Poconos a quarter mile. 2. 5mile visible in allentown. Reports of big delays at Philadelphia International airport. This evening were in that lull. It will continue till about 11 00 oclock tonight. And then well see more showers moving into the region from the southwest. Were talking about reduced visibility. Less than a mile at times. We can see a dense fog advisory issued later tonight if this persists. Coming up well talk more iffy tale about the next storm coming in and the wind that follows for now well zen it back to you. You can track the rain prepare for tomorrow by downlo downloading fox 29 weather app. Look at live radar images and get alerts sent right to your phone go to the apple or Google Play Store and search fox 29. Breakings right now out of the new jersey. State Police Issued an amber alert for a threeyearold girl named rebecca. Authorities say her father 47yearold, took her from the bronx. Police say he assaulted his wife with a knife and then sped off with the child. They say he was driving a 2004 Dodge Caravan when he crossed George Washington bridge headed south on i95 into new jersey. Cops say hes armed and dangerous so if you see him or rebecca, call 911. The race is on tonight to find a local mom and her three month old daughter. Thirty fouryearold ramirez and three month old genesis were last seen friday november 27th in the vineland area. Police found ramirez car abandoned on northbound route 55 on saturday. Family and friends dont know where they might be. So if youve seen them or you know where they are, please call police. To a developing story now he will bammed Pennsylvania Attorney general Kathleen Kane taking action against defensive emails. Some pornographic or racist in nature were shared among a group of judges and prosecutors in the state now kane is appointing a team lawyers to investigate. Fox 29s jeff cole joins us now. Jeff, what did the ag say today. Reporter lots iain. Attorney general cane can took her battle for survival against pornographic emails to the place where americans come to learn about the constitution. She displayed some ugly images on a big screen and lit the fuse for further controversy. Warning you may find some of the the images disturbing. To a room of silent reporters attorney general kane flash images of what she says are the racially tainted demeaning and sexually explicit emails shes found on state computers. She then launched her attack. No woman should go to work and be subjected to consistent treatment of disgusting inn dignity by women haters. Because they were born with less body part. Which the last i heard does not contain any extra brain cells. The em bammed first term democrat facing criminal charges came to philadelphias gleaming National Constitution center to once again rail against what she claims are the tens of thousands of emails and the judges, prosecutors and other top pennsylvania officials she claims sent and received them. And to me, that is intolerable and i will not allow it on my watch. No matter how long that watch lasts. Reporter kane is facing perjury and other charges for allegedly leaking secret grand jury material to reporter and lying about it under oath. She could be forced from office. She took no questions on that or any other topic this day. Instead, she announced the hiring of marylands former attorney general to probe the trading of the ugly emails in state government. We will take go with the facts wherever they will lead us, and if crimes are uncovered, we will prosecute those crimes and receiver those crimes to the appropriate body for them to take appropriate action. Reporter gansler will work with four attorneys from his washington, d. C. Firm. It wont be cheap. He expects the bill to taxpayers to run under 2 million bucks. Kane ducked questions on her way out. Describe this to the public. Why do this attorney general kane . Do you think its worth the price . Gansler says hell have to be careful who he works with win kanes office because he thinks sides have been taken there. At 6 00, kane talks of racism. Lucy. All right. See you then jeff. Philadelphia police are trying to piece together an Early Morning shooting in southwest philadelphia. Officers responded to the 6400 block of glenmore avenue around 3 00 a. M. And found a man shot in the chest inside an after hours speakeasy. A witness told police they got into a fight with three other men. Its not yet clear if one of those three shot him or if he accidentally shot himself reaching for a gun. Hes in the hospital in critical condition. Happening right now, the search for a West Kensington carjacker and half dozen others police say helped him pull it off. Surveillance cameras were rolling outside the bp gas station on west lehigh avenue saturday evening. Victim told police he was trying to fill his tank when seven men surrounded him neck to the pump. He says one of them pulled a gun and demand his cash. When he tried get back