reporting in st. cloud, amanda castro, news 6. >> our other big story happening right now, one of central florida's most prominent advocates for domestic violence victims has been fired. for nearly a decade, carol wick has been the chief executive of harbor house of central florida. investigator mike deforest is looking into her determination. this really has come as a surprise to a lot of people who were familiar with wick's work. >> it has. when it came to protecting domestic violence victims, carol wick was the face of the organization and one of its most tonight board members are not explaining why they decided to part ways with her. >> the people are sleeping on cots and air mattresses just to stay safe because someone is trying to kill them. >> carol wick has overseen harbor house for nearly a decade. back in september she broke ground on the area's newest domestic violence shelter. it runs a 24-hour abuse hotline and provides services to thousands of victims and their children. in a prepared statemen

news 6 reporter amanda castro is in st. cloud. a lot of worried and anxious parents are out there tonight. parents have been out here all afternoon, waiting to pick up their kids. they've lined the streets with their cars, just waiting for the kids to get dismissed from the high school. they're very concerned about their safety since there were two threats today and several fights this week. >> we're on lockdown right now. >> the school has been on lockdown for a little more than three hours now. police say they shut down the campus because of a threat on social media. officers locked the gates and are not letting anyone in or out of the school. now, this is the second threat today at st. cloud high school. there was a rumor of a weapon being brought to campus this morning. police say both threats are not credible. there were already a lot of officers on campus at the high school today because police are saying there's been an unusual number of fights here. three on campus, three confrontations broken up by school officials and on

b&b promotions of st. cloud will make $17,500 for the job even though the county has a public information staff that year. channel 9 also learned the assistant director of the osceola county director of the osceola county rd. and bridge department is listed as a comanager of b&b promotions and is married to the owner of the company. we asked commissioners about a possible conflict of interest but they never returned our calls. >>> students at a local middle school went to class and staggered groups following threats on social media. >> what parents are telling us about the groups they think are behind the threats. >>> still a close race for 6:30 am we will find out how republicans did and who exceeded expectations and who is now calling it quits. >>> the fog is in place. we will track that and also warm up over the next 2 days before the next front arrives. 6:30 am tuesday morning. a live look at the children's place learning center. this is the site of a difficult story this morning. that place is closed and th

now, we did reach out to st. cloud police to see if they're aware of anything, and we've not heard back. >> well, it certainly does not feel like winter out. >> no, it does not. >> at this time last night tom predicted we'd see an 8 on the sorrells scale. >> so how did it turn out today? meteorologist tom sorrells. >> i thought it was an 8. >> i like this. >> problem we had was the heavy fog this morning and then we were way too warm. it's a pretty doggone good day in central florida. some of you are dodging light pockets of rain. they're not super huge. you can see them on radar trying to make their way just inside the cape. for the most part, as they come make interaction with the land mass. it's not been too big of a deal. it was low enough temperatures this morning the fog set in. the daytime high shot back to 84 degrees in orlando. that's only 3 degrees away from a record-high. right now, we're talking temperatures in the 70's. 73 in orlando. 75 in ocala. visibility right now is fantastic. it's dropped in the vill

parents of students at st. cloud high school are on edge as their kids head back to class. st. cloud police are investigating --after two threats are made... just one day apart. ++; andrea jackson is live at st. cloud high school with more. good morning the lockdown lifted just before 6 pm last \@|pp@|pppp|ppppppppppppppppppppp ||ppppppppppppppppppppppppppp|`|`|pppp0z00 0z0zxxxxpz0x0z00xz0xxxxxxxxxxxxzxzzxxx back at the site... where human remains were found. a survey crew t*gd a human skull on "red john drive" and "92" in daytona beach, yesterday. that is in an area a few miles west of i- 95. deputies are looking into whether it could be the remains of a homeless man who disappeared in 20-14. today investigators will keep looking for more bones, and any evidence that can identify the remains. developing now-- the suspects in a deadly nightclub shooting in orlando are expected to be in court this morning. the shooting at the "glitz ultra lounge" last month killed two people... and injured eight others. police arrested 21- year-old luis gadiel cruz nazario yesterday. he is facing

today students at st. cloud high school were not allowed to leave when the bell usually rings. this is news 6 at 6:00. i'm matt austin. >> i'm lisa bell. there's been fights on campus this week and today a rumor forced the school to take extra steps to keep students safe. news 6 reporter amanda castro is at the high school tonight. the lockdown was just lifted minutes ago. what's happening right now? students just leaving. we're seeing them walking to their homes, cars, parents waiting out here all afternoon, now finally getting on campus to pick up their students. we're going to take a live look at sky 6 who is flying above the campus today. this afternoon, you can see a lot of action happening after the school has been on lockdown for almost four hours. there was apparently a threat on social media that prompted the shutdown. state police are investigating that, saying there was no credible threat, that in fact no weapons have been found during the search. it's an ongoing investigation, though. now, that was the second threat today here at st. cloud high school earlier this m

