just umpire is and poke for now. -- umpire is and polk for now -- just sumter and polk for now. all of this is evolving. going. this environment down here, not as worked over. you get these individual cells out ahead of it. again, it's these individual cells that have been showing signs of spinning. rolling right into polk county, and then they'll head towards the attractions, disney, kissimmee, celebration, we'll be watching you, too, over county. so we have a lot of time to stay with you and watch these, but that's the general path up to the northeast. you can see a track over toward winter haven, and this one at 28. this is the cell here that did produce a confirmed tornado, structural damage over towards sarasota, as that came on shore. units are still responding to that in sarasota. a lot of scanner chatter about structural damage. we're watching out for the storms both south and north of it, as well. >> yeah, to let you know, brian, there is apparently a confirmed tornado on the ground right now, with that particular storm that you were just talking about. so, again, centr

pingel eventual winning by fall for south east polk. and finally the 220 class featuring taylor bain from ankeny and 2015 state champion ethan anderson from southeast polk, anderson finishes it off with the pin on taylor making this the third pin of the night for southeast polk. the rams roll over ankeny 62-6 jon: an overtime loss jon: an overtime loss tuesday night to texas confirmed this iowa state team needs some improvements on the defensive end of the floor. while everyone program may be letting doubt creep into their minds. the same isn't true for this team. but they're not afraid to admit how important a win saturday is to getting them back on course for the remainder of the season. " we've got a good group and obviously everybody's down right now. i'm not that's not my job to get down it's not these kids job to get down. it's our job is to go and play this game the best we possibly can. believe me it's hurts me more than anybody. i understand the expecations i understand who i'm replacing i understand what everybody wants here a

let's go ahead and look here at polk county. for those in lakeland, say heading into ybor city or downtown tampa, a wonderful drive on i-4 by the polk parkway. as you can see, very light trafficking for right now. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> he lost his life protecting our country and now that he's back home, he is moving mountains. >>> coming up, find out what one iraq war vet is doing to protect his community. it's 4:50. you're watching news channel 8 >>> on iraq war veteran in nebraska is giving back to the same community that gave him so much during his struggles. >> and he is doing in a way. he found a way to hook up a snow blade the to the sidewalks. and now every snow fall he has seen plowing along. he just wants the community to have a safe way of getting around. parents to, you know, slip or have to go through the snow and possibly hurt themselves. >> he explains the community has been there for him during some of his toughest feats like his recent amputation

abc action news reporter adam weiner joined a group of teachers from polk county for the trip. we'll get to that story in a moment. first, i'm getting word that we're going to go live to polk county, now where sheriff grady jud is about to address the media on a triple murder from last week in lakeland. let's listen in. >>> -- executed. they were shot in the head at close range. the fourth person was shot in the head, more specifically, the face and left for dead. only he didn't die. it was, i believe at that time and our preliminary information substantiates they were here to collect a drug debt, that this was an organized hit, that they didn't intend to leave anyone in the house alive. here's what we know. at about 6:44 a.m. on the 6th, these suspects, two of which we're about to talk of, two of at least four were at the residence or orchestrated the event. they went in, there was conversation, went from conversation to one of our victims saying "but i paid uncle, i paid him" to he heard a beating, a fight, then gunshots. now, you would think at the end of the gunshots that t

at the polk county sheriff's office and the chief and his widow tina. and we expect to hear the suspect's name and see his photo for the first time. the murder was in august t he was going to his car to work and someone pulled a gun and shot him multiple time. he died in his driveway there was a reward of $20,000. he was married to the love of his life for 23 years a long with the details, we expect to hear a motive. was this an attempted break-in. did the suspect and the victim know each other? those are questions that i'll be asking the sheriff this morning. and he'll be here at 10:00 for the announcement. we'll drive stream it on our website. watch it as it happens on abcactionnews.com. >>> a missing boy from sanford has been found and he is safe. this missing child alert was sent out. many of you have been help in he was found safe in a wooded area. >>> a man arrested for killing a florida woman in italy said that he was there and had a fight with her but he never intended to kill her. when he left, she was alive. olson suffered two skull fractures

polk did not choose that route. and one of the reasons he does not choose that route, i think it is easier for somebody to say, i was attacked. i have nothing to do with this. i am just defending myself by taking over all of the north mexico. part of this is, again, presidents putting forces in harm's way, or acting without prior approval in ways that certainly test the notion of congressional oversight. because how is congress going to deny the right to go to war, if the u.s. has been attacked? you know, the mexican-american war is a case where you have a declaration of war. what else to congress have done? that would be unlikely, harrison? harrison: in regards to the reasons to go to war, i think 9/11 is an excellent reason for war. 3000 people dead. the problem can we do not wage it on the right people. i don't even know if there was a right people. but it is not just the media. you know, we put them there anyway. so, what is the difference? i think like, i think it is more than just a military thing. of course,

but the dynamics are best in polk, osceola and brevard county. that's why we have a close eye not only for a severe warning, but the rotation potential in that area. temperatures in the 60s it's pretty cool out there, but it's about to get a lot cooler. look at these winds, 15-25- miles per hour. sustained. those will change into a northwest wind as soon as the front pushing through at mid- day, today, noon. that's when we will see the temperatures crash. we'll stay in the 60s and see 50s by early afternoon and rapidly approach the 40s as we move into overnight. as we push this through to 8:00, you can see a few we have another two hours here where we will be looking at the severe threat and continue to push a few showers out of our direction. by noon, everything will be clear and you will see an actually beautiful sunday afternoon after a hectic start. once we move into the afternoon, sunshine will return, but we'll be looking at a brisk northwest wind, 15- miles per hour, helping our temperatures push into the 40s by this evening. very gusty wi

