investigators have four new cases in orlando, five new cases in seminole county and they're looking into tips that the same thing is happening in tampa. >> someone is offering to set people up on stolen lines of credit to have plastic surgery or dental work done. >> so far the business has banked around $200,000. the real victims are id theft victims. >> that's who we are fighting for. >> reporter: investigators say some of the suspects are cooperating and they think they're getting close to identifying the ring leader. they're hope together have -- hoping to have them caught and identified. >>> developing tonight, we have virus in florida counties, one in lee county and the other in miami-dade. this comes on the heels of a hearing on how to pro text americans. george estovez listened to today's hearing. they discussed new ways that zika virus could be spreading. scary stuff here. >> reporter: no kidding. the two new cases are in florida. in addition to the wuven we -- that's in addition to the one that we have here in osceola county. all are traveled related, meaning no mosquito here ha

seminole county deputies were listening. daniel zenrick: if someone' s willing to give us a dollar to help us, it' s not their business. dave: a man who says he' s having a tough time finding work has turned to panhandling. daniel zenrick: this is what i do to try to survive, eat, shelter. kim cannaday: we do recognize that panhandling and homelessness is a symptom of other issues. dave: the sheriff' s office is sympathetic, but has recently stepped up enforcement of the county panhandling ordinance. people looking for a financial boost along the roadway cannot tap on windows or block traffic. a local citizens group, taking seminole county back, recently went public, saying the ordinance wasn' t working. annette sims: the panhandlers are coming up to windows, tapping on the windows, walking in front of traffic, sometimes two and three lanes. dave: the sheriff' s office was listening. from september until the end of january, six people were arrested county-wide for violating the ordinance. in the last ten days, four have rece

safety ranch rain tracks will be a high priority in seminole county. michelle: law enforcement will be going after people who do things like this. this is a new campaign called don' t take the gate. s here with what sparked the operation. jazmin: the trains have been involved in more than 11 accidents. today, seminole counties traffic safety will be out trying to remind drivers to stop behind the bar. you will find officers at various crossings in seminole county weather infrequent train versus vehicle crashes. less than a month ago, a sunrail train hit a car parked on the tracks in sanford. the train was empty and the car was not hurt , you may river this one where sunrail train clipped a dump truck that parked too close. it the first-time passengers were hurt. since then, fdot has urged drivers to stay safe distance from railroad crossings in the tracks. if you' re driving in seminole county, you will find debbie' s at railroad crossings are at the county. pay extra attention to crossing along ronald reagan boulevard boulevard in lake mary. those are

. >>> the person who gunned down a seminole county teenagers on the run this morning. the teen's family is begging his killer to come forward. while deputy search for clues that could lead to a suspect. eyewitness news this morning's kimberly eaton reports it has been three days with no leads. >>reporter:devotees think someone stood in the middle of the street an and opened fire on a 15-year-old boy. three days later, there are no -- they are no closer to finding his killer. >> i miss him so much. he was a loving kid. >>reporter:72 hours, after someone gunned down tamar harris, his family is begging the killer to answer to the crime. >> i just want justice. i just hope and pray that whoever did this to my baby, please come forward. >>reporter:washington last saw her 15-year-old son friday afternoon. minutes before he was shot and killed at the intersection of central and merit. seminole county deputies found harris outside her car, after he had been hit by gunfire. car and listen to music, never crossed my mind he would take >>reporter:deputies say that teens killer si

the man known as the junkman of seminole county is out of jail this morning. allen davis posted a $3000 bond late last night after being arrested for felony littering. this past september the county from his home. look at all of this stuff. he's been fighting with the county of the junk that he stores in his yard for more than 13 years. he has racked up more than $2 million in fines. this is the 2nd time davis has been arrested for felony littering. he was sentenced to state prison and 2000. >>> brevard county, pilot says last-minute advice innotech tell 10 to survive an emergency landing space coast regional airport. the landing gear would not extend yesterday so he circled the airport, burning off fuel and texted a friend and asked if he should try to land on the water. la france at the plane will quickly fill up with water so the pilot headed for the runway. the plane skidded to a stop on his belly. the pilot and passenger were not injured. >>> the orange county sheriff's office next week will hold a gun buyback event to get dangerous weapons off the streets

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a gun at cars along 1792 in seminole county is now in jail without bond. smith appeared before a judge yesterday. sanford policed police say crossfire broke out between smith and an officer on friday. one innocent bystander bursar. we found that smith has a criminal history in seminole county he was arrested for drug possession and resisting an officer without violence in 2011 i 2011 and was charged >> you are on bond in case number 15 15 cf three for 61 i am revoking the bond. >> smith is expected to appear in court again in march. >>> the first appearance for woman charged with attempted murder was delayed yesterday because she is still recovering from a gunshot wound. orlando police say daniel evans ran her vehicle into a police car then tried to run them over. that is when police shot evans she is also accused of carjacking someone at gunpoint on friday. >>> detectives are ask you for your help to find a teenage girl who has been missing for a week. they say 17-year-old kaylee posey disappeared last sunday night. this is the first time she has been rep

