in rock hill, the search continues this afternoon for 26-year-old zachary lee reaves. officials with the south carolina department of corrections say reaves broke into a rock hill school and stole a gun and cash just hours after escaping from the catawba prerelease center just a week ago. deputies say the front door of the academy christian school was found shattered tuesday. school officials did not comment on why a gun was actually inside that building. reaves was serving an eight year sentence for second degree remains of a 13-year-old nicole lovell were found over the weekend three dayss after she disappeared from her blackburg, virginia, home. renovations are shutting down one area library for the month. richland library cooper will undergo renovations and while there is no temporary site for the location, richland library cooper is taking a role out on their learn freely bus. you can join their team for this active learning experience on tuesdays and thursdays through february. that's from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. or you can check it out on saturday from 9:00 in

fox 13's shayla reaves is also heading out there. she'll bring us a live update on the case, in our next half hour. 3 hillsborough county deputies are searching for a outside a hookah bar. and they just identified the person who died. they say 29 year old "manuel ortiz" was shot to death at the smokin bull bar , early saturday morning. investigators say a gunman opened fire on a crowd of people... killing ortiz and wounding three others. detectives are still searching for the shooter. 3 a man and a teenager are recovering from a shooting that happened at a hotel -- filled with visitors from out of town. 3 around 12-30 a-m, police were called out to the holiday inn express on 54th avenue north. there had been an argument at a birthday party. when officers arrived, they found 19-year-old octavius brown and 17-year-old demetrius crawford with bullet wounds. brown was taken to the bayfront medical center in crawford was treated at all of this was going on, several gymnastics teams visiting st. pete from out of the country were trying to

and fox 13's shayla reaves will give us a live update on the half hour. 3 3 in sarasota: the search is on for a driver that hit and killed a bicyclist. ((take vo)) 3 here's a picture of the mangled bike. the crash happened around 7:15 last night in the northbound lanes of u-s 301 between 6th and 8th streets. police say a driver hit the back of the to the hospital where he later died. his name has not been released. police are looking for a toyota with front end damage but they are still not sure what type of model it is. 3 in manatee county: police in palmetto are investigating the death of a man.. found with a gunshot wound. the body was found last night in an abandoned house on 12th street drive west. the victim is 21 year old collin mahoney. officers say they are investigating the case as a homicide. it was the eighth homicide in manatee county in the month of january. 3 in clearwater... the search for a missing boater *could resume this morning. according to clearwater police the man's wife husband had been missing since saturday night. she expressed concern that he may try to harm

including one on the howard frankland bridge fox 13's shayla reaves is there ... and vanessa is keeping an eye on how they will impact your commute. 3 high stakes after a death on the high court.. how the race for the white house has been changed by the loss of supreme court justice "antonin scalia." 3 and a child finds a gun under his house ... then pulls the trigger. coming up ... what happened next, and where police *think the gun came from. 3 3 introducing longhorn' s big, bold, steaks. the only way to make em' better was to make em' bigger. our new center cut 10 ounce filet. our perfectly seasoned 16 ounce t-bone. big, bold, steaks. only at longhorn steakhouse. you can' t fake steak. for lunch, try our steakhouse burger or any steakhouse lunch combo starting at $7. know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. know you can easily keep track of what you're putting away. and know you're budgeted for the great escape. 3 a deadly end to the holiday weekend ... p>>laur

fox 13's shayla reaves will much more on these scams... in a live report at 4-30. 3 in hillsborough county: two dangerous discoveries... on the same day. two students were arrested wednesday... for having guns. one was seen loading a handgun on a school bus... the other had a gun inside his car on campus. and a zero tolerance policy may have them both facing the same severe punihsment. 3 in the first case... tampa police got a call about a vague threat on the plant high school campus. the school went on a modified lockdown. during that time, tampa police officers went car to car, checking for threats. when they got to 18-year-old stratton patterson's car, they found a shotgun, ammo and a knife. not necessarily a surprise to those who know him. he's described as an "avid hunter." but to police and school officials -- what he did was against the law. patterson is now charged with two counts police found no connection between him and that *threat they were originally investigating. students we spoke with, feel sorry for paterson: 3 patterson'

and fox 13's shayla reaves is *live at the scene right now, with the latest.===(no shayla)======= not only did the 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 today in tampa: the race for the white house... comes right to our doorstep. republican frontrunner donald trump... is holding a rally at u-s-f. and he's sure to draw a huge crowd. still a *month away? fox 13's evan axelbank explains. 3 sophomore tyler dever is studying for the biggest show in republican politics."i can't wait to see the guy i am going to be voting for as president."grad student aria walsh-felz is prepping to protest."i do not agree with his statements, and i am an ally for everyone he is attacking."the trump show is very much in town."some of the kids who just walked by who are my friends they're going because they are excited." trump held a rally in south carolina thursday night, and even though more than a dozen other states will vote before our primary on march 15th. florida is the first winner-take-all state. a trump win would double as big blows to jeb bush and marco rubio. trump is already ahead in statewi

. >> reporter: eddie reaves, age 64, is a member of pastor dewitt's church.artner died two years ago after doctors at johns hopkins operated on her heart. >> from day one, before she even went in, i never liked 'em. because that's all they do is experiment, to me, on people >> reporter: reaves is equally skeptical of other baltimore hospitals. he spent much of his life addicted to drugs, and when his diabetes and asthma spiraled out of control, he would end up in the e.r. but even after he got off drugs and signed up for health insurance, reaves found the medical system was a maze of doctors who charged too much and didn't listen to him. >> when the doctor give me something that give me side effect, i don't take the medication. he said, 'why are you not taking it?' i said, 'cause it give me side effects.' and sometimes they think it's a big joke, but i ain't taking nothing that give me side effect. >> reporter: dr. samuel ross, the c.e.o. of bon secours, is well aware of his hospital's reputation in the neighborhood, and what it's going to take to earn people

reaves was serving an eight-year sentence for second-degree burglary. school officials didn't comment on why the gun was in the building. 3 more than 1 million low-income residents... in 21 states could soon lose their government food stamps... if they fail to meet work requirements... that began kicking in this month.the rule change in the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program... or snap... was triggered by the improving economy - unemployment. but it is raising concerns among the poor... social service providers... and food pantry workers... who fear an influx of hungry people.the provision applies to able-bodied adults... ages 18 through 49... who have no children or other dependents in their home. it requires them to work... volunteer... or attend education or job-training courses... at least 80 hours a month... 3 3 here is a reminder for you... you have a little less than an hour to enroll in health insurance for 2016... through the federal health insurance marketplace... the deadline is midnight tonight. free, expert help is available:

pshayla reaves, fox 13 news. p>>laura: thank you. pon other serious crashes we're pfollowing this morning. p>>vanessa: yeah. pquickly i did want to talk about pthe delays we're seeing over the phoward frankland bridge first of pall. pjust so you know, delays are pabout five minutes at this point pso it's not enough to detour you ponto another bridge but if this plingering into the busy part of prush hour, you'll likely take pthe gandy bridge. pwe'll keep you posted on that. pulmerton and feather sound, a ptruck is wrap around the pole. pit took awhile but crews got the pdriver ex tricated from the pvehicle. pby the way, eastbound lanes are pblocked. pthis is out at the port richey parea, pasco county, u.s. 19 in pthe area of ridge road. planes here have opened but this pinvolves a motorcyclist and a psemi. pwe're learning that the pcertainly a busy morning. pdon't like to start off with bad pnews. plet's get over to dave at this oint. p>>dave: 6:03 this morning and i pcan tell you this. pit's mild outside compare

pshayla reaves live along the pinterstate. pwe have a lot of drivers have pbeen looking forward to this pnews for quite a while now. p>>reporter: absolutely. pand that fourth lane is opening pahead of schedule. pyou're looking at some of those pconstruction crews finishing up pbehind me. pthe travel on i-275 northbound pwill continue to keep an eye on pit as we get more and more into pthat rush hour commute. pbut in the meantime, if you have ptravelled this stretch before, pwith some congestion in the past paround dale mabry highway, also phimes avenue. pwell, not anymore. pthat's according to a florida pdepartment of transportation pspokesperson. pi asked this morning what's the pmain change that drivers will psee if they're travelling this articular stretch today? pthey tell me in addition to less pcongestion, you'll also have pmore of a distance or a greater pdistance, more time to merge pfrom dale mabry and himes onto pi-275 northbound. pthese are some changes that you pwill experience if you're headed pout and about this

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us now from hillsborough county with everything voters need to know. 3 3 3 3 3 ((jen/dbx)) thanks shayla... thanks shayla... ((jen/dbx)) thanks 3 3 3 florida's python challenge is over... and wildlife officials say it was a big success. snake hunters caught *106 pythons. 3 bill booth's team turned out to be the big winners.... winning the title for longest and most snakes caught. check out this giant snake! booth won the grand prize of 3-thousand-dollars for catching this 15-foot python. it weighed in at nearly 125-pounds. all together.... the team wrangled up 33 pythons. that got them the top prize of 5- thousand dollars. not only did the hunt remove a lot of invasive snakes.... it also raised awareness. more than a thousand people from 29 different states took part in the hunt. 3 3 nasa astronaut scott kelly's "year in space" is coming to a close. in just back on earth's soil. 3 kelly now holds the title for the longest time spent by an american in space. he shared some final thoughts as he takes his last few orbits. 3 once kelly gets back on nasa will b

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us now, with more on this that should hopefully help 3 3 3 3 3 today in clearwater: the u-s coast guard will recognize four of its own guardsmen... with a medal for a *dozen boaters. 3 the mission happened back in october, in the waters between cuba and haiti... during hurricane joaquin. the 12 men were on a two hundred foot cargo ship that starting *sinking in the storm. they all abandoned it... and jumped on a life raft. a coast guard helicopter was able to hoist all the men to safety. the whole operation lasted about ten hours... as the storm churred up waves , up to *forty feet high. the four crewmembers will be honored with an "air metal", the second highest honor a guardsman can receive. 3 later today, space-x will try again to launch a falcon 9 rocket.. and successfully *land it on a barge in the ocean. the most recent attempt in january came close. the booster came down softly and reached the landing.. but one of the legs gave out... causing the booster to topple over and explode. the rocket will carry a communications satellite into orbit. the la

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us now from clearwater, with 3 more on this: 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 new this morning: a report from triple-a... that show just how *distracted drivers have become. 3 the report finds that 87 percent of people took part in at least *one risky behavior, while they were behind the wheel... in the past month. the behaviors include everything from speeding to getting drowsy, to not wearing a seatbelt. and the figure is about nine percent *higher than last year. more than 70 percent of drivers report talking on their phone... more says the findings show that even though most drivers *think they are good drivers, we *all have work to do. today in polk county: a meeting, over the future of our interstates. the group behind "tampa bay express" will present their plan to the county planning organization. "tampa bay express" is a plan to add express toll lanes to existing interstate routes. it would give drivers the choice to pay a toll... to get around a congested area. other cities are already using the system... including miami. 3 this plan would put toll lanes on 275

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us now , with the latest on the puppies health... and the good samaritan who came to their rescue. 3 3 3 3 developing in tallahassee today: another delay... for the death penalty. a man scheduled to die next week... has been given an indefinite stay of execution. the state supreme court says convicted killer michael until they figure out how to apply a u-s supreme court ruling that declared florida's death penalty system unconstitutional. 3 if the ruling is applied retroactively, it could mean that *everyone on florida's death row could have their sentences thrown out or commuted. that affects 390 inmates. and it all hinges on how the state supreme court handles the lambrix case. it could decide that lambrix is still condemned to die because he was sentenced *before the court invalidated the process. it could also decide to *reopen the sentencing for lambrix and all those other death row inmates. but some public defenders and legal experts say that would be incredibly expensive, impractical and also painful 3 a local case is also aff

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us live from "the falkenburg academy" , where this all happened, almost 24 hours ago. shaya? 3 3 3 making headlines in north florida: a tragedy in jacksonville... after a 22-month-old boy was shot and killed, during a drive-by shooting. and there is now a big reward, to find his killer. 3 the shooting happened on the city's east side friday was in a car with his mother and grandmother when someone shot at them. the boy was the only one hit. police dont' believe he was the intended target... they think the shooter meant to hit someone in the house the car was parked by. so far.. there have been no arrests.. 3 detectives have not released much so far... other than it was a white vehicle, with *several people inside. there is now a information that leads to an arrest. 3 detectives in central florida are also investigating a series of car burglaries. and it appears tourists were targeted. nearly 50 cars were ransacked at a hotel in the heart of the tourist district. it happneed at the country inn and suites on universal boulevard. cars at two other hotel lots

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us live from the pinellas county jail... with the latest on this. shayla? 3 3 3 3 pinellas county deputies are on a mission... to prevent traffic deaths. they're now targeting the highest *crash locations... with extra patrols. 3 the extra enforcement will focus on 18 locations along major thoroughfares in pinellas. they include most of gulf boulevard. two other locations are along us 19 between state road 580 ..... and curlew road and belcher roads. deputies say they'll be ticketing drivers failing to yield to pedestrians or bicyclists. they'll also ticket pedestrians who jump out in front of traffic. 3 the grant providing the overtime for the extra enforcement is coming from the florida department of transportation. 3 and check out this scary crash, for a garbage truck drove off a highway bridge... plunging dozens of feet to the road below. this was on i-95 near little havana. the truck fell one *hundred feet down to a parking lot--narrowly missing a rec center and a swimming pool. the driver actually *survived this. he was rushed to the hospital

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us live from the hard rock in tampa... which could be getting a *lot bigger: 3 3 3 3 3 today in tallahassee: a group of nfl players are seeking justice... for one of their own. 18 year old "devaughn darling" was a freshman linebacker at florida state back in 2001, when he collapsed and died during conditioning drills. earlier that practice, he complained of chest pains. but his family is *still waiting for the legislature to sign off on a settlement deal, on a wrongful death lawsuit they filed three years ago against the state. f-s-u agreed to pay the family two million dollars... but state law only allows the school to pay out 200 thousand. 3 the rest has to be awarded by the legislature through a claims bill. at least nine current or former nfl players are expected to join the family today, to help push for that settlement. the ceremony starts at 10-30 this morning. 3 today in tampa: a special job fair and tradeshow... for high school students. more than seven students will attend the show, being held at the amalie arena

at a friend's apartment. 3 ((jen fox-13's shayla reaves is live at the pinellas county jail right now... where huffman was taken overnight. shayla: how did they find her? 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 (jen monday morning was a very dangerous time on the roads... so many crashes... and it continued into the afternoon. in plant city, a motorcyclist was killed. troopers say: 26-year-old "william major" of zephyrhills was headed westbound on state road 39, just after three in the afternoon. according to authorities: he blew off the road. the bike went airborne, hit a chain-link fence, and wound-up in a retention pond. major died at the scene. 3 3 (walter) new this morning... pasco deputies are their way into a woman's hotel room--- in what they believe was a drug-related robbery. ((walter it happened early yesterday morning at the crystal inn off u-s 19 in holiday. police say 2 men knife... knocked on the door of a woman's room. when she answered... the men forced their way inside and ordered her to lie on the bed. deputies say they then demanded crack and pills. the 2 men took money from her purse... th

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us live... with more on what this means... and with more *rain coming today... ways we can protect ourselves from mosquitios. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 help is on the way... for abused animals in hillsborough county. the county is now taking steps to create an animal abuse *registry. 3 (walter/ the goal is to adopted out to someone who has been convicted of animal abuse or neglect. adopters would be required to register...or get fined. commissioners just voted 5-to-1 on the plan. attorney to create the registry. it will also go online, so animal adoption agencies and the public can access it. the database will include the offender's address so neighbors will know as well. marion, brevard, and alchua counties are working on similar registries. 3 the ride to school is getting a little easier for students in hillsborough county. "hart" is teaming up with the school district, to make it easier for middle and high school students to get around. 3 starting on march first, students can use their student i-d to get a *free ride on any har

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us live now from campus... with more on the big event. 3 if you want to go to friday's rally--good luck getting a ticket!we checked online and found all the free tickets reserved.that's close to 10- 3 the event is still days here, at the usf sundome. candidate donald trump is scheduled to speak friday night. students are already talking about it on campus. 3 (shayla)if you secured a seat need to know if you go. doors rally starts at 7 p.m. while you don't have to pay for for parking. it's 20 bucks a to event details, large vehicles will be subject to you'd like to learn more about the event...we'll link you to fox13news.com under the seen 3 3 developing this morning in polk county: a shoplifting bust... uncovers a much *bigger crime. 3 deputies say cindy mccloud and shawn holley of auburndale stole about ten circle k in lakeland. they sat in their car.... eating away.. when deputies showed up. deputies searched the car and hit a drug jackpot. plenty of meth, marijuana, and lots of drug parapharnalia.. deputies

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us live from gandy boulevard... with the 3 3 3 iif you're pinellas people coming into tampa or coming home, you'll be able to get up on the selmon extension and take it all te way to the expressway or to dale mabryor you can stay on gandy blvd and go to the shops ...coming back, you have the same 3 3 today in polk county: the search continues... for a new *superintendent. the school board is holding a workshop to talk about its next step. former superintendent kathyrn leroy resigned about a week and a half ago. leroy was *cleared of sexual harassment allegations, from one of her *male employees. he claims she created a hostile work environment. leroy later apologized and took responsiblity for her actions. the school board was getting ready to vote on whether to *fire her... when she quit. hernando county deputies just showed off a *huge drug bust on monday. during a two-day operation... deputies seized meth, marijuana, cocaine, mushrooms and hydrocodone pills. more than 40 people were arrested... and 56 tickets wer

fox 13's shayla reaves is live on clearwater beach right now... enjoying the *calm before the storm. 3 3 3 3 3 some happy news.. from the happiest place on earth. governor scott just celebrated florida's *record tourism numbers... at disney world. 3 during a visit to epcot - the governor announced that 105 million people visited florida in 2015. and he expects that number to go even higher this year. with mickey and minnie in tow, the governor said the average number of travel-related jobs in 2015 also hit a record high... with 1-point-2 million floridians working in the tourism industry. that's great news for the disney world resort.. 3 state officials expect as many as 115 million tourists the state is also predicting 100 *billion* dollars in visitor spending by 2020. 3 3 today in polk county: free help... for your finances. it's called polk's "prosperity day." 3 it's a community event to help low and moderate income residents get free access to some very important resources. everything from tax preparation to employment education and credit cou

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fox 13's shayla reaves joins us now from the fairgrounds, with more: 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 making headlines across florida: letters will be of central florida today. u-c-f says about 63 *thousand social security numbers were stolen, along with the names of current and former students and employees. the school first discovered the hack last month, but just announced it to the public this week. the fbi is now investigating the case. the f-b-i is also warning *other schools across the country... to be on alert for similar attacks. 3 3 a woman in seminole county is going through one *costly breakup. a judge just ordered her to pay her ex-boyfriend... almost three hundred *thousand dollars. and it's all because of a scratch-off ticket. 3 lynn poirier won a million dollars off that scratch off back in 2007. she was living with her boyfriend at the time -- howard browning. *he says he paid for the ticket, and they agreed to share the prize. but poirier had a different story. she claims they had previously broken up... and just ran into each other at the store. she also said *she paid for the ticke

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us now from tampa... to explain. 3 3 3 3 making headlines in south florida: a family in miami is pleading for help... finding the people who shot and killed... their 6-year-old son. 3 police say "king carter" was playing outside his miami apartment saturday afternoon when two men got out of a car and started shooting. carter got caught in the crossfire and later died at the hospital. carter's father and aunt made a public plea for justice on sunday. the community also held an anti-violence march. there is now a 25 *thousand reward for information leading to an arrest. police are looking for the two shooters... along with a third person who was driving them, in black 4-door sedan. 3 3 four people are facing charges on the east coast... after a food fight, got *way it happened at the "palm coast pizza" restaurant in palm coast. a customer got mad at the staff because they put cheese on her garlic knots.. they tried to give her money back.. but police said she threw a tip jar at them instead. then, police sa

and fox 13's shayla reaves is live out by the bridge now. shayla, do we know what happened yet? 3 3 3 making headlines across the state: a woman is now behind bars... in connection with the *murder of her father. 3 the orange county fire department found the body of "julian gresham" after going on a wellfare check, saturday night. his car and gun were both missing. on sunday morning, deputies found his daughter.... "tessie lynette gresham" and her boyfriend, "david charles buchan." they were both baker act-ed... and are now being called "persons of interest" in the case. the father's car... a beige taurus... is *still missing this morning, along with that gun. 3 3 officials in manatee county are working on a new way to curb non-emergency 9-1- 1 calls. they're actually hitting the road... *without an ambulance. 3 it's called a community paramedic program. it'll and a manager, who will go around in an s-u-v, pre-emptively helping patients who need help, but not in an ambulance. last year, manatee county had 46-thousand e- only 25-hundred were emergency transports. paramedics will

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fox 13's shayla reaves will much more on these scams... in a live report at the top of the hour. 3 3 this morning in tampa: a jury gets back to work... trying to decide if a woman is *guilty... of murdering a three-year-old boy. 3 they've been deliberating for two days and still no decision for "kara o'connell." prosecutors say the toddler suffered weeks of beatings and abuse. o'connel was dating the boy's father "justin garwacki." the father is *also facing murder charges but cut a deal with the state in exchange for his testimony against o'connell. the defense *blames the father for the murder. 3 3 making headlines around the state: wanna hang out with "harry potter" this year? the price... just went up. universal orlando just annnounced a new hike in ticket prices. 3 a one-day ticket to either universal studios or islands of adventure just jumped to 105 dollars a person. that's a three dollar increase. and a ticket for *both parks went up from 147 dollars... to 155. that combo ticket is the only way guests can use the "hogwarts express"

fox 13's shayla reaves is *live at the jail right now... with the latest.. 3 3 3 3 3 get 30% off every guest every ship in the caribbean but hurry, this offer won't last long come seek the royal caribbean book today at

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us live from the scene with the latest. 3 3 3 3 today in washington: the head of the u-s department of veterans affairs will meet with u-s-f president "judy genshaft" ... to talk about veteran issues. 3 the secretary's interest in u-s-f was sparked by the case of former student "clay allred." he was expelled from the school after he got arrested for threatening a gas station clerk and firing a gun in the air. allred is a former army green beret ... and his attorneys argued that he suffers from p-t-s-d and alcoholism. he was sentenced to two years of house arrest. but he only needed 17 credits to earn his bachelor's degree. judge gregory holder heads up a new veterans treatment court. he asked usf to give allred another chance... by taking online courses. 3 but the school says if a student is convicted of a felony they have to serve the *entire sentence, before reinstatement could even be considered. u-s-f has more veterans. in pinellas county: the search is on, for a person a large turkey vulture was just found shot in the shore acres neighborhood of st. p

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us now from seminole.. with more. 3 3 3 3 an update now on the fugitive caught in florida.. after *55 years* on the run. it looks like he doesn't have to run, anymore. 3 a parole board in ohio has decided to *release* 79- year-old frank freshwaters from custody. he vanished from a prison camp in columbus in 1959. he was serving time for manslaughter. freshwaters was found down in brevard county last year, and transported *back to ohio. his attorney told the parole board....freshwaters has lived a clean life and never forgot the accident that led to his case. freshwaters was speeding when he hit and killed a pedestrian. prosecutors and *family members of his victim were trying to stop the pardon. he is now expected to be 3 are you a music fan... looking for a job? then you might want to head to the midflorida credit union amphitheatre this weekend. tomorrow, it's holding a big job fair. they're looking to fill positions for the summer... in almost every area. it runs tomorrow from ten a-m to two p-m. if you

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us live from tampa, with more. 3 ) - heavy rains and storms pound florida roadways throughout the year and begin to compromise the asphalt, resulting in potholes. potholes are formed by water intrusion in the cracks of the asphalt. as a result, the material laid underneath the road softens causing weak spots to collapse under the weight of constant traffic. aaa cautions drivers to remain alert to avoid pothole damage and urges state and local governments to fully fund and prioritize road maintenance to reduce vehicle damage, repair costs and driver frustration. according to aaa's survey, pothole damage has cost u.s. motorist approximately 3 billion annually in vehicle repairs over the last five years. "this is definitely a concern," said montrae waiters, spokeswoman, aaa - the auto club group. "it's critical that state and local governments focus on road maintenance to reduce cost for motorists, but safety should be the number one concern. potholes can lead to car accidents when motorists are forced to swerve to avoid them leading to a crash with another ve

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ryan reaves is a live in lakeland right now to break it down. >> reporter: this is one of the planned parenthood operations in florida. this location does not offer abortions but they do offer a wide range of services for women.

fox 13's shayla reaves is *live in polk county right now with that story. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 and here's a 3

meanwhile, the search continues for 26-year-old zachary reaves tonight. he was serving eight years on a burglary conviction. police say he walked away from a facility in rock hill last week. and stole a gun. dangerous. if you have information on either of these two escaped inmates had call crime stoppers 188-crime sc. >>> bond has now been set in connection with a fatal crash in lexington county. a judge sat a $100,000 bond for 21-year-old darius sitton. if he makes bond, he has to live with his parent and have had no conduct with the family. the wreck happened just after 4:30 this morning. near the lexington industrial park. investigators say a car was crashed into another vehicle. leaving one person dead. troopers continue to investigate. >>> in sumtmt, a brother and sister behind bars after being linked to a december shooting. they're identified as 18-year- old william span and 21-year- old nakia span. he's been charged with attempted murder in connection with a case back on december 29th. she's being charged of harboring a fugitive. both being held at

pshayla reaves is getting a first plook. pgood morning. p>>reporter: hi. pgood morning to you, russell and plaura. pmore elevated lanes are on the pway and the dollars have already pbeen approved. pi'll tell you what it means (vo) making the most out of every mile. that's why i got a subaru impreza. love. p>>dave: do you know what? pit is warmer, muggier than plook at this shot of tampa as pwe're looking east and toward pthe sun up which will be, by the pway, at 7:01. pjust a few more days we'll get pthe sun up before 7:00. pwe had 65 degrees at tampa. pthat's a big difference from pyesterday. pcoolest i have for you is 59. pagain, 65 being warmest. pforecast can easily get us back pto the 70s today. pheads up this afternoon. pthrough. p but the best rain chance could pbe tomorrow morning. pmid-morning or so, some pthunderstorms as well. pwe'll discuss that in a few pminutes. p>>vanessa: see you again. pa new crash coming to us out of pmyakka city. pit's state road 70. peastbound lane blockage in that parea so at the very least, pyou'll want to plan extra

