last, warming up today to the mid-70s. high clouds not bringing rain, just filtering the sunshine. take a look at what's ahead, a string of consecutive dry days. >> you have a good job of delivering good news today don't you. thank you for joining us. our next newscast is at six this evening. (church bell) (bear growls) r(burke) smash and grub. r seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. >>> good morning. getting closer. presidential front-runners donald trump and hillary clinton hoping to tighten their grip on their party's nominations today, as voters in five states head to the polls. trump's opponents vowing they

last year, terrell brown was on a man lying in the yard. it was an 84-year-old who fell and hit his head. he was in bad shape and needed help right away. brown jumped into action. >> at that point i made the decision, let's get an ambulance out here. >> the two got to meet right. there very sweet. the man was able to recover. he and others thanked brown at the ceremony yesterday. the mail carrier also received a plaque and a letter from the post master general recognizing him for his actions. >>> eight is on your side with a look at the major event kicking off today in the bay area. we're talking about the news show. the state. josh thomas joins us live from the florida state fair grounds. the doors open in a few hours while they're ? >> they'll have a lot to do and a lot to see. this is one of the many boats that is packed inside of the fair grounds for freedom come out and see and experience the outdoors that we all know florida is known for. of course, as i said before there, are many boats here but many other things out here. there will

terrel brown had been with the united states postal service for just six months. >> i remember hearing a faint noise. i was thinking it was my place. >> reporter: something about the sound got to him. he looked toward this home in hillsborough county, a place where he had delivered mail time and time again. >> just looked to my right and behind like a potted plant, i i actually saw a gentleman -- plant, i actually saw a gentleman laying on the ground. >> reporter: the 84-year-old was trimming trees. he fell off the ladder and hit his head. blood was all over the place. he was hurt and need attention. >> i just made the decision, let's get an ambulance out here and stay with him. >> reporter: today he appeared at this post office in town and he and others praised brown for his potentially life-saving actions. the 84-year-old was reserved but appreciative and so were those at the postal service. >> i'm very, very proud of what he has done. very proud of what he did. >> reporter: brown took the recognition in stride, right after he got praised and this plaque, he went on with his day the

with tashaun gipson walking, he played with the text last year before that the browns announced that don jones and terrelle pryor have signed their qualifying offers as restricted free agentselel. >> great news for the indians as we had our first michael brantley citing does this mean he will be ready for opening day ? >> is there will not be ready for opening day what you want to do is rush back, he is rehabbing after soldier, surgery he played in a inter- squad game he grounded out in both at-bats is said why not?as >> bandits adding some depth signed marlon byrd to a contract pending a physical he played for the reds and giants last seasoned he hit 247 with 25 doubles, 23 home runs and 73 rbi and and he would have led the indians homeruns if he had been on the team.ns >> has been selected as the next football coach at brooklyn high school replacing jay o'hanlon what looks like a stray dog could be a coyotel. >> more settings as they turn up up in places you would not expect as roosevelt leftwich joins us.s >> in most cases, they stay to themselves but some see them smaller as potential food best them be

interested in him, yesterday the browns re-signed tank carder decides to guys including jamie meder as exclusive rights free agent and made all that offers to terrelle pryor and austin pasztor who could replacece mitchell schwartz if he does leaveve the browns, indians got their first cactus leaguero victory of the season jose ramirez giovanny urshela poking eight -- five victory over the dodgers as salazar held the innings and held, first round mac tournament, lest leslie kent state facing bowling green, he gets that nice there have been scores . and then spencer parker flashes, cash in from the outside . and in the falcons scores, bowling green assenting kent state city -- 69 final score . peyton manning, struck a game validity like to play the city got everything out of them so they could and elevated everybody else,ld quite a good career for the quarterback who played 18 seasons at the university tennessee . that they might want to steer clearig of certain kinds of zunich your teenager making potential choices is better off for the free also about emotions and suntan lotions, parabens and other chemicals known to interfere with their growth deve

teams, he is an outstanding right tackle and perhaps cash in big time today the browns re-signed made often offers to terrelle pryor, austin pasztor who could replace mitchell schwartz believes . taylor's first homestand with the grizzlies at the q. at 7:00 p.m. the grizzlies are injured so the cavaliers will have to guard against a letdown,ith lebron james was named the eastern conference player of the week that he is one inat so many times in his career and that he was joking with reporters about those tweetsimimh he puts out, he says he is freer to express himself because he stopped worrying about response from the fans and mediafr. worry to much about other people thinking so just play the game of basketball but i love it to doesn't formera tennis number one maria sharapova received a letter that said she failed a drug test at the australian open the last time grand slam losing in the quarterfinals of the australian open in january and struggled with some injuries recentlyy . first-round games of the mac tournament,ir one will be bowling green at kent state have highlights tonight at 10:00 p.m. .e the tou

browns did that with line @backer and special team carter. @they are bringing him backm @they also have extended a @qualifying offer to terrell @prior and others, the prior one @is interesting, hue jackson @took a look at him when he was @in cincinnati, too and came to @the browns as a wide receiver @in cincinnati, they looked at @him as a quarterback and a wide @receiver. @here are the rules of the game. @prior gets a qualifying ofer, @means he can sign an offer @sheet with another team and the @browns have the right of @refusal, if they refuse and he @takes an offer from another @team, they would get a draft @pick in return as @compensation. @>> red skins cut robert griffin @the third. @remember back in 2012, we were @all salivating to get him here, @and mike did not pull the @trigger on the trade, with the @st. louis rams at the time and @the browns got caught sleeping @and didn't get the deal done. @he was the number two overall @pick, in 2012. @it did not work out there, luck @went before him and now, he is @a free agent. @peyton manning is a retired @quarterback, made it officials @in denver, quite a ceremony @there. @he retires after 18

. >>> browns bring back some players for next season. don jones, terrelle pryor, the former buckeye quarterback, and scott solomon all have opportunities to come back next year. >>> it looks more like the hashtag, huh? he's been using the hashtag vdc. what does it mean? some think it's dwyane wade and chris bosh. some think it's the decision. some think it's, the dream continues. some think maybe he wants to play in d.c. maybe it is. who knows? are you kidding me? ask lebron. >> if you have an educated mind, it will hit home for you. last night i tweeted consistency and structure, reach perfection. if you take a shortcut, will you come up short against everybody. so understand that. >>> you tell me. i'm confused. >> lebron's getting deep. >>> we'll be glad when playoffs start because he doesn't tweet. >> why is he doing this? >> he learned from pat riley in miami. just being disjointed and having things not feel comfortable can lead to you a championship. maybe that's what he's trying to do as the leader of this team. they continue to win. they have a bigge

browns will start free agency in a couple of days and it starts in the nfl and they made minor moves, one involved terrelle pryor with a qualifying offer meaning they have a right of first refusal if any team tries to sign them. if they let him go they get a third round pick for them from the team and probably means nobody will sign him to anything. next season. cleveland.com has teams with marvin jones and hue jackson loves him and jones like hue a lot and bengals expecting to make a big push. herculean effort and jones won't take a hometown discount and browns one of many teams to pay up if they want him. in denver one of the greatest quarterbacks to live finally retired. peyton manning hung them up after 18 seasons and doesn't physically and goes out on top a week after winning the superbowl. >>> a week before the superbowl, my daughter asked me is this the last game. yes, it is the last of the season. i sure want you to win that trophy. i do, too and that's what we will try to do. then she asked, daddy, is this the last game ever and i shook my head in amazement thinking morton and should have gotten m