@polk county south until 9 a.m. @temperatures haven't warmed @because either it is cloudy or @foggy. @still at 63 in tampa. @65 in st. pete. @57 in bartow, but polk county @south may pack 0. @expanding out, rain first and @cooler air moving in by sunday @night and a lead edge @night and a lead edge of ana a @rctic blast. @4 below in bismarck. @23 in kansas city. @mild air across the southeast. @give it a good 48 hours and @you will see the changes early @in the week. @high clouds. @jet stream energy to the west. @the central gulf, showers and @embedded storms. @look at this disturbance, how @quickly it raced through new @orleans. @it is weakening now. @not the rain headed our way it @what in the gulf that the @radar can't quite see. @our sky tower radar is dry. @here are the embedded @thunderstorm that we will be @watching to move into the gulf @waters probably by 3:00. @thunder and lightning in the @mix as well, so we are not @just talking showers today but @at least a few thunderstorms. @and few of these could pac

thomas and polk. i think the problem that you are coming across here is that you are treating the american having one collective idea of what need to be done. ofre it is a multitude opinions and ideas that everyone that areerson has different than everyone else's. i guess they can't handle the because it is not really for a president to unitying motive usides something like an versus them scenario. >> one could argue it is the president's job to educate. to explain and educate. the president would say i know you don't understand this. it is really not any reason you should have understood this. it wasn't a place far, far away a differentwho seek language and so i'm going to you what american interest are. we'll see if congress will that.d to i'll let opinion makers respond. i'm going to educate you. make a decision. i'm going to ask you to do this. i'm going to explain to you why think this is a course of action to pursue. >> i agree that's something that should have happened that hasn't been happenin

let's eck the drive along i- 4, around the polk parkway. you can see all clear here, up to speed in both directions. if you're heading out the door now, this is how long it's going to take to get to the tampa area. 22 minutes, from county line road, 15 minutes from county line road to 75, and 8 minutes from 75 to 275. checking your drive times on the veterans expressway now, where all the construction from overnight has cleared, all in the green. 17 minutes from 54 to 275. 12 minutes from van dyke to 275. and if you're starting off at just six minutes to get to 275. >>> 5:32. one of the most shared stories on our facebook page this morning is the recent firing of head coach lovie smith. many of you and players are saying they are surprised and disappointed by the firing. adam winer is at bucs headquarters. we should hear a lot more about this from bucs management a little later today. >> reporter: that's right. so far all we've heard from the bucs is a statement from joel glazier saying he's thankful to smith for his time but also disappoin

the advisory does not include polk county. the overcast skies will finally give way to precipitation tomorrow as highs top out in the low-to-mid 30s. nikki also coming up on local five news at 10.... snowzilla is leaving the country, but not before it dropped record setting snow... up and down the east coast. nikki then...video of a special needs student pressed up against the windows of a des moines public school bus. a bus driver and an assistant fired after the incident. nikki but first, a metro woman found dead in her home early this morning. now police are ruling it a homicide. " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" nikki: dead in her des moines home early this morning. tonight, police are investigating it as a homicide.... good evening. i'm nikki davidson. this is the metro's the first homicide of the year . and while there aren't many details on what happened right now, police are saying she was killed violently. nikki: local five's jacob peklo has more in tonights big story. jacob peklo, weareiowa.com: "th

another piece of snow in dallas county and southern polk and warren county. the windchill early on is about 2 above. a few morning flurries, zero temperature. we could gust tomorrow, and the general trend is to head down -- especially as we head into tomorrow evening. snow moved on through again, most location saw under an inch. a bit more and northwestern iowa , 3-4 inches. more blowing snow, this is the snow that will creep through southern iowa later tonight. the high builds in from northern canada, strong winds in between. if you are traveling, there will be a secondary lull that will bring heavy snow to wisconsin and illinois. here is futurecast. snow moving in, some flurries into saturday. another little band of snow will move through southeastern iowa tomorrow midmorning, this will be very light. the clouds solely thin, setting us up for a very cold saturday. lot of sunshine, but it will be the kind of day or you look outside and don't want to go out. it will be terribly cold. dipping down into the teens, snow in most locations, less than an inch. nort

