And i think seaworld making the adjustment to this new reality. Reporter he is an economist who follows the ups and downs of theme parks. He says seaworld is still adjusting to a world where social media is the biggest megaphone of all. It just havened this process. Reporter i asked him if decades worth of relying on shamu as an attraction can be erased and keep customers. It may not be the seaworld that i grew up with. But a lot of companies and a lot of things arent the same as when i was young. Theyve changed, theyve evolved products and responded, and services have responded to the market. Reporter companies cite Research Showing their much opposed to captive breeding of orcas. Still no word on what caused a house fire that killed a 17yearold boy. His familys centuryold home caught fire. Firefighters found him feet from the front door but couldnt revive him. Grief counselors came to our class. And our class is really close with him. We sort of had to hold ourselves together. The city is picking up a collection for the family for clothing and other things. You can log onto wftv. Com. The number of floridians with zika keeps climbing. One of the new cases is in Brevard County. 66 total cases only seven patients still have symptoms. All contracted the virus outside of the country, except for one person in polk county who contracted it sexually. Heavy rain and lightning, especially along our coast. It really came down this afternoon. Tom has been tracking the weather. The spring breakers werent so lucky this afternoon. They have had a great run of luck the last couple weeks. Very nice indeed. Heres a live as we brought folks back outside. A far cry from the storms that roll through. Some of the heavier downpours off new smyrna beach, including some new downpours just ready to push offshore. So the weather will be improving there shortly. Flagler beach, nearly 2 inches of rain, and still some rain just west of to the west there. Downtown orlando also getting just an isolated shower now developing. So weve missed most of the rain here. Still tracking a cold front to the north and on and off rain from tonight to sunday. A millionaire staying behind bars even though his conviction has been overturned. A judge denied bond. He was convicted of killing his wife in 2011. An appeal put part of the case on hold. Reporter the state Attorneys Office is appealing the case. And until that matter gets settled, prosecutors argued that ward is still technically a convict and should remain behind bars. 67yearold bob ward walked slowly out of court. His attorney will appeal a judges decision to deny him bond. Was found guilty of shooting and killing his wife in 2011. Last month a judge essentially ordered a new trial on the grounds of ineffective council. Ward served four years of a 30 year sentence. His attorney asked that he be freed. He was standing trial, there were reasonable conditions that could secure his trial. He complied. Reporter prosecutors are appealing the courts decision to retry the case. This defendant is not entitled to release on bond at this point in his proceedings. He remains a convicted felon unless and until the dca brings a new trial. Reporter ward looked to his two daughters after the judge handed down the decision. The Appeals Court could order a new trial or uphold its conviction. There is no telling when we may get a decision from that Appeals Court. Granted, the Attorneys Office says they will prude this case once again prosecute this case once again. The Fifth District court of appeal has made a ruling in a Brevard County murder case, and it clears the way for the state to seek the Death Penalty against william woodward. Last month his attorney successfully argued if he were convicted, the dvp would not an option Death Penalty was not an option in. A ruling filed yesterday, the 5th district disagrees. But that doesnt mean that he is readed to trial just yet. Rather than going through a trial and having the Supreme Court restlers decision, lets review this and make a final decision. A former Domestic Violence advocate who served the community for a decade is suing thousands of dollars. Her attorney asked to review the cellphones, servers, and minutes of all Board Members who came to the decision. He said wick was not given a reason for her firing. Making the decision you have to make to run an organization like that, are you gonna make everybody happy . I hope not f. You are, youre not doing your job. Nation is not charging wick fees but if harbor house does not settle soon, he will go after her salary and 7 renes severance. William calhoun was arrested last month in a joint operation with Sanford Police and the atf. The city is partnering with the federal agency to crack down on drug and a 13yearold armed with an Assault Rifle and ammunition was on his way to school but a Family Member stopped him in his tracks. Officials say the boy was annoyed by some of the classmates. Terrifying. Reporter carlos is grateful that his family and everyone else here are safe. Yesterday he was worried when Officials Say a 13yearold boy who lived in the county tried to bring an ar15 that looked a lot like this one and ammo with him to school. I heard he was locked up, loaded, ready to go. Yeah, it was a good thing they caught him. Reporter his dad and other Family Members discovered the gun and took it away before it was too late. The 13yearold was taken to a mental met to be evaluated. School to deal with it. Those students and their parents were made aware of the situation and offered counseling. Since the gun never made it on campus, no we asked officials if he would be allowed to return to school here. A student in this kind of situation will face an alternative placement of some kind or even an compulsion from the