st. cloud high school is still on lockdown, hours after school was supposed to let out. this is news 6 at 5:00, getting results. i'm lisa bell. >> >> glad you're with us. i'm matt austin. this comes after days of fights at the school, along with the threat on social media. news 6 reporter amanda castro is at the school. she joins us now live. so what can you tell us about this whole situation? >> well, matt, it's been almost three hours since st. cloud high school has been put on lockdown. parents have been waiting out here all afternoon, parked along the side of the street, waiting anxious anxiously, very concerned about their kids. parents who got to the school to pick up their students, they were told they have to get off the campus and wait outside the gates. earlier today the principal sent out another call to parents about a rumor about a weapon st. cloud police say both of those rumors aren't credible. a lot of parents out here are telling me they didn't get the calls from the principal, but the osceola county school district is saying that 93% of the calls sent o

a deadly car crash in st. cloud. you might want to consider using 10th street as your alternate just north of 192 and it is not a huge alternate out of your way . as we look at other things, i-4 westbound through downtown orlando -- i-4 ultimate still happening. traffic is actually still moving quite nicely. jason: an update to a story we brought you first on wesh 2 news. a local boy scout troop is raising money to replace equipment thieves stole. the crux got away with their trailer in the parking lot -- crooks got away with their trailer in the parking lot area -- parking lot. took this t know what, profit, they might have thought it was long equipment? jason: we have had several phone calls since the story aired. the information on how you can . made $41 million in its first three days. on true events, the revenant with leonardo dicaprio took second place with 1.4 million. star wars the force awakens is just a little sigh of a billion dollars. this weekend brought in $10.8 million. jason: the first of the daytona

>>> better safe than sorry, police in st. cloud were forced to keep students from the high school, several hours after dismissal, after a threat was posted on social media. no word on what the threat said. >> but it was serious enough to have police search each and every student, before they were allowed to go home. we have the details of what happened. >> good evening, the parents of thousands of students at this school are happier this evening of an hour's long lock down ended earlier today. frayed nerves and intense words in st. cloud this evening. >> i'm very upset. >> more than 100 parents, for their children, during a four hour lock down. >> i can't believe this is happening. we moved from miami to get away from this, and this is happening in st. cloud, wow. >> the school got information via social media, that an active violence would happen in seventh period in the courtyard. the spokesperson says the threat was serious enough to call police and lock down the school as a precaution this afternoon. >> it's very scary. it's a

this evening of an hour's long lock down ended earlier today. frayed nerves and intense words in st. cloud this evening. >> i'm very upset. >> more than 100 parents, including georgia powell, waited for their children, during a four hour lock down. >> i can't believe this is happening. from this, and this is happening in st. cloud, wow. >> the school got information via social media, that an active violence would happen in seventh period in the courtyard. the spokesperson says the threat was serious enough to call police and lock down the school as a precaution this afternoon. >> it's very scary. it's a small town. >> the sergeant says that over a dozen officers, searched nine building and 2,400 students and the back packs, and we're told that's what took so long. nothing was found and all students were safe the entire time. then, just before 6 a.m. the lock down lifted. parents, finally able to get their child. >> it feels wonderful, finally very happy and pleased. >> the district told me there was another threat made yesterday, but that was not credible, and that's why police were here t

>>reporter: outside of city hall today, st. cloud water customer, she can't shake the feeling that she and her neighbors are being fleeced. >> the fees i'm being benefits city residents, i don't think that's right. >>reporter: 9 investigates added up 3.2 million dollar taken from the city's water utility fund in 5 years and 3.7 from the sewer fund. all under an ordnance that allows city leaders to make the money to a corresponding service, calling it a return on investment. >> a lot of people hear that term and they hear profit taking, is that's what's going on here. >> no, recovering the cost of the city. >>reporter: city manager joseph says the money pays things like salaries of people who help run the water department. some of the pay chebs are drawn from the general fund. a new debt rating report says the general fund reliess heavily on those transfers. and nearly one-third of city customers. >> we can always improve and do better, but with the good dialogue with our customers and to be. >>reporter: well the florida league of cit

so he says, he went to the st. cloud regional medical center. and what he says happened there has his wife fuming. >> an infested rodent sitting in a dirty parking lot, it's disgusting. >>reporter: when he showed up, they handed him a mask and ordered him outside. >> i don't know this, why am i out there. >>reporter: the doctor and the nurse came to talk to him while he sat on a bench. >> you're keeping me outside until they get a room ready. >>reporter: he told us that the nurse says they weren't e equipmented to test him there for tuberculosis and ask that he come back monday and sent him on his way without knowing if he had the disease or not. >> my vet treats my dog better than this and i let something like this go, it's only going to and again, and again, and again, until it becomes fatal to somebody. >> in st. cloud, shannon butler. >> smith says he found out on sunday, but the doctor says he didn't have a contagious form of tb, smith's wife has called the state and the risk manager at the hospital to file a complaint. he couldn't comment

st. cloud, kissimmee harmony, holopaw near 60, 64 melbourne palm bay through sharps and vera. there is some low clouds -- level cloud cover and through the day once we lose the fog, we will warm-up and this is along the coast. titusville, 73 at noon and 74 at 2:00 but in lead, we will have 80s. we will be warmer. we will track the temperatures city by city ahead and how long the fog is with us and get into the next front that will move in a couple fronts of the 5:31 am. looking at the 417. >>> 417, we have fog lower visibility through here at boggy creek, no major issues having spots of construction but does not look like the fog or construction has started to cause delays at this point. at satellite boulevard. this is causing power lines to be down in the roads. at this point you cannot get through the intersection so we're working on alternates and i have that update in 10 minutes. >>> too close to call who won the democratic race in iowa. >> on the republican side, ted cruz was the decisive winner. eyewitness news this morning to janai norman is joining us live breaking down