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 messing up on the street. >> reporter: then there's the virtual reality simulators. or even just approaching a seemingly harmless citizen but it's never how it seems. [sound of gunfire] >> we hop this building encourages people to pursue this career. of in public safety and helping keep the public safe. >> reporter: the college president says as many as 200 cadets and mare med. graduate every year and most land jobs in your community training in a top notch facility and in turn making your neighborhood safer. >> state of the art only 1 i know of in the state of florida like this. >> that was ryan raiche. >>> there was a new netflix documentary man

here's i-4 around the polk parkway. and a great drive on, the parkway itself. to speed as well as the courtney campbell causeway. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> a cruiseship delayed by mother nature gets back on track. heavy fog kept the ship from coming into port tampa bay on time. and that caused problems for the passengers trying to get on the ship and off as well. >> 8 on your side's ryan hughs is live at the port this morning. and passengers who were supposed to leave yesterday are wake up in tampa this morning. >> reporter: gayle, gene, good morning. the ship was late coming back yesterday. good news, you can see it behind me this morning so that meant yesterday's trip was pushed back until today. that also meant some people spent an extra half day onboard until the ship docked here late last night. and the carnival paradise was supposed to turn around yesterday afternoon and head out the sea for a four-day cruise with all new passengers. and now those pas

formerly known as polk county crime stoppers. teases are done! getting fit three ways to get resolution off to a good start. and, the biggest hurdles standing in the way of success. "every single year more than 30,000 americans have their lives cut short by guns." president obama lays out his plan to combat gun violence. what he wants to change and the emotional moment during this morning's event. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. i'm megan reuther. president barack obama got emotional this morning during a white house event announcing executive action to fight gun violence. president obama choked up as he talked about the lives lost because of it. and from every family who never thought they're loved one would taken from there lives from a gun...pause.. every time i think about those kids, it makes me mad. the plan focuses on expanding background checks on gun sales, providing stricter enforcement on current gun laws, adding more funding towards mental illness treatment, and improving gun safety technology. obama defended his initiati

and highlands county, eastern polk county, later. and that's when i expect the stronger storms between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00. we could see strong gusty wind, and behind the system, windy and chilly for saturday, and even light rain possible. but sunny, still cool for sunday. let's check on traffic on the 8s. a few wet roads but the worst is still coming toward us. >> yeah. fortunately won't be during rush hour. going to lunch, that's probably -- >> maybe stay in for lunch. >> that's a good idea. bring your lunch today. >>> well look at this, so much for no delays. starting to see some delays southbound 275 at i-4. i told you i would keep an eye on the crash as it drops. and look at this now. what's going on here, they're only letting one lane get through, maybe two now as i speak. and you can see that the right lanes are taken away. this is southbound 275, folk, and it's right near i-4 as you move into the junction. and they've got part of this blocked off with cars here. at this point, only the left lane is getting by. and that is sta

we talked about nixon, polk. but they are not standing alone in this regard. -- the one of the things notion that the 20th century brought about a substantially y, while presidency there is a change, we have talked about some of those things. but issues presidents have faith, have always faced them. the problems of, before. that tookout wars place not a formal declaration, starts with the beginning of the republic. george washington's wars against native american tribes, all the way down to wounded knee. presidents do not go in ask permission, can we go to war against the sioux, apache? theoretically, the war against the apache in the southwest, they were the longest american military engagement -- in terms of a hot war -- in american history. we do not really list those as wars, we think about wars. john quincy adams, a quasi-war against the french. he consult with congress, people were aware of it. but there is no declaration of war. thomas jefferson, barbary pirates, no declaration of war against the pirates.

jon: southeast polk has moved to 13-0 in dual matches. they're ranked number one and showing why they will make a great push for another team dual title come february. tonight they host 12th ranked waukee. start out the night at138 with zach barnes of sep taking on parker clay from waukee. barnes with a thento finishes things off with a pin scoring the first points for southeast polk. up to 145 southeast polk's gunner jorgenson vs waukee's brock parker. jorgenson eventually pin parker scoring the second pin of the night for the rams putting them up 12-0 jumping to the 160 class grant brown from waukee facing off against thad breitsprecker from southeast polk. brown showing his strength by getting the first takedown in the first period. brown would strike again later in the matchup targeting the leg-- scoring yet another takedown. brown would win this one by decision. rams take the duel though-- 47 to 24. jon/3shot we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at 10. james: weather adlib: put minimal or no accumulation expected. p

the altoona area in eastern polk polk county, be aware. there will be extra officers out watching you. the officers will be paying special attention to impaired drivers. this crackdown is a joint exercise between the central iowa task force and the governor's traffic safety bureau. two people are recovering after they were shot last night in the marshall county town of rhodes. deputies found 74-year-old richard jones and 69-year-old ilene jones suffering from gunshot wounds from a small-caliber handgun. investigators believe the two were hit when the gun went off, as it was being cleaned. the joneses suffered non-life threatening injuries. cynthia: today is no weather to be out on a boat. but it may be the perfect weather to be inside to think about it. the des moines boat and sports show underway at the varied industries building at the iowa state fairgrounds. and in addition to boats, the show also features atvs, as well as hunting and fishing demonstrations. the show runs through sunday. a gloomy day. why doctors say it's also leading t

