st. pete rent storage barges to hold the sewage water until it can be treated. local leaders will discuss the problem this afternoon at usf st. pete. >>> the toddler who died during a shooting in south tampa over the weekend is going to be laid to rest today. 17-month-old amaya shaffy will be buried at sunset memory gardens in thonotosassa. tampa police say a family member owned the gun that killed her. officers right now are trying to figure out if that little girl shot herself. >>> inform concerned land o' lakes families on what the sheriff's office learned about a suspicious package found in their neighborhood nearly two weeks ago. that package contained mortar shells, what the atf called fireworks, a reward offered for information leading to an arrest. >>> the area around amalie arena will soon look much different. tampa bay lightning owner jeff vinick's plans finally unveiled today. estimated $2 billion worth of changes to the channel district including new housing, retail and office space, a hotel, grocery store and parking we have a closer look at the plans now on our mobile app. >>> here's a live look at what it l

meeting is between three and five p-m at the fish and wildlife research institute on the campus of usf st. pete. and it's not just homeowners and beachgoers concerned about that wastewater runoff. local charter fishing companies who are worried about the damage that's been done to the fish. after hurricane hermine, sewage systems around tampa bay were overloaded. some cities said they had no other option than to pump millions of gallons of sewage -- raw and partially treated -- into businesses that depend on that inshore water. at least one local fishing charter say business has dropped about 30 percent... costing them up to 25 hundred dollars a ?week. captain "anthony corcella" of "pocket change inshore fishing" says when he does take customers out, he has to be very cautious about what fish they keep and what they toss back: the city of st. petersburg does have millions of dollars in permanent fixes in the budget. but those could take years. state senator jack latvala is calling for short term solutions in the meantime. and he's expected to reveal those solutions at today's meeting. ((jen wha

st. pete rent storage bladders or barges to hold the sewage until a processing plant can treat it. local leaders will discuss the sewage problem this afternoon at usf st. pete. >>> this morning crews from the fertilizer plant oh make are working to -- mosaic are working to contain water. it seems like deck deja vu to many people who dealt with water contamination decades ago. luther hamilton remembers when it started in his backyard. imc owned it at that time. he says water in his homes and forecasts turned brown and there was dust in his house. wells with the mining. >> imc denied contaminating the local wells but in 1995 "u.s. news & world report" shows how the company spent more than $1 million digging deeper wells for people there. and since 1993 that area has run on the small water treatment plants maintained by polk county. bradley junction residents won a big victory by convincing the county to pass an ordinance requiring mining no closer than 1,000 feet of a >>> 5:09. "wall street journal" reporting k-mart plans to close another 64 stores across the country. liquidation sales begin september 22nd and the stores close mid-december. parent co

st. pete rent storage bladders or barges to hold the sewage water until a processing plant can treat it. sewage problem this afternoon at usf st. pete. >>> this morning as mosaic crews work to contain the sinkhole, bradley junction is having flashbacks of water contamination there decades ago. luther hamilton remembers when the digging started 250 feet from his front yard. he says imc-agrico owned the mine and most of the surrounding he said dust and odors filled his home and his water turned brown. >> they messed up our wells with the mining. >> imc denied contaminating the local wells but in 1995 "u.s. news & world report" shows how the company spent more than $1 million digging deeper wells for people there. >>> also now the fertilizer plant is giving polk county commissioners an update on how ryan raish is there and will update us as soon as possible. >>> a polk county softball coach bonded out of jail accused from stealing from her own team. kaelin mancuso is softball, volleyball and pe teacher in the kathleen high school in lakeland. she's accused of forging $700 worth of checks and that she used whiteouts to change t