. >> i'm very upset, we moved to miami to get away from this, this is happening in st. cloud, wow. >> the parents and students are wait to get out of the school. the threat was also made yesterday, on social media, but that was discovered to be unfounded. they have police here because of that threat yesterday. but the new threat, sparked the lock down. officials a minute ago, they're not sure how long the lock down will be, and the students be in there or when it'll be lifted. they're waiting for the police to finish. live in osceola county, st. cloud, fox 35 news. >>> the police are flushing the sewer system, hoping to find clues in the baby willow case. the baby's mother is still in jail tonight. they believe she gave birth in a parking lot a few days ago, and still won't tell them anything. >> well good evening, as you mentioned, the investigators flushing the sewers here, surrounding the willow bend apartments, all in an effort to find the child. the woman gave birth, and headed to the complex, where she said she left the child. the baby, after a placenta and birth cord w

students at st. cloud high school ,h|will head back to class --as normal-- today....after being held for several hours after dismissal. police say a threat was posted on-line. the latest details on the investigation-- ahead. plus this-- a orlando taxi driver now speaking terrifying ordeal in his cab. he says a woman robbed him at gunpoint! coming up-- more on how you can help find the suspect. and-- republican candidate --donald trump -- on the attack-- after the pope says trump is not a christian. coming up... why trump says the pope should "pray" that he is elected president developing now-- students and staff at st. cloud high school will head back to class today... after a threat was posted on social media. police were forced to keep students for hours after dismissal yesterday. fox 35's david williams has the where some human remains were found. survey crew found a human skull on "red john drive" and "92" in daytona looking into whether it could be the remains of a homeless man who disappeared in 20-1

st cloud, 73, 74 downtown orlando. low 70s from sumter, lake, marion county. we are want to track the next chance of rain. martie? >>> you can track the front >>> right now -- at noon you can get a $50 gift card for turning in a firearm to orange county deputies. the gun buyback as part of the sheriff's office response for gun ownership con pain getting 200 guns off the streets last year. janai norman choices some firearms they have collected. >> they have collected more than 50 done so far. this is not all of them but it includes long guns, rifles, handguns, revolvers, deputies say any type of firearm that can shoot projectiles they will take no questions asked. i was talking with a captive with the orange county sheriff's office who says that is one of the best parts of the gun buyback.

. >>> tonight a st. cloud man is facing 18 counts of possessing child porn. according to the arrest report a homeland security agent contacted st. cloud police about the provocative photos up loaded online. the boy is now being held in jail on 31,500-dollar bond. >>> 9 investigates a group of scammers has been posing as a worldwide pharmaceutical company ripping off people looking for jobs. this woman said she put her resume on a site and someone claiming to be a recruiter offered her a job, but it ended with a fake check a frozen bank theft. phone every 5 seconds. >> we reached out to find out if the company is taking any action against those impersonateors. >>> a new safety system for trains likely won't be in place for another 4 years. the federal government is requiring the changes after a string of deadly accidents. the positive train control will slow deadly trains. the initial deadline is 2018. sun rail folks say it will need more time to obtain the funding. >>> a local school district is checking its libraries after a third grader brought home a graph

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>> reporter: st. cloud police tell me the lockdown was because of a threat they found out social media that at this point, they have not told me whether or not they found anything at the high school this is holding up the dismissal process but if you can take a look parents are still waiting to pick up the kids parked on the grass and actually texting children who are inside the school. if you look beyond the gate, you can see there is no right now. i am told nobody and and nobody out here. a student sent me the cell phone video showing officers searching people inside st. cloud high school. she tells me her classes at the high school for the competition earlier when the school was placed on lockdown. parents waited out by the school state. needed to -- police officer told me we needed to wait outside. >> reporter: the school district said it threat was posted on social media this afternoon and the school when on lockdown as a precaution. dismissal time was delayed by more than one hour. >> concerned with w

this is near st. cloud. so far detectives are not releasing any other details about what happened there. >> overnight in orange county, crews shut down the airport toll plaza between semoran and conway road. and soon the whole thing will be torn down. crews making the change. if you don't get a break on tolls, exit ramps in the area now have the new toll plaza. >> workers will return to the property appraiser's office this morning. this is after dozens of homeless people were camping out. the office is is reopening after the police had to come in over the weekend and put all these people into homeless shelters. >> a plea from a family after a teen is shot and killed. >> if someone could come i know he has a mother, the person who did it. >> you'll hear what his family is now saying about the search for the person who shot him. >> and all eyes on iowa today as the first votes for president are cast in election 2016. how the candidates vying for the top spot made a final plea to with ingredients like roasted h