another ranked matchup sees number eight valley at number nine southeast polk.. rams lead it at the break... shea fuller for three back comes sep's casey stuart.. she had a great night.. stuart..from way downtown.. rams smelling feeling it too.. she splashes a three... fuller trying to keep valley in it.. she hits it from downtown.. but sep too downtown.. but sep too much..abby penquite.. with the bucket.. and stuart finishes with thirty-five points! and sep downs valley 74-60.. jon: over to ankeny we go they were hosting dowling in the early game of the night. dowling up 20 plus after a half. to open up the second we go to anna wanek who drains the triple. then the becca hittner show begins. the jumper from the free throw line falls in. but meghan trimble comes right back and stretches the twine with a trey of her own. 22 point game. but on the fast break-- hitter the nice move to avoid the defender she kisses it off the window and in. go hittner to marin daniel back to hittner and the lay up-- silky smooth for the maroons. ankeny though showing some fight even

jon: north polk hosting cmb. in the early grant rampton with the steal and he's going to finish with the lay up. home team not brett haun in the corner, takes it baseline, and scores it. he had thirteen in the first quarter alone. stay in it. brad ritter gets it. takes his time. and puts in the hook. north polk wins 60 to 42. jon/2bam we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at 10. james: weather adlib: tonight we are going with a low in the low sunshine, then partly to mostly cloudy skies with a high in the lower 30s. sunday still looks very nice with highs in the mid to upper 30s with overcast skies. i'm expecting light rain/snow mix on monday morning, then switching over to light afternoon and evening snow. strong winds will kick up and blowing snow is very likely so drive safe that day. temperatures will slump into the upper 20s until next wednesday, but after that we look to grab a warming trend and 40s may finally creep back into the state. stephanie: jack: thank you for spending your time wit

. >>> storms moving through lakeland and starting to pick up rain around polk city. the heaviest part is moments away. i will track the storms that remain and bobby deskins will are heading into and how much snow might fall and where is the blizzard headed >> be sure to put "10 news" sunday morning on your much watch -- must watch list. this week you will learn a doctor. we will look at what is happening in your we stop arthritis pain, so you don't have to stop. because you believe in go. onward. today's the day. carpe diem. 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. the first is fast. we g ive you your day back. it is up to you. like our facebook page. all next week we give out a word of the day. the winner will receive two passes to the sprint fans on at the daytona 500. >>> look at the rain coming down here. you can't see very far at all. typically you would be looking out over the bay. these are pictures sent in. you probably have seen some of these heavy downpours across the bay area. there are really heavy winds out there. jim van fleet our chief meteoro

josh thomas joins us live in polk county with the latest. >> reporter: while the suspects in that triple murder are still at large tonight, the sheriff's office is telling us video captured by a nearby business may be the key to tracking down those suspects. the murders of flee people in a lakeland -- three people in a home earlier this week shocked the area. it's left investigators looking for the suspect who is committed the violent crime. now polk county sheriff grady jud is asking for the public's help in identifying this white van. >> we have a graph, a video clip of that van leaving the area of magnolia street. and we believe at this point in time, that is our suspect vehicle. >> reporter: while the van has distinctive markings, investigators cannot make out the wording on it, which is making it more difficult to solve this crime. >> the language is somewhat blurred. you can see that there's clear indications and marks. someone can look and say oh, i xyz business. >> reporter: the lone survivor of the shootings is helping investigators. he told him three men had caribbean accents a

we are also seeing these problems on i-26 in henderson county and polk county. there are a few wrecks scattered along i-26 in henderson county, and i-26 eastbound is actually columbus because a dot truck is stuck out there. and there are some big problems cover over in west asheville, sand hill road is closed at shell bourne because of downed lines. a car slid off the roadway here and pit a hower pole. there is no word when the road will reopen but avoid that slot if you have to head out or live in that area this morning. remember, we have all these problem areas listed on our web site on wlos.com. just go to the traffic page. that's a look at your on-time traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse computer >>holly: buncombe county and henderson county are under a state of emergency now. >>jay: lauren brigman is live from the west gate shopping center. what does that mean for people? >>lauren: ultimately, stay at home if you can. emergency crews are needing extra hands to come in and provide assistance for all of these power outages and things tof that nat

this will be moving into polk county as well. and we have more activity out in the gulf, so even nor pinellas county and downtown tampa, we're not done yet. you can see the showers and the storms offshore and they will be moving through the area over the next hour to two. so we're going to see yet another round. and 6:46 and tampa right around 7:02. i'll be back with more on the radar and when do we expect to dry out and when we will see the cooler temperatures a busy tampa bay area. tammy? >> a rot to stay on top of. you can check the storm tracker on the go with our free app. search and down load wtsp from your device's app store. >>> powerball fever reaches an all-time high as the jackpot smashes all records a whopping $900 million is up for grabs tonight. it is the nation's largest ever jackpot. and we are live at a convenience store for us in st. petersburg where people are snatching up the tickets like there is no tomorrow a lot of people want to know how can they get a better shot at winning. >> reporter: first of all, you

