slammed into a police truck. 3 (vanessa fox-13's ken suarez is on the story for us... ken, we understand the driver is in bad shape... and some of the passengers are teenagers... any officers hurt? 3 3 3 (vanessa fox-13's ken suarez, thanks. 3 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 (walter 3 after a wild night at the donald trump rally in chicago, the campaign trail was calm over the weekend. and city leaders are hoping for that in tampa today, as trump... holds his latest event *here. 3 ((walter fox-13's kellie cowan is at the tampa convention center this morning... kellie, trump won't speak until two this afternoon... are you noticing any extra security? 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ((vanessa/live)) an argument between adults got *physical this weekend in riverview.. but it was a toddler that paid the price.. hillsborough deputies say, five or six family members got into a fight.. one person picked up a baseball bat and swung it at another adult.. but hit a two year old instead.. this happened on louise street in riverview.. the child was taken by helicopter to the

and it's affecting traffic on the sunshine skyway bridge again. 3 (vanessa fox-13's ken suarez is on the southside of the bridge... ken, we know it was bad yesterday... the bridge was closed for hours... is it just as bad out there this morning? 3 roll to vo: "even they're obscurred by the fog" 3 3 3 3 fox-13's ken suarez, thanks so much. 3 3 3 3 3 3 donald trump and hillary clinton... they have all sorts of momentum, after winning almost *every state in yesterday's primaries... including florida. trump lost ohio to the republican governor of that state, john kasich... and at this hour, the votes are just too close to call in missouri, for both parties... but clinton and trump also won in north carolina and illinois... next up: alaska, arizona, idaho, utah. florida senator marco rubio will not campaign there... he pulled *out of the republican race for the white house, after losing his home state. analysts are thinking: he'll maybe consider a gubernatorial race, in the future. 3 3 (vanessa new overnight: a military plane has crashed in cargo plane went down in a jungle, southeast of t

that's where we find fox13's "ken suarez".. ken what does it look like out there? roll to vo: yesterday it was even worse 3 3 thank you ken! 3 3 sarasota deputies are searching for 2 men after an armed robbery. it happened at the suntrust bank off ringwood meadow in sarasota. the 2 men walked in the bank with their faces covered... and demanded money. one of them had a handgun in his waistband. they fled the bank in an unknown vehicle. if you know anything call the sheriff's office. 3 a tampa heights homeowner shoots and kills a man trying to break into his house. it happened just off central avenue. police say 40- year-old "chris solomon" heard someone breaking backdoor of his house... so he grabbed his gun and found a man in his kitchen. solomon shot him several police say he is not facing any charges. 3 "bubba the love sponge" i s expected to take the stand sometime today in the "hulk hogan" versus "gawker" trial. bubba is expected to take the fifth when answering questions. yesterday, the owner of gawker took the stand, standing by his decision to post the clip

fox13's "ken suarez" is live at the injuries here. 3 3 3 oc..is in criticaltrt :15 3 3 3 3 tampa police make an arrest in a hit and run crash that left a bicyclist seriously injured saturday. police say "joseph anthony ragsdale" was the driver who hit the bicyclist near east 30th avenue and north 50th street. it happened around 3:30 saturday morning. police say someone called in a tip that ragsdale was the person they were looking for. 3 tampa police are still looking for the person who hit and killed a driver in ybor city and just kept going. it happened just after 10 o'clock saturday night on "republica de cuba north".. just south of 28th avenue east. the area was very active overnight as investigators processed the scene.. police have not released any information on the person who was killed. 3 and in clearwater, police have identified a pedestrian who was hit and killed saturday. they say "frank mcguire" of clearwater was killed when an s-u-v hit him on sunset point road near hercules avenue. that driver, "jason barringer", did stop at the scene. 3 3 later today: hulk hogan's lawyer

fox13's "ken suarez" is live at the scene. ken, what do we know? 3 3 3 3 thanks ken ,we'll check back in with you at 4:30. ,we'll check back in 3 thanks ken ,we'll check back in with you at 4:30. 3 3 developing this morning: hillsborough county sheriff's office is asking for your help finding a wanted man.. "isaac w. nguyen" has an outstanding warrant for aggravated battery. anyone with any information on his whereabouts is asked to call the hillsborough county sheriff's office. you may 3 police in largo have identified a woman whose body was discovered sunday morning... but they're not releasing her name yet. detectives say, someone walking in the area near 145th street north and starboard lane.. found the woman's body in the brush. she's described as a white woman between 20 and 50 years old.. with reddish blond hair.. she has two tattoos.. a butterfly on her right shoulder and a "t" tattoo.. on her left bicep. police say her death is suspicious - and they will be releasing more information later this morning. 3 3 deputy "john kotfila is the sixt