five, six, 7:00 when i join you, 48 st cloud, 40 palm coast. not talking about whether we need to protect the plants. but definitely on the chilly side and we will get into the pattern with chilly and comfortable nice mild afternoon coming up i'm going to show you some temperature changes on the way as we approach the upcoming weekend. vanessa? >>> polk county woman who lives streamed herself drunk driving a social media will not be getting any jail time. >> i'm super drunk right now. >> 23-year-old whitney beall use video at -- periscope. other uses first or to stop and reported her to police. she was eventually arrested after she refused a breathalyzer a traffic stop but she got off of a 12 month probation sentence. and wondered of 50 hours of community service. >>> commissions got an update about high ridership is thin and plans for commuters at some well officials are working on phase 3 of 545 mile extension to orlando international airport and they talked about the 67 percent increase in ridership of the last year. there was a small drop i

that's why the police were here today. they're actively investigating these social media threats. in st. cloud, fox 35 news. >>> thank you, a new suspect now under arrest in the deadly shooting in the nightclub in orlando. two were killed back on february 7, police have arrested 21-year-old, he's facing several charges, including first-degree murder and the detectives have rearrested jose lopez, he was originally arrested last week, charged with carrying a gun at the club. but he's back in jail tonight and facing several additional charges, including being a felon in possession of a gun. the defths are -- detectives are trying to figure out if the shooting was gang related. nine other club goers were hurt. human remains, found in volusia county. the investigator are searching the dirt, looked for more bones. the discovery was made this afternoon, near daytona beach. that's where the survey crew, found a human skull bullpen they're serging the woods -- searching the woods in that area. they're looking for more bones and evidence, the search is expected to resume tomorrow morning. they think it

here are the 50s and 60s this morning, 62 now in kissimmee, st. cloud, harmony, 62 melbourne, satellite, harbor satellite, harbor beach, 60 daytona beach, 59 deland, though 60s clermont and orlando. we have a few high clouds. we will see that again, but mainly drive for today. clouds. here is your planner, most of us just miss out on 80. 73 by lunch time, the kiddos can have shorts on today. some of us may want a a.m. temperatures around 77. 70 for by the time we hit 6 o'clock. city high temperatures. take a break from breakfast, take a peek, 80 in ocala, kissimmee 80, 79 groveland, used to 78, there is your day today but coming up we will track how much warmer gets in the next few days and since we are starting out a new month i want to show you an outlook on the temperatures, not just this month but over the next three months. we will have that coming up at about 6:08. let's get a check of traffic. >>> edgewater drive right atlee road, a crash, this is causing a partial road lock you have one center laid blocked off on edgewater. nothing too serious j

. >> st. cloud high school dismissal, had to be delayed, because of the threat. we understand the lock down was just lifted? >> hey there, about 15 minutes ago, the lock down was just lifted, you can see there's a lot of people streaming out of the school. hundreds of people are here. they waited for four hours for lining the streets as people or parents were upset at this lock down. what happened? well is it district told us, they got a threat on social media this afternoon. it was serious enough to call the police and put the school on lock down. the school usually lets out at 2:10, and they just got out. some parents are incredibly relieved the students are out. this is what a parent said earlier om during the lock down. >> you don't know what's actually going on. but i trust god over everything. and they're giving us the assurance that everything is okay, they're following the protocol. >> again now, the lock down is lifted after four hours, we're also tol d the district said yesterday, that one

st. cloud in about 25 minutes for now. again, distant light showers. then decreasing amounts of rain across the viewing area. but more moisture still out 125 miles to the west of citrus county. that means, yes, a few isolated showers possible overnight into the early, early morning sunday. by about 8:00, we'll be completely done with those few sprinkles. chilly, though. 42 degrees, crystal river, carraway. 48 degrees. st. pete, 50. when you add in the winds which will be gutty out of the northwest, it's going to feel even colder than those actual air temperatures, feeling like the upper 30s across the nature coast. feeling like 44 degrees in tampa. feeling like 43 home beach and going to be chilly across polk county, feeling like 39 degrees when you wake up the next morning. keep that in mind when you are headed out to play golfing going to church, to breakfast. you will need to dress accordingly. we will be decreasing clouds. as that sunshine breaks through, that will help keep things up but only into the upper 50s by the afternoon. so i want to show

a few clouds for you as well in the indian point. 53 in st. cloud. here come the clouds moving through tonight. not much rainfall with this though. and mostly quiet weather. but if you're heading out to the beaches a high risk for rip currents. the winds have been backing off. the wave height is down just a bit. not a bad weekend heading towards the beaches. 72 in melbourne and palm bay. cocoa beach coming in at 72. we will warm up to the mid 70s around titusville. they have a relatively cool 73 at daytona beach. they have races going on tonight. the trucks race tonight and we have the daytona 500 on sunday. even races on saturday. race, race, race. orlando, i hope you're not racing around. a lot of the weekend events will have great weather for it. mid 70s tomorrow. including 76 orlando. 77 claremont and leesburg and 70 up in palm coast. as far as the clouds they continue to move through the area tonight. maybe a sprinkle in the southern zones. overall rain chances are very low for the next couple of days. the next storm system gets here could come i

areawide, highs, titusville, sharpes in the low 70s, 74 degrees st cloud, boggy creek , nurse -- narc oossee hunters creek village known up and downtown orlando. 75 is a high slightly above the average of 74. coming up, we will track when we get have 80s back in the forecast. >>> you can always track the warmer weather for yourself at wftv.com /weather. >>> dozens of students, family and friends have gathered to -- a bethune-cookman university to remember the student killed in off-campus shooting. alive look at the service. 23-year-old johnson was shot two others were also injured. johnson is the third bcu student killed in the last year from gun violence. organizes -- organizers say the service will give the students a chance to reflect on johnson's life and learn the importance of any gun violence. >>> florida lawmakers may change how the pledge of allegiance is handled in public schools they were now students must stand and recite the pledge plus a parent was asked in writing for todd to be excuse. the house panel probing a bill how parents are notified on how children are excuse.