into his car one of the attackers pulled him out. Another man got behind the wheel and drove off. Now investigators found his car hours later but only blocks aw away. Victim is not hurt. Police say the robbers got away around 500 the man had on him. Inappropriate assault caught on camera inside a local septa station. A young woman found herself the target of an unknown attacker. Tonight investigators are working to track him down to make sure this does not happen again. Fox 29s dawn timmeney is following this story and joins us live outside the septa station at 15th and market tonight. Dawn . Reporter iain, police say its frightening are its unsettling, and they want to get this guy off the street before he strikes again. You can see going down the steps little too close for comfort in most situations. Reporter what police say you dont see in this Surveillance Video is the man grab this 27yearold woman bosses buttocks as they round the corner out of the cameras view. Hes then seen running away. Probably not the first time hes done this or some type of Sexual Misconduct or sexual act against someone violating someone. Its still indecent assault and the reality is it shouldnt happen. Its inappropriate and we want to lock this guy up. Reporter this happen last friday night around 7 30 at the septa station at 15th and market. Police releasing the video today hoping someone can id this guy. Maybe this is a station they frequents. So you know again its something somebody can recognize this individual whether somebody from the neighborhood or what. Commuters are not surprised. But they are appal. Why do people do that . laughter . But, yeah, you always have to worry about your surrounding everywhere you go today. I get scared because you dont anybody can just run up, rob you, touch uhuh by yourself how would you feel. The lieutenant says police want to nab this creep before he strikes again or takes his bold actions one step further. Sometimes it starts in that manner and leads on to more progressive or more aggressive type crimes. Reporter the newses are this indecent assault not sitting at all with women who use this septa station. Im afraid. Its scary. You got to be alert. You got to be, you know, eyes around. You got to be alert at all times. You never know whats going to happen. Reporter police say that is exactly right. You need to be aware of your surroundings and just how close people are getting to you in certain situations. If you recognize the guy in the Surveillance Video give police a call. Lucy . All right, thank you very much, dawn. Jury selection is now underway in the murder trial of marcellis jones. Prosecutors say jones killed beau sable in two no 008. The 23yearold was working toward becoming a teacher in philadelphia. Prosecutors say sable was walking back from his summer job at starbucks at fourth and south streets were jones robbed him and shot him in the next. Jury selection was supposed to start yesterday but delayed until today because jones was late to court. Chicagos police chief out of a job a week after the long anticipated release of a dash cam video. Now the footage shows a city officer shooting a black teen 16 times. Its spurred protests and rallies just lining these for days in the streets of chicago and today mayor Rahm Emmanuel made the decision to fire superintendent Gary Mccarthy that. Moves comes just days after emmanuel told reporters that the mayor had his back but tonight he says the Publics Trust in the police is broken and new leadership is need. The officer from that shooting faces first degree murder charges. This was the scene outside of our fox 29 studios around 2 00 this afternoon. Dodge caravan caught fire right in the middle of the intersection of fourth and mark streets. The driver was not hurt but traffic as you can imagine was tied up for about 45 minutes while firefighters put out that fire and crews cleaned up the mess. The scene is now clear and traffic is moving again. Happening now kobe bryant preparing to play his last game as pro here in philadelphia. The third leading scorer in nba history announced over the weekend this will be his final season. Yes, the former lower merion star is back home to into the as his lakers take on the 76ers. And he is talking live right now. Lets listen on in. Every park i went to bunch of trash talkers and it teaches how to have thick skin. Whenever the lakers retire your jersey to have a reference, eight or 24 . Not really. How would you compare the accomplishments, the journey. I think the journey i had in the first phase of my career i think was much harder, you know, high to learn how to be something i naturally wasnt which was very very difficult. Took a lot of studying mine pa part. Really figuring out thou organize a team. How to manage a team from that perspective. Very very very very tough to do. Kobe, you go down as one of the great competitors of all time. When you step away, how will you save