lauren rozyla has been trying to get answers from the school district. >> reporter: many of the homeless that live in the park have packed up and gone back to the shelter for the night. during the day, the girl has to walk past them almost a mile to the bus stop. she is terrified to do it but feels she has no choice. 13-year-old ania francis is picked up at this bus stop every day. too afraid to walk home alone. >> reporter: that's because more than a dozen homeless live in the park and have approached her twice. >> do you all see this. >> imagine what it would be for a 13-year-old walking. >> reporter: for more than a pinellas schools to change >> trying to get help as well as call you all. i'm trying to get help. i'm trying to get the transportation department to realize and understand the seriousness of this. safe. phyllis is most frustrated that pass near her home, >> there is 414 going by. that also goes to her school. >> reporter: after we contacted pinellas schools, phyllis says transportation leaders finally started calling her back. >> it's almost been a year and a half. >> repo

lauren rozyla is live outside of cambridge christian from the group that governs high school sports here in florida. lauren. >> reporter: that's right. the students and administrators right here at cambridge christian say they just want to be able to pray over the loud speaker before a high school football game. however, they say that the state has denied them that right. the players at cambridge christian school were ready after an undefeated season they were going to the citrus bowl in orlando. the lancers were playing another christian school and hoped to carry on their tradition of a prayer said over the loud speaker before the game. >> we thank you so much for this beautiful evening for football. >> reporter: but they said that florida high school leaders >> when we were told that we couldn't pray, we were just like why? >> reporter: kicker jacob ends said they felt the state was sending them a loud, clear message. >> prayer is wrong. that was something that as high school football players we couldn't really understand. >> it was frustrating. it hurt. we were upset about it. but we

live in bartow tonight, lauren rozyla, abc action news. >> a sarasota man in serious trouble tonight after deputies say he stole $47,000 worth of fentanyl from a pharmacy. investigators say he swiped 12 boxes which contained a total of 288 doses of fentanyl spray. deputies say after he was caught, he admitted to the theft. >>> a mother and daughter are attacked inside their home deputies say the 53-year-old brutally attacked his ex- girlfriend and her mother in the silver thorn community. both women are expected to survive. he was captured and charged with home invasion robbery and two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. neighbors say this opens up security concerns. >> what is lacking? how did this person get in? what do we need to do to make this a safer environment? >> just about half an hour, some of those concerns may be answered. there will be a community meeting with the shave at 6:30. we reached out to the company that owns silver thorn for a response but have not had any return phone calls. >>> tonight serious concerns at a bay area hospital after a man kills

lauren rozyla, abc action news. >> now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> how are you doing, everybody? this morning the coldest morning of the season for some folks. upper 20s across the northern counties. no rain to speak of. and temperatures have slowly warmed back up into the 60s. low 70s this time of year. tomorrow, i this i with he get back there as we see temperatures about where we should be in the lower 70s for afternoon highs. tonight, skies will be partly cloudy to clear. but the winds will railroad coming -- are already coming around. we will see temperatures warmer tomorrow morning. don't get me wrong. we're not talking freezing. with temperatures downtown expected to dip into the upper 0s. low to mid-40s up north. no threat of a freeze tonight. but by the weekend, it's back. we will talk about that weekend forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> developing right now, a professor at kent state university in ohio is under fbi investigation for potential ties to isis. abc's kenneth motin has the latest from washington tonight. >> report

the now lauren rozyla is outside of the sheriff's office with the efforts that they're trying to save lives. lauren. >> reporter: deputies at the sheriff's office says it's as simple as picking up the phone and calling 911. it was those actions that helped a deputy save a life at the brink of death. sarasota deputy jimmy adams recently responded to a 911 call. a person was suffering an overdose and was near death. >> reporter: through quick thinking. >> to inject, please block end on the outer thigh. >> reporter: he opened the airways. >> five, four, three, two, one. injection complete. >> reporter: sheriffs deputies says that adams saved that person's life. so did the person who called 911. >> we can't help if they're not notified. if someone is not calling 911, we're not able to utilize something like that. >> reporter: heroin overdose deaths are down from 24 a month in july to 4 in january. they say people shouldn't be afraid to call on a drug overdose because florida law protects people from low level overdose. >> we really do work as a team. >> reporter: first step of sarasota ru