. -- st. cloud. north western zones sheltered spot typical cold spots. we could see patchy frost developing tomorrow morning. five-day forecast where the weekend is always in view look at the numbers. picture-perfect. sunny, 75. 70 saturday and mostly sunny an affront works in sunday. cool -- a front works in sunday. 68 sunday, chance of showers monday. temperatures are still dropping off and we will track that out the door temperatures in a couple minutes at the bottom of the hour. sky with his nine. >> if you're leaving the house, altamonte springs you will need an extra 5-10 minutes. construction crews have eastbound lanes closed off. 2 lanes getting through and even one getting through others. a back up maitland, we also have a crash in lake county. a partial roadblock county road 445 a at state road 19. eastbound block on county road 445 a. >>> questions over a mural and a local school. the art that critics say is a waste of taxpayer money. >>> back on land, passengers of a cruise. talking about the nightmare at sea. osceola county residents living

. and showers up in volusia, also through the lake area. farther south, st. cloud. hunters creek okay right now. once again, we have a new area of rain down to the south. it will be there in another 5 to 10 more minutes. temperatures very warm due to the humidity in the south. 71 in melbourne, 68 at lakeland, 66 at ocala. these numbers, these current temperatures are not that far off what our normal high temperature should be for this again, it's way out of back right now because of the approaching front. winds right now, light out of the south for 5 to 8 miles per hour. 68 degrees currently downtown, south wind at three miles per hour. so looking good. 81 degrees, the high temperature today. 75's our normal high. 54, that was our early morning low. that was a little above form normal, but we warmed things up today with that sunshine. so a few showers tonight a few more showers tomorrow and then a few storms on wednesday. sky's delir on thursday. temperatures drop for the end of the week. here's the first wave of showers coming out a little action right now. may ar

. >> another credit card skimmer st. cloud police tell us they found a skimmer yesterday at a pump at the 7-eleven on u.s. 192 at narcoossee road. this is a look at that skimmer. the discovery comes after four others were found at other 7-eleven stations throughout the county earlier this month. we're told no one has reported any identity theft yet. police want anyone who might be a victim to come forward. >> we're learning more details about this incredible sight that happened in hawaii. a helicopter filled with passengers slammed into the water. last night, attorney john morgan and his tour guide, who jumped into action to save the people on board, talked only to news 6. now we're hearing from the tourist who shot this dramatic video. the man quickly started recording on his phone when he noticed the helicopter losing control near pearl harbor. five people, including a 16-year-old, were on board when the chopper went down. he says there was a small crowd helicopter approached the water. he says some were worried it would com

late showers to st cloud in kissimmee. people have a gorgeous day -- we will have a gorgeous day on the way. tracking a possible -- severe weather done. 50s and 60s, 62 orlando. lots of sun and warm. 75 and noon at 2:00, altamonte springs near 78. this is what we can expect as we go forward. 8:00, a couple left over clouds. eight, nine, 10, clear. clear skies tonight and turning chilly. that's the high, 70s in the northern tier 80. a front is not dragging anything in the way of by tonight, clear skies and chillier. will have 40s and 50s when i see tomorrow morning and tomorrow a perfect day. sunny, 75 on wednesday. five-day forecast, where the weekend is always in view another chilly night wednesday early thursday, thursday is cooler with a secondary front moving in. temperatures around 72. 72 thursday. sunny friday 73 and look at that weekend. milder and nothing hot or cold. sunny and saturday and 77. still mid to upper 70s on sunday. mostly sunny skies with the overnight lows, camping weather. an update on heavy rain par

. -- 84 in kissimmee and st. cloud. 82 is where we're headed today in palm bay. our winds are coming in out of the south. that keeps us warm and all of the big rain is still back to the west. we have a cold front that is going to be making its approach wednesday and thursday. and as it does, this will bring us our next best chance for showers and storms. looks like late night wednesday thursday is when we're going to see the showers and storms. the main energy, the big area of low pressure is off to the north. i don't expect severe storms from this but i do expect at least some rumbles of thunder and good downpours. friday, as the front slides through we may get a few lingering showers during the day but then that cooler, drier air will be working in on friday. our high fwind of the week will only be in the 60's. we start off in the 80's and end up in the 60's. there'll there are a few other fronts that will come through this weekend. here is ted. >> amy was telling you some of the visibility. you see those buildings are not there when you're driving. this camera