meade in polk county down through southern manatee county. no lightning, no thunder, nothing severe. this line is passing off to the southeast and it will exit highlands county right around 10:00 this morning. could one of these little showers develop a possibility but the majority is off to our south. throughout the morning mostly cloudy, spotty showers south, temperatures in the 60s. this afternoon remaining cloudy. kind of a gloomy day for the most part. those showers will exit, temperatures not really going anywhere, remaining in the candace. >> bryan, thank you very much . >>> right now if you're waking up and checking your lottery ticket we have some bad news for you, no one matched all six numbers in the powerball jackpot which means the prize rolls over once again for the 19th time since november. mary mcguire is live from our tampa news center. there's a silver lining for those thousands of lotto players at home with their tickets this morning. >> reporter: look on the bright side. you have another chance at becoming a billionaire on

pbut we still have some storms pover into polk county. pbut as you watch the trend, pwatch the beginning of the loop, pwe've got stronger storms right pthere. pthen as it pushes on towards the peast you can see how much that phas weakened in just the past phalf an hour still have heavy prain in between bartow and lake pwales over in extreme eastern olk county moving over towards porlando. pand then just some lighter pshowers across i-4. pdown to our south, really pstarting to see lot of this pbreaking apart. pbut over the past few minutes, pwatching another little band of psome showers kind of predeveloping in, so over towards pbradenton down towards sarasota pyou'll see some light to pmoderate rain. pheavier showers now pushing over ptowards arcadia as well. pyou might see some gusts and psome of those down towards parcadia. pthat light to some cases psome heavier storms over towards porlando. pwe had that one tornado warning pover towards new smyrna beach pjust before noon. pthat moved off shore. pthat warning was cancelled. pno confirm

. >> neighbors of this polk county couple in shock. the extreme measures they are accused of using to punish their daughter. i'm wendy ryan. >> a child's hands ducked tape together. a couple charged with child abuse for going overboard on punishment. >> ryan raiche is live from the neighborhood with reaction from a friend who actually lives with them. ryan. >> reporter: we've been talking to a lot of parents today. and this is very upsetting. sick ening to many of them. this appears to be a classic case of child discipline, morphing into abuse. they apparently crossed the line, disciplining their kids. let them be prodded into polk county sheriff investigators say ashley and sanchez were at their wits end dealing with their row dekid. their 10-year-old became unruly at this warehouse where they worked as contractors for the ledger. a witness saw the child with duck tape around her wrist and mouth. that's just the beginning. >> as we interviewed the children and the parents, we discovered she was also tased on her behind as a discipline

this is pushing into the eastern portions of polk county. and then further to the south, we are still tracking some heavy rain around arcade ya. we have a little bit of rain still offshore that could move into pinellas county. so the threats, while the severe threat has started to drop, that pretty much we are seeing rain, the atmosphere has been destabilized. we could have some lightning. a lot of us can see some rain, the hail threat nearly at zero for today. some gusty wind still possible. and that tornado threat low for the rest of this evening. as well. temperatures are holding steady in the upper 60s near 70 at tampa. as we take a step back, you can really see some chilly air that has moved in across the central portions of the u.s. 5 in rapid city. two in bismarck. two in minneapolis, and this cold air is moving in our direction. there is a large high that is built in with the cold air. we are tracking a cold front just off to our west right now. that is what the storms are out ahead of. so, the rain will continue to push inland after

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 the road, be sure to send me an e-mail. i'm your road warrior. all you have to do is e-mail me -- ashley. >> >> thanks, hillly, roadways are looking great this morning because we are not seeing rain on them, weather-wise, we are off to a nice start we have much mother comfortable temperatures. not needing as many layers. 57 in saint pete. holding onto 49 crystal river. most of the area -- the direction will be important, especially as the day goes on. more out of the east where they are, now from the south east later today. that will be largely responsible for warming up these temperatures quickly through the morning. what is not so much is abundant sunshine. by 10:00 or 11:00, we start to see it thicken up. breaks, not going to be ove

in fact, here's a look at the polk parkway. and now out of view and what you didn't see is a collision by the eastern entrance of the polk parkway but it's off to the side of the roadway. traffic looks like this all the way through polk county. check out travel times on the veterans expressway. state road 54 to ehrlich road, an eight minute road. and then ehrlich to 275, you see it get busy, that's still only 10 minutes, folks. . and then the skyway bridge and howard franklin very much up to speed. back to gene and gayle. >> thanks. >>> breaking news overnight. a motorcyclist is fighting for his life after he slammed right into the side of a pinellas county sheriff's officer's car. this happened on the 6000 block of martin luther king street north in st. petersburg. that's where we find news channel 8's adrienne pedersen this morning. somehow the motorcyclist doing? >> reporter: we know he has life-threatening injuries and i still want to know what hospital he is so i can get more informationing for. as soon as i do, i will let

in polk county court. a man charged with killing his daughter will stand trial joe lopez is charged with first degree murder and child endangerment. officers arrested lopez in december of 20-14. it came one month after 20 month old ruby alvarez was hospitalized, and later died. police say lopez and his girlfriend told them the baby fell and hurt herself. but experts say there is now way a fall could fracture her skull and break her ribs. the trial is set to begin at 9 a-m in polk county court. a des moines restaurant is preparing to reopen after it went up in flames... a kitchen fire forced "a dong" on high street to close last august. it caused extensive damage, requiring a complete renovation of the restaurant. and five months later, owners are almost ready to show off their work. customers say they can't wait to get inside... we come usually every tuesday morning and have a bite. we're coming back. we'll be here the first day. say their food will taste the same. an effort to clean up iowa's rivers could