state representative peters canceled and called for the meeting at usf's st. pete afternoon. >>> the suspect wanted in connection to the new york and new jersey bombings is in jail. police arrested 28-year-old ahmad khan rahami after getting into a gun battle with the suspect in lyndon, new jersey. police believe he is the man seen on surveillance video here where explosive devices were recovered in new york and connected to the explosion in new jersey as well over the weekend. >>> right now, the sun is beginning to come up. and a few of you have showers. let me zoom in along shower south of brooksville but not raining on the veterans expressway. as you see from the tampa camera, 76 degrees. it is steamy. so i left in the coastal shower this morning. 88degrees at noon. 90degrees at 4:00 p.m. and most of the rain during the afternoon will be east of 75. and the rain chance goes to 30% for wednesday, thursday and thursday starts fall but you don't know it by the forecast. >>> all right, looking at traffic right now. we will head out to pinellas county. and seeing a d

it was a packed house at usf st. pete for the pinellas county state officials want to know what led to 248 million gallons of sewage discharged into tampa bay this year alone. how did it get this bad, and what's done to permanently fix it and bhaets done right now? officials from pinellas county, clearwater and largo spoke about their own issues, but the main spotlight is on st. petersburg which had three large discharge events since last august. they wanted to know why the wastewater treatment closed and why a to 14 whistleblower report predicting massive overflows with to closure was ignored. they said they didn't have knowledge of the reports. he's seeking independent counsel to get to the bottom of it. upgrades are in progress but could take two toe three years. he's doing what he can in the meantime to prevent history from repeating itself. >> we will do everything we can to minimize the opportunity. to bring that capacity up. we can't get that work done overnight. so we have already started the work to -- on that co

it was a packed house at usf st. pete for the pinellas county

usf st. petersburg at 3:00 p.m. reporting in st. pete, haley hinds, fox 13 news. >>> now your sky tower radar forecast with meteorologist paul dellegado. >> summer rainy season continues. a lot of action inland. check this out from what clul la this evening, and that's unbelievable. a lot of heavy rain and frequent lightning inland. i think we see more on tuesday. that picture on my facebook page, check it out. in the meantime with a light west wind this is more like july. you have paurt deputies running 87, 88. promote some showers in nnz and some of the rain is heavy near i understand ian shores and also palm harbor had heavy rain over you now. it's drifting east into hillsborough county soon. the motion is west to east and even hudson has rain. very he rain around brooksville. that cell is moving just along north of 50 heading to the east of brooksville pretty soon. very wet in way up to inverness and down 41. areas of moderate to heavy rain and continues to citrus springs into marion county. i think we have a ways to go. there are ad

. >>> all usf campuses in the bay area are closed, nova southeastern, st. pete college and stetson university also canceled classes. >> also today, pasco hernando state college and new college of florida canceled classes. you can find a complete list of closures on our website. >>> our coverage of tropical storm hermine continues. >> viewers have been sending us pictures all morning. i he shot in the outside the height regency in clearwater beach this morning. you can see how flooded it is it's one of the ocean's fastest, fiercest predators. it knows no equal. until now... mako. the tallest, fastest, longest coaster in orlando. now open. feel the predator power. >>> our tropical storm conch continues now. damage, eagle 8 hd flying over. we have paul aboard the chopper. what are you seeing? >> good morning, gene. what i can tell you here, let me show you close. this is shore acres. what happens is the tide comes up and floods the streets. here's the problems. i'm going to pan up here and show you. trucks like this are driving around through the area. when you dri

usf senior was seven in 2001 and remembers her teachers in st. pete not wanting to talk about the news. >> why, if it's happening in new york city, why is everybody reacting this way here in florida? >>reporter: u.t. junior was a military kid, five on 9/11 and on a base in japan. >> a month prior to 9/11 we had just had a big earthquakes. there were cracks in the road so essentially being a i thought it's just another earthquake. >>reporter: she immediately knew things had changed. >> my dad had a strange look on his face like something was wrong and he went into his room for about an hour, came back all geared up. my mom said, where are you going? he said, can't tell you. how long are you going to be gone? can't tell you. hugs her, hugs my sister and i and left for the elevator and we didn't see him for a month and a half. >>reporter: u.s.f. center grew family and made mere survival seem like an achievement. >>reporter: when i went on the plane, when we landed, everyone was clapping. everyone had this like sigh of relief. >>reporter: u.t. center said

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