it happened at the russell county career and technology center. it was reported by the public schools superintndent. following the investigation ... police found the firearm belonged to russell county school board member charles collins. police say the students found the gun inside collins' car. the two minors are charged with possession of a firearm on school property. new tonight at 11 ... three virginia businesses are helping protect virginia state police k-9's. the businesses donated money ... to provide state-of-the-art k-9 vests for three state police teams. the new vests have increased life-saving protection ... and are more lightweight ... so the k-9's can wear them throughout the entire shift. so far this year ... 4 police have been killed in shootings. virginia state police says the donation will help better serve communities ... while helping keep their partners safe. virginia tech leaders are taking strides to make the campus more diverse. today ... students involved with black men excellence network hosted the "uplifitng black men con

are shaded in blue, the winter storm warnings in northern montgomery, frederick, howard, and russell counties. satellite radar, you can see the rain beginning to spread over the mid-atlantic. right now, everything is falling as rain. a little further towards the west and you have a mixture of rain, sleet, and snow. looking for things to eventually change over to snow during the day tomorrow. the latest computer models have moisture a little bit lower and temperatures trending higher. that means less snow. 1-3 inches for the d.c. metro. we will look at the full forecast in just a few minutes. alison: road crews are getting ready for the snow. of winterst burst weather expected to hit us at the worst possible time. tom roussey is live with more on the preparations tonight. tom: we are here in silver spring in a state highway administration lot and many of the trucks are loaded with salt and ready to go. if they need more salt, look to the right. it looks like they have plenty. we were out on the roads. here is video. they have been pretreating major roads earlier today in the state of maryland

this happened at the russell county career and tech center on february 2nd. the 22-caliber pistol belonged to a school the students found the gun in his car, which was brought in to be worked on. authorities say they handled the gun and pointed it at another student. in neighboring west virginia, senate lawmakers approved a bill to let those 21 and older carry concealed guns without permits or training. right now, it's legal in west virginia to openly carry a gun without a permit. people 18 to 20 would need a permit and training with live firing. this new legislation requires at least one more house vote. west virginia's governor vetoed a smiliar bill last year over safety concerns from law enforcement. the process of moving two former slaves homes on the greenfield plantation in botetourt county is set to begin tomorrow. one home is set to be moved tomorrow morning between 9 a.m. and noon. the second will be moved this thursday, weather permitting. the relocation will cause a change in traffic patterns in the area, and some restrictions. you can read more on

get right to a major project beginning today in the southwest on rainbow between sunset and russell. the county is going to widen the direction and then cut down the center and install flood control facilities. overnight, traffic will be down to one lane in each direction. during the day, you'll start seeing two lanes in each direction. > that's a look at the roads... back to you./// ((kirsten joyce)) > it's been a year since a las vegas mother was shot and killed... while teaching her teen daughter how to drive. ((brian loftus)) the i-team's george knapp sits down with the meyers family... to talk about where things stand loftus)) now, a year at > bob meyers/tammy meyers husband: 10:40:10 i don't have a wife anymore, you know, when you're with somebody for 25 years........ 40:29 you wake up to that person that person everyday and they're not there, its rough 40:36 bob meyers was out of state on a business trip when he received a garbled phone call about his wife being shot....he raced back to las vegas, driving 100 miles per hour, unable to get solid information for most of the drive. george:

. >> reporter: we are live tonight russell -- in orange county, ty russell channel 9 news. >>> walter ambrose was arrested for raping a girl at knife point. ambrose previously charged in orange, and daytona beach counties, and bond is more than $15,000. >>> volusia county deputies found a man's body near a budget in inn of i-4. the medical examiner's office is scheduled too conduct an autopsy tomorrow -- to conduct an autopsy tomorrow. >>> two people are dead after a rollover crash on u.s. 1 near harper road. troopers say a driver lost control and rolled over on to the median. a driver going the other way pulled over to help. hit and killed the good samaritan. there's no word on whether the drivers will face any charges. >>> with less than two hours before the iowa caucuses, the race is too close to predict. hillary clinton has a slight advantage with democrats, as donald trump leads the republican field. the latest polls show donald trump is once again the g.o.p. front runner. today, his entire family getting involved in their rallies. >> he will be unbelievable, the best deal maker,

that time to we've learned two western part of the state are was found on school property. the russell county career and tech center on february 2nd. the 22-caliber pistol belonged to a school board member. the students found the gun in his car, which was brought in to be worked on. authorities say they handled the gun and pointed it at another student. leaders in danville decided against privatizing the water plant in the city. the danville utilities commission looked at proposals from two different companies yesterday afternoon. water department leaders say going private has its benefits and they wanted to make sure costs are kept as low treatment plant was made private in 1998. yesterday, the commission decided against the sale. it was a packed house at the northside high school auditorium, expressed their concerns nearly a week after a threat against the school. media post, there was an increased police presense at the school. classes were not canceled, because police could not verify the threats. some parents say they didn't find out until the day after the threat was made, or found out

p>>russell: sarasota county psheriff's deputy caught a driver pgoing the wrong way on i-75 pmonday. pthe camera catches the driver pidentified as brian flurry pspeeding by the deputy on the pshoulder. phe drove at least six miles in pthe wrong direction at speeds up pto 70 miles an hour. pwhen officers caught up with phim, his blod alcohol was .28. p3 1/2 times the legal limit. phe was arrested, now faces a plong list of charges. pwow. p>>laura: hillsborough deputies parrested a 13-year-old after pthey say he went on a 90 minute pcrime spree. pthe teen is accused of breaking pinto a daycare and stealing the pkeys to a van. pthey say he drove the van to a pcell phone store, climbed onto pthe roof and tried to break in. pthe owner and his brothers plocked in the van, chased him pto the daycare and stole a psecond van. pauthorities tried to catch up to phim but he briefly escaped pduring a low speed pursuit. pthe van crashed into progress pvillage. pthey say that's when deputies -- pdeputies say, rather, that's pwhen the 13-year-old stole a pbicycle. pdeputies tracked him down and he p

russell: true. phow safe are our bridges? pa new report is out and one pbridge in hillsborough county p>>laura: and we have so much pmore from the daytona pexpressway. pjennifer epstein is on a mission pto find a driver. p>>russell: this hour? p>>laura: maybe. psee who she's able to track pdown. pbroke through come into steak 'n shake for hand-dipped milkshakes. better yet, come into steak 'n shake for hand-dipped milkshakes r r at half-price during r half-price happier hour, p weekdays, now two to five at steak 'n shake. the four dollar menu at steak 'n shake. featuring handcrafted steakburgers, all-beef footlongs and fresh guacamole made from scratch. the four dollar menu, where all at steak 'n shake. 3 ((russell- a **bummer getting to th p>>russell: a bummer getting to pthe sand and surf. pexpect bumper to bumper traffic. pthe issue is expected to cause a pbig headache for beach goers pthis weekend. lus -- p>> a tourist helicopter crashes pinto pearl harbor. pwe'll show you the incredible,

future view model gives the canton area more snow and let's switch to the live scan in geauga county. russell township, newbury. auburn along 422. beachwood, garfield heights and parma heavy snow clearing out of downtown. we have heavier snow shower tracking across the lakeshore approaching lakewood and moving to downtown cleveland in the next half hour. winds about 10 to 15 miles an hour. it will be a windy night and wind chills drop it down to 4 in mansfield. still above zero. eventually that will drop below zero. here we go. earlier today, that was the heavy band of snow that came through and caused all of those accidents, a quick 1 to 2 inches of snow that came down in a hurry. we are getting additional moisture off lake michigan as well. we are still in that northwest we have to keep the lake-effect going and looks like additional 1 to 4 inches. at 10:00 this band moving across the canton, wayne county richland and ashland county and northwest wind snow showers continue and by tomorrow morning it will start to break up a little bit here. i don't think we will see as much tomorrow. if tha

p>>russell: polk county now, pdetectives caught the person presponsible for killing clark. pthey say it's his girlfriend who pshot him. pshe's facing a murder charge. pthe motive still a mystery. pcrime. pwe're told that clark's children p>>laura: there are three new pcases of zika virus in floor pmore and they are all pregnant pwomen. pto protect their privacy, the pthey live. pthe total number of cases in pflorida is now at 32. pthat includes three in pall of them got the cases from a pmosquito bite while travelling pout of the country. psame system that hit the bay parea has killed seven people. p>>russell: four in virginia, two pin louisiana, one in pmississippi. psome of the damage from the pstorm here in florida. pthis is charlotte county. pthe harbor height area that's pnear port charlotte. pa suntrust bank in that area off pstate road 776 and u.s. 41 also phad damage. ieces of the roof were blown poff. pno one here hurt. p>>laura: and then video from ensacola. pincredibly no one got seriously phurt after a tornado hit there ptuesday night as you can see. pup. pthe t

p>>russell: hernando county two eople are accused of running a pscam. pthey say the pair told them some pstories to get work paving pdriveways. pdetectives think the number of pvictims in hernando may climb to pcases in hillsborough and pasco. p>>laura: two high school pstudents are facing charges for pa shooting at the holiday inn pexpress on 54th avenue north in pst. petersburg. p18-year-old shawn mc gee is pfacing aggravated assault pcharges while 16-year-old pcharles jones faces attempted pmurder charges. pwe're not showing his mug shot pbecause of his age. pboth boys attend armwood high pschool in tampa. pshooting sunday morning sent two eople to the hospital. pthey're both expected to be pokay. p>>russell: parents, teachers and pstudents gathered in highlands pcounty after the sexting scandal psent shock waves. pit involves students at lake lacid. pthe principal says at least 20 pgirls sent nude pictures, one peven shot a video. pgraphic images were shared among pboys and girls and put on social pmedia pmedia. pthe principal reminded parents pthat

we are live right now in volusia county, ty russell, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> more breaking news right now happening in orlando. a man has been arrested in connection with that fatal shooting at a nightclub but was able to bond out of jail. right now this afternoon he has been rearrested and detectives have taken another man into custody too all connected to the same shooting at glitz ultra lounge which field sutton is live at the sheriff's office. have detectives said why they made these arrests? >> reporter: they have not. this is all fresh. neither have been booked into the orange county jail. i'm waiting to find out what kind of break led to those arrests. it's clear that the police got two arrest warrants and served them. 21-year-old luis nazario is being charged with attempted first degree murder, aggravated battery and assault with a firearm, shooting into the building and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. 23-year-old jose lopez just got rearrested for the same charges. all this started on february 7th at 1:00 in the morning at glitz nightclub on universal bou

county. >> ty russell, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> we're following breaking news that could effect your drive home tonight in orange county. part of colonial drive part of highway 50 is shut down in both directions because of a serious crash near the 520 interchange. orange county fire rescue said some people were trap in the wreckage. three people were rushed to the hospital, one by helicopter. no word on what caused the crash. >>> police are not saying why they arrested these two men in their 20s at an orlando night includes. bounded of out jail in a heroin case. 10 days ago two men were killed, 10 others wounded at the glitz ultra lounge. we have a reporter working to get more answers. >>> the lock down at st. cloud high school was lifted. for the past two hours we told you the school was placed on a lock down because of a threat posted on social media and recent fights on campus. >>> we're getting a better idea of where friends and neighbors believe an orlando mother may have abandoned her newborn. >> it's been four days since she gave birth to baby willow. we have team coverage in

p>>russell: pasco county pauthorities are searching for a pfugitive they say tried to run pover the deputies. pwilliams is wanted on multiple pfelony charges and now attempted phomicide. pdeputies were trying to arrest pcar in reverse and drove towards pa deputy. pdeputy was not hit. pother deputies shot at his tires pand he still got away. phe's driving a light purple pinfiniti. p>>laura: coast guard is psearching lake okeechobee for a pmissing couple from manatee pcounty. pjohn ross and his wife diana pwere last seen riding an air pboat on saturday. pan empty boat was found pyesterday near the northeast psection of the lake. pwe don't know if that boat pbelongs to the missing couple. p>>russell: and clearwater police pwant to find this man. pthey say he followed a p6-year-old girl into a bathroom pstall at the countryside mall pand tried to hold her down, even ptried putting his hand over her pmouth. pdidn't work. pher screaming made him stop and phe ran away. olice think the man was with ptwo women before the attack and pthey want to talk to him as pwell. pthe little girl is okay. p>>laur

live in orange county, ty russell, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> right now, crews are searching by boat along the brevard county shoreline for a professional bushmen who disappeared yesterday. 38-year-old lloyd chamberlain left portcanaveral yesterday morning and was supposed to be back right dusk. sky witness 9 was over indian harbour beach where his boat turned up. the coast guard says it is still hopeful that chamberlain will be found alive. crews will be back in the sky searching at dawn. >>> breaking now, a silver airlines flight was grounded after the engine caught fire while at the gate. go to tallahassee with 11 noticed flames around 8:00 the fire was put out, no one was injured. the incident did not interrupt airport operations. >>> tonight, fhp says tips are left a jogger dead. it happened on satellite west cocoa. troopers say 39-year-old jason rodiguier was taking a jog when he was struck. they believe it was a white chrysler but there are no witnesses. >> hit and run crashes across florida have gotten so bad that data shows the number of people dying from a hit and run is eq

this is on route is just past russell road in fairfax county if you know the area. all the southbound lanes are blocked at the height of rush of delays if you are going through the area. five people have been sent to the hospital. some of them with serious injuries we're told. our sam sweeney is on the way to the scene on mobiletrak7. as soon as he checks in we will get an update on route 1. in the meantime, d.c. public service commission rejected the proposed pepco-exelon merger but in doing so they did leave open the point of the eventual approval. they said if a series of conditions are met, two of the three commissioners would approve the nearly $7 billion deal. >> it doesn't fit and it is not in our favor. it is not in the public interest. the people of the district of columbia were harmed today and will be harmed on into the future by the deal. >> until we review the fine print, it is hard to say. obviously we still believe this is in the public interest. we are pleased that they supported it. and kept it going. >> now the approval of the d.c. regulators is th

the investigation they interviewed a man who then was arrested and booked into the montgomery county jail russell was found shot to death in her car with her six month old baby haven edwards in the back seat((jody sheeks/brittany's friend)) no i thank god that the baby was six months old because if it was older then it would be it's life."i talked to jody sheeks after the news of russell's death--up in dayton police said very little about the direction of their investigation but did explain they were investigating her cell phone records and interviewing a host of people to try to find out what happened((lt. andrew booher/middletown police living there and that's some of the people that we've made contact the find out if they saw anything--we're still interviewing people back and forth but we are getting information from people in the area."and while the investigation continues russell's family has a visitation planned for this wednesday at herr--riggs funeral home in middletown ((sot))"i pray that we get justice for her cause she really deserves it she was a good mother she deserves justice." tha

five vehicles were involved a crash there just past russell road in fairfax county. maureen: live in mobiletrak7. what can you tell us about this? sam: maureen this is being cleaned up. take a live look behind me. accident investigation reconstruction crews on the scene. five vehicles involved. you can still see there are four of them here on the scene. one a tow truck. three of them are smashed up right here as crews try to clean up the road. several lanes are blocked. traffic is backed up all the way down in the southbound and the northbound lanes. we are standing route one at buckman. if you know anyone that normally comes home on this route, they will be late. here is what we are told by the fairfax county police. car driving in the northbound line, hit another car in the southbound lanes head-on. that car ricocheted and hit three more cars. a total of five people have been transported to the hospital. four of them by ambulance. one by medivac helicopter. three of them are in critical condition. a very serious accident. we are continuing to follow up with the fai

russell's death. this morning he's being held on unrelated charges in the montgomery county jail. brittany russel was found shot to death in her car... her six month old in the backseat...unharmed. russell did not have custody of her baby.she vanished after taking the child from the dad's home tuesday. 9 on your side has some sad news just into the newsroom. overnight the father of a young girl battling an inoperable brain cancer says she has passed away. 9 on your side introduced you to grace white in late 20-14 when she was first diagnosed with dipg. thats the same brain cancer that lauren hill died from. grace's father writes that she has earned her spot in heaven. she passed away late friday night surrounded by her mom, dad, and older brother and two sisters. the whites are from northern kentucky but were living in north carolina while they came back to the tri-state after the diagnosis so grace could get the best possible care. if you feel compelled to do so, you can donate to the cure starts now - online. in more positive news....valentines day is tomorrow but theres plenty o

county. pcoming up, how the state plans pto keep it from spreading. p>>russell: and the rays consider pmaking a move across the bay. pthe team paints a picture of ptheir dream state. pgoing back to 48 degrees now. pwe are below 50 at tampa pinternational. pwe have the north wind that's pgoing to help us out at 13 miles pan hour. pwe've had wind gusts. p28 in clearwater, 29 in st. etersburg. pthe highest wind gust we have is p43, just off the coast of anne a pmarie island a couple of hours pago. pwe're going to struggle to get pback to the upper 50s for high ptemperatures and honestly, pclouds roll right back in late ptonight and tomorrow and ptomorrow's high only near 60 pdegrees. pvanessa? p>>vanessa: and we're looking at phow the winds are going to be ptaking an effect on the proadways. pwe have a live look over the psunshine skyway bridge. pwe can see the bridge is opened pbut f.h.p. is warning of high pwinds as we cross the water here pso make sure you're keeping a pfirm grip on the steering wheel, pgiving yourself extra room and pother vehicles especially i

county jail. britney russell was found shot dead in her car. the plan to meet with dayton police next week to review results of an additional investigation. >> more fallout from the deadly police shooting. the police chief and the major resigned. former uc officer ray tensing is accused of shooting bows after pulling him over near campus. chief goodrich and major tim thorton resigned effective immediately. we want to be cutting edge . having a very sais -- safe campus, faculty and neighborhoods around. >> interim chief weiland put forth their best effort. >> republican front runner donald trump making a number of stops before tuesday. the announcements come as trump picked up two endorsements from republican governors including presidential rival chris christie, who recently dropped out. support. nbc news is out with a poll of for the mogul. 83% say that their support is based on the desire for a strong >> making a difference for our youth. lindsay coke turns 11 this sunday and for two years she has collected craft kits for the children at the

we are live tonight in pine hills of orange county, ty russell, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> we are monitoring a few light showers right now. >> we're in for stronger storms later, while many of us are going to be sleeping, our certified chief meteorologist tom terry is tracking the timing of this storms, in severe weather center 9. >> i don't think i'm going to be sleeping, we're going to have storms moving by. this is when we kick it into high gear in severe weather center 9. showers only on the east side, a couple of o downpours conway, azalea park to the coast of these showers moving north at 30 miles per hour. with a low level winds and -- but overnight tonight, watching a couple of storms, a tornado watch in effect until 10:00 p.m. for the western panhandle. those storms are weakening a little bit and will continue to do so. but we're going to be monitoring after midnight. the storms start to approach after 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. future track, has a wet morning commute, i'm updating the type of storms and what to expect in your neighborhood overnight, coming up. bob.

at grace warner elementary, terri russell kolo 8 news now. . the washoe county democrat convention is in april. if you'd like a closer look at the numbers from today's caucus - just head to kolo tv dot com. in the nation's capitol - thousands gathering to say goodbye to justice antonin scalia, who died last week at the age of rev. paul scalia "on behalf of our mother and the entire scalia family, i want to thank you for your presence here, your many words of consolation and even more for the many prayers and masses you have offered at the death of our father, antonin scalia." scalia's son paul - a catholic priest - led the service, for the conservative icon and father of nine who died unexpectedly. dignitaries who attended included vice president joe biden, former vice president dick cheney, members of congress and all eight sitting justices of the supreme court. president barack obama did not attend. he paid tribute to scalia as he lay in repose at the supreme court on friday. did you diva today? a popular event aimed at pampering women returns to reno - we'll

after police in dayton ohio told us they arrested a man on suspicion of killing brittany russell -- the montgomery county prosecutor has announced he won't formalize charges against brandon carr. carr.police say the 34 year old was the last person to see brittany russell alive. friends said brittany left home with her daugher, six month old haven to give carr's brother a ride.she was then found dead in the parking lot of an aparmtent building.haven was fine and returned to her father -- who had reported her missing the night before.this isn't the end for the case though.the montgomery county prosecutor's office says the case has been sent back to police for them to get more evidence against carr -- at another day of snow flurries around the tri-state. state.and while its still cold out there right now -- a better forecast is in store for the weekend.steve -- break it down for us! skies stay cloudy to mostly cloudy all day long and this will really hold back our temperatures. highs will only reach the mid 30s this afternoon. if you are heading out to a fish fry this evening, bundle up the family. the week

live in orange county, ty russell, channel 9 eyewitness news. developing story all night. tune into eyewitness news this morning beginning at 5 am for the latest on the story. >>> a man suspected the triple shooting that left a local college student dead will stay in jail for now. eyewitness news at 10 mike manzoni joining us with details from the bond hearing. the suspect was pretty banged up in court. >> reporter: his attorney tells us the injuries you see on his face are from a fight at the country club moments before the shooting. lamont postell showed up to court this morning with a bandage wrapped around his head and a band-aid under his left eye. his attorney tells us those marks are from the fight that broke out at the indigo lakes golf club, daytona beach, early saturday morning. >> a judge decided to keep postell in jail on a first- degree murder charge and two attempted murder charges the daytona beach police say postell shot until 23-year-old students. those students are okay police say and investigators say it inside the clubhouse filled with about 200 partygo

russell: and the groundhog is pcute. pall right, dave. pthank you. pbefore we get to this happening pin pasco county, i want to let pyou know we're getting word of a pcrash essentially shutting down pall the westbound lanes of state proad 60 at sydney washer road. pit's in the dover area. lan extra time or avoid that parea if that's along your pmorning commute. psky fox is showing us state road p52 near 75 in pasco county. pcrews were trying to patch a phole in the roadway and so we're pseeing eastbound and westbound ptraffic essentially sharing and palternating in one lane. pit is causing some slowdowns and pi definitely recommend planning pextra time out the door if you phave to take this. pand i do have some more news out pof the same area. pwe're getting word from fdot on pthe southbound 75. pthere's actually a new temporary pexit to get to state road 52 and pthey're saying this is about a pmile north of the old exit so pdrivers coming in the southbound pdirection will really want to pif they miss it, apparently the pnext exit is county line road, pabout six miles south. pkeep your eyes pealed t

pif that name sounds familiar, pcontact the poel county olice. p>>russell: today we expect to pfind out whether the polk county psuperintendent is going to keep pher job. plast month the associate psuperintendent greg rivers filed pnine misconduct claims against pthe superintendent. phe accused her of sexual pharassment, making inappropriate pcomments and creating a hostile pwork environment. phe said it was because he didn't pwant to take their relationship pany further. pindependent investigation leader pcleared him of any misconduct pbut some of the school board are pnot sure and tonight they will pvote whether to fire her. p>>laura: someone shot a turkey pvulture in st. petersburg. pthe sixth time someone has shot pa protected bird in this area. pand a local rescue says that penough is enough. pthe tampa bay rescue says that pit seems that someone is ptargeting them. pall the birds have been found in pthe venetian isles area and a ptotal of four osprey and one pblue heron have been shot in the parea. pthis is the bullet that was ulled -- yeah. pthat's t

at the hardee county fair. russell rhodes joins us now with this morning's "good day good deed".. 3 ((russell)) every once in awhile.. there's a story that will really restore your faith in humanity. this is one of those stories.. but it begins with sadness.. 3 ((russell/take cg3)) from zolfo springs elementary died suddenly of a heart attack.. her name is tamara hendry.. and she has an 11 year old son. as you can imagine, her family is in shock.. and trying to deal with the sudden loss..((wipe cg3)) her son, heath, had been raising a swine to sell at the hardee county fair.. which is going on all this week and weekend.. when word got out about that.. the community got together to buy that swine at an 3 astounding price. they bought that pig for 170- dollars a pound.. and it weighs 280-pounds.. that is 47-thousand dollars! 3 that money will go toward funeral expenses for tamara.. and also to heath.. we're told that when the swine sold.. there wasn't a dry eye 3 3 it's now 5:__. time to check the forecast with dave. 3 (

county democratic convention as a delegate. at grace warner elementary school terri russell kolo 8 news now. the washoe county democrat convention is april. ## with so many people eager to weigh in on nevada's democratic caucus - some locations in las vegas - and northern nevada were showed up. in washoe county, long lines delayed the start of the caucus at many locations. caucus sites were still trying to register would-be voters long past the scheduled noon starting time. at first, democratic party officials said the caucus would begin while people waited in line. a few minutes later, officials began to rush everyone inside-- saying they would register voters during the actual caucus. the overcrowding even pushed some precincts outside. ## now that the south carolina primary has wrapped up... the g-o-p candidates are turning their focus to nevada. right now, all the remaining candidates, except john kasich, are heading west. ben carson will be in reno tomorrow. he is expected to speak at a "we the people" town hall at atlantis casino resort at 3:00 pm after that he will head to skyline chur

russell a monday morning mess.. pa monday morning mess. ptwo terrible crashes causing big ptraffic problems in two separate pbay area counties. pand a combing kids' fears pdoctors's office can a scary lace. pwe'll tell you what parents can pto ease the anxiety. p8 o'clock. pi'm russell rhodes. pi'm laura moody. pgood morning everybody. pwe thank you for waking up on pthis monday, february 29th. pleap day. pyes, it is. p>> wow. p>> happy leap day, dave p>> you got it. pso, four years from now it will phappen again. pfour more years. p46 degrees crystal river.

county sheriff's office warning us about a scam. it appears to be pretty widespread throughout the bay area. shayla reeves has that for us right now. russell. already the polk county sheriff's office is receiving complaints about those irs telephone scams. irs described them a sophisticated aggressive target taxpayers and recent immigrants. so right now i'm here with carrie here with polk county sheriff's office. can you talk a little bit about some the signs that people should look for if they receive one of these calls? >> first of and foremost we're reminding residents that irs never ever makes phone calls or emails anyone about their taxes pep communicate only via u.s. mail. of scam. in these kinds of situation law enforcement would never give you call on behalf of irs. that's another scam. and that's another commonality between irs scam and other scams where you're being threatened by law enforcement to pay up or you have a warrant issued for your arrest. and these scammer, as irs mentioned sophisticated aggressive some of the things they may utilize as far as tactics include using fake names or even fake irs badge numbers >> correct.

live outside the orange county jail, ty russell, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> a dirt bike driver troopers say hitting killed a woman while driving down the sidewalk as died. state troopers say 30-year-old clay von foster lost control of his bike as the road along power struck, orange county old who said it was walking down the sidewalk. >>> orange county deputies recovering from injuries received on-the-job says she is humbled by the support from the community. >> i've got this life ahead of me and i will make the most of it and i just appreciate them taking their time out of their day to >>> me well. >> reporter: -- >> sergeant. marcy pierce was released yesterday from the hospital among injuries, she has a fractured foot. investigators say they wanted juvenile intentionally ran over her friday what she was trying to take them into custody and deputies are searching for 15-year-old ortiz who may be wide -- driving a white hatchback with white rims. >>> the field shaking out for both parties. after donald trump spectre in south carolina last night, the republicans are looking toward the n

county. the russell area. chester lynn and now into into through here i could see localized inch of snow out there with this colder air that's would have. there you see wider view but there some dryer air that will be working in by morning. so that means friday will be dry. in fact most of the weekend looks like going to be dry. but there is look at the snow showers we have going out right now. and i know, we were at 63 but pretty good drop in temperatures compared to that. 24 the low. and after the 7:00 it will be flurries. akron canton could you see some light snow inland and 19 if you break up the clouds, enough towards morning, but seasonable day tomorrow. 36 the high. saturday, 38. there is a weak disturbance sat date into that could give us some light snow showers in the evening. but super bowl sunday looking dry and this is next thing to watch out for. on monday. with this system. temperature will be warming up for a rain snow mix here on monday. not looking for much in the way of snow accumulation duri

counties. the national weather system is looking at a century that hit the area. possible storm damage reported in russell, barber, crenshaw and montgomery counties. the storms prompted multiple tornado watches and warnings. and this is a live look at houston. from fox news 26. the start of early voting. texas has the biggest delegate prize of the 12 states holding this a prize for super tuesday. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway. we'll be right back. (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) the joy of real cream in 15 calories per serving. enough said. reddi-wip. (flourish spray noise) share the joy. we ship everything you atcan imagine.n, and everything we ship has something in common. whether it's expedited overnight... ...or shipped around the globe, ...it's handled by od employees who know that delivering freight... ...means delivering promises. od. helping the world keep promises. man 1: he just got fired. man 2: why? man 1: network breach. man 2: since when do they fire ceos for computer problems? man 1: they got in through a vendor. m

county concerns growing after middle school student was chased by a school resource officer. we brought it last week. we are hearing from the child's mother tonight and her attorney. ty russell avoids the mom wants orange county schools to prevent their students from being taste. >> reporter: -- being taste. >> one reason to stop she tells us her son has asthma and seeking treatment every day at 11 pick this is the first time we have covered a tasting incident at an orange county school in this mom hopes this time is the last. >> am disappointed and hurt. >> reporter: the first time, april neil opened up to us in the news conference with her attorney and relatives. emotional, she tells us it was her son who apopka police say they taste and arrested last week one day at wolf lake 14-year-old a manual griffin stood by his mom. arrest report said he disappointed -- disobeyed commands. police went on to say the officer shocked the middle school student with a taser and the fight ended. a new fight started between the family and the school district of the controversial former force used in schools. >> where demanding the school board of orange county take a stand against the tast

police have questioned a person of interest in brittany russell's death. he's now being held on unrelated charges in the montgomery county jail. she was found shot to death in her car... her six month old in the backseat..but unharmed. russell did not have custody of her baby.she vanished after taking the child from the dad's home tuesday. we'll bring you any new developments a-m. now at 11.. a federal lawsuit in a deadly shooting by a former u-c police officer. ray tensing killed samuel dubose last july during a traffic stop in mount auburn. the lawsuit accuses tensing of using excessive force... wrongful death.. and assault. the suit says it will up to a jury to decide how much money the dubose family should receive. zika virus is now in the tri- state.ohio - reporting four cases.indiana - one.tonight we sent nine on your side's evan millward looking for what a local case means once it warms up. tonight we know one of those four cases is in butler county. the others are near columbus and cleveland. for the time being... doctors say you don't need to be worried. dr. justin coomes/mercy health fairfield emergency medical

here is a photo from the scene in dayton - where russell's body was found. 9 on your side's butler and warren county reporter jay warren is digging into how this woman died. we'll bring any new information to you on air and on wcpo.com. six years in jail. that's the punishment handed down to the 43 year old who was babysitting and high on heroin it was all part of a plea deal reached in hamilton county within the past hour. timyka artist is live with the reaction to the judge's decision. the judge was direct. the defendant was emotional holding her head down and crying most of the time. at one point she whispered the metz asked if she had anything to say. 43 year old kathy huff gave up her rights to trial and pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and felony child endangerment for causing the death of her 4 month old grandson. she admitted that she had been snorting heroine before she agreed to babysit the child for her daughter. the baby drowned after huff passed out while giving him bath. he was rushed to children children's hospital where he died 2 weeks later the judge agreed with state pros

over to russell and laura - to find out what's ahead in our 6 o'clock hour. 3 ((russell/2-shot)) students in hillsborough county have the day off today - to go to the florida state fair.. in the past, on student day, there has been big problems.((laura)) coming up at six - what's being done today - to keep the kids safe. 3 ((laura/take vo)) and - for jeb bush.. it's all in the family.. he's hoping his mom and big brother can help him revive his campaign.. 3 we'll show you the accessory that could replace your morning cup of coffee.. it promises the same jolt.. as that cup of joe.. it's all ahead at six. 3 i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story.

russell prhodes. pto get to dave. p>>dave: temperature range of 50 pdegrees in citrus county and as pwarm as 63 in southern pinellas pbut look at most of these pto normal. pyou add a couple of degrees pabove tampa, stuff like that but pit's a decent day. pnotice the clouds beginning to pstream in off of the gulf. pit will not generate a lot of prainfall today but we do have prainfall chances tomorrow and pespecially on wednesday. plet's enjoy a nice, dry, pfiltered sunshine type of day. phighs in the mid 70s. pvanessa, good morning to you. p>>vanessa: good morning to you. pwe want to bring you an update psouthbound 275. pwe mentioned a new crash that pwas in the area of fowler pavenue. pwe can see it's actually all off ponto the shoulder. pit's looking a bit slow heading pthrough the area as we check out pthe delays, we see backups ptowards fletcher and all the pcongestion continuing until you pget to about i-4. pminutes out the door at the very pmost. pwe're really not seeing any pmajor delays but it is something pnotable in the area and a psituation for the move over law. pwe also want to let you know pabout a pedestr

russell: talk later. pthank you. p6:05. olk county deputies arrest a pwoman after her long time pboyfriend was found dead in his phome. pnow while she's not charged with pmurder, they say it's only a pmatter of time before they get pthe evidence they need to pupgrade her charges. olice say she was the last erson to see her boyfriend, ptwo children today. ptima olice say she asked her brother pto help bury the body. phe refused. pinstead the woman's 19-year-old pdaughter found her stepfather's pbody the next day and she's the pone who called police. psheriff says she is charged with paccessory to first degree pmurder. p>>laura: it is 6:06 now. pthree pregnant women have tested ositive for the zika virus in pflorida. pall three cases are believed to pbe travel related. pofficials are not identifying pthe counties where the pregnant pwomen live. pa total of 32 cases have been preported in florida. pthree in hillsborough county. pflorida health officials want to pcontinue testing pregnant women, ptoo, and the new mothers. pit has been lin

russel's focuis on literacy and inspiring students to become better readers. . this week and next, he'll be appearing at elementary schools all over dubuque county. today at lincoln elementary, he met with students who've a studied lincoln's life and legacy. russel says lincoln's story is one of perseverance, since the 16th president failed at several careers before succeeding as a lawyer and politician. "although his parents were illiterate,he got himself f t of poverty, taught himself to read. he said, 'books got me off the farm, got me to be a prairie lawyer and got me to the white house.' " years. he says his wife encouraged him to impersonate lincoln because he's tall and very thin, just like the former president. nearly 600 young gymnasts from five different states are in coralville for a three-day competition. this is the qualification round for the winter wonderland invitational, hosted by iowa gym-nest at the marriott convention center in coralville. organizers say this is a good opportunity for aspiring gymnasts to show off their skills. " this just gives the girls an opptunity to bring in their fries so they can see why see why they spe

county line road. pno word on lane blocks but keep pan eye out for emergency crews pyou see out here. p>>russell: all eyes are on iowa. pvoting for the presidential race pbegins tonight. p>>laura: and what happens in the phawkeye state may even predict pwho sits in the white house. p>>russell: craig patrick is live pin des moines. ptime is up for the candidates to pmake their pitch now for their psupporters, right? p>>reporter: that's right. pthey're making one last round ptoday, this afternoon a number pof rallies but it will be 7:00 .m. iowa time when you will pcaucus and we'll know what the pvoters decide. lay here. pamong other things we have a psnowstorm moving through.

russell. p>> it's 8:05 new case of zika pvirus has confirmed in phillsborough county. pthat makes three a total of 12 pin florida. pgovernor scott already announce pad state of emergency ask pdiscussed his plan of action. pgovernor's krg cdc for more ptesting kits for zika virus. pright now florida has less than p500 of those. pstate just bought 4 thousand pmore. pgovernor scott asked cdc to put pa rush on a thousand testing pwould focus on pregnant women pwho are most affected the virus phas linked to rare birth defect pcausing babies to be born with pwe've telling you this is pmosquito borne illness the they pgive mosquito control agency pmore freedom to spray right no phillsborough county focussing on premoving standing water since pthat's where an insects breed. parea wide spraying wouldn't peffective at this point. pgovernor has acted quickly on pall of this with florida history pof fighting off mosquito born poutbreaks state could number pbetter position than most other pstates. p>> to a troubling story. pa pinellas county high school pteacher is not only accused

russell a monday morning mess.. pa monday morning mess. ptwo terrible crashes causing big ptraffic problems in two separate pbay area counties. pand a combing kids' fears pdoctors's office can a scary lace. pwe'll tell you what parents can pto ease the anxiety. p8 o'clock. pi'm russell rhodes. pi'm laura moody. pgood morning everybody. pwe thank you for waking up on pthis monday, february 29th. pleap day. pyes, it is. p>> wow. p>> happy leap day, dave p>> you got it. pso, four years from now it will phappen again. pfour more years. p46 degrees crystal river. pbecause the rest of us are at pleast in the mid fwfths if not plower 60s now. pi've got three spots tampa, pclearwater, st. petersburg palready in the lower 60s. pnow granted, we have a lot of pcloud cover outside right now. pbut we're going to filter enough psunshine through to bring ptemperatures up to actually pwhere we left you yesterday. plook for highs in low to mid 70s pthis afternoon. p>> jen. p>> dave, it has ab busy morning pcommute on both sides of the pbay. pwe're dealing with delays in pcounty. pfirst we'll take look in pasco pcounty this morning. pwhere an a

russell. plooks very similar to camden pyards out there in baltimore. pa big meeting happening this pmorning in about an hour. pyou'll have rays ownership as pwell as hillsborough county pcommissioner, tampa mayor pbuckhorn, all meeting under run proof right here. pwhat it's all about coming up ba da ba ba ba 3 3 (russell)) welcome back to good day tampa p>>russell: welcome. ptime is 7:32. pwe finally know what the rays pwant in the new baseball stadium pand they sent out a wish list plast night. pin downtown tampa with that. pinteresting you're in tampa. p>>reporter: i know. pit's all very interesting, pright? pit's all new. pbig meeting is happening this pmorning at 8:30 a.m. pyou'll -- we'll have the rays pownership here as well as the pmayor of tampa, bob buckhorn and pthe commissioner hagen here and pseveral business owners here. pthey'll all be meeting in the ptampa store in a little less pthan an hour from now. pthey're talking about a new pstadium, where it's going to go, phow much it's going to cost and pif it's a good idea to build psomething like this in tampa. prays released a wish list sent pto the owner of saint pete and palso to hillsborough county. pth

p7:06, two students in phillsborough county are facing peither suspension or expulsion pafter they were both arrested p>>russell: one of them was seen ploading a handgun on a school pbus. pthe other, though, had a gun pinside his car on campus. pnow, first officers arrest p18-year-old jamarcus sims on pwednesday. phe was seen loading a gun on his pbus. pa passenger texted a relative pwho then called 911. pthe gun was stolen from temple pterrace. pthey're not sure who took it. phe has previous arrests pincluding domestic battery and pgrand theft. pnow to the other incident. pa vague threat caused plant high pschool to go into a modified plockdown. pduring that on wednesday pmorning, tampa police went car pto car and they found a shotgun pwith ammo and a knife in an p18-year-old's car. atterson is now charged with ptwo counts of possessing a pfirearm on school property. pstudents could now face the unishment under the no ptolerance policy. pexpulsion or suspense. pthe school district hasn't made pa decision on either case yet. p>>laura: 26-year-old williams is pin custody this morning. phe's accused of trying to

says brandon carr can't be held on state charges currently, but he will remain in the county jail, based brittany russell was found shot dead in her car two weeks ago in vehicle. the prosecutor's office says it next week to review results of an additional investigation. morning after being injured in a fire at a fish fry in erlanger. it happened at st. barbara's church off turkeyfoot last night. check out the flames. this is a picture sent in to us from janet middleton. the fire involved a propane tank and a tent set up for the fish fry. officials say the three people who were injured were taken to the hospital with what's described as minor injuries. this morning, we're seeing the aftermath from the fire. there it is. this picture was sent in from will middleton. officials are investigating what caused the incident. hope everybody hurt is okay. happening today, western & southern financial ready to make a difference for families in need. today, they kick off their partnership with habitat for humanity. during that time, western & southern will completely fund and provide volunteers to build eight habita

a short time ago, the montgomery county coroner' s office ruled the death a homicide. courtney russell was found shot to death in her car in dayton. her six-month-old daughter was in the backseat unharmed. this is the is right. a short time ago, the montgomery county coroner' s infant. it she is in her father' s arms after the two were reunited at the police department. chris edwards reported his daughter missing after the baby' s mother never returned. edwards has custody but britney picked up the daughter to spend time with her. she was dead from a gunshot wound. the baby was in the backseat, >> we hear all these different stories. until we know the truth, i' m not going to know how to feel or what emotions to have. karin: chris edwards tells me that he last talked to britney around 10:00 last night. the dayton police department is investigating this homicide. sheree: we are also covering a school bus accident in anderson township tonight. this happened at fox follow drive. a kia optima collided with a bus that had students on board at the time. a teenage girl has a minor head injury

brandon carr was arrested in montgomery county yesterday for the shooting of brittany russell..that happened 2 weeks ago. she was found dead in her car...with her 6 month old baby in the backseat. the baby was not hurt and is now home with her father. looking ahead-the fight continues between apple and the fbi. tomorrow the tech giant is expected to file a legal response to a judges order to help the f-b-i unlock the iphone used by one of the san bernadino shooters. apple ceo tim cook is defending his company's decision saying it was both the "hard" and "right" thing to do...saying the f-b- i's demands could potentially make millions of phones vulnerable to hacking. the f-b-i says however it is necessary to crack farook's phone bedcause it could lead to other terrorist plots. i will continue to follow breaking news for you and bring you the latest information right here on the morning xtra and our website fox19 now-dot-com. right now, we want to get a check of your weather with catherine weather now transition while we will see snow showers this morning into the afternoon i do not expect muc

pyesterday russell rhodes shows pyou how hillsborough county poffice trains for that kind of psituation. pand today he's going to talk pabout what you should do if you pare ever in that situation. p>> hillsborough county deputies ptraining on this a state of the part simulator. pin this case, an active shooter pin a courthouse. p>> this simulator is part of pwhat they used to train deputies pat the walter c practical ptraining site in lithia. panother is tactical city. pas a training exercise, deputies pcan go from room to room to look pfor a shooter. pbut, what would you do if you pwere ever in this situation? p>> if you can get away, of pcourse get away. pthat's the easiest and best plan pget away call 911 give us as pinformation as you can. pbus we're coming a quick as we pcan coming as many as many with pas many deputies as it takes to pstop that threat. pbut, what if you can't get away? plaw enforcement is at least pthree minutes away. pand at gunman can do a lot of pdamage in three minutes. pyou hide. pget behind something. pthat's what i'm and when law penforcement arrives do wha