>> a polk county woman dies in a hit and run. now almost a year later investigators make an arrest in the case. >> murder mystery solved. how an old grudge ends with a beloved softball coach gunned down in his driveway. >>> good evening. cate. >> i'm jennifer leigh. >>> right now crews are work ing to clean up major storm damage in desoto residents in arcadia were dealing with winds close to 65 miles per hour. check out the damage in venice. you can see the roof of that strip mall torn right off. if there's any good news it's that no one was injured. >> but we are not out of the woods just get. there's another chance for strong storms tomorrow. we have team coverage starting with paul mueller in sarasota county. night filling up dumpster after dumpster taking them 12 hours to clean up what mother nature left behind in minutes. >> as nightfalls on tamiami trail crews continue clean up. >> the winds started blowing up and it just went boom. >> around 11:00 a.m. the metal part of roof went flying. >> you're thinking? >> what happene

southeast polk goes on to win 74-60. >> we came back hard. she finishes really well. >> we knew this was a big game for us and we came together, got the right shot for our team, and it helped our game. >> southeast polk is 10-2, the squirrel abides. >> more girls hoops last night, johnston was ranked number one last week until they got the by mason city. last night, taking on ames. johnston would answer, rachel henders dialing long-distance. johnston would win this one comfortably, 86-46, dragons back in the win column. i will tell you what dowling has , one of the best players of the state, just showing off last night. a crossover pull-up jumper, knocks it home. ankeny pretty good last night as well. megan trumbull, but back to the hintner show. get it ahead to her and transition, and back up, finishes for the lay in. dowling wins 78-39 over ankeny. women's college hoops last night, drake beat indiana state. those teams will play the opposite teams coming up on sunday. pro wrestling night and the iowa energy, they knocked off grand rapids 11

southeast polk's nathan lendt ranked number 2 at 126. it's a first period pin. southeast polk wins the dual,we may doln 6 oi lfist aff gen3 are ml, utihusn efe egotnht the drug and insurance companies spent millions against her... ...but hillary didn't quit until eight million children got health care. i've never been called a quitter and i won't quit on you. she's got what it takes to do the toughest job in the world. 's great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. yeah, that's not working. i much prefer the two-day beard, horn-rimmed glasses, just-slept-in-his-car kinda thing. yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. okay. be "paul giamatti." that's the essence of this role. feel like a hollywood insider with high-speed internet from centurylink.

reporting in polk county. abc10. >>> friends and family are trying to keep the memory of their grandmother alive. they held a vigil in honor of cheryl ratkins. detectives say she was an innocent bystanders. watkins would have turned 59 on monday. asking anyone out there with >>> even though she is not here i still want to celebrate her life. today i want somebody to get up and say a memory they have had of ms. cheryl. whoever it is wrong, talk to the detectives. we need justice for my mom. >> you have taken an angel for earth but we have another one in heaven. you didn't win. >> tampa police and the atf are investigating the murder and offering $5000 reward for tips leading top arrest and crimestoppers is also offering a $3000 reward. >>> now, the most accurate weather team in florida, abc10 action weather. >>> meteorologist bill logan joins us. we saw heavy rain but will it be a dryer sunday? >> dryer but gray and the really cold weather sets in. we actually have a report of a tornado in cape coral just a but

and then farther into eastern polk and highlands county, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. after that, the storms exit. although while they're here we could see strong storms and then gusty wind, much colder tonight. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well on the howard franklin bridge, we had an accident. cleared. and now a new crash to worry right as you get to i-4. you can see, we have a couple vehicles, emergency vehicles out there. looks like two of the lanes are take anway here. and traffic is getting by because it's very light right now. not seeing a lot of vehicles out here but northbound nonetheless, two lanes blocked.

>>> one person died in a senior living facility in polk county. why the fire chief said it was so tough to fight the flames. >> >> sunshine after a very cold >> reporter: a patrol deputy driving around the neighborhood when he saw a group of people crowding around. gunshot, ran inside and saw the woman. >> a small memorial outside of a bar where seminole county deputies say a woman was found. patrol deputy heard the shot and ran in to help, but the shooter disappeared and the victim, 36-year-old, died. >> right before noon, investigators told us they are following strong leads, but they want anyone to come forward that might have information to help them find the killer. we also tried to talk to several people out here to get more information, but no one wanted to talk. as soon as we get any new information about the hunt for the killer, we'll let you know, >> >> polk county investigators trying to figure out what sparked a fire at a senior lakeland firefighters say one julie is live at the scene, julie, some neighbors saw the fire and called 9-1-