that competitive bug . Just try to channel into something else. You know, understanding that i mean it will take awhile to get used to it. So used to get up and playing and competing on physical level, and now that transition must be made to focus in on things that really involve the intellect and really involve being a sponge and learning how to make kobe bryant talking about his final game as pro here in philadelphia. Of course he played High School Ball at lower merion. Well have more on that coming up in sports. Meantime for the most part weve got the break with those cold temps so far this season but dangerous cold is on the way. The local group now preparing to keep hundreds warm and the message they want you to hear. Its the tech gadget that could be on a lot of lists this holiday but now some local doctors say this watch could in fact be a lifesaver. The new plan for it to help Breast Cancer patients. New hampshire man says he was just trying to spread Holiday Cheer but he didnt get the warmest reception. One word in his message giving him a big problem. Later showing teen spirit from i dont know the grave . How you can now show off your loyalty to your favorite College Sports teams from 6 feet under. All those dreams of getting to work on time crushed as soon as you hit certain inter states and highways here in the delaware valley. To night at 6 00 a new list released today that puts two of philadelphias hot spots for driving on the hot seat. Just be careful out there. Its slick with all that rain. Well keep checking on that throughout newscast. 500 new jobs are headed to bethlehem pennsylvania. Governor festival of families wolf making that announcement today. The jobs had come from c. S mole whole say grocers incorporated. Theyre tak taking on expansion project in bethlehem. C and s plans to invest 15 million in the project and it will last 43 years. Its homeless in our area who suffer the most. Thats why a group of volunteers in Lower Bucks County is coming to the rescue. Fox 29s bruce gordon is live in levittown tonight with their story. Bruce . Reporter lucy, of course, we all know that homelessness is not reserved for the streets of philadelphia. It is right here in the suburbs as well. But fortunately, so are the men and women who dedicate theyre lives to helping the homeless. Its a job that takes on added sense of urgency of course when the mercury drops. On sundays this is the sanctuary for congregants at the emmaus Road Lutheran Church filled with scriptures and hymns and fellowship. But on a frigid night to come, the floor blow will be transformed into a very different kind of sanctuary. A shelter for the homeless men and women of Lower Bucks County. On this day volunteers for advocates for homeless and those in need aahn are prepping the church for its role as designa designated december shelter. Its just an experience when you volunteer that its something hard to explain. You get back more than what you give. Penny martin founded the group seven years ago based on a message from god. Those of different faiths or none at all helping those in need. Its people that have compassion and loving hearts. Thats what this is about. Reporter when the temperatures drops below 26 degrees homeless men and women will be brought here for a warm cot, a light dinner and breakfast. All part of the year round effort to get the homeless back on their feet. Some of them have no hope. So if we can give them hope and love and let them know that we care about them, thats the first step because some of these folks dont have any family left or friends. Theyve burned all their bridg bridges. Reporter one of nearly 300aatn volunteers. 67yearold retired former marine he will pick up the homeless on frosty nights from one of six designated bus stops in the area. The homeless situation for the veterans is something that, you know, not that many people know about and i didnt either. When i found out about it i jumped in with both feet. Reporter in this suburban setting the homeless are easy to overlook. They often set up camp in wooded areas, some prefer to live out here but others are trapped by addiction. For many the lack of address make it hard to get proper identification. To get a job or rent an apartment. Aatn is there to help. I have a saying, were in the business that we want to be out of business and you dont hear many people say that, but i would love to be out of busine business. Reporter thats not like to happen any time soon. Martin tells me on the coldest nights last winter they were sheltering more than 50 men and women at a time. Based on what she has seen in lower bucks this summer, including an up tick in the number of pregnant young women out on the streets she expects an even busier winter this time around. Lucy . That is a sad thing. All right, bruce gordon thank you very much. Popular apple gadget helping bridge the gap between local Breast Cancer patients and care providers. Folks at polaris hell directions in Delaware County testing new app using an apple watch. 