school district. One thing is clear, he will never return to howard middle school. A 40yearold man detained in connection with the shooting death of a 26yearold in orlando. A man was found dead at the chowder bay apartment complex on rio grande avenue. Detectives is have not called Corinne Brown wants money to help her stop floridas redistricting plan. She is asking donations for her federal court fight. The amounts were found unconstitutional. She says the new maps would hurt her politically even though others disagree. New jail recordings you wont see anywhere else, showing who visited the mother accused of abandoning a newborn police have named baby willa. Youll hear what her boyfriend refused to discuss missing newborn. And Citrus Growers are their losses. A lot of rain and storms and it took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. But only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. The jail house recordings of the mother of missing newborn baby willa. Shes had a handful of visitors. Jeff deal spent hours watching video of those visits. And she never expressed any concern about the baby. Reporter in fact the only time we heard her mention the baby was when she was discussing News Coverage of her case. None of the people even ask herd what happened to the baby. The 1 thing she did seem concerned about was making sure her could get cookies and candy. The first visit was filled with lighthearted conversation. Baloney sandwiches. Reporter these are the first time were hearing from the mother of the newborn. But conversations with her longtime boyfriend turned serious when he confronted her about what she was doing before police say she gave birth near the willow bend apartments then abandoned her newborn girl. They told you to leave, so you started to leave. Thats a dog gone lie. Reporter richardson denied using drugs and expressed concern about a friend nicknamed pork chop. Reporter richardson has been behind bars for a month, facing child neglect and desertion charges. Despite searches her baby still hasnt not one of her visitors even asked her what happened to the baby. Her boyfriend expressed concern about even mentioning her. Reporter and he said hes praying for richardsons freedom. I gotta trust in god. Reporter richardson was supposed to be arraigned on her charges here at the jail today but waived that hearing. She is due back in court in june. In those videos she mentioned she may be talking to her attorney about getting her bond reduced to get out of jail. The Florida Department of health is offering vaccines free of charge for students. They can take advantage of the offer between march 22nd through the 24th. Vaccines will be districted at the educational 9 00 am to 2 00. Another spring break weekend approaching, continue death penalties are on the lookout for drunk drivers. Theyll be running patrols starting tonight through saturday. Law enforcement is also cracking down on underaged drinking and beach drinking. 130 people have been arrested this week for alcohol related villages. Controversial remarks being blamed for a Senior Citizen with the united launch alliance. Ulas Vice President of engineering stepped down after saying that his company didnt bid on a launch contract with the military last year because it couldnt compete with spacexs lower cost. Recognized for being one of the best in the state. The Florida Animal Control Association has named Orange County has Outstanding Agency of the year. The group is credited release rate, enhancing their image, and controlling the local pet population. Researchers are turning to an unlikely plant to replace the dying citrus industry. Hops. Hops is grown in northern states like washington. But researchers have grown hops for the last four years to produce a very mild flavor. And Citrus Growers are paying close attention. The requests that i get are from producers that have lost acreage from a certain amount of green. So they can diversify. Floridas microbrewing industry is very interested. They would not have to import hops from the north. And folks enjoying a nice it was so busy that steve had to wedge himself in there. [ laughter ] you can see the people coming and going, the rain coming and going. Showers and then county clearing back out. Well stop it there. 71 degrees. Enjoying the calm after the storm. Rain moving offshore right now. We had most of the rain and fireworks out in this system for today. Showers in our northern zones. Northern areas, and heavy downpours for the oak hill area. Just a light sprinkle or two possible. Rainfall is still back here to the west, northwest, rock springs area of marion county. Heres our front, stuck to the north. Thats where the best chance for rain will be over the next couple days. This front will get pushed through on that will bring an end to the rain and cooler weather. Most of the rain along on. Rain coverage relatively low. The day. I think most of the afternoon just mostly cloudy with isolated showers, its gonna be saturday night, rain moving back in. And here comes the front. The front is finally on the move. Rain saturday night. And sunday mornings rainfall, daybreak, so the first part of sunday, plan on some rain. Clear things down substantially. Saturday night youll have to take coverage this. And sunday morning plan on the umbrella, and then well cool things down. Tomorrow the warm day for the next several. Along the coast tomorrow, pretty nice. By the end of the week, a little cooler. 84 tomorrow. Theres the start of spring, sunday morning. A teenager killed in a house fire, still uncheer what caused unclear what caused it. Stepping up to help the the weather was perfect, the course perfect, and the players took advantage. 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