southeast polk wins the dual, we may have a new number one in state. across town, on the hardwood, it's a clash of the catholics. dowling and xavier. maroons in the first half on a high note, marin daniel's three ball is on point. it's 30-11. second half, dowling fast break anna wanek pulls up, and knocks down the jumper. 26 point lead. becca hittner, not even fair. it's all maroons 63-23. first it was two, then three, then all of a sudden the chiefs won 11- straight. and it looks like that's where it will end. kansas city runs into tom brady and the patriots. before we go tonight... some metro kids got to compete in a candy contest while learning valuable life skills in the process.... 11:50:51:18-11:51:00:02 "it's a club for boys and girls it's kind of like camp fire but more old fashioned though..you can come and do crafts and learn to build fires and it's really fun." camp fire heart of iowa hosted this year's candy sale kick off sale at merle hay mall. it is a local youth non profit that serves youth in grades k through 12th... this years competit

call the polk county sheriffs office. 3 polk deputies are also looking for *this man... accused of ripping off more than 21-thousand-dollars from a family. he is 42-year-old david larson. deputies say larson was hired back in june to remodel a living room, bathroom... and resurface a swimming pool. but he never finished... and what he *did finish was sub-standard. larson now faces charges of grand theft, fraud and contracting without a license. 3 today in st. pete: more talk about the future of the tampa bay rays. mayor rick kriseman is expected to release a written version of his new deal with the rays, and it could come up, during today's city council meeting. the council... with it's *new councilmembers. kriseman has presented the plan before... but he didn't have enough votes. the new councilmembers are expected to be in *favor of the deal. the plan would let the rays explore stadium locations in pinellas *and hillsborough county... for a fee.(( 3 if the plan is presented today, it could be up for an initial *vote by the council, as soon as next thursday. and if that

and a live looking for by the polk parkway. fantastic between each entrance of the parkway, 11 minute commute. u.s. 19 looks great. looking at nine minutes on the commute. further to the north up in new port richey, looks great. and st. pete, 19 is up to speed as well. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene. >> thank you. >>> it's 5:10. it's your chance to win lion king tickets, almost. we are giving away a family all you have to do is watch from 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. once you see the announcement, be the eighth caller to win tickets to the broadway show disney's the lion king. great show for families. good luck to you. >>> thousands of baby strollers are under recall. >> important information for parents about the potential danger. >>> and bill cosby wins in court. coming up, the decision a judge made in connection to accusations the comedian drugged and assaulted women. >>> and then love bugs are back. still ahead, why these loving pests are returning earlier than normal. it's 5:11 on this friday morning and

it does not include pinellas county, but all of polk county, eastern hillsborough, polk county, you will have to scrape ice off your windshield this morning. so wear layers when you do that by the way. it warms up quickly. 59 at noon. 67, comfortable at 3:00 p.m., it is not comfortable right now. 34 in lakeland, below freezing. 39 in tampa. and my weather watcher in crystal beach near the water, 37 degrees. so the long range forecast. aquick warmup. tomorrow even warmer. and a few more clouds around as i wait on this cold front to push through here. so a lot of rain on wednesday, but this or area of low pressure has to cross through on thursday. chance then and it dries out in time for a gorgeous gasparilla saturday. traffic on the 8s. >>> first of all, i'm going to start for our friends in the sun coast area. on -- i-75 the state road, you're looking at a good commute. and the cortney campbell causeway we have a hit-and-run accident, one person has life- threatening injuries. an investigation is going on. here is the thing, you can use the front. >>> road which is right beyond, and as t

looking at the rest of polk county, you can see polk parkway quiet at 52 miles per hour. state road 60 very good, as well. sarasota, manatee county drive times for you since there are no accidents. u.s. 41 southbound is taking 19 to university. 301 going northbound or southbound is taking 22 minutes from i-75 and ellington to fruitville road. we are seeing a lot of clouds on our sky 10 cameras. it is not really fog. cameras. rain-wise we are rain-free. sometimes you can get a sprinkle that will be hard to pick up on the radar. don't look for much. fog is more likely. especially sarasota southward. right now we have visibility around half a mile in the venice area. basically we'll be looking at that fog from venice southward all the way across when we get over towards the part of i-75 that turns off towards the east. notice three mile visibility in lakeland, plant city is four miles visibility. it is okay. that shot you saw if you are up on the 50th floor, you may have fog that's actually cloud cover. all of that gray is cloud cover. it is wide-spread this morning. it will

these are some of the things cadets will train on at the new polk county and polk state college center for public safety. it just opened up in winterhaven. ryan raiche was there a swat team members tested it out for the first time. >> reporter: after more than four years of planning and construction and $30 million later, the training has come to life. the polk state college center for public safety is ready for action. >> this is for the public safety of every single citizen >>reporter: this 100,000 square- foot facility marks a new error -- era. complete with a streetscape that can be manipulated into any scenario imaginal. here, a swat team is invading an office building to rescue hostages. training officers can observe from above and move falls into any layout they choose. >> you can force them to have stress, and push them in a little bit in a controlled environment so they don't have to worry about stressing -- messing up on the street. >> and a test for your reactions approaching a seemingly harmless citizen or an attacker but it's never how it seems. >> we hope this building en