30 Breast Cancer patients receiving treatment at m. D. Anderson cancer send at cooper hospital will use the devices over the next nine months. Now each day the app will automatically collect data on things like heart rate and exercise. It will also ask patients questions about sleep quality, pain, stress and depression levels. That information goes directly to their doctor or care provid provider. Also going help us as researchers be able to see what peoples preferences are and what theyre doing and so we can just build a better app that may go beyond Breast Cancer. Could it go out to other oncology patients and possible toll other chronic disease patients. Diabetes, heart disease, cardiac rehab. The empower app will also provide tips and suggestions and allow for easier communication with doctors and the people behind the study. Todays World Aids Day and the college of physicians of philadelphia showing their support by offering free testing for sexually transmitted diseases and the colleges Mutter Museum offering free add notion anyone who got tested today. On display a special one day exhibit of four panels from the aids memorial quilt. The quilt is a memorial to those who have died from the disease. Elsewhere in center city a Prayer Breakfast this morning for those who are living with hiv and aids and those who have passed away from the disease. Philadelphia fight cohosting todays services at the double tree on broad street. The annual event aims to lift up hope and healing for those battling the disease. More than 200 people attended this mornings event. Organizers say although there have been significant advancements in treating hiv and aids, theres still plenty of work to be done. Theres still stigma. Theyre still miss information. Theres still a lot of, um, just really really negative things that happen to people who are living with hiv based on miss information. So weve got work to do. So part of what we do today on World Aids Day is also educati educating. Philadelphia fight provides medical care and Education Services to those living with and those at great risk of getting hiv. Did you lend a hand to someone in need today . Today is just a great day to do it. It is giving tuesday. A global day dedicated to giving back and the philadelphia freedom valley ymca in limerick recipient everyone very big good deed. The Bike Sharing Program donated 60 bikes to the y. So important for us to to be able to give back to our members and the community and because of corporations like sag story were able to do that in a much stronger and impact way to support our organization. Sag story a Bike Sharing Program that operates on corporate or college campuses. It just retired all of these donated bikes from service so theyve got a nice new home at the y. Ymca of course is a sponsor of fox 29. Heres another reminder keep your eyes on the road. Watch the left part of your screen. Suv veers out of control. The amazing ending to this story. And a small plain goes down in in order. Rescuers saved all the people but they didnt mean the job was over. What they had to do to save sugar the dog. More and more companies are not feeling a whole lot festive this holiday and theyre 96ing that annual holiday get together. Why young people may have ruin it for everyone. Live look right now ultimate doppler radar. The rain eased up but its not over yet. More on the way tonight and tomorrow. Of course, were tracking this throughout the evening. Have more in just a bit. Happening right now investigation into a blast in turkey. A Traffic Camera captured the explosion in istanbul this morning. Investigators say someone left a bomb on an overpass near a subway station. The blast hurt five people. We do not yet know exactly how extensive the damage is. Now, Authorities Say the home bomb was homemade. So far no one has claimed responsibility. Celebration in iraq tonight. Newly released video shows troops there reportedly stopping in attacked by isis. Iraq minister of defense issuing a statement along with the video it says the first Rapid Deployment team was able to stop the isis fighters and force them to run away. No word on the details of the plot. Meanwhile u. S. State department announce dad the deployment of elite new force of special Operations Forces to iraq to fight isis and help free hostages. Back here in the United States crews rescued three people from a Small Plane Crash in florida and didnt stop until they got a dog free as well. That crash happened this morning and when rescuers reached the dog named sugar, they put her on stretcher. She has a fractured paw but otherwise shes going to be just fine. The three people on board the plane also have nonlife threatening injuries. We do not yet know why that plane crash. A New Hampshire man says he was just trying to spread some Holiday Cheer, but he didnt get the warmest