voters decide, it could be the end of the line for marco rubio and john kasich. 3 ((walter fox-13's ken suarez is on the story for us... ken, it's make-it- or-break-it time for senator rubio... he's promised to win his home state... how does it look for him? 3 3 3 3 3 thanks, ken. 3 (walter besides florida, voters in illinois, missouri, north carolina and ohio are headed to the polls as well. we'll have the primary results for you tonight, beginning after the polls close at seven p-m. we're webcast at 8:00 on "fox 13 we'll have the complete wrap- up, at 10 and 11. and this morning at nine on good day, we'll have a live interview with senator marco rubio. hope you can stick around for that. 3 3 (vanessa new this morning: a hernando county mother is facing child neglect charges, accused of leaving her children home alone... in what could have become tragic circumstances. police say: 41-year-old "tarsha hite" left her three kids... between two and 10-years-old... at home in spring hill, while she went out to dinner in clearwater. her toddler turned on the oven... and some pots stored inside, caug

ken suarez, fox 13 news. >> you don't want to take off a -- tick off a 9-foot gator. according to the records the biggest one in florida was a hair shorter than 14 feet. >>> and i don't think that's going to sneak into you're pool. >> it did not happen in this case but do not feed them and bring us closer. did not happen in the case. lure them to human beings. >> freaky for sure. today it was a beautiful day started outs a little cloudy and then great. >> don't have the barbecue outside and feed them steaks. >> they will end up in the pool, during mating season. you are right, kelly, great day, more good stuff coming up. check out the sky. good on the beach camera. lots of high clouds increasing from the west. that's the forecast issue lale they turn to the southwest. lots of colds. moving south. we didn't expect how much as all. to the north but as expected. they collapsed. and and what is coming up. how many times have we seen this. and every time. and and over us for a time, the sun will be dimmed or could be blocked by high clouds. and these are often making the h

and ken suarez is out there did they have any idea, they don't know the cause everyone here knows one thing about the place that you see, it is a corner stone of the community and last night it was knocked to its knees by fire. >> it was around midnight when things unraveled. >> the first thing i thought we pop, pop. >> it blew up. it spread in the back and throughout the building. in an hour the place had so many people here have relied on was gone. >> when i showed up about 8:00 this morning this is not just a fire. the agency helping anyone who needs it had just lost their thrift store, not only did we lose now the community is at a loss. it was the heart of the operation and brought in the life blood, money. >> it provided $60,000 worth of revenue yearly used to help local citizen with food. utility bills, mortgages, rents. things like that. it will be tough to come back from this. >> next door several inches of water cover the office floor. help has been around for more and leaders are not ready to see it fade away looking for a new building and for donated items to sell. they ho

ken suarez shows us it should be >> reporter: sun and fun, adrenaline-packed piece for the eyes. the things they pull off are amazing. along with the shenanigans there are 10,000 takeovers in a week. the new state of the art tower, according to the sun fun president is a god send. >> it doubles the level of safety. >> triple the height of the old tower and traffic controllers can see twice as far. it has the latest and greatest gadgets, radar and communications equipment. >> it is like having a first kid. what he could not develop that. >> reporter: and gene conrad said it will happy gain stadium in the aviation community. they hope it will convince noaa to locate from macdill to here, it says we're serious about what we do in our craft and safety. they will look at us. >> they convinced the commercial second look. it has been looking for fly out of here for years. it will help the airport soar. in lakeland, ken suarez, fox 13 news. >>> thousands of people line the streets of fifth avenue in new day parade. the mayor was among the officials marching in the parade for the first ti

fox 13's ken suarez is there - keeping an eye on the bridge this morning.. hey ken. 3 roll vo : "conditions are so 3 roll sot: "the skyway to get to work" 3 ((wipe to sot))trt:08 oc:waiting here ever since4am sot: tina smith - driver 3 at :17 in pkg"i just woke up, getting ready for work i heard the bridge was closed but i decided to come up here anyway and i've been waiting here 3 3 thank you ken. 3 3 3 new this morning: police arrest a man trying to restaurant. it happened at miguel's on kennedy boulevard. workers were cleaning up after work when the man tried to break in. they called the cops and the man was arrested.. police say he tried to kick out a window of the cruiser.. we're waiting to hear exactly what he's charged with. 3 shephard's beach resort agreed to pay millions of dollars to the families of a couple who were hit and killed by one its employees. the settlement was confidential... but now that the families may not see all of that money-- it's become public. 3 in 20-13... "rob lemon" and his girlfriend "hilary michalak" were riding a tandem bi

fox 13's ken suarez is live in hillsborough - with all you need to know before you vote. 3 3 (walter we'll have the primary results for you tonight, beginning after the polls close at seven p-m. you'll be able to get those on our website, "fox 13 news dot com"... also on twitter and facebook... and we'll have the complete wrap-up, at 10 and 11. 3 3 polk county detectives are searching for these two people. police say they stole a person's identity... then opened several credit card acconts. last month... they used the fraudulent cards at two different walmarts-- one in mulberry, the other in lakeland. if you know anything call the polk county sheriff's office. 3 3 a scare in the middle of the night inside this spring hill home for a teenage girl. she woke up to the sound of her shower running around 3 a-m sunday morning. 3 it turns out... a man she didn't know was inside the only thing she could do-- find an adult and get help. 3 her siblings were asleep in bed and her mother was also sleeping on the opposite side of the house. rather than walking past the bathroom... the 13-year-old