. >> >> polk county, construction polk state college is college has offers. >> >> reporter: for mons, monica has been looking for a job, with not much luck the problem, lack of qualify indications. >> alot of the jobs were construction and they needed this certification. >> reporter: the mother of two said it has been tough. her fortune may be taking a turn. >> i have to get lear, i have to do what i have to do. >> lawson, part of the college's manufacturing construction certificate program. through the department of labor grant, the college provides the course free of charge. >> it's a win, win if you are not working, its a way to pick up the certification. >> during the six week training session, participants receive in class training and here in the lab. hands on. one they complete the program college connects them with local employ years an they are guaranteed interviews. >> they can put them to work right away. >> reporter: this is the break lawson has been looking for. confident pretty soon she will be earning a paycheck. >> it will feel like a 17 or 18- year-old when you are yo

the advisory does not include polk county. the overcast skies will finally give way to precipitation tomorrow as highs top out in the low-to-mid 30s. central iowa will likely see the precipitation fall as freezing drizzle freezing drizzle will turn into rain late morning and then into a mix in the afternoon. eventually everything will switch over to snow and the winds will really ramp up. low snow accumulations are expected. northwestern iowa could see 1" to 2", the metro currently looks to stay under an inch, and snow amounts continue to lessen to the precip looks to fall winds will be out of the nw gusting to 20mph, so there will be snow likely on the roadways. freezing drizzle will also add to the dangerous driving conditions during the commute home from work or up to ames for the big game. drive slow and be safe! enjoy your sunday evening! warmer thoughts many central iowans continuing to celebrate some good news today after the ragbrai route was announced last night. the nearly 420 mile trip starts in glenwood and ends in

polk county not looking too bad. this is an accident reported on i-4 eastbound on polk parkway. u.s. 301 and 41 through downtown sarasota is getting heavy. over to you. >> thank you very much. >>> a live look downtown st. pete. if you are head this morning on a jog or walk bundle up. grab the camera. >>> we are on top of a breaking story from iran. all ten u.s. navy sailors have been released. they were on a u.s. ship getting medical checks this morning. nine men and one woman were taken into custody after their ship broke down and drifted into iran's waters. >>>. it is chilly heading out. you'll probably need a jacket. >> definitely. we are looking at readings in the 40s close to 50 this morning. look at your afternoon planner. good news, by this afternoon we'll add 20 degrees to this and sunshine. tonight it will be cool but not as cold. this morning the coldest morning. then we are done with that. then we are tracking potential for storms late thursday through friday. >> starting to see delays out there. heaviest drive times is on the veterans expressway. 23 minutes is your d

we spoke -- we will speak with the polk county sheriff about afternoon. sanchez is being held on no bond probation. jason: new at noon, a judge says a medical examiner during the trial of a tall man accused of using -- of a deltona man accused of using -- killing his wife and children. defense is testimony from the medical examiner about how the victims died is speculative found. luis toledo says -- the state is also asking to introduce a domestic violence incident in which toledo confronted his wife the day before prosecutors say the family was murdered. the judge has not ruled on the event. the trial is set for january 19. a 19-year-old accused of a bloody attacks on in ormond beach couple will be in court. michael phillips was arrested. they say he stabbed shelley and adam phillips. phillips broke into the couple' s home and stabbed the woman in the living room. police say philip' s was stabbed when he came in. michelle: the man stabbed is in critical condition. michael phillips is accused of two counts of attended murder. we will tell you more first a

the pilot was taken to the hospital with >>> a man is being extradited to polk county to face charges of lewd conduct. joshua austin met the girl in a chat room and mailed her sex toys and other items. her father found the items and ordered her to stop. he then called detectives. >>> polk county investigators are hoping this surveillance triple murder. detectives believe three suspects may have fled in this white commercial van. if you recognize the van call the sheriff's office. >>> in hillsborough county the driver of an suv continues to recover after crashing saturday morning along fletcher avenue. a honda accord crossed over the head-on. the driver of the honda died. crash investigators are trying to determine what caused this driver to lose >>> police in vancouver, canada are searching for a man they say doused dozens of syrian refugees saturday night at a welcome event. a man on a bike road past and pepper sprayed the group. paramedics treated as many as 30 men and children and women for pepper spray. >>> in italy an unexpected act of kindness. the founder of a plastics company

polk county your speeds are looking good on polk parkway and i-4. no major issues there. sarasota and manatee county is quiet. you can see your drive time at 13 minutes from university down to i-275. this rain is not helping the morning commute. we are hearing of flooding out there. heavy rain including this one we are tracking in pasco county. the heaviest producing intense rainfall rates. i'll put a tracker on this. 6:23 in dixie. spring lake 6:28. we are tracking other showers working through polk, eastern polk especially and heavy rain. we'll see the clearing on the back end of this here shortly. we are tracking another round that is developing in the gulf of mexico. it looks like around 10:00 a.m. we keep adding to the rainfall totals. peter knight airport picking up an inch and a third. in st. petersburg we are loaded with moisture in the atmosphere. part of the reason our temperatures are so warm. where we are all in the 60s. 48 hours ago we were seeing numbers in the 30s. future cast brings this back through. we'll see a few light sprinkles time to time. 7:00 to 9