reception. The one word in his message ill bet you can guess this one thats giving him a big problem. Plus a man steals a tricycle and its caught on Surveillance Video. Thats bad enough when you learn who needs this trike, youll understand why police really want to catch him. Kathy . In weather, we have a lull in the precipitation right now. But its going to be back in a big way. Heavy rain with round two. Another storm headed our way. Well track it and show was to expect for your wednesday as fox 29 news at 5 00 continues. News is breaking it is good news which is a lovely and wonderful thing. State police have canceled an amber alert for three Year Old Girl named rebecca. She is safe. Authorities say her father took her from the bronx weve just learned that police have found an arrested her dad on the garden state parkway in clifton, new jersey and they also have her and will return her to her mom. Meanwhile the race is on tonight to find a local mom and her three month old daughter. 34yearold ramirez and three month old genesis last seen on friday november 27th in the vineland area. Police found her car abandoned on northbound route 55 on saturday. Family and friends dont know where they might be so if youve seen them or you know where they are, please call police. Well, tis the season or maybe not. New hampshire veteran who enjoys spending christmas cheer recently got letter but it wasnt from santa. Foxs catherine birch ham why a school to the toll him not to use the phrase Christmas Tree when advertising a Tree Lighting ceremony. Reporter this is the moment John Fletcher prepares for all years when he grabs gifts dons his santa suit preen pairs to flip the switch at the towns annual Tree Lighting ceremony. Ive been doing this for so long much its my Christmas Present to me. Make these kids happy. Reporter but this year it all nearly fell apart when fletcher went to marlboro elementary to distribute these flyers promoting the event to students he was turned away. Two days later i call telling me i cannot put this flyer into the school unless i removed the word christmas hot of. Reporter in an email the superintendent told fletcher to revise his flyer to say, holiday Tree Lighting. Its not a holiday tree. Its a Christmas Tree. If you want a holiday tree, then do it for valentines day or columbus day or whatever you want much thats a holiday tree. Reporter fletcher was so offended he wrote this editorial in the local newspaper saying i respect all rights always have but do not take away our rights because you may offend someone else. In this case, this Political Correctness has gone too far. Its just getting out of hand. Reporter fletcher served four years in the air force and his grandson just graduated from the army reserve. He says his family has dedicated their lives to protecting the right of free speech and he should be afforded the same. Im offended. I was offensed. I dont see how you can take christmas out of christmas. Reporter despite the controversy, fletcher said he wont let it stop him and will still take joy in putting the santa suit on at the Tree Lighting ceremony this weekend. The superintendent did not respond to our request for comment. Catherine birch ham, fox news. Fox 29 Weather Authority just hopping. Good thing you have sneakers on im sure, kathy, university been arounding around. Thats really funny because at my desk i do have sneakers. Do you really . I was joking. No. Because we do do a lot of running around. Absolutely. Very busy in the weather sent. Timintiming that lull so get ous evening get everything done that you can get done because its going to start raining again late too night and tomorrow well theres a lot more from where that came from. Ultimate doppler showing triple sweep. You can see over philadelphia and i95 corridor we do have break in the action. A little bit of the green on the screen through montgomery county, also through western Chester County and some spotty showers through our south jersey points but nest less much lighter than it was earlier this afternoon. The streets are wet. So take it slow this evening. The temperature right now 55 degrees. The High Temperature in philadelphia 56 with winds out of the east at 8 miles an hour. Youll see temperatures warming tomorrow open though it will be another rainy day and look what happens. The temperature trend slopes. Its going to cool down even though it will be clearing out. Right now, temperatures in the 50s for most of the region. Id say 90 of the region in the pocono mountains temperatures are in the 40s. Not great snow making weather at least for now. Visibility reduced to a quarter of a mile in the pocono mountains. 2. 