this time two girls are fighting and it appears school employees break it up. >> st. cloud police said this week there's been three fights on campus and three confrontations. there's also been one fight off campus. police and the school district are still investigating to determine who will be disciplined. >> parents told me when they were young they fought with words, not fists. >> i'm 64 years old. when i was growing up there was it was courtesy no fighting or nothing. if we disputed it was just with talk and that's it. now it's either >> more officers were at the school today regarding a rumor on social media about a weapon being brought on campus. that threat wasn't credible. late this afternoon the school was placed on lock down after another threat to campus security. >> there's usually only one cop car here. this morning there was four. i said they're just stepping it up more because there's been fights. >> this is a developing story we continue to follow. you can see parents are still waiting to pick up their kids. when i check in with the district they said they fo

picture-perfect, sunny and mild going over numbers, 77 kissimmee, 76 st cloud, 74 degrees and titusville. tonight it will be chilly and 40s around to near 50 degrees for tonight. tomorrow, another nice day although it will be cooler, upper 60s to low 70s for our highs as we hit thursday. a bit of a cool down over the next 24 hours for five-day forecast, we check weather and traffic every 10 minutes. , by the weekend, we will warm up sunny on saturday, 76 and sunday temperatures around 78 and mostly sunny. we will go over the daytona 500 forecast coming up in the next >>> 5:20 am checking traffic with deneige. >> pulling up cameras along i 4, we just of construction going on at this point. here i 4, 436 eastbound, alain in each direction is blocked for the i 4 construction. it has not caused slowdowns at this point. toward downtown orlando, i 4 here at colonial, this is your traffic heading into the downtown area. you can see the left lane blocked off by the cones the ship. -- they should pick this up at 6:00 i will let you know if it changes of causes problems. >>> university of central

we will take a look at those highs, kissimmee, st. cloud and ocala we could hit 80 today. 79 claremont, even a deep -- even along the coast we are going to be warm. mid to upper 70s, 78 today in melbourne. track what to expect for monthly outlook, and take a look at that next chance of some rain and storms. >>> we are starting off the drive with a fatal crash, it does have westbound lanes of us 192 shutdown at hickory tree road in st. cloud. working on some alternates free for the next 10 minutes. keep that in mind, at this point. here, shot of the beach line right near orlando international airport f-dot crews are out there still working to get her drive a little bit easier. eyewitness news this morning's live where is live where they've stopped collecting the toll, and soon they should be getting the toll plaza completely torn down from there. >>reporter:it's one of central florida's oldest toll plazas, we will zoom in to show you part of the problem here. there are e pass lanes for some pass users, but no express lanes. here. if you driv

and pushing through st. cloud. if you're watching through downtown saint t. cloud, you're done. it's. if you're watching from geneva, it's turns off just like that. it's already rolled through inlet. the new smyrna beach. and eventually push right out through the east through biovert county. it's not superheavy and it'll all be over in and about another hour for everyone in central florida. temperatures tonight, 59 after our high today was 64, 65. it's the cloud deck and wind support. wind is still pushing pretty hard from the southeast at 14 in orlando. melbourne 57 winds at south to 14. ocala, you got the drill. fronts already passed you. so you have dropped off now to 54. we're still holding at 60 in sanford, here the winds all over the place. a 17 miles per hour villages. 14 orlando, 14 at the cape. and 14 in melbourne. you see the way this is pushed in. it's all tied to the big low pressure center swirling up north. it is snowing tonight all the way down to huntsvill alabama. just outside of georgia. all over middle tennessee. -here's is set up for tonight. very windy. the

dry and the entire day tomorrow but if you're in separate, deltona, orlando, ultron, kissimmee, st cloud, clermont, the villages, polk county forecasted high in the low 80s tomorrow. in the 80s deland and de leon springs, palm coast, a nice 74 for the high temperatures. warmer as we wait for the next system. typical as we wait for the storms we warm up with a self winds. 82 tuesday, 84 on wednesday, wednesday windy and the warmest day of the week and a front arrives and then we get thunderstorms. watch for now. download the wftv weather app code to monitor over the next few days the severe thunderstorm with four evening. tuesday, scattered rain developing in the afternoon and isolated downpours. this will not be the big deal we are waiting for. that will be on wednesday. the front comes, energy to work with warmer temperatures and the front may organize storms as it comes through. wednesday, lightning, down show -- downpours and maybe damaging winds. tom terry will be in every evening analyzing your severe weather risk and we will watch was a closely. five-day forecast where the weekend

baseball players of all time helping the darryl strawberry recovery center has been operating in st. cloud for a couple of years and this morning the man behind the center darryl strawberry joins us live to talk. spring training starts this week and are you thinking of trying out again. >> no, i'm not. >> john: that is done. >> over and done. >> john: during your playing years you struggle with addiction and it was widely publicized. looking back, did it make it worse because you were in the public eye, especially new york city? the issues e were struggling with in did it make it worse. >> it makes it more difficult for any celebrity, to have struggles with addiction and have to go through the media. it is very difficult because you are -- your life is public and people will criticize you and they don't understand what addiction us about and what alcoholism is about and, it is no until you come to a place of understanding what it is about and how to deal with it and get into recovery and you can that is the e most important message we try to deliver to people. in our facilities, and our --