pshayla reaves is covering that pstory. p>>reporter: good morning to you. p90 years old and she's also a pwinner of a florida lottery pjackpot. pshe purchased a ticket right phere in seminole. pi'll have her story straight pahead. plet's check in with dave. pmake sure you have a jacket on, pfolks. pit's cool outside. pit's interesting. palong the coast, a little cloud pcover, 60 degrees from the psirata beach camera. plook at the difference. pas you go to lakeland, and it's p43 with clear skies so inland, pyou're much colder than along pthe coast. plooks like temperatures for the pmost part, low to mid 60s today. pbig warmup early next p>>dave: here is a look at the ptornado that hit the town of pwaverly, virginia the other day. pthis is cell phone video and you pcan see the twister in the pdistance as it tore eight to 10 pmile path of destruction. pit left four people dead and at pthe governor declaring a state pof emergency. pthis whole area, virginia, north pcarolina, it was well advertised pthat they had severe weather pcome in and problem is, you pdon'

pshayla reaves is live for us at pthe election service center on pfaulkenburg road. pvoting begins today, right? p>>reporter: yes. pwe're just a few hours away from pearly voting for both phillsborough and polk counties. pright now i'm here at the pelections service center and pthis is just one of 15 locations pwhere voters can vote early here pin hillsborough county. pnow, nine locations will be popening up in polk county in a pfew hours as well and no matter pwhere you plan to vote, whether pit's in hillsborough, polk or pany of the other locations popening up on march 5, there are pa few details that you need to pknow if you plan to participate pin early voting. pyou must already be registered pto vote. pto change your party paffiliation. pthe florida primary is a closed rimary. pthat means you must already be pregistered as a democrat or pregistered as a republican to articipate. pif you plan to vote early, you pshould bring two forms of pidentification, including your psignature and a photo. psome examples of accepted pidentification include your pdriver's licen

fox 13's shayla reaves is *live in tampa, with the story: every ship in the caribbean but hurry, this offer won't last long come seek the royal caribbean book today at 1-800-royalcaribbean. 3 3

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pshayla reaves reports, she's pgetting ready to face a judge pfor this latest case. p>>reporter: right now allison phuffman is being held in the inellas county jail. pshe's facing a charge for pleaving the scene involving pdeath and we learned it's a tip pthat led to her behind bars. plet me take you back to the pscene. pright now you are looking at psome video captured there of the romenade apartments less than pfive miles from the pinellas pcounty jail. psomeone alerted police just pafter 9:00 last night. pofficers arrived at the complex pand held huffman until florida phighway patrol can take her into pcustody. pthe arrest came hours after pinvestigators found the damaged pvehicle registered to huffman in ptampa hotel. pauthorities tell us she is psuspected of loafing the scene pof a hit and run crash. pone that left a tow truck poperator dead and his customers pshaken. pnow that tow truck operator has pbeen identified as 43-year-old pbirato. phe leaves behind a wife and pdaughter. paccording to fhp, huffman may phave taken a cab to seminole phard rock casino afte

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pas shayla reaves shows us what phappened. p>>reporter: a deputy pulled over pa bradenton two suspects. pyou're looking at the scene pshortly after the suspect's parrest. pinvestigators searched the car pand worked to collect evidence. pthey have not said if any pweapons have been recovered but pif you just can imagine, you're ptravelling down the road, you phear the sound of gun fire and a pbullet strikes your car. pthat's what palmetto police say phappened just before 7:00 in the pmorning to the people inside pthis car. pit happened not far away from pnow fortunately, they didn't get phurt. pthe victims continued on into pbradenton where they're stopped pat a gas station and called olice. pauthorities issued a be on the plookout alert for the suspect's pvehicle. pa manatee county sheriff's pdeputy spotted a short time plater near the airport. pdeputies were able to stop that pvehicle, take the suspect into pcustody and at this point, the pcase is still under pinvestigation. pwe'll continue to keep you osted as we learn more.