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pfox 13 ken suarez is live along pthat busy stretch of road where pa new signal could help save plives, ken? p>> yeah, you know you certainly phave your fingers crossed this pis going to make a dent in roblem. punfortunately, three people have pdied in just last four years. ptwo of them just kids. p15 years old. pmiddleton high school students pwalking from that side to pmiddleton which is right over pthere. pas we've saying all morning preally a very deadly stretch of phighway. phillsborough avenue just east of p22nd. pmost recently a 58-year-old man plost his life when he slipped poff the median and he was hit. ptwo sisters were hit crossing phillsborough. pone of them a middleton student pas i said before, her sister p2457k goodness survived. pthen five years ago, another ptragedy, they seem to go on and pon. pthis time another 15-year-old pmiddleton student was killed pcrossing the road. p>> just about anyone who crosses phillsborough and a lot of people pdo, really, really has to be pcareful. p>> it's really hard to cross pwith all this traffic i'm happy pto put up street lights m

pfox 13 ken suarez shows us why pnew signal could help save plives. p>> death toll is really chilling pso hopefully this new traffic plight and a crosswalk is going pto save future lives. pnow three pedestrians have been pkilled crossing this stretch phillsborough avenue in just the plast four years alone. pnot too long ago 58-year-old man pwas killed when he slipped off pmedian. ptwo years ago, two sisters were pone of them norma was killed, pshe was a middleton high school pstudent just 15 years old. pher sister thankfully survived. pthen, five years ago another pmiddleton student was killed. pnow given the history of this parea it's no surprise that eople here are happy this new pcrosswalk and traffic light are pgoing in. pi'm happy they put this up pbecause now it's easy to get pfrom point a to point b. pand get some of the grocery and pfoods whatever we need. pthere whole lot of people cross phillsborough especially in this parea. pnumber one very big apartment pcomplex over there. pso people are coming over to go pto middleton. por to go to the

pfox 13's ken suarez is outside pof st. timothy's catholic church pin lutz where this funeral will pbe getting under way in an hour pdepartment is expect thousands pto attend p>> reporter: an amazing turn out palready. pbottom line any law enforcement pfuneral is well turned out. pthis one in particularly well pturned out. plet me step out of way so you pcan see what's going on here. pover there is actually sanctuary pitself. pwhere john lies in rest. ptake a look at the number of eople waiting to go in from psanctuary all way across patio pto second building you probably pcan't see it from your erspective. pwhat i see that is line going pall the way around the building. p>> lots and lots of folks, they pare expecting 4 to 5,000 people pto attend service here. pfriends, family and law penforcement agencies from around pthe state and beyond are being prepresented. pthere's an especially big pcontingent from massachusetts. pkotfila's home state. pboth grandfathers his dad uncle pand brother are all law penforcement. pjust a s

pthat number could be getting pbigger. lan to lure young veterans to p>> fox 13 news ken suarez joins pus, good morning, ken. p>> reporter: good morning, guys. pwhen you think about it, the pmilitary trains men and women to pbe professional and reliable? pwhy wouldn't the state to move phere and put down roots? pthat is why they are kicking off pthis new campaign. pit is a win-win situation. pstate pushing hard to lure them phere. porganization veteran's florida, psingle purpose to set down roots phere in the sunshine state. pwe know about the beautiful pweather and no income tax. pbeyond that the state is doing pback flips to make life easier. pspecial discounts and fishing pand hunting licenses. pstate has a number of programs pwith companies that give vets pspecials. pthey are looking across the pentire country for vets to prelocate. pin this state there are already p20 different military pinstallations. pone being macdill in the being pfar from here. pthe trying to capture that opulation as well as advertise pto others that don't know the pbenefits of living in florida pall to get