this has been an on going issue, just this week another was found at st. cloud pumps gas that the 7-lech all the time. -- and he doesn't know it was compromised. >> yesterday, st. cloud police teamed to check 16 gas stations in the city. 15 were clean but they found a skimmer on a pump at this 7-11. they're telling driver who is have gassed up here to check the bank statements and cards. >> these have pictures to have skimmer police found yesterday but within the last two weeks we have shown you other gas stations around osceola county where deputys and officer versus found skimmers. >> eyewitness news tag add long to watch an investigation work. buddy gases up here too and has no tolerance for the scammers and thieves who haven't been caught yet. >> they should be put in steel cages in arena and left in the sun. >> it is terrible. >> we working hard, you know, for a living. these people come to steal your money just like that. it is no good. >> the manager tells me they do check the pumps regularly but didn't say when they did the reporting in osceola county. >

. >> this morning students are not going to be in their classrooms in st. cloud high school after a lockdown kept them on campus hours after dismissal yesterday. michelle: yesterday chopper 2 was there as students were finally released in the evening. the scare was triggered by a post on social media. what do we know about the threat? jazmin: there were two threats posted to social media. police say both threatened violence but in the end neither were credible. you're looking at video from chopper 2 as hundreds of students were released from st. loud high school after the four-hour lockdown. during that time police searched all 2,200 on campus and even some adults. students tell us they thought an active shooter was on campus. >> i was scared a little bit. i didn't know if i was in danger or not. >> the principal sent out phone alerts to parents letting them know about each new threat posted to social media. parents will not be dropping their kids off at school this morning because it is rodeo day for the silver spurs rodeo, a nice break after yesterday's scare.

stewart: late breaking tonight from osceola county, st. cloud high school had to be put on lockdown for a short time after district leaders were made aware of a possible threat on social media. few details have been released, but for a short time no one was allowed to come onto or leave the campus. students are said to still be on campus. wesh 2 has learned of a new lawsuit that could put money back in the pockets of potentially hundreds of thousands of people arrested for drunk driving. alfredo crespin in winter garden last november. he was found guilty of dui. he is still without his license, and his attorneys say the policy of suspending licenses immediately after a dui arrest is unconsitutional. crespin also claims the state is unfairly charging people millions of dollars in license fees, even when they are found not guilty. david oliver: you may be found guilty and be fined. that' s part of the criminal justice process. but the department of highway safety and motor vehicles yields tens of millions of dollars a year through this scheme that

summer: you are looking at the st. cloud announcement board outside, and on the 19th, you can see no school for students. we want to make sure that has nothing to do with today' s lockdown. summer knowles, wesh 2 news. stewart: human remains have been found in volusia county in some woods between indian lake and red john roads. a surveyor made the discovery, while doing some work in the area. there were no clothes or personal information near the remains so right now detective s don' t know if they belong to a man or woman. day three of the search for a missing newborn known as baby willow went below ground today. workers with the city of orlando sent a robotic camera through hundreds of feet of piping underneath the willow bend apartments. that' s where police say the child' s mother, 30-year-old susan richardson, gave birth richards is in jail on charges of child neglect and has refused to say where exactly the newborn is. nothing was found today and police will be back out there again tomorrow. meredith: tonight we now th

a beautiful way to wrap up the weekend. 72 if you are in astatula. 74 in st. cloud, northeast coastline still chilly. 65 degrees right there. more coming up. chris: a deadly wreck has shut down john young parkway near here is some video we got into the newsroom moments ago. 2:00. moving on, the mother of the infant that sparked an amber florida. taraji kemp is safe after spending a night -- a life -- a night at a local hospital. case. authorities issued a statewide amber alert just after 7:20 saturday morning. this two-month-old was snatched later found a live in orange county. taraji kemp was kidnapped friday night when several gunmen broke into a fort lauderdale home. she was with two men. was caught in fort pierce 100 miles and an hour later. alive in unincorporated orange county. no word on what august in' s involvement could be. it is unclear where the infant was found. >> it was devastating to have a baby like that snatched away from their home. i don' t know what i would do if it happened to me. chris: new this morning, police need your help to find a man' s

it will be 66 in st. cloud. take a look at futurecast. this is late night. we will start to see if you showers. most everybody will be sleeping. those of us who work up -- wake up normal, overnight will see rain showers. once we get through the day tomorrow, the rain will go away. look at the cold air for tuesday. highs will only be in the upper 50' s. we will be called on wednesday and thursday. let' s see what' s happening out on the roads. jazmin: there are no major issues. if you' re heading west, watch out. a vehicle broke down. the right shoulder could be bought. you have a 15 minute drive from downtown orlando. we are watching this deadly crash. this is still really blocked off. you' ll want to head south. windemere road is going to be your best way around. jason: a man grabs a little girl in the bathroom of a florida store. why they believe he is not acting alone. michelle: another incredible video of a shark sighting. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! se