5mile visibility in allentown and pottstown. We do anticipate reduced visible during the evening and overnight periods. Some areas could be under dense fog by tomorrow morning with this moisture and mild air over us. Obviously rain is likely for your thursday. That probability drops thursday, friday and saturday when a dome of cool High Pressure builds over us. Your fox future cast shows th sporadic showers through the evening a break in the action until about 11 00 oclock, 12 00 oclock and then we see rain beginning to move back in. So for your morning rush, well say showers and then that rain gets heavier through the day and late in the evening one line of showers representing the cold front that will be moving through and then we dry it out nicely for thursday. But look at the cold air coming in. Some lake effect snow showers in North Central pa because of the cold winds that will be whipping thursday. So thursday we see the sun. But winds will be gusting to 25 even 30 miles an hour for your thursday. Heres a look what to expect though for the immediate future. During the day tomorrow, the rain will impact the morning and the evening rush. Well see additional half inch to an inch of rain in the persistent areas. But temperatures will be mild. In the upper 50s to around 60 degrees one more mild day this week. In the city overnight 50s. Suburbs 46 much the rain will be returning late. Especially during the overnight. High tomorrow 58. Some spots to make it to 60. Periods of rape heavy the times. On your seven day forecast, cooling down thursday, friday and saturday. Hanukkah begins sunday at sunset. It will be lovely with sunshine during the day and temperatures in the 50s into the evening. Monday 53. Heading out to the moorestown Tree Lighting ceremony thats next monday. And then tuesday temperatures will be in the mid 50s. It is getting to be the Holiday Season. It is. laughter . Going to feel like it too, iain. Exactly, i know. Thats good, though. Thanks, kathy. Statue memorializing one of the most important men in history ripped from the ground at a pennsylvania museum. The big reason why officials do not think this is a random cri crime. And an amazing picture of two alligators getting up close on personal on a golf course. What these guys definitely are not doing here. Theyre not playing golf. Didnt look like it. Sometimes its a losing battle. Not getting stuck in traffic at any given time of day in our area. Some areas are worse than others. Tonight at 6 00 the new list that ranks the worst traffic bottle next. I have asthma. One of many pieces in my life. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. 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And regular games. Get it all at a great price. And the Holiday Season is won. Thats my boy fill your cart with everything you need this season, all at one place. My giant. We do not have any of this around here. This is south dakota where winter has arrived a few weeks early much parts of the state are under storm warnings and advisories tonight as heavy snow is making for dangerous conditions on the roads. The heaviest snow is falling in eastern south dakota all the way into southwestern minnesota. There you go, iain. Were not there. Thankfully. Umhmm. Gut feeling in the sense of community might have stopped a crime spree before it ever happen. Thanksgiving michigan man says he was hanging his lights when he heard a noise in his garage so luckily he check it out. Chris says he saw a guy standing in the garage of his home. The man walk off saying oh, i got the wrong house but the homeowner followed him from a distance saw him walk into another neighbors garage so he knock on the door of the home and told that homeowner about the guy snooping around. Open up the door. Gentleman said that the guy was just in his garage and he followed him, and seen him go into my garage. This guy comes out of the house way gun and he goes up to the garage door and he opens it up and he goes, get out of the Garage Police came and got the guy for home envision turns out it was man from detroit with a dozen convictions for drugs and home invasions. The search is on tonight for an irreplaceable statue of Abram Lincoln stolen from the Pennsylvania Hall of president s museum and person who took it. Police say someone stole the statue either sunday night or early yesterday morning from the gettysburg facility in adams county. The theft comes as a shock to Museum Workers but the crime doesnt seem to be very random. Since this past weekend was remembrance weekend. This is one of a kind piece. So really replacing it is sort of impossible. The museum does not have surveillance cameras so police dont have any leads right now. A man steals a tricycle. A surveillance camera captured him do it bad enough to steal a trike. When you learn who needs it youll understand why police really want to catch him. And more and more companies arent feeling too festive this holiday 96ing that annual holiday get together. Why young people may be ruining it for everyone. This holiday, ford americas bestselling brand is giving you more. The ford holiday sales event. With 0 financing for 60 months on 2015 f150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. Plus 1,000 dollars Holiday Bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. Its the best gift ever. Now during the ford holiday sales event get 0 financing for 60 months plus 1,000 dollars Holiday Bonus cash on select vehicles. See your local ford dealer. 