apparently: our area has the *perfect set-up for an *outbreak. 3 ((walter fox-13's ken suarez is on the story for us. ken... what makes the bay 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ((walter it's 5:--... also in the top stories this morning: take a good look at this guy. deputies say he's a serial robber... and they need to find him. investigators think he's responsible for three different robberies over the weekend in zephyrhills. his name is merlin howard. authorities tell us: the spree started friday when he robbed a wells fargo bank. then on saturday, they think he hit a convenience store on state road 54... *and the metro p-c-s next door. that same day, deputies say: howard tried stealing money from a cab driver... but was 3 looking for 2 thieves... after they took advantage of an open house in north port. it happened last week. police open house... then stole credit cards, jewelry, and 2 prescriptions. the men then went on a shopping spree... these pictures are from several different stores in venice. if you know police department. 3 ((walter it's official... in the city of tampa won't necessarily en

and that's happened twice in just the past few days. 3 ((jen fox-13's ken suarez is at blue jays stadium in dunedin... where a woman was hit in the *head by a broken bat... ken... how is she doing? and how concerned should fans be about being injured in the stands. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 3 heads-up if you recently paid at the pump, at a convenience store in sarasota. your credit card may have been compromised. *skimmers were found inside two of the pumps at a 7-eleven on "fruitville road." deputies think: they had been there about two-weeks. investigators say: the skimmers were hidden inside the pumps, and used blue-tooth technology to steal credit card information from unsuspecting drivers. now authorities are studying security video, to track-down the crooks... but so far, no arrests. 3 ((walter a polk county man is accused of pretending to be a doctor, for at least two years. he's 75-year-old "manuel cordova," and authorities say: he ran his own doctor's office in haines city. he also allegedly diagnose listeners who called-in with h

to turtles. 3 ((jen fox-13's ken suarez is on the story for us... ken... nesting season is a delicate time... and light, could really interrupt nature... with disastrous results. help us 3 understand. 3 3 3 thanks, ken. 3 3 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 3 the time now is 5:__. let's get you up to the minute on today's top stories: prosecutors will seek the *death *penalty against a pasco county man accused of murdering four people in hudson. the horrific crime took place in 2014. police believe adam matos killed his ex-girlfriend, her boyfriend and her parents... and then took off with his four-year-old autistic son. matos is charged with four- counts of first-degree murder. so far, no trial date has been set. 3 ((walter in tampa: a man accused of kidnapping his date, and forcing her into the trunk of her own car, is on allegedly *assaulted his date, after learning she was transgender. he then forced her at gunpoint into the trunk... she was able to pull the emergency latch, and escape. thompson pleaded "not guilty" to the charge

and ken suarez is live at the police department for us. the sheriff said the murder was retribution and for what? >> reporter: this started when a woman said that she was sexually assaulted by the victim when she

morning: there's a new tool that will keep people safe at one risky intersection. 3 ((jen fox-13's ken suarez is along hillsborough avenue, just east of 22nd street. ken, this area's been deadly before for walkers... but this morning, things could get a little safer. tell us about it. 3 3 roll to vo: next week it's going to be fully functional. 3 3 3 3 thanks, ken. 3 3 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 ((walter 3 the time now is 5:__. let's get you up to the minute on today's top stories: another big delay over the weekend, for local airline passengers. "allegiant" had to ground *another flight, for mechanical issues. this time, on a flight from fort wayne, indiana... to st. petersburg. the passengers did eventually get there, on *another plane. and now, a new report is blasting the airline for its maintenance. it's from the teamsters, and says: mechanics don't get enough documentation about maintenance problems... and a lot of work is contracted out. but allegiant disagrees with that. 3 ((walter in pasco county, the trial begins today... for a man trying to *overturn his

and ken suarez is live at the police department for us. the sheriff said the murder was retribution and for what? >> reporter: this started when a woman said that she was sexually assaulted by the victim when she and that set them off and they vowed to get revenge no matter what. investigators say that a series of unthinkable acts happened here and robert banks, a known drug dealer, was the target. >> they kicked him, they strangled him with a cord, they beat him with a pipe. with their fists, they beat him with a stick. >> he was assaulted. >> i think he is innocent. >> why? >> because i don't think he would do anything to hurt anybody. >> investigators say that they have confessed and are behind bars because banks is dead. they say banks invited a woman to get high. she said she was raped. their friend, brutalized and killed banks and burned his body. they called their father brian johnson, senior, he dumped the body in the green swamp where it was discovered by a couple in their jeep. there is a lot of evidence against them. confessions

ken suarez, fox 13 news. >> a number of fundraisers are planned to save the ranch. he will call every star he knows to come and play in may. >> now your forecast with mike bennett. >> guys we have some great action going on. look at this. you see the rays. looking out west toward the gulf here from the sky tower camera. look out at clearwater. beautiful out there as well. let's round up the tour. what an ending. youyou can see the sun. plent of great pictures coming up later on in the sunrise. 84 in tampa. that's the high. 82348 brandon and sebring and 85 in arcadia and brooksville. 85 in new port richey. and it looks similar this is the where we were at. almost the same temperatures as what we saw yesterday for highs. as we head into the day. maybe a couple of degrees cooler but all in all. no big changes out there. getting into the low to mid80s. a few upper 80s, sprinkled in there. what does it mean for valspar. less breezy out there. temperatures in the 70s for the day. rounding out 80 in palm harbor. shower and the only thing any shower activity that tos up is