. >>> teachers at several seminole county schools are working the minimum hours required by contracts as a protest against stalled contract negotiations. demonstrating with signs in front of spring lake elementary. the other part of the protest has teachers coming in right before the first bell and leaving right after the last bell. they told us that papers are going ungraded and e-mails unanswered but they say classroom instruction has not been affected. >> in order to be an effective teacher, you have to stay late. they're not paying you for the extra hours you stay late. >> the district hopes to have the contract dispute resolved soon but no date set for the next round of negotiations. >>> if you have gassed up in st. cloud your credit and debit info may be at risk. members of the police department and state department of agriculture checked 16 gas stations in the area for skimmers. 15 were clean but one was found on the corner of 192 at a 7- eleven. >> it's terrible. we are working hard, you know, for a living. these people steal your money just like that. >> in the last two weeks

the state owns the 417 in seminole county and want to add four express lanes. those lanes would end at the orange county line near university. an area that has more congestion and doesn't have an express lane, so we're asking you to pay additional money to get faster, go faster to a place that you're going to be slowing down. that's ludicrous. >> reporter: as long as the state continues to own the 417 in seminole, they plan to build the toll lane. the express lane authority owns the 417 in orange county, and they want to buy out the state. the state doesn't want to. they want to trade the road for part of the beach line. >> both counties want to move forward, but they're not sitting down in good faith to get something done. it's not going to happen. >> reporter: so far, no deal. bob has a warning: >> i will not stand for anyone putting a toll on a toll here in central florida. it's ludicrous. >> reporter: if the 417 is taken off the priority list, the state's deal to build the extra toll lanes is finished. they'll talk again next what toll leaders believe adds i

the seminole county sheriff's helicopter captured the scene there from above after the an officer and took off running. deputies tracked smith to the 417 and airport boulevard where he was arrested. he's now facing attempted murder and other charges. >>> thousands of you have commented and shared this video of a day care director dropping a 4-year-old. all new at 5:00, why her former boss told us he was shocked to hear the suspect was working with children again. >>> and we watched as daytona international speedway was overhauled during the nearly half billion dollars renovation, we're asking track officials if it passed the first major test. >> a fight over a million dollar lot to ticket is playing out in the courtroom right now. i'll have why the winner's exboyfriend says he deserves half. >> right now, we have all of the warmth of spring, across central florida, and another strong winter storm system, on the way, >>> we're following breaking news right now, in orange county, and sky witness 9 is live over this crash involving a deputy. this is right along orange blossom trail at we

here's the lows for today. 33 in northern parts of seminole county in sanford. we had 28 in titusville. we talked about this last night, this lower elevation area, drainage flows in because cold air sinks and fits into the river basins. that's why titusville got down ocala. 35 in orlando. our second coolest night of the season. 34 was our coldest. the beautiful view over lake eola right now, 65 and holding. a good looking night tonight. you can uncover all of your plants tonight. we don't have to run the pools or anything like that to avoid a freeze. orlando back into the upper 40s. just a very, very hint of a wind much of a breeze. very pleasant mid to upper 40s across the area and temperatures rebounding nicely. 2:00 p.m. tomorrow that will be about average for this time of february. even in brevard county nicely warming up from today's 60. 72 tomorrow at 2:00 and then again at 4:00. orlando. we have a winner. nice day tomorrow. we do have another cold front that's going to be arriving on saturday but the air is so dry right now our satellite showing all the m

seminole county deputies found pole. he had been hit by gunfire. >> i asked him to sit in the car and listen to music, never crossed my mind he would take the car >>reporter:deputies say the team's killer stood in the fire. with that person still wanted, come forward with information that could put the gun man be -- behind bars. if you have any information, seminole county deputies want minutes, the concern from other people in this neighborhood, the last. reporting live in seminole county, kimberly eaton, eyewitness news this morning. >> the teens mom gave it -- and -- a very emotional interview. you can listen to everything she said on wftv. com/videos. >>> covering marion county this morning, the government behind several recent drive-bys and ocala are in ocala are still on the run this morning. they had gotten several reports that what appears to be random shootings, in the southwest and northeast sections of the city. they say to apartment complexes on southwest seventh place were shot at yesterday. it is a say they