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Somehow i dont think thats why people are here. Theyre here for the obvious, and there will be lot of people here tonight for this game. Kobe bryant will play his last game in philadelphia unless the sixers and lakers meet in the championship. Oh, okay im sorry i said that. Thats not happening. But however, kobe has had a lot of great moments here in philadelphia. So what has philadelphia meant to him . How to be tough. Thou have thick skin. Theres not one playground around here where people just play basketball and dont talk trash. Non existent. Non exist 10. So my family we were just a bunch of trash talkers every park i went to a bunch of trash talking teaches you how to have thick skin. And kobe when he came back to town yesterday took a tour around town. Saw the spots and the parks that he used to play basketball in. So its a big moment for him too and thats the reason he said that he made this announcement before he played here in philadelphia. All right, coming up at 6 00 oclock, well talk to his coach to hear what ethos say about kobe bryant and what he has meant to the laker organization. Back to you guys in the studio. All right, howard look forward to that. Thank you. Fierce competition on in order golf course over the weekend but it wasnt the golfers. A woman took these photos of couple of large alligators fighting at the golf club she said gators are a common sight on the course as they are in florida but seeing them fight is something she never expected. They were biting each other and eventually the smaller one when they split up was limping to get back to the water so i guess the big one won the fight. Local news station there reach out to the florida fish and Wildlife Game Commission to find out if the animals were fighting, mating or just playing around. Commission said they definitely were not mating this time of the year. A thief threatens to ruin christmas for arizona teen who loves biking. Thanks to Police Though that boy has his tricycle back but their job is far from over. Home surveillance cameras butt caught the thief in the act late saturday night that. Tricycle is specially designed for 16yearold Christiana Smith who is partially paralyzed. He says its what he has to use to get around. Someone called police after spotting the tricycle in a park few miles away. Officers gave it back to smith yesterday. But they havent yet caught the guy who took it. Why . You know, just why take something that is not yours . I mean, devastation that it causes just the unrest, the uncertainty, um, the time that is now involved. Smiths mother hey as wheelchair as well if he doesnt that trike he wouldnt be able to get around by himself. Glad he got it back. A lot of folks are always looking for new way to support their Favorite College Teams and now you can do it from beyond the grave. You can now head off into the great beyond if you will with a college themed casket. Heres foxs david williams. We look at every life being unique and therefore every funeral being unique. Reporter that next unique funeral could be with a brand new Florida State university themed casket or one with the university of florida. With more than 40 colleges and universities to choose from, its something a Funeral Services has offered for a little over a month now. Senior vp justin says people seem to like the idea. Weve already had one university of florida themed funeral with the university of florida themed casket, and the family and friends as you would imagine were just really first of all blown away that anything like this existed. Reporter theyve partnered with dough create college themed caskets, urns, registered book and thank you cards. They have the bold colors of your school of choice like garnet or ufs blue. They know that people love college football, and particularly folks that are alum nice of their school very dedicated to their school. Reporter backsly says they wanted to do Something Different and memorable yet tasteful and deeply personal. For me to see a family that is able to really tell their loved ones life story in way they didnt even know they could theres nothing more gratifying than that. David william, fox news. Nasa getting ready to send a new team of astronauts into space. The crew is heading to katz second stan will theyll hitch a ride to the russians. Final preparations are underway and nasa says everything is falling into place. Once we prepare for the space flight well be in our flight costumes and well each allocated a door in the cosmonaut hotel. Well each sign the doors. The crew will be carrying out a series of scientific experiