. >> a bizarre alert in hillsboro county. what deputies say this man did to two female real estate agents. >> and more proof tonight that building inspectors are overloaded. 8 on your side pushes hillsboro county for answers. >>> good evening. i'm keith cate. >> and i'm jennifer leigh. thank you for joining us tonight. >>> we begin with a potentially crippling winter blast hit had gone the eastern u.s. a live look right now at our nation's capital, dc is in the cross hairs. residents are expecting as much as 30 inches or more of snowfall to fall during this storm. >> and now let's take a live look at pennsylvania. a lot of drivers braving the conditions. we'll give them the benefit of the doubt. we'll say these are work crews spreading ice. but still, some areas are expecting to see as much as 3 feet of snow. >>> at biltmore park, north carolina, the snow is really starting to accumulate on the roadways. pretty desolate-looking scene there. and much of the east coast already getting whacked by this dangerous winter storm. the

and eastbound hillsboro avenue still blocked at the veterans construction. they'll detour you around. allow for extra 10 minutes. and gunn highway blocked both directions at the vets too. that's weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> a florida theme park is raising prices. >> ahead, which park and how much more you will be paying. >>> and an 8 on your side alert this morning about skimmers at gas stations. coming up, the new backlash against station owners. >>> don't forget to connect with me on facebook and twitter. you heard by now, the jackpot just keeps growing and growing, what would you do if you won the power ball? (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad won't call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says it's personal this time... if you're a mom, you call at the worst time. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. r it's what you do. where are you?r it's very loud there. are you taking at yeah, t

today on good morning cincinnati. in southwest ohio two to four. four to six, owenton. south of hillsboro. six plus in mayesville. we've got a lot to track. the intensity of snow picks up through the afternoon. tonight and the weekend looks much quieter, we'll take a check of live doppler 12 hd and take you through the hour-by-hour forecast again in about 10 minutes. >> one of the first counties that will be affected in our area is grant county and local 12 meteorologist brandon orr has been out driving around the roads all morning long. he joins us live with the latest with a picture of what's happening there. good afternoon, brandon. >> reporter: hey, john. we're on route 22. you can see the roads. there are at least some tire tracks, but we're maybe at a half inch at most of new snow accumulations. there's some heavier snow to the south that's in lexington that will move up this way. in ohio and cincinnati you're not seeing a lot of snow. there's a little bit on the way that's coming. dry air. earlier, i caught up with james haven, a transportation worker, he's responsible for 15 miles

good morning, we have a big one in hillsboro county. good morning, anyone heading out in the tampa area there is an accident on florida avenue that has shut down all northbound lanes at bush boulevard. multiple cars involved in this one. three cars, injuries reports. police, ems on the scene, careful, avoid florida avenue, nebraska or 275 will be your best bet >> breaking news out of turkey this morning. live look where at least 10 people were killed. another 15 hurt after an explosion in istanbul. it happened in the historic district, a popular spot for tourists the blasts are being investigated. there are reports it was likely caused by a suicide bomber. we'll stay on top of this and bring you updates as we get them. >> >> president obama will try to come across with a positive tone tonight. >> his final state of the union address. we are learning it will be very different from any one that the president has given before. greg is joining us in the studio. big departure from this president or any president in recent memories. >> report

they call it driver's license reinstatement day in hillsboro county. more than 300 people were able to get their licenses back. they lost them due to minor infractions like unpaid traffic tickets. many of them struggled to pay off their fines. >> it's the people who are poor who are in this situation of a catch 22. they can't pay the money, then they become more poor as a result of that. >> just been catch the bus and stuff. i'm just lucky to have it reinstated so i can get around. >> everyone who got their license back today still has to pay their tickets and the fines in full. >>> you can't win if you don't play. and this time everybody it seems wants to play! >> the powerball jackpot has we'll show you how powerball fever is sweeping the area. >> and a couple left in the lurch by the system supposed to be helping them. >> we had a high of 76 degrees today despite the morning rain. rain chances again tomorrow. >>> the jackpot now stands at a whopping bon gazillion dollars. [ laughter ] >> it's amazing. i'm kidding of course. it's $800 million. still

and eastbound hillsboro avenue is blocked. and also both directions of gunn highway blocked at the veterans expressway and the alternate line ball. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. >>> developing this morning, a shocking move involving the future of the bucs. the coach fired. >> yeah, the team will release more information later today to explain the decision. already smith is trending overnight on twitter in tampa. the firing comes after smith's second season with the bucs. now he went 6-10 this season. that's a big improvement. we spoke to fans overnight who were in disagreement over whether this was the right decision. >> i mean, if we just kept going, it would have gotten better and now we are taking a >> the man does not have the leadership skills. i understand he needs to go back to a coordinator, not as a head coach. >> now there's speculation surrounding what will happen next. dan lucas thinks the offensive coordinator could easily slide into the coaching position. he feels the bucs don't want to lose cut

u.s. 301 is a little slow. >> >> a live look at a very slow 275 in hillsboro county. this is a live look at bush boulevard. if you look closely in the shoulder, there is something going on. not quite sure if it's an accident or broken down car. we are seeing onlooker delays your drive time is getting up there, usually 15 minutes. we are looking at 20 minutes a five minute delay if you are >> >> let's go back to our maps an check out drive times for you out there in hillsboro county. veteran's expressway drivers, 18 minutes, the drive time, a three minute delay from sun coast to the airport. i75 southbound, a little delayed between 656 and the expressway. if you are coming from pascual tampa, it's taking you 22 minutes there. polk county, quiet all morning long. lakeland, no accidents. polk parkway and i4 looking good. if you are traveling into tampa from polk parkway, on i4 to 75, you are only delays as you are going through plant city and then are you clear. sarasota, manatee county looking good, here, as well. no significant delays. if you guys have any problems on

it's going to be underneath the veterans expressway on hillsboro or gunn highway. we have overnight construction. this is the big issue, eastbound lanes blocked so routed probably down to waters or line ball depending on which way you want to loop around. and quick reminer here, further to the north, gunn highway, same situation except both directions are blocked right at the veterans expressway. a slow down. you need to lake line ball or 6:00 a.m. that's weather and traffic. >>> developing this morn, the head coach. a surprise late night announcement revealed lovie smith is out. this is getting a lot of attention this morning from social media to sports news, everybody talking about it. >> yeah, ryan hughs is live at one buc place this morning. and we are going to learn more from the team in a few hours. morning to you. a 2:00 p.m. announcement is expected here later today. and that's when we should learn more about this dismissal and we found some fans overnight who had strong reactions about this move. >> i mean, if we just kept going, it would have gotten bette

pete city council voting in favor of allowing the rays to start looking for a new stadium in hillsboro county. the latest on that 5-to-3 vote. plus, the secretary of defense in tampa. the steps he's pushing to end the global threat of terrorism from isis. and going way too far. the innocent accident police say that triggered a florida man to use his wife's head as a mop. plus this. >> reporter: next at 6:00, fighting youth violence in south st. pete. >> unfortunately, we see too many of these memorials in our community. >> reporter: the plan to bridge the gap between police and local teens, while keeping >>> now at 6:00, grave robbers, a coffin and bones stolen from a tampa cemetery. the major questions leaving police without any answers. >> and on the attack, the u.s. secretary of defense just meeting with military leaders

if you recognize the guy seen hillsboro county sheriff's office. >> >> major detour, janelle has a way around it. plus other construction projects that may give others issues in the bay area. >> major construction project happening overnight, affecting drivers coming off the howard franklin, trying to get to downtown tampa. northbound closed from kennedy starting at 10:30 tonight until 5:30 tomorrow morning. what you will want to do, get off at kennedy, take it to heinz, get back on 275 to head northbound. this is just an overnight project ending tomorrow. >> >> southbound i275. the ramp will be closed overnight for most of the week through thursday. >>> also, we have some construction going on, hillsboro underneath the both of these projects overnight ending thursday morning. make sure you are following me on twitter at tampa bay traffic. >> >> her vision is modernized for the industry -- >> new spin on the dreaded trip to the laundry mat. the brand-new app allowing you to leave the quarters at home >> teens are smoking less, but still breathing in a lot of secondhand stroke. coming u

getting to the intersections running downtown hillsboro. some 8000 customers will with -- rip out power this morning. coming in around 10:00 this morning. we're told it had something to do with that transmission line, three different substations in durham and orange counties. the spokesperson told us the cause for the problem with the transmission line, crews have been working to restore power all morning long and they were hoping to get it all backed up around noon. those without power this morning will hopefully be able to see we were told it is rare to have because they typically run through rural areas countryside. there are not many chances for external forces to affect the transmission lines. they did not know at the time what caused that problem. the lights are back on a traffic is moving smoothly back here at downtown hillsboro. abc 11 eyewitness news. john: thank you. this massive water main break causing problems in durham. brooke he for daybreak, turning a section into this. that water is now freezing. stephanie with an update. s

you are walking tout doorat 40 degrees right now. >> nor hillsboro county is 51. tampa at 52. >> oh, i am still saying 70s because i cannot wait to get. okay, apollo beach. we gotthose chilly breezes this morning but it is reasonable and it is not gusty winds. it isgoing to be pretty nice today. >> it gets even better and better but you do want top get an extra layer as you head out for gasparilla. >> good morning to you, janelle, how are things looking on the roads. >> corey is behind the wheel at 275 northbound, right around the west shore area. this is the part that gets sticky during the commute. pletteing really good there. >> and over looking i-75, just 14 minutes from the an i poll low beach area up to i-4. we do have one crash to tell you about. this is inpasco. >> u.s. 41 at preservation drive of a report of some roadblock right in the intersection. >> our traffic indicators, we are not seeing much of a slow down here. >> no need for a detour at the moment. i willkeep by eye on it and let you know. >> 22 minutes to downtown, 8 minutes to from 775 down to

elsewhere, be be up to 2 inches of snow, because that's no band moderate snow showers south of hillsboro, widespread snow happening throughout highland county. taken a while to get over we still have widespread snow throughout adams, mason, county, not giving up there for a while. for inches of snow, hillsboro actually just updated to 2.3 inches, th but in general, the lowest amount of the system, as we expected, our cincinnati. amount, but it is to the south and west were we get into the two-5-inch range up to as high as 6 inches in the southwest. there is that literally one i 71 at this hour. snow east of town into the south. later on tonight, a lot of this is falling apart. big update of at the 7 o'clock hour, boone, campbell, galveston and carroll counties you have all been dropped from the winter storm warning you are now in a winter weather amounts of separate coming up we will tap into the rest of your weekend forecast. >>> kentucky is under a state of emergency right now, and in a lot of northern kentucky communities you have to take your car off of the streets of the plows can a

it will be held in the hillsboro county aviation authority board room. that is located on the third floor of the main terminal, if you want to stop by. >>> you're invited to give your input on the proposed widening of u.s. 41 in hillsboro exownt. this public hearing will be held thursday night at 5:30 in the gardenville recreation improvements include widening u.s. 41 to a six-lane divided highway, from cracker avenue to south of causeway boulevard, a miles. put that on the calendar. >>> coming up, storm team 8 meteorologist bryan bennett joining us with your work week forecast. storms ahead in the forecast. >> also ahead, the gainesville police officer who became a viral sensation by playing hoops with some kids and some big time backup to their next vo: know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. we didn't really have anything, you know. but, we made do. vo: know you can craft an investment plan as strong as your values. al, how you doing. hey, mr. hamilton. vo: know that together you can establish a meaningful legacy

take hillsboro instead. and you cannot transition southbound 275 on to memorial highway so exit at west shore, otherwise, you're stuck on the

we have most of our roads are going to be fine around northern hillsboro county and on north. if you get around the bridges today,right along the beaches, right around tampa bay, that's some of that fog. otherwise, we are going to see rain off and on through the day with near, steady temperatures. kind of a blah day today and better conditions ahead coming up. >>> traffic right now on i-275 in the sky way, this is north fishing pier, we'll check the roads again in 15 minutes except for the dense fog advisory near the big bridges at long beach. >>> a suspect wounded a georgia state trooper after a pursuit is dead. israel rodriguez died late last night at a hope. rodriguez was speeding when the trooper pulled him over. rodriguez got out of histruck and began shooting, hitting field twice. thetrooper is expected to be okay. of stealing a cancer pay she want's credit card. >> gonzales used that card to buy stuff at five stores >> gonzales became a big when anthony claim gonzales kidnap her daughter caylee. turns out that anthony had made up that story. >>> surveillance video of th

. >> plus, a major roadway in hillsboro county could be getting a facelift. how will it affect your commute? what's being proposed for u.s. 41 and your input on the in this line of work only the freshest ingredients make the cut it's important to me to know every dish i serve is the best it can be. especially for this food critic. publix bakery scratch made bread we bake it in store every day with pride so you can serve it with some vo: know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. we didn't really have anything, you know. but, we made do. vo: know you can craft an investment plan as strong as your values. al, how you doing. hey, mr. hamilton. vo: know that together you can establish a meaningful legacy. with the guidance and support of your dedicated . >>> a new endorsement for senator marco rubio's campaign. with one week until the iowa caucus, is there time to bounce back in the race for the white house? newschannel 8's candace mccowan takes a look. >> reporter: good evening. according to the latest national poll conducted

``hillsboro and highland county ``with 3.3 inches of snow. ``downtown, they're small flakes ``flying. ``the southeast counties, we have ``a couple of snow showers ``on the radar, some of the ``slitdly darker bands for adams ``and highland county. ``you can see darker bands sliding ``in from the northeast. ``moving in a different direction ``than we're accustomed to. ``highland county, adams, brown ``and across the river into mason ``county. ``bracken county earlier, ``brooksville with a snow shower ``moving overhead. ``most has not been dix additional ``measurable snow. ``bracken county is quiet at this ``point. ``maysville and mason county, ``light flakes left over. ``additional snow showers this ``morning. ``they're pushing out. ``they diminish between now and ``11:00 this morning. ``we bring back afternoon sunshine ``mixed in with the clouds. ``most of kentucky, the western ``half, has been cleared of the ``we have locally robertson and ``mason county, along with adams ``county in ohio in a winter storm ``warning until noon. ``the rest of

thunderstorm watch has been trimmed out for nellis in citrus county but remains for his builder -- hillsboro and polk until 5:00 p.m. that's what we have going on now in the same system winding up into a major winter storm. bobby deskins has the latest on this. folks especially in the mid- atlantic. here is what trent -- jim has been tracking for you. that is the parent of the storm and this will transfer energy to the coast over the next 12- 24 hours. we will get more of a coastal storm developing. it's been a mess. pictures getting ready for the football in snow is now changing to ice. i 94 quarters leading up to raleigh changing to sleet and ice what it's all snow north of their especially into virginia. this is a big travel problem. we've been covering flights out of charlotte. but this is the area that gets the most snow. west virginia, virginia, maryland, southeastern pennsylvania. this is the gsf model. this was showing 40 inches. most areas in this bull's-eye. some areas west of washington might get up to 32 inches. this will shut that place down for a while. it already has because a

some more temperatures. 56, 54 in hillsboro. the cold spot in wilmington. there is nothing to track in wilmington. that is going to continue to be the case. we have a storm center across kansas and nebraska. this system moving towards the midwest. it will give us some clouds as we head into the day sunday and then some rain showers sunday afternoon and sunday evening. beyond that into tuesday, the storm system is going to make valley. that means the potential for strong to severe storms. we talk more about that and a few minutes. see a peak or two early from sunshine. overall issued be a cloudy day with a chance of rain showers increasing. some drizzle, light rain showers and sprinkles here and there. overall it is not going to be a big problem. cloudy skies during the afternoon. maybe another sprinkle here. these are associated with the cold front. it will drop into monday. getting closer to normal. that is when we see strong wind. temperatures breaking into the 50' s. tuesday night, the storm center is going to be right on top of us. when you evaluate the

hillsboro leaders will vote to use $28 million of that money to add 20 additional classrooms to east bay high school, which is already a couple hundred this couldn't compare to what we saw years ago. >> years and years ago we were building five or 10 schools a year. and then it stop as the recession hit, construction stopped, you didn't see as many schools going up. >> reporter: even elementary schools that are not yet overcrowded are expected to get a huge slew of kids here. the district said it's important to make this improvement police department cracking down. making sure bicyclists and pedestrians are as safe as they can be on city's roads. officers making sure people on bikes and are walking know the cross. drivers. during the first phase of the campaign, officers will be handing out warnings >> powerball up to $1.5 billion. a local winner has come forward for a smaller prize. >> >> thousands crossing the border for a cannes to win big. >> >> first in health news, best ways to prevent the world's leading cause of disability. >> we are seeing a fair amount of sunshine. high clo

good morning, we have a big one in hillsboro county. good morning, anyone heading out in the tampa area there is an accident on florida avenue that has shut down all northbound lanes at bush boulevard. multiple cars involved in this one. three cars, injuries reports. police, ems on the scene, careful, avoid florida avenue, nebraska or 275 will be your best bet >> breaking news out of turkey live look where at least 10 people were killed. another 15 hurt after an explosion in istanbul. it happened in the historic district, a popular spot for tourists the blasts are being investigated. there are reports it was likely caused by a suicide bomber. we'll stay on top of this and bring you updates as we get them. >> >> president obama will try to come across with a positive tone tonight. >> his final state of the union address. we are learning it will be very different from any one that the president has given before. greg is joining us in the studio. big departure from this president or any president in recent memories. >> reporter: when you t

janelle, whatkind of news do you have for us sns >> we are keeping our eye on this crash in hillsboro at cause way boulevard. i am seeing some delays starting toclear there on u.s. 301. no need for a detour at this time. we are watching out your drive through the brandon area on i- 75, traffic are starting pick up a little bit but no crashes or break down. i just checked and you are looking at a 15 minute drive from apollo beach area. spots for our morning commute and starting to stack up a little bit as these cars are heading towards downtown tampa. >> you can see on 275 what we are dealing with. 23minutes from the apex to i-4. eight minutes if you are starting off bush into downtown and sixth minutes to ih f and six minutes down the in the i- 4. make sure you are following me on twitter on the latest on this and everything that's happening on the road >> firefighters search for a man who they have died inside the fire. right now it is not clear if the manmade it out alive or even if he's home at the time. he was pinned and dragged by a fire hose that was attached to the fire truck t

. >>> the rays looking to hillsboro county for a possible new stadium site. whether the team leaves or stase, st. pete is living on a gold mine named tropicana field. >> reporter: where will the rays end up? a proposal put forward by st. petersburg's mayor allows them to look for sites around tampa bay. the team must inform the city of how it will evaluate potential sites. that evaluation must be a minimum of six months to allow the city to make its case that the rays should stay put. >> the site they're on provides the best opportunities of any other site in our two counties. >> reporter: developing the trop will provide the city with a boatload of cash. that could finance a new stadium. according to commissioner ken hagen, hillsboro county is prepared to begin meaningful discussions with the race. >> the day that agreement is place a call to rays president and it'll be my hope that we can sit down within a matter of weeks. >> reporter: he believes west shore, downtown, channel side offer relocation opportunities. >> if you are traveling this weekend or next

we are seeing a slight slow >> >> we have a crash to tell you about hillsboro county. we are seeing some slow downs right now, we are hearing of roadblocks in the southbound portion of the intersection. alternate, veterans, at least for the mow men will be a lot better right now. the door in the next couple of minutes, you might want to consider using veterans. we'll keep our eye on it and i will keep you posted here and on twitter. >> >> it is 6:33, now, many states staring down an epic winter storm expected to dump up to two feet of snow in some places and sparking state of emergencies around five states. outside of costco in virginia as the store tried to keep up with demand. similar scene at the trader's joe, limiting customers to 10 at a time in the store. facial's capital will send government workers home early and shut down transit in an effort to keep people off the roads. >> >> you are are live in newport ritchie where duke energy trucks will be heading north, six trucks lined up to head to the storm in north carolina. the worst hit places. >> >> meanwhile, if

this picture was sent to us by the hillsboro times gazette. it happened on route 50 near kier road around 1 this afternoon when police say a car went off the side of the road, over- corrected and hit a van head on! the two people inside the car were killed, the driver of the van had minor injuries. no word yet on what may have caused the crash. caught on camera! cops roll up on a parking lot and find a man who overdosed. they inject him with narcan.. and now tonight.. they want to know who abandoned him. it's a mystery.. with the only lead being this body camera footage. it all happened in the white castle parking lot on hamilton avenue around 1-45 this morning. live now megan rem pic let's give you an idea of where we're talking about... a live look at the location.... fox19 now's shawn lanier spoke with authorities late this afternoon. mt .healthy police department, officers are now spending resources they don't have trying to help catch someone who leaves someone for heroin." narcan" here's body cam video of a mt. healthy officer using narc

and this is 275 right around hillsboro avenue. big issue, fatal accident westbound fletcher at livingston. and let's go to meliek on the street. a live look. what you need to know, all the westbound lanes blocked. take fowler instead. >> thank you. >>> the biggest jackpot ever is up for grabs now that no one won the powerball. >> it's huge. how high the powerball's top prize reached overnight. >>> and a shocking head butt in the middle of a high school basketball game. who let their anger get the best of them. >>> then -- >> reporter: we are live at the circus. i'm a little nervous right now. but coming up, we're going to around and some jugglingful we >>> i hate to break it to you, right now waking up thinking perhaps you're a millionaire, no, sorry, you did not win the powerball jackpot. but now the prize is bigger so you get another chance. adrienne pedersen joins us live. we are now up to $675 million for this jackpot. and you're just getting new information on small every prizewinners right here in florida. >> reporter: that'

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we're going to update these -- cincinnati. overnight. again 1.2 at the airport. around three at hillsboro. we've added to totals in bethel and notice as you get back to the west shef yet very little -- there's the view into downtown cincinnati. we're going to clear out. it's going to take it's time. not as cold sunday. warmer monday as we get back into the 40s. >> 23, north wind at 17 miles per hour. a wind chill of nine degrees so we start in the 20s with clouds. we'll see a gradual clearing trend. snow showers will continue east of cincinnati over the next several hours. by late today more. look at this massive snow system. thing. snow is quite heavy in west virginia and maryland this morning but for us we're on the edge of the snow. some clearing starting to take cincinnati. so we'll see that clearing eventually take shape as we move through the day. snow showers coming to an end out east. skies opening up a little bit with sunshine peeking through. and then we start clear. we'll bring back a few clouds tomorrow morning and more in the way of sunshine tomorrow. forties. here comes the

you can see that line rolling right into downtown hillsboro as resume right along that line into portions of northern brown 68, snow rolling through mount orab at the moment, and moving towards the georgetown area. or the south down the line, butler, kentucky, kentucky, you are on the leading edge. towards augustine, you have hits you. -- loop, even after he situations on the road. we take a look at how cold will be for the ride home coming up in a couple of minutes. lisa: we will see them. wlwt' s todd dykes is on his way to the crash right now and joins us in whiteout conditions causing the pilot. mark: this is where the crash happened at the indiana state line. todd, are you there? todd: is an incredible never seen in my time as it is reporter. a number of vehicles involved, as we continue to shoot video right now, i' m seeing a number of semi-trucks and all kinds of vehicles basically smashed together. one fellow in the backup close to where it happened, he walked by and said he couldn' t believe the carnage. we don' t have any extent of injuries, we hope to find out more from the ind

this picture was sent to us by the hillsboro times gazette from the scene. it happened on route 50 near kier road around 1 this afternoon when police say a car went off the side of the road, over- corrected and hit a van head on! the two people inside the car were killed, the driver of the van had minor injuries. no word yet if speed or impairment may have been factors. weather now switching gears now to weather... things are gonna tomorrow right jeff? switching gears now to weather... cold tonight, but things are gonna feel spring-like tomorrow right jeff? jeff up has begun and forward to some temps for the weekend. saturday morning will start somewhat cool with lows in the low 30s, but sunshine and partly cloudy skies will allow afternoon highs to climb into the low/mid 50s. sunday will be similar except clouds will be on the increase with showers possible late day. still, we will see highs in the mid 50s--once again well above average for this time of year. showers will remain possible into the overnight hours but monday appears dry with highs in the uppe

and still blocked is eastbound hillsboro at the veterans and the same thing going on on gunn highway except it's both directions of gunn highway blocked at the vets. so take erlich road or linebaugh to the south. that's weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. >>> leslee, big news developing this morning. the bucs are searching for a new head coach. a surprise late night announcement revealed lovie smith is out. this is getting a lot of attention this morning from social media and sports news, everybody talking about this. >> yeah, news' ryan hughes is live at one buc place and we will learn nor a few hours. >> reporter: good morning to you guys once again. a 2:00 p.m. announcement is expected here and we are expected to learn more about the abrupt dismissal and many strong reactions from fans overnight. >> and i mean, if we just kept going, it would have gotten better and now we are taking a step back, i feel. >> reporter: and now smith is the third coach to be dismissed from the team in five years. surrounding what will happen next. news channel 8's dan lucas thinks the the def

and that's going to be blocked for about half an hour or so more so you need to take line ball or hillsboro instead. right now, southbound 275, the ramp to memorial highway is blocked due to overnight construction. boulevard, thinking that oh, yeah, i'm going to go ahead and hop on memorial highway exit and go to courtney campbell or veterans expressway, not going to happen. so remember to exit at west shore. look for the posted signs, west shore will take you to spruce and that will take you back by the airport section. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. and now back to gene and gayle. >>> breaking overnight, a motorist fighting for his life after slamming into the side of a pinellas county sheriff deputy's car. this happened at a dunkin' donuts in the 6000 block of martin luther king street north in st. pete. that's where we find adrienne pedersen live this morning. any update on the condition of the motorcyclist? >> reporter: as of now, i am calling around to the local hospitals here in st. pete trying to figure out where this motorcyclist is. we do know though that he has l

take you to eastern hillsboro tulsa. mull bury, about 6:20. as we take a look to eagle lake, 64 or 6:44 and tonight, you're all moving off to the east and northeast. let's zoom down, and also some heavy rain across bradenton and just north of elwood park. so approximately 6:26. be prepared for heavy rain, maybe some thunderstorms at 6:42. and we do have additional rainfall out in the gulf. that right now across polk county, portion of lake wails, you're seeing lightning as we speak, so you will want to stay indoors because even if you're not hearing the thunder right now, it ask out at 6:49. it has been the storms, if you were up early this morning, we did wake up to low clouds and also fog. we did see sunshine throughout the afternoon which is nice, but that helped to destablize the atmosphere making it more ripe for showers and stormsment you can see the rain drops on the camera lens. in fact, more is coming. some areas have picked up more than an inch of rain today. temperaturewise, we are staying petty steady in the upper 60s and low 70s.

>> reporter: we are here at u.s. 301 here in south hillsboro county. we have been here for about a half hour. and we are onscene of a bus crash and a large suv, a gmc yukon. both vehicles have front-end damage on them. and what i can tell you right now, there were 31 students onboard, five were transported to local hospitals without serious injuries. they did take all the students off the bus and they were over here, looks like some of their parents are picking them up at this time. little bit southbound on u.s. 301. they are diverting that around the accident here, around this service station. again, we are at u.s. 310 just north of big bend road where there's been a bus crash but no serious injuries. that's the good thing to report. >> absolutely. >> reporter: up in eagle 8 hd. >> all right, michael, we appreciate that. these students were from summerfield crossing elementary school but the best news, no serious injury, five kids transported to the hospital and looks like parents starting to pick up the remaining students onboard that bus. we appreci

rain out there right now where we are seeing some showers moving right there through the center of hillsboro county. moving right from central pinellas into west tampa and downtown tampa and out into one of the last of those huge lines of storms moved through. there is that big stormmoving through and bringing that tornado into sarasota and areas around siesta key and the line of tornado activity moving further inland from about 3:00 to 4:00 in the morning. >> most folks sleeping right through it. if you were inhillsboro county and parts of pinellas and pasco county, you heard a little bit of that rain rumbling through about 2:00 or 2:30 when you went off to sleep and everything else moved south and that heavy weather really pulled through. it has left a boat load of damage in its way. we'll bechecking it throughout national weather service will tornado damage to see how strong that storm was, estimated of ef-1 and ef-2. what we are sure of from the temperatures. 70 in palm harborand 66 in brookville. we'll watch those temperatures drop as we go through the day. here is a look at your most a

let's so show you are our mapap hillsboro boulevard i-95 northbound. let's get you now to speed times hor clocking in at 24 miles per hour. not looking too good there. let's keep it now with i-95, another crash northbound at hallandale beach boulevard. we're still monitoring this one. one lane is blocked and it's causing some delays northbound. 35 miles per hour.you can take us-1 as an alternate if you do not want to navigate through these roadways. now let's get to youiami-dade county. on the dolphin expressway, 836, mike gallow waugh road one lawn is blocked due tie disabled clock. speed times clicking on 31 miles per hour. janine, calvin. >> calvin: thanks a lot, snell a. >> janine: still ahead, a woman is recovering after somehow surviving a hit-and-run, and the surveillance video is horrific. you can see that very many trying to climb a against to escape the danger before she is suddenly sent flying. a life report at 6:00. >> and a wild scene president front lob of thisondo building. coming up we'll tell how you this suv ended up in the pool. >> j