palm coast, 74 st cloud, and 72 by the citrus tower in clermont. 40s are possible marion, flagler county, elsewhere low to mid 50s. a ribbon of clouds rolling by as the front moves in and cooler weather for tomorrow, take a peek at your screen, only 56, 59 daytona beach, we will struggle a bit with temperatures in the northern coastline but we have 60 downtown orlando. expect low to mid 60 for tomorrow, have a light jacket for the outdoor plans. five-day forecast, the weekend always in view, heading into saturday night, pretty chilly and 30s northern tier most of us in the low to mid 40s by sunday morning. sunday, valentine's day, partly cloudy, 66 and we warm up monday, 76, clouds increasing another front will work in and this could have more moisture with it. a chance of the late shower monday. we will drop back into low 70s tuesday and tuesday a 40 percent chance of rain five days away. we will fine-tune it and until then enjoy the awesome weekend forecast. martie? >>> forever family series. channel 9 anchor martha sugalski introduces us to a special teenager who likes -- >> he loves

we will be near the freezing 38 orlando, 37 st. cloud, along the coast it's going to be cold, 42 cocoa beach, lotus. melbourne, all galley, temperatures around 38. prepare tonight all across central florida do not forget about your pets and protect your plans especially if you are in a cold spot. the best chance of ross will be basically i-4 to the northwest. >>> five-day forecast, where the weekend is always in view, after the cold start tomorrow, we start to make a client. 64 and beautiful tomorrow lots of sun with 60s . chilly friday morning but we get 70s moving in 72 degrees on friday. appetite is 73 so below average on friday even though we warm up, 70 saturday . another front will work in on sunday but most of the cold air stays to the north so we will drop some on sunday but not a huge in the 60s as we head into sunday. vanessa? >>> one of epcot's most iconic right has been shutdown for renovations the x the circle of life arrive -- right teaching about conservation of the past 20 years is getting an update . is the has not said

day, 82 a leesburg, 83 clermont, 75 daytona beach sanford white lane, 82. 81 and 82 tomorrow in st. cloud. through the forecast. we have a lot of changes. weekend is always in view, warm days tomorrow, wednesday even warmer near 83 degrees on wednesday. slight chance of showers late in the day but the front drags in on thursday. thursday, 70 percent chance of rain in a few storms could linger into friday. we will keep an eye on the timing going back and forth a littlbe. 63 either way it will be cooler by the time we hit friday. in the 60s into the weekend and signs of the developing storm by sunday and we will keep an eye on that and talk about that at the bottom of the hour. martie? >>> the first rocket launcher 2060 from cape canaveral air days. the launch of the rocket push back because of concerns over the electrical connectors on the rockets booster. the rocket will carry a gps satellite into orbit when it goes up, the windows open at 838 friday and if it lives off news and wftv.com. the earth this afternoon picked the european space agency expand. from surveillance satellites data c

you can see the temperatures today. 66 in st. cloud, and again, some gusty winds. melbourne, june park, temperatures around 66. for tonight, the front will start to work in, and we will see a 20% chance of a shower for tonight. 30s and 40s again, and fast- moving front, and just a couple of showers a possibility, we will be cold through the day tomorrow, and look at your screen. weekend always in view, 50s in the forecast, for the highs on our tuesday, and then a min -- mini front will work n keeping us near 60. 66 on saturday, and then the third front arrives, and sunday, again, high the in the 50s. we are going on on 650. let's get an update on this crash. >>> is right at isles of bell largo drive. you need to take pleasant road while the troopers work to clear the crash in orange county, orange blossom trail at holden avenue. i'm trying to find out from troopers which direction is blocked at this point. for now i will say the alternates could be texas avenue or orange avenue. >>> another night of loud construction noises. construction at lake underhill and woodb

one working in st. cloud. rattlesnake lane by keenensville. keep you updated if that changes as we get further into the commute. moving along fine along i-4. a live check outside by lee road, looking fantastic. these are eastbound cars. drive times where they should be for this time of the morning. either side of i-95, that's going to be an issue. that's your check on traffic. kirsten and david, back over to you. >> we are partnering with mix 105.1. >> they are holding a blanket drop off locations set up at dunkin' donuts in orlando and aloma avenue in winter park. blankets, gloves, coats between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. if you donate, you'll get a free medium cup of coffee and a pair of tickets to the food and wine festival while supplies last. a lot of people getting tickets. this is a good way to do it. >> it is all about helping others. >> still ahead, casey anthony, she is back in the headlines. >> find out the business she is opening up. we have a rare sighting to show you off the florida coast. it is video of a whale and her >> people near th

here's one in orlando and ot from st. cloud, plenty of shots all you have to do is search wkmg, download storm pins and pin your photo of the moon. yes, it is a full moon. here is a live view of the moon. as we show you downtown orlando. a beautiful shot. we have some clouds but at times, the clouds break up just enough to show the moon. 58 and that's what it feels like with calm winds. with calm winds and moisture, we can't rule out patchy fog. earlier we had visibilities reduced at a half mile. so far visibilities are looking good. we are at 50 in ocala. 58 in daytona beach. 57 in melbourne. here's a look at the pinpoint accurate forecast. >> we like to draw your attention to the sky so you know what to expect. look at the sky, ugly. clouds in place. even though we'll have clouds, we'll warm quickly to 78 by noon. 82 for the afternoon high today at 4:00 with rain chances only at 20%. rain chances increase a little bit more to 30% tonight from 8:00 through 11:00. it will be mild. in the upper 60's for a good bit of tonight. no