they say they are looking at more cases in orlando and seminole county. >>> a marion county teacher will not be in the classroom this morning now that he was suspended for giving students the answers to a semester exam. the school board says mark damon gave his students all 50 answers to the district us exam in december. suspended without pay. >>> a volusia county private school faces a seventh lawsuit dr. graziano worked in water christian academy from 2005-14 seconds to 210 years when admitted to sexually abusing 29 children and making child porn. some victims parents are now suing saying the school is negligent and did not thoroughly check out ralph iannotti. >>> we know more about how a 911 call led police to evolve house and into officers opening fire and frightening a family. >> 911 caller claimed she was trying to get her keys back and seemed intoxicated and when the dispatcher could not find the location the color -- they use cell phone towers to ping the caller's cell phone but came back with a wrong address. the caller claimed she did not know where she was and confirmed the wr

push the pedal -- seminole county officials will visit i- 40 to determine if anything is necessary to keep theirs away. trash cans are being used in areas usually frequent. they away the animals can move into new neighborhoods. similar offenses guard part of i-4 in volusia county biggers wales that you see are back in the ocean after being spotted in the river. they are having a hard time getting out of the river because of the incoming tide. officers also worn voters to keep distance to not stress them out. >>> 5:17 am. it will get colder looking at freeze warnings tonight. >> seemed thrills about -- using thrilled. >> let's get back to that during the commercial. >>> 47 downtown orlando, winds north northwest, 12 miles an hour. chile's on, you see 30s and 40s at the freezing point. marion county, ocala, 36 in palm coast jacket weather for us, orange county osceola county low 40s sumter and lake jail, 39 clermont 42 orlando so breezes morning making if northwest. may have frost in the north western zones let me know what is going on at your home. scattered clouds and southern zones a

lake, northern half of lake, sumter, flagler, even volusia county. will watch as portions of seminole county, the northwestern tip of orange county could be at or below freezing. as a be a close call for the folks in western seminole and western orange county. carrie a wide, this is a night you want to cover up the tropical plants. -- areawide, this is a night you want to curry up -- cover up the tropical plants. windy weather, we have had it. temperatures already in the upper 40' s at 6:00. 52, orlando, 56 in melbourne. you factor in the wind, we have windshield. the story will be colder temperatures later on and temperatures the -- declining. we are in the 30' s tomorrow morning. 40 daytona beach, and look at ocala, in the 30' s by 11:00 heading into the 20' s. let' s look at the overnight lows. bellevue, 29, dunnellon 27. ocala at 26. lady lake 30, wildwood 30. celebration 33, 34, orlando to zellwood 34. zellwood to mount plymouth, a cold area. mims is at 33. bushnell, ocala 79. the interior looking at three to six hours of freeze duration. the villages three to six, bushnell one to three

they plan to pay for the continue with ridership. >> most said it was too early for details but seminole county is planning for a variety of prepared. osceola county plans to is people who build near the stations to pay more taxes. orange county and volusia county said they will cover the cost in the general budget. >> we spoke to commuters that come into town for work. it does help. >> the cost of operating this if ridership doesn't go along with it local the bill. michael laparty, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> sun rail's board will be required to come up with a transition plan before the state hands over control of the service. >>> there's still no funding for phase 2 of sun rail in valentine county from debary to deland. they got an update from fdot commissioner attended the council meeting to insure that they're going to extend into volusia county. the county needs an additional $30 million. >>> at 4:00 we told you the man has died. what we uncovered about that suspect's past and what led to this deadly show down. >> he presented the opportunity and you took it. >> a military veteran turne

we found lake county teachers have the lowest average salary. it climbs from there with seminole topping the list at $74,000. >> all of the people who deserve a raise it is the teachers. >> they have enough money. pay us. they just want a large savings account. here we are without a savings account. >> reporter: in front of a sign promising after school tutorials until 4:30 these teachers now leave at the stroke of three. in seminole county, phil sutton, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> negotiations are dead locked despite the fact that the raises they're negotiating that is more than halfway gone. there is no date set for the next negotiation. >>> a city of orlando employee was arrested on child porn charges. michael becker works as a web designer but they found the images inside his home. he is charged with 24 counts of child porn possession. he is being held on a $350,000 bond. >>> a homeless man is in jail accused of stealing church funds intended for the needy. surveillance cameras at the divine mercy catholic church recorded the theft. peter is accused of prying open boxes and

. >>> happening in seminole county, a toddler is recovering from a gunshot wound to the hand. two adults including her mother are facing neglect charges. the seminole county sheriff's office. investigators have had a hard time getting a clear story about what happened. >> reporter: it is now child protective services here with the sheriff's office that's now investigating and wants to know why that child was left alone in that garage with a gun and drugs while the child's mother and another man who were supposed to be caring for her were in another room. >> you're looking at the mug shot of erin davis and devolia simms. they were arrested and charged with child neglect because police say a toddler was shot in the hand late tuesday night. >> they determined that the juvenile was unattended in a garage and had appeared accidentally shot by a firearm. >> davis and simms brought that wounded child to central florida regional hospital. when investigators arrived to question them their stories continued to change. >> we received a number of accounts of the events of the evening from

in seminole county, kimberly eaton, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> we're staying on top of breaking news in orange county where a 15-year-old just turned himself in accused of nearly running over a deputy with a car. the suspect surrendered to investigators but is not cooperating. jancarlos ortiz hit sergeant marci pearce. just spoke with ortiz's neighbors about the arrest. we're putting that story together for you for eyewitness news at 5:00. >>> a mistake on an order at a pizza joint led to four arrests. flagler county deputies said 25-year-old jessica conting was upset when she received garlic knots with cheese. she said the clerk gave her money back in a rude way. a man helped her ransack the restaurant throwing pizza boxes, food and knocking over a cash register. they were all arrested. >>> in apopka this man threaten today use a machete to kill a neighbor. he was fighting with his neighbor over who should park where. that's when he tried to attack his neighbor and the neighbor fended him off with a broom. a witness was able to pull him off. >>> classes resumed as normal at st.

even 80s in spots of seminole county. winter springs, oft, altamonte springs, the southern tier of seminole county, 80 degrees tomorrow. and it will be so warm over the next couple days, our sea breeze will return. it could actually generate a few showers here on tuesday west of orlando. do you see that? and then on wednesday and thursday, our rain chance will go up. i'll show why you in a second. this is our weather pattern. a south breeze and temperatures we'll hit 80 monday, tuesday, and wednesday, those will be the warmest days then wednesday afternoon we start to see rain develop ahead of the next storm system. it's a front. the front passes thursday, so the highest chance for the heaviest rain and the strongest thunderstorms will come thursday afternoon and evening. now right now, the severe weather risk on thursday is low. the main threat would be heavy rain but we're still five days out so i want you to monitor that forecast over the next five days with the wftv weather app. we'll put special videos that you can w

seminole county emergency officials also opened up more shelter space overnight in seminole county at the rescue outreach mission of central shelter on standby. in orlando, utilities commission put extra crews on standby and said they are ready to provide extra power for home heating systems during the cold snap. it is a chance -- they are tips to keep you safe. including open your blinds and drapes during the day to lead in the warm sunshine, but at night, close them to keep out the cold air. keep portable heaters if you need them at least three feet away from furniture, bedding, walls, clothing, and anything else flammable. it is cold outside, so remember that when you are stepping out. ted has an information you might need to look out for when you step outside to get in your car. ted: usually, i-4 eastbound or seminole county is quiet, it is westbound that gets slower. i-4 but when you look at the chopper. ultimate hasn' t wrapped up get we have a right lane blocked, it moves over to a left lane blocked. it is a traffic switch with construction happening there between maitland in a

a man some people call the junkman a seminole county is out of jail this morning. allen davis posted a $3000 bond late last night after he was arrested for felony littering. this past september, the county called 31 tons of trash away from his home -- hold 31 tons of trash away from his home. he's been fighting over the in his yard for over 13 years. backing up $2 million in fines. this is the 2nd time he has been arrested for felony littering he was -- -- >>> a pilot says last-minute advice and a text message helped to survive an emergency landing and the space coast regional airport. the pilot says the landing gear would not extend yesterday. you can see he circled the airport, burning off the fuel and texted a friend he asked if he should try to land on the water. the friend says the plane will quickly fill up with water so as you see, the pilot headed for the runway and the plane skidded to a stop on its belly. the pilot and passenger were not injured. >>> orange county neighborhood on edge this morning after a woman attacked by a stranger on her own front porch

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tonight a seminole county woman is facing charges. police say she hit her young child several times, in a local laundromat. angela: this woman is accused of abusing that little boy in front of the laundromat employees and customers. wesh 2' s michelle meredith explains. accused of hitting her young child in this laundromat faced a judge this afternoon. >> ma' am, you are here on charges of child abuse. michelle: shaleerah encar-nacion is facing charges of child abuse, accused of hitting and pushing her child whom police say is only one or two-years-old. >> i do find probable cause for your arrest. michelle: according to police records encar-nacion was folding clothes at the laundromat and got angry because her child was crying, wanted to be picked up. witnesses say encar-nacion told her child to "shut the -- up." witnesses say the child fell on the floor, at which point the mother said, "get your -- up before i -- you up." witnesses say then encar-nacion proceeded to hit her child "with a closed fist on the back, leg, mouth, and chest

central florida, slowly by surely, clearing out. right now, scattered showers from dayton to seminole county. and moderate rains still at times, on the brevard county does line. the -- coastline, the bulk is heavy up to the north. hitting jacksonville earlier, gainesville, over 3 inches of rainfall. the front continues to weaken, nothing new will redevelop overnight tonight. no bad weather or severe weather pvp some showers, sebastian, and palm shores, rockledge, and see where the heavier rain came down today. 1 and a half to 3 inches in the temperature right now, 52 in ocala, 67 in melbourne, 61 in gainesville. the temperatures are 20 degrees colder up in marion, and look at the dooepts, dropping off -- dew points, dropping off. compare that to 46 and 48 dew points up to ocala, and gainesville. here it comes. 58 degrees, downtowns, northwestern winds, during the day tomorrow it'll be breezy at times. and temperatures will start in the 40's. and will warm only up to about 61 to 62. there's the cold front, to the south. pushing through [inaudible]. it's 46 and clear up in out. the clearing li

and seminole county around 60, longwood 60. and interior sections of volusia county will be in the 50s for today. tonight chilly and 48. we'll still have some breeze coming up, we'll track a couple fronts on the way and cooler weather in the forecast. >>> we have new information blown out of the sky in after -- over africa. >> reporter: more suggestions that the gaping hole leading to deoxkey deox gas station was a bum. >> reporter: they believe that one person may have been sucked out of the jetliner. they found residue that we believe are traces of explosives and it's been revealed that 70 of the 74 74 were originally today spoke supposed to be in a turkish flight. turkey is in a war are with isis. and the airline has suspended flights while the investigation continues. >>> gas prices could be on the rise too. president obama is expected to propose a new tax on the oil n week to reduce carbon emissions and money can be used for self- driving vehicles and mass transit investments. and consumers will likely pay for the new tax t

detectives in seminole county are still searching for the person responsible in the shooting death of a 15-year-old. tamar harris was riding in a car friday afternoon just east of >> this mother met with the assistant principal and she said she was attacked by more than one dozen students in the courtyard friday morning but after breakfast. on friday, the principal sent out this automated message which said parents -- i want you to know we have students that are not acting up for billy on cap is. police say several students got into a fight on friday. >> just rival teams that were on campus. based on that, the school has made an administrative move -- students have been impressed. >> it is heartbreaking because i don' t send my child -- smm for education. >> her son was jumped by other students who allegedly called themselves 5k. >> he got jumped by five case. it is some facebook, ig, snapchat. it is here and it doesn' collects other parents are aware of the alleged gang spared >> it is a gang called 5k. one k and 5k. . >> we have a site that is where this is vision started to come an

. >>> we are back in court this afternoon as seminole county man tries to prove that he should get half of $1 million lottery win. his ex-girlfriend lynn porier bought the ticket one decade ago. she testified today about why her ex is not entitled to one dime of this prize. roy ramos was in the courtroom all morning. they -- about the ticket. >> reporter: she said they stopped dating in 2003 but she purchased the ticket in 2007. she continue to associate with the ex-boyfriend because she had a relationship with his grandchildren. they did have a relationship is what the man is trying to prove. let's take you inside the courtroom. we walked out a short time ago. it is day 3 of the try was defense attorney for lynn porier is trying to prove to a jury that she did not have a binding contract with her ex- boyfriend howard brining at the time she purchased the ticket browning claims he paid for the $20 ticket after the couple went out to dinner and the 2 made an agreement that as long as they work together they would split the winning >> porier's attorneys claim they were not together to sig

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in seminole county-- a woman -- accused of killing her son in the shower-- is being held on no bond. 59-year old virginia arteaga is charged with first degree murder for shooting and killing her son, blake was taking a bath. investigators say she also tried to kill herself when cops forced their way into the altamonte springs home tuesday. according to reports, arteaga had been struggling with depression. arteaga is under suicide watch at the seminole county jail. ,h| developing at this + (xy``|p||||>{@epoppppxxxx`x`_xp??`?ppx````@pt`:fo`s`@||xp hazing ritual. a former students says in 20-13-- pledges with "tau kappa epsilon" were forced to participate in a drinking game called "old south"-- where they were made to act as slaves. the complaint was filed last month. prosecutors told police too much time has passed to file charges... but school officials are investigating possible student conduct violations. trending right state lawmakers are pushing to replace a statue of a confederate general at the u-s capitol. now-- state lawmakers are pushing to replace a statue of a confederate g

reporting live in seminole county, carla ray, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> we're following some breaking news right now in orange county where investigators have blocked off a street because of a possible sinkhole. sky witness 9 was at a truck's wheel fell through the hole in the street there. nobody was hurt. the county's roads are expected to take care of the problem. >>> 9 investigates discovered a group of people that may have been posing as a worldwide pharmaceutical company to rip off people who need jobs. this department to file a report said. she said she posted a resume on indeed.com and then someone claiming to be a recruiter for the selgene i ended with a fake check, frozen bank account and risk of identity theft. >> i'm able to bounce back and get back out there and go back on the job hunt. it's not the same situation for everyone. >> we reached out to the company to see if it's taking any action against the impersonators but no one returned our calls. >>> osceola county commissioners hope to take up the issue of living wage at a future meeting. a vote on the issue which woul

. >>> even after 31 tons of trash were removed from this seminole county property it's still a miss. ahead at 6:00 the new charges the property owner now faces. >> a new study finds many doctors in trouble for sexual misconduct were not actually licensing board. >> we're working to get answers ant why. >> protesters plan to square off against a group meeting in orlando this weekend that wants to legalize rape. what police say they're doing to keep everyone safe. >> warm temperatures today and a big storm system on the way for tomorrow. i just updated early warning future track. vo: know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand we didn't really have anything, you know. but, we made do. investment plan as strong as your values. al, how you doing. hey, mr. hamilton. can establish a meaningful legacy. support of your dedicated >>> this just sounds unbelievable but a group of men who support legalizing rape plan to meet in orlando on saturday. >> it's a plan of meet-ups world wide. shannon butler talked with orlando police. >> charlotte beckford has a >> it's not fine. it's no

we won't stay in the same jail where he served, he will end up in the seminole county jail. melanie holt, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> frost and freeze warnings are out for all of central florida tonight. certified chief meteorologist tom terry is in severe weather center 9 right now. how low will our temperatures drop throughout the night? >> a lot of 30s tonight. a lot of us down to 32 degrees or colder. right now we're at 56 titusville and new smyrna. i expect winds to become much lighter after 3:00 in the morning. so it's going to get really cold tonight. the low 50s to mid 50s, frost advisory central lake, seminole county and south and a freeze warning to the north. we will have some areas here with a light freeze from apopka back towards astalula. 32 in apopka tonight. a freeze from deland, pam county -- palm coast. i'm updating the freeze duration coming up. >>> we're digging into the past of nearly a dozen people accused of trafficking heroin. one is a convicted murderer. carla ray has been breaking new details on this story all day. carla, one suspect was already

live in seminole county, dave mcdaniel, wesh 2 news. jim: global health leaders have defects in thousands of babies. they say the illness could infect up to 4 million people. the race is on to develop a zika vaccine. the effort to find one is actually happening right now in florida. at the scripps research institute in jupiter, the zika virus has actually been part of ongoing research for some time. researchers are trying to learn more about how the virus gets into cells then how it replicates. they do say a vaccine and treatment for the virus are still a few years away. we are following breaking news out of seminole county. a fire on hunt club boulevard right along west mciver -- wekiva springs trail. it has dissipated quite a bit. smoke and flames were burning through the roof. firefighters attacking this from the back of the house. no word what caused the fire or if anyone was inside when the fire started. a local man who says he was fired for bringing his gun onto theme park property is suing universal orlando. meredith: and tonight

how seminole county is working jason: and 6:42 a.m. is her time, and is there is rain in the day ahead. michelle: amy sweezey joins us now. rain is not everywhere. amy: some of us will have rain, some of us giving downpours, so was getting lane right now. it is very muggy across central florida. a lot of moisture in the air. we have some cloud cover. our temperatures, a lot warmer than yesterday, 40' s and 50' s. today, we are starting the lower 60' s. he see all the semi picture. even a little rain that rolled through in the overnight. calls on the ground. cap pavement off to the north, flagler county, marion county, some showers into volusia. as we get going today, into the afternoon, we will see more rain developing. a few thunderstorms are possible, as well. we are headed back to the 80' s i will take you county by county, and we will look at futurecast, and talk about the timing of the rain for today and tomorrow, when i come back inside. right now, let' s go back to ted noah. ted: 528, westbound, coming up the camera, looking gre

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and back into seminole county we will have the 70s. again, the coastal clouds rolling in to brevard county. 69 in titusville. acouple of 40s tonight. and staying dry. and the outside shot of a coastal sprinkle. coming up -- the weekend and our next chance for rain and storms in the forecast. 5:09. >>> we have a crash in saint cloud. and troopers have been able to get this one out of the way. keep in mind, you will still see troopers on the roadway. keep that in mind. 4 -- or i-4 this morning you will see construction. there is one lane blocked. jamie. >>> brevard county residents had enough, the toxic water they are being forced to live it's always worth remembering... that icing the cinnamon rolls is a privilege not a right. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do...make it >>> good morning. i'm nancy alvarez. here is a live look at

in seminole county, 53 at sanford international. a lot of these temperatures will be rather warm until the front slides by. then we get the quick cooldown around daybreak. the front moving by in the predawn hours tomorrow. back to 49 in ocala. 52 about average for this point we have it rough this time of year. they are racing over in daytona. instead of 57 today, how -- 75 today, how about 59. that's where we will stop. we will keep it mainly in the 60s throughout the area tomorrow. on average, about a five to 10 degree temperature drop over what you saw today. a little bit more along the east coast. instead of mid 70s, you will be in the upper 50s to near 60. future track shows a few clouds tonight and a front coming on by. pay no attention to the showers. we won't have any as the front moves by tonight. we may get a quick coastal shower on sunday. for the most part tomorrow, we will be mostly sunny and dry. here comes the on shore flow. the model traditionally likes to overdo the rain showers. a spotty shower on sunday and still c

raises values or at least stabilizes the home values to know what's going to happen there. >> seminole county commissioner lee brokered the compromise. it got developers and homeowners to meet a few times and iron out their differences. >> commissioners, both and city and county, developers, property owners, need to be sensitive to those homeowners because when everybody else is gone, they'll still be there. >> sable point hoa president compromise which says in part, the development as proposed will add a limited number of up scale apartment units to replace the abandoned golf course site. within an attractive living alternative for central florida. >> it was a real team effort and i think it will be successful for everybody. >> now, reba tells me it county commissioners approve that plan tuesday, he could start construction within two months and people could move into the first apartment units late this year. we'll keep you posted. >>> a police say that friday night, an officer was called to america's best value inn on burbly boulevard. cassandra manning had passed out in the hallway there.

union changed the way some teachers were considered effective, which is above average. >>> in seminole county, leaders are set to amend the city's line. the county ordinance requires cans. the county rules apply to residents living west of i. 4 and a small portion of the county immediately west. >>> we will be back in court tomorrow as the seminole county man tries to prove he should get half of a lottery win. trying to prove he did not have a binding contract when she purchased the winning ticket. he claims he paid for it and the couple made a verbal but her attorney claims she was engaged to another guy. >> he said the agreement was only as effective as they were together and the evidence is clear they were not together. >> we checked with our legal analyst. who said he is highly unlikely to receive a penny of those winnings. >>> beautiful day, no complaints. going to keep it around? >> we have big changes coming. it's going to be a wild ride the next two weeks. we have several cold fronts. much colder next week. storms in the middle. quiet, though, tonight. ground hog's night. 69 in delton

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seminole county, low 80' s. 81, fortuna beach -- 14 a beach. bumpy on thursday and gorgeous on friday. stormor 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. publix. where shopping meredith: adrianne haslet lost a leg in the boston marathon bombing. summer: now, she' s ready to reclaim the finish line. haslet will be the first of the boston marathon bombing survivor amputees to run the boston marathon. she says her motivation is to run for those who can' t. >> this is a way for me to give back, not only to physically run the marathon to say a giant " thank you" to everybody, but also

we have video of ortega appearing in seminole county court today. new court documents say she admitted to waiting in the bathroom for about 30 seconds on monday morning. she then fired five rounds police believe her son was dead more than 24 hours before a worried family member called police, and that's when officers forced themselves inside the home and found blake's body. >> something, as you can tell from the report, her son was shot and she sat basically on the couch for a long period of time and nothing happened. that would give you an indication, obviously there's something wrong, there's some disconnect there. >> reporter: altamonte springs police say ortega tried to kill herself as they entered her home. she said, "please don't judge me. i know you think your mother would never do this to you." the public defender's office is trying to determine if mental health problems were the issue. she remains in the seminole county jail with no bond. >> matt: thank you, jen. we're looking at pretty dramatic video here. it shows the moment gunmen took o

john's, debary, sanford's volusia seminole county watchung -- watching upper patchy fog we will monitor that over the next few hours. satellite radar picture, high clouds streaming in the we are dry to start and fog we're dealing with it through the day we will have a quick warm-up. noon, already 70 degrees. this is winter garden and orange county and this afternoon 2, 3, 4:00 highs in the low mid 80s with a chance for a pop-up shower and you see limited rain chance today, 20 percent chance we will track the near record heat on the way and get into the changes with tomorrow's front ahead. 5:01 am. checking traffic with deneige. orlando, colonial off to the left this is your eastbound traffic just now picking up construction cones. in a few minutes you won't have construction in and out of downtown orlando to deal with a knife or a spot of construction 417, northbound, boggy creek blocking one lane they should pickup the codes within 30 minutes and let you know the causes issues. >>> in orange county this morning of the shooter on the run after opening fire on 2 people outside in orlando

in orange and seminole counties has the thickest fog three-mile visibility. there is going to be some spots that are less than that the 417 over josip, the bigger bodies we've had most of that rain move through the early evening and overnight hours. still left over light showers left over right now. very light to start of the day. in orlando we will pick up better chances of showers and storms later in the day with a daytime high in the lower '80s. come on back msn 10 minutes i will track showers and storms this afternoon for you but look ahead to wednesday with the potential for some severe weather. our first check of the drive. >>> @i-4 approaching 408 you can see of the right-hand side of your screen those are the eastbound lanes, there is a construction vehicle off to the left hand side there. but they do not have any lanes blocked off. volusia county we do have a spot of construction i-95 southbound right at pioneer trail, one they block there. they should pick up those cones in about one hour. >>> three suspects are on the a man in his own doorway. >> t

a seminole county school employee has been arrested for shoplifting. police say erica pooler was arrested tuesday night at a kohls near oviedo. pooler is the director of the seminole county public schools alternative placement. an arrest report alleges pooler and her niece tried to make off with more than $850 worth of merchandise. a store security guard caught her in the act. she was booked into jail. she' s now out on bond. jim: right now across florida, clean up continues following a direct hit from an angry line of severe weather this week. in port charlotte, a 45 minute drive south of tampa several homes were damaged in strong winds and pounding rain. this is drone footage, taken of the aftermath. cars windows were smashed and trees sent falling down. the good news though no injuries , were reported. the man charged with vandalizing a titusville mosque earlier this year will now face hate crime charges. take a look at michael wolfe. police say he broke into the building, smashed lights and windows, and threw bacon on the front steps. wesh 2' s dan

county, show you what's next to allow, 60 to 64 ocala, bellevue, 63 toward citra, swinging to seminole county winter springs, castleberry, longwood, the mall and altamonte, temperatures in the mid-60s consistent temperatures in -- the breeze for today.

in seminole county, michelle meredith, wesh 2 news. meredith: surveillance video of a robbery, police say this man walked into the 7-eleven at lake underwood road on friday morning. he pulled a gun, robbed the clerk, and walked out. if you recognize him, call crime line. summer: we now know when the university of central florida a downtown central campus. a at that time, ucf leaders will lay out their plan to build a new academic link for programs link to orlando industry. they, the city council will vote on a proposal to dealt -- give $75 million to that effort. meredith: a man and his son encounter a great white shark. >> look at that, it is crazy. i have never been that close to a sharp. meredith: they were at ponce inlet in volusia county. they saw a group of dolphins, and then things got interesting when the shark swam their way. it was 14 feet long. the waters look very calm right now, but it is pretty breezy out there. tony: the surface getting stirred up because of that wind out there. will be breezy at sunset. let' s head back

online only. >> we're staying on top of this breaking news in seminole county. we won't stop until this clears up. the westbound side of i-4 is shut down west of state road 434 near altamonte springs. a rollover crash, causing huge problems. you can see the fire truck, and that is the car that is rolled over, taking up at least a couple of lanes. the whole thing shut down right now. we're going to continue to follow this. we'll bring you more as it comes in. but let's wait a second as it pans out to see here as sky 6 shows you all of that mess of traffic in the westbound lanes of i-4. if you know somebody, getting ready to maybe come home from work and drive through that, you might want to give them a call and tell them to avoid this area. we're having a hard time even -- >> as far as the camera -- >> yep. there it's just starting to build. it's miles. avoid it if you can. >> right now, investigators are checking the damage on a royal caribbean cruise ship that dangerous storm. >> that ship is back at home after days-long nightmare for passengers. this is a look

west wind as 17 in seminole county. 16 in marion county. winds dying down a little bit as the sun goes down but not going to go away completely tonight. we'll have clear skies but we'll also have some breezy conditions. temperature-wise, everybody now into the low to mid-70s, even upper 60s. look at the warmth spreading up to atlanta, birmingham, jackson, this warmth is going to stay in the south, and that's good news. tomorrow, even on sunday, we'll cool down just a hair, but no frigid winter conditions at least in the near future. clear skies today. same thing tonight. same thing tomorrow. best chance of seeing a cloud or two comes on sunday afternoon. 52 degrees overnight tonight. clear skies, and just glorious, plenty of sunshine tomorrow, tad northerly tomorrow but again, if you're in the sun it will feel great. high temperatures in the 60s the next couple of days and then back into the 70s for speed weeks. looks like next weekend, sneak peek, at least thursday and friday looking good, saturday and sunday should continue the trend. >>