i-95 southbound, the view from southwest 10th street, there is an accident around hillsboro boulevard. as we zoom on in closer to see those heavy delays again i-95 southbound, hillsboro boulevard there is a right lane blocked, speeds at 19 miles per hour. an accident on 5955 eastbound, this is right around hiatus road. now, there is a leftt lane blocked, looks like that should be clearing up soon with speeds ththe at 42 miles per hour. now, i want to take you to coconut creek parkway. this is an area that was closed reopened, eastbound, webbed bothopened but do just -- westbound usee caution because there could be debris out there. to dade county we do have one accident to talk about on i-95 southbound in the express lanes at northwest 125th street. there are two planes blocked and speeds are there clocking in at 23 miles per hour. laurie. >> laurie: jenise, thank you. we'll get back shortly. do stay with local10 throughout the afternoon and evening for the latest on this tornado terror. wild weather in broward county causing a big mess earlier today. so what's in store for all of us

down to the sky picked up 2. 5 inches of rain and the south thing around south central sections and hillsboro county. one or twoinches in the last 24 hours and you add that to it was a very wetstretch with temperatures right now cooling off into the mid to upper 50s. tomorrow, we'll be right back in themid-60s but it is going to be a different day because these northwest winds that we got right now will be bringing in cooler and dryer air, a lot of sunshine. so along at last,we'll see the sun return and it will stick around through much of the weekend. i do think maybe a little bit of clouds rolling in for gasparilla. >> temperatures right now is partly cloudy skies in the low 60s. there is the key right there. >> northwest winds, 10 to 15 miles per hour. >> that is why the air will be refreshing tomorrow. we'll get a lot of sunshine and we'll get this rain out of here. i don't see any rain in our forecast again until maybe a quick shower on monday. a better chance on wednesday and another el nino driven shower comes right on in by wednesday. later on through tomorrow morning, how about it? >

this picture we are about to show you was sent to us by the hillsboro times gazette from the scene. it happened on route 50 near kier road around 1 o'clock . police say a car went off the side of the road, over- corrected and hit a van head on! the two people inside the car were killed, the driver of the van had minor injuries. no word yet if speed or impairment may have been factors. residents out of their apartment complex this past november... many are now celebrating. a judge ruled that the management of burton place has to hand control over to someone else! this follows a city investigation that found more than 18-hundred violations for things like ceiling leaks, bugs and more! " michael-----it makes it a little easier for everybody to know that it will be somebody coming it and to take care of all the problems we have here in the building. and we can sleep a little better knowing that." there will be a hearing on monday to decide who will take over the complex. happening today dan 2shot desk helping fight food insecurity in our region with a mobile food pantry fox19 now's shaw

you can find a schedule on hillsboro schools' website it says independenter garden roundup. >>> state of the art training >> next behind the scenes of a new lakeland center training first responders. hour the latest technology is >>> multiple stimulators, talking mannequins and a street scape as real as it gets. >> cadets will be training on it at the polk state winter college. >> ryan raiche was there as s.w.a.t. team members tested it out. >> reporter: after more than four years of planning and construction and $30 million later, the training has come to life. [sound of gunfire] >> reporter: the polk state >> this is for the public safety of every single citizeny polk county. >> reporter: this $100,000 square foot facility marks a new era. complete with a street scape that can be manipulated. here a s.a.d. team is raiding an office building to rescue hostages. training officers can observe from above and move walls into any layout they chooses. >> you can force them to have a stress. and push them a little bit in a controlled environment that way they don't have to worry about messi

our investigation into shady pavers caught the attention of the hillsboro county sheriff's office. and now after ten months, this scam hit a roadblock. samuel morris stanley and is his son-in-law jesse cooper were arrested, booked into the pasco county jail. >> i'm so happy. they need to pay for what they've done. it's not just to me. it's to many people. my neighbor, three or four people down the road. >> reporter: there were a lot of others. sheriff's office spokeswoman, debbie carter. scams are hot. she advises: >>> the license number should be written on the side of the vehicle. research it. if it sounds too bad to be true, if they're say we go have leftover material, that's not true. >> reporter: it's not worth the deal you're offered. >> it cost me a fortune to have it put down. >> reporter: so she's thrilled these guys were finally stopped. >> i'll be happier when the state says you have to pay restitution. [ laughter ] >> and you can't be here anymore. >> when arrested sam stanley had $13,000 cash in his pocket. the pair's heavy vehicles and paving equipment were placed out

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noticeable cooler than yesterday. 50 degrees right now in crystal river and as we go further south into hillsboro county, we along the coast, in pinellas county, temperatures are also in the low to mid-50s. this is how we start the with a ton of sunshine and highs in the low to mid-60s. notbad at all. we are finishing off our friday. nice and dry today, a gorgeous weekend ahead with a warm up that may make you ditch your boots and pull out the flip- flops again. iwill show you what's in store coming up in just a few minutes. janelle, what's going onwith traffic >> let's head outside corey behind the wheel of our live drive. he's on 275 right aroundthe downtown area. no crashes ors break downs or break downs. you are looking at a six minute drive in the downtown area on we are not seeing any delays from this. if you areheading this way, use caution and make sure you slow dow through construction zone. >> i-4, you are in great shape if you are heading out the door. >> heading into tampa, you should have no trouble what so ever. all right, let's checkthe veterans right now. all in the green. we did

crash on hillsboro road near cole's hill road. it is a head-on crash between an suv and a car. a sheriff's deputy on the scene. the man was leaning over to grab a cigarette when that crash happened. tisha: more breaking news -- more developments in the csx scandal. governor mccrory says that a new rail yard is not a viable option. according to sources, the only person who knew about this was johnson with the office. when other county commissioners got wind of it, it created a huge uproar. governor mccrory says that the state will continue to work with csx to explore alternative unemployment fell in 22 states, including north carolina. it is still above the national average. unemployment dipped after two straight months of 5.7%. the national unemployment rate was 5% last month. steve: a new government investigative report says the faa is not following its own rules for staffing airport control towers. trainees are guiding flights, people not fully qualified controllers. this was the case of dozens of air routes across the country. the i-team is raising the same concerns at the r

at the moment as you are heading out the door, other tan a few scattered showers that are across hillsboro county. we are going to have a quick round of showers and a few isolated storms that roll in here early and we'll have a heavier line starting to make its way around the coastline at 10:00 this morning. you can see on future cast, a main line of showers and thunderstorms associated with the cold front start to reach the coast at 10:00 and then at across the majority of tampa bay, extending north. it will continue to press across polk county between 1:00 and 2:00 and start to decrease in intensity and move east. as that happens, by 4:00, we are looking dry. you may even see some peaks of sunshine out there. there will be a chance forever a few showers throughout the evening and even toplined this front. we have a very strong air flow by the gulf of mexico. it will not necessarily be a beautiful night to be out and about. let's look at the severe weather threats. we will have a chance for primarily damaging winds, the biggest concern with heavy pockets of rain. we could get some isolate

one of the hillsboro inlet park sent to us by a 7 news viewer on instagram. can we tell port and hop on the boat? >> ashley: i'd like to. back. revenant. >>> leonardo dicaprio returns to the big screen in an a maw vee based on a true story. this role finally land the leading man an oscar. he place a legendary explorer fighting for survival after a vicious bear attack in the revenant and supernatch lal force into the forest. movies. theritty drama the revenant hitting theaters this week. it follows a trapper in the 1800s left for dead and tracks through the frozen wilderness. >> you have to fight. don't give up. as long as you have a breath in you. >> reporter: the star of the film, he tells us he has never been part of the fill l like this. >> we were so independented grate grate -- integrated in nature t lite we needed to capture was onlyt the end of the day. >> reporter: the revenant is rated r. inspired by real life, the faith-based film, the mass saint and is rated pg 13. and a woman searched for missing twin sister in a japanese forest, despite warnings,

it is completely gone here at the crowing ore hillsboro road. there is some wood still left here, some ice crepers still out here in front of the store. inside of the store, shoppers were stocking up on food like you spoke of. the lines are long and kroger only expects it to get longer throughout the day. the workers were working to call in extra employees. the management says it has been tough because some people are worried about driving in this evening. we stopped a few shoppers to in their buggy and to assess how seriously they take this weather event. >> this is my second trip here. i came yesterday and spent almost $200. >> what did you get yesterday? >> i got lots of canned stuff and frozen stuff. >> how much of is this is case snow or ice comes through? >> probably 99%. >> tell us what you got. >> stuff to make chicken soup, grilled cheese, pot roast and plenty of wine. >> reporter: oh, the wine. we had one lady tell us she is not buying anything but wine. that is one way to handle it. the red owl was still well stocked but people are bu

forecast. in this shade of purple, i'm expecting four to six inches of new snow. two to four in hillsboro to vevay. an inch or less to the this screaming message here is that even though this forecast will change and the bands will get shifted. they will get scrunched or expanded later today or tonight. expecting more snow to the south and the southeast and less snow to the north, and northwest. that's the screaming message to take away. be aware the threat level is for early friday and saturday. the heaviest snow will likely fall between 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on friday. heaviest to the southeast and the forecast will change. clouds increase and temperatures fall back down through the 20s this evening. temperatures eventually drop down to 20 early tomorrow. we'll be dry. snow will develop tomorrow. windy on friday, breezy on saturday and then finally some some updates later today on local12.com, local 12 weather authority app and of course right here on local 12. mom at 9:0:00 and people in ohio an awe-inspiring sight along the showers of lake erie. using lake erie's waves and clevelan

the car struck a victim around 11 o'clock last night on heinz avenue north of hillsboro avenue. the pedestrian was rust to the hospital -- rushed to the hospital. investigators have not released names. >>> in pinellas county, deputies have arrested a suspected wrong way driver who they say hit and killed a motorcyclist. they charged kenneth capital with dui manslaughter. he is said to have drove his truck -- driven his truck the wrong way and hit a motorcycle head-on. john sorenson, the biker, was flown to a hospital where he died. he was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.>>> tragedy at the university of florida. a student dies after falling six stories from it -- and apartment complex. he was found on the ground overnight and was taken to the that surveillance video shows the student leaving an elevator and falling over a waist high class barrier. counselors are talking to students living on the same floor. >>> still ahead on action news at 6, squeezing in the final rallies and attacks before the iowa caucus -- and getting candid about their success. >>> seeking jus