, he was only 30 years old, a deputy for six years but his legacy will live on forever in lutz, ken suarez, fox 13 news. >> he will be buried in massachusetts. >>> the florida highway patrol released the name of two women killed in a crash in troopers say a charger driven by shquata johnson when she crossed the line and swiped a truck. she kept on going and hit a honda head on. both johnson and the driver of that honda, jennifer conner, were killed. the driver of the truck was not hurt. >>> here we are 6:05 no verdict in the hulk hogan sex tape trial. the jury has been deliberating for five hours today. hogan is suing gawker for posting a clipon line involving hogan and the former wife of sponge. have we heard anything, we did, they wanted help playing a clip of that sex tape so we know they have viewed it. and hogan's team went to work, accusing guamer of violating hogan's right to privacy after they say it is gawker's reckless disregard and they want the jury to award him 100 million dollars in damages. gawker said hulk hogan talked in graphic detail about his sex life. and he was in cha

. >>> a fire took two lives on old polk city road and ken suarez is at the scene or investigators have been working. any word on the cause of the fire, ken? >> reporter: not yet. this reworking on the cause. it does not appear that any foul play was involved in the situation. firefighters got there quickly in ten minutes. they got the blaze under control in minutes but unfortunately it was too late. the two people in the mobile and one of their dogs died. and debis was bassford was 42 hess his girlfriend 41. his grandfather told us this, you would have to love him, you know, he had that personality about him. >> and now this was his family homestead. he lived in the mobile here and a number of other relatives lived on the property which means they had a seat to everything that went on here today. they are looking to see what went wrong here. >> thank you. their neighbor dead it looked like he was passed out in his car. the neighbor called 911 but they found him dead. they say he suffered upper body trauma. they are working leads. it does not appear to be a random act of violence. >>> p

. >> john: thanks, ken suarez in tampa. >>> the calendar says spring, but new england is being pounded with snow. cape cod, massachusetts, and rhode island looking between 8 and 10 inches today. connecticut, philly, and new york city all expect to get lesser amounts of snow. >> luanne: yuck. it's march, jayme king. why are we still seeing snow. >> jayme: you look at history, a time line, the last date of recorded snowfall in a lot of areas like boston and new york city happens to be around this time. for us, bad timing with the cool down. 46 in ocala. the villages more of the same. you see the string of 40s bottoming out at bushnell. and brooksville, 48. other side of the peninsula, east central side, orlando metro and such, into the 50s. and compared to this time yesterday, 24 hours ago. look the the cameras jiggly and bouncing everywhere. it's our visit orlando accuweather tower cam. atop of hyatt regency orlando. blustery and windy. repeated gusts today. in excess of 20 or 25. a windy day. winds will calm as the high north moves in. and winds relax. under clear skies, we endure a co

it's primary 3 ((laura)) fox 13's ken suarez is at a polling place in hillsborough county. morning ken. 3 3 3 3 plet me give you a little bit of padvice. pnumber up with you have to go to pright one. psome people go to the one they pwent to last year. por in previous years it changed. pmake sure a no where you're pgoing. pif you this not a bad idea to go pon supervisor of elections in pyour area, in your county. pyou have to have an idea with pyou with a signature. plike a license for example. pnow if you got a mail vote and pnot mailed it in yet, you can't pmail it in at thisly because not pof this to be in by 7:00 when olls close. pyou can drop it off at a psupervisor of elections office. pand appear elections office pwhich will be a satellite poffice. pand then that's the size of pthere bottom line you have to pregister a closed election at pthis point. pyou have got to be democrat or prepublican to in it anyway. plet me do this. pif you want more information or pif you want to hear that again, por have have any questions let pme refer you to our website pwww.fox13news.co

pfox 13's ken suarez is live on phey ken. p>> hey good morning guys. pyou know why they are younger pvets? pbecause, not likely to settle pdown get a job, raise their pfamily p all of that is very big roblem is, how do you get them during this extended visit from your extended family, all you want is a peaceful moment to stream your show. and you need enough bandwidth to share with a full house lightning internet from bright house networks. the speed you need. and now connect to... standard tv and 50 megabit lightning internet... only $94 a month p>>> from tampa bay's number one pnews station, this is good day ptampa bay. p>>> it is at first time in a 90 pyears that a sitting president phas traveled to cuba. pthis morning a president obama pis preparing for around day 2 pand it's going to be a busy one. pshayla reeves is here now with plook at very busy few days for pour president, right? pyou're absolutely rights, prussell. pa welcome ceremony meeting a pstate dinner and even some pbaseball. resident obama's schedule is acked for his trip to cuba and

pfox 13's ken suarez live outside pthe health department ken, pthings are only getting to get pworse as it gets warmer and pwetter, right? pthat's perfect environment for pany mosquito. pit gets warm, it gets wet and pthat population absolutely pexplodes. pso health officials this morning pare sending out a very simple pmessage, and very effective one. pyou can protect yourself from pzika and any mosquito born pillness by taking certain recautions. pyou've heard them before, but pthis year with zika, it's pespecially important that you ay attention. p>> individually our message is eople need to protect pthemselves. pand our message is very simple, pdrain and cover. pdrain the standing water from pyour home, pick up trash, any lace where there's mosquitos pcan breed and cover yourselves. plong sleeve shirts, there's pseveral different insect prepellents out there. psome with deet, some that don't phave deet. pcommercially available and they pneed to be used. p>>> a new report says tampa bay pis in hot zone for zika because pif you have so many mosquitos pthat carry the disease. pthe s

pwhile it's a given you will have pto be on look out for foul pfox 13's ken suarez in dunedin pblue jays complex a woman was pseriously hurt by a flying bat. pken tell us about that. p>> she was not only one when you plook at the bigger picture punfortunately that happens pfairly frequently and then foul pballs even more so. pnow we are at the florida auto pexchange stadium where blew jays pwill do another spring training pgame a few hours from how phopefully action will be on the pfield unlike last night. pthat's when pam henderson took phome very unwanted souvenir an pinjury. pa bat shatter big piece flew in pstands and hit her right on phead. pshe was hauled off to bayfront pmedical center her ubd hit also pwhen he tried to degleekt pflooekt that bat from hitting phis wife. pnow just a few days after what phappened in orlando. pnow you might remember by saying pthis one oh internet. pthe little guy would have been phit on the head by bat if it pwe just got an interhave view pfrom our sister station in porlando i want you to listen to pwhat this little guy about what phappened in his o

pfox 13 ken suarez is ass-a-grille beach in st. pete. pwith a look at what we need to premember, right? p>> we have to remember about pwatch out for this turtles but palso wear sunglasses on sunny pday like this. pthis is a perfect day to start pflorida. pthat's exactly what's going on pon. pyou will see turtle coming up on pbeach here on gulf side in next pcouple weeks or so. pso a little bit of advice. pmany experts want to get out, pthis year this can be fun if you puse it for you. pif you use to take pictures big pmama turtles it can deadly it pgets them all induced rather pthan going in water they end up pin potentially dangerous spots plike on the street for example. p>> if you've been watching our pshow all morning i & i hope you phave you've seen this guy he's pbruno and founder trurt el ptrackers you're pash in the man pdoing this for years. ptell me how you got started with psaving turtle and messages out plike don't use your cell phone. pi actually came across a dead pturtle back around 1978. psparked an interest. pabout six w

pfox 13's ken suarez is at place pwhere there's a new signal now. phopefully this will make people pa lot more safe in this area. p>> yeah hopefully we're not pgoing to hear about any more of pthem any place which is probably pway too hopeful. pnew traffic light crosswalk had pbeen put in. pat this point they've got kind pof bricks and mortar they have pstructure up. pbut it not working yet going to pflashing yellow or amber. psome day this week. pand then on monday whole thing pwill kick in. pthree people lost their lives phere over the last four years, pthey did not use a crosswalk, ossible because too far for pthem to walk. pthis will be a lot more pconvenient because they crossed pin wrong spot and with wrong lace at the wrong time. punfortunately they paid with ptheir lives. pmost recent tragedy 58-year-old pman slipped off median was hit pbefore that, two separate pmiddleton high school students phillsborough avenue. pi want to say personal thank you pto daniel santiago he was pwatching fox 13 this more than phe was going to work with his pbec

pfox 13's ken suarez is live in ptampa to tell us about the multi pmillion dollar campaign and why pit's so important. phey, ken. p>> hey good morning, guys i will pthough something out there i pdon't know i don't think i will pget much debate on this one pflorida is darn good place to plive. pand that's exactly the message pthat veterans is trying to get pout right now with new campaign. pveterans florida was formed palmost two years ago. pso lure x military members here pnationwide. pthey are going for younger eople in particular. pwhere you already have psubstantial number of vets pstate says you know what, we pwant even more than at that ptouting all things that florida phas to offer along with no pincome tax, and beautiful pweather we all enjoy vets get pdiscounts on lot of stuff. pjust for example a 25 percent pdiscount on admission to florida pstate parks. pthey also get an 80 percent pdiscount on hunting and fishing plicenses. pthey can also get free pundergraduate tuition and pcommunity colleges. por state universities. pif they've been awarded purple pheart. preason why they ar

pfox 13's ken suarez is live for pus at the hillsborough county phealth department. pken, what is all this about? pwhy us? p>> well, you know all about a pcarries a zika virus. pcalled 80s. pwe have a whole lot of them punfortunately here in tampa bay. pa new report indicates tampa bay phot zone for that particular pspecies. pwe are a perfect environment for pthe species to prosper, and for opulation to grow. pin summer as you know t hot and pwet here. pthe report also indicates mo key pto can found in heavy pconcentration all along gulf pcoast and along the atlantic pcoast from miami to charleston. pto a lesser degree it shows up pas far north as new york and hilly. pbut the populations there are pnothing close to the population pright here in tampa bay. pso health officials have a phealth heads up for you this pyou have doing or hopefully have pbeen doing to protect yourself pagainst every mosquito born pdisease. pjust common sense stuff that you phear about every year you may or pmay not do. pso, you cover up, you use a roduct that may have deet in it por some oth

pfox 13's ken suarez is live for pus a polling place in brandon. phave you seen steady stream of pvoters if we know a lot of early pvoters a lot of mail-in votes. p>> you know, before when we were psupervisor of elections craig ptold us he expects a robust vote pcoming out today. pbecause, you know, an awful lot pof people did vote by mail he pstill expects so many people to pcome out this is such a hotly pcontested race. ptake look behind me now see sea pwhat's here. pfive and there's a car you can't psee, that is about the size of pit. pwe have seen very few people pcome out to this particular pvoting place. pthis polling place at this time. pnow it doesn't mean later in day pit won't become much heavier i pguess news there if you live in pyou have lots of room to vote. pyou can get in and get out that pwill be at size of itwhen you ptake look overall picture we're ptold that lots of people are pgoing to be coming out pthroughout the day. pif you are coming out to vote, lease take heed of these common psense tips we've giving you will pawe mornin

pas fox 13's ken suarez reports pthere are already three cases in phillsborough county and 71 pacross florida and we haven't peven hit the summer months yet. p>>> health officials are sending pout very simple message this pafternoon, but a very effective pone. pyou can protect yourself from pillness by taking certain recaution you heard them before pthis year zika especially pimportant you pay attention. p>> individually our message is eople need to protect pthemselves. pand our message is very simple. pdrain and cover. pdrain the standing water from panything in your yard or around pyour home. ick up trash. pany place where mosquito cass pbreed. pnew report tampa bay is hot zone pfor zika because we have so many pmow 62 tos that carry the pdisease. pthe species is called here's panother risk factor tampa bay is pa destination for so many people pfrom outside the country. pwhere zika is widespread. phealth officials say you really phave to pay attention to those recautions, there's little pchance that you would get zika pbut a possibility it could come phere. pyou could get it but it

pbut as fox 13's ken suarez rots ptheir jobs and destinations. p>> you know so many times during pa weather event like big storm pyou will hear the phrase, tampa pbay dodged bullet. pessentially that's what happened ptoday. pit all has to do with the skyway pbridge right back there. pyou can see it is clear as bell. pkind of looks like a chamber. pnot like that overnight. ptotally fogged in. ptake look at dramatic video. pthis was time lapse not real ptime. pso concern is fog was so heavy, pwere concerned commuter and fhp pwas concerned they might see pinstant replay of previous day. pthat day, the bridge was closed pfrom 6:00 a.m. in the morning puntil 1 in the afternoon. pthat is very, very unusual. prarely does that happen. pand that caused all kinds of roblems. pnumber one commuter were not pable to a get to their jobs or pwherever they had to go some pstuck on north side pinellas pside. pnafkt one 7-11 had parking lot pfull of cars. pso the concern was it was going pa row. pbut certainly looked like it was pgoing to happen at around 6:30 pdr

in south lakeland, ken suarez fox 13 news. ♪ >> tonight at 6:00 the days are getting longer and the temperaturesder but winter weather isn't over yet. the trouble starting in just a few hours that could make for a tricky morning commute. >>> and police say a burglar is targeting of all places local daycare centers. how he's getting in. ♪ >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. ♪ >>> first at 6:00 we're tracking winter weather. so you might want to start planning now much the snow will start falling in a few hours most of us will wake up to snow before we head out tomorrow morning. good evening to you. i'm lucy knoll. >> i'm iain page. it's going to be busy night for the fox 29 winter wet authority. let's get you right over to chief meteorologist scott williams. >> iain and lucy, right now we're looking alt ultimate doppler that snowfall is approaching our area. but most of what you see in maryland not making it to the ground because the atmosphere is relatively dry. however, moving a little farther to the west virginia have a, west virginia as well as ohio the weste

pbut you may need to put your hones and cameras away on beach pas fox 13's ken suarez rots your ictures could be life pthreatening to turtles. p>> so it is sea turtle nesting pseason coming in on the east pcoast right now. pcouple weeks from now and ptemperature goes up water ptemperature goes up you will see pthem on our beaches. pnow big message this year is do pnot take any selfies with sea pturtle do not take any pictures pof a sea turtle at night they pconfuse light from your cell hone with the moon. pthe moon is supposed to bring pthem back into the water. pwhen you start doing this all pthat puts them in potential pdanger. pnow let's go to somebody who pknows sea turtles inside and pout. pit bruno from sea turtle ptrackers how often do do you is pthis kind of thing occur. pevery night that we're out we phave to warn someone about the plights from a cell phone. pand it's so simple just leave it pin your pocket. plook at the just go online and pget pictures off-line. lease don't take live pictures pof sea turtles they are so cute pyes they are so cute. psometimes people get a littl

pas fox 13 ken suarez tells us olice happen to be patrolling ptime. p>> all they want to do take joy pmuch more serious than that. peight people hurt, including two pofficers, driver the stolen car, p25 years old, mid morning was in pvery critical condition. pst. pete tampa police as well inellas county sheriff office pdoing an undercover operation povernight to crackdown on stolen pvehicles. pthey were looking for vehicle pinvolved in the crash but pcouldn't find it. pit found them. p2 officers were driveing weston pcentral avenue, the car coming pnorth on 54th street. pwhen it smacked right into the pofficer's truck. pthey were not pursuing this pvehicle at all. pthey were looking for another pvehicle they've got a report of pthis check r. vehicle but never pcould fine it they were heading pdetectives were heading to panother spot known to drop pstolen vehicles off. pmid morning driver stolen war pwas taken away in critical pcondition. phis name jamal parker. p5 teens in car with him, one as pyoung as 15 years old. pall but one of them has had roble

pfox 13's ken suarez reports from pthe florida auto exchange pstadium in dunedin. p>> we understand the woman who pwas injured here was bloody when pshe was rushed off to bayfront pmedical center. pi believe she did not lose pconsciousness. pthat good thing but certainly a pwarning to all of us when you pcome to game not only watch pwhat's going on on the field, pbut also, watch what's going on pnext to and above. preally kind of a heads up for pall of us. pnow pam henderson and her phusband bill were sitting a few prose behind dug out when bat pshattered and fragment came phurdling towards her she was hit pin head. pher husband was rit in the pwrist. pover p>> orlando. pover the weekend eight-year-old pkid a very similar situation pvery close call landon pcunningham has an incredible pclose call when a batter loses plandons dad a former star high pschool baseball player has pdeflects that bat just in the pnick of time. pthis photo went viral you pcertainly may have seen it. pyou have to watch out for more pthan just bats, believe it or pnot 1750 foul balls people

pfox 13's ken suarez is in tampa pto explain what's behind this. p>> let me tell you something pthat you already know. pflorida is a really good place pto live. pand that's message veterans pflorida wants to get out. pveterans florida was formed palmost two years ago to lure ex pmilitary members nationwide pright here especially young pones. pwe already have a substantial pnumber of vets living in our parea. p1.6 million state-wide. pbut state says we want more. pso it's touting all things that pflorida has to offer. pbeautiful weather, that we all penjoy, vets get discounts on a plot of stuff. pjust some of the things they get pa 25 percent discount on padmission to florida state arks. pthey get an 80 percent discount pon hunting and fishing licenses. pthey also get free undergraduate ptuition a community colleges, or pstate universities if they've pbeen awarded a purple heart. pnow veterans is launching a pnational campaign so looking for pfolks all across the country. pbut it doesn't really have to plook that far. pthat's because we have places

pken suarez is live for us on pgood morning, ken. p>> hey, actually there's a lot pof sunshine going on, because pyou can actually see the bridge. pit wasn't like this couple hours pago it was covered by fog. pcharley how you doing? pare you foggy this morning? pwhat's up? palways until i have a couple pcups of coffee. pyes. pyou know famous dupont name pfamily made gun powder way back pwhen providing gun powder for pwar of 1812 and every skirmish pbeyond them and famous dupont pchemical company. pdid you know did you importants pat one duponts made cars. ptwo of them right here. pthat magazine published here in pst. petersburg. pcars and coffee a free event pthird saturday event of every pmonth. pwe'll tell you about these3 ((russell 2shot bw)) the fog is making for some amazing video-. but for the second day in a row traffic going pvideo traffic going over skyway pbridge ig being affected. pken suarez out there for day ptwo. pa lot better scene that than it pwas yesterday. pthankfully. p>> a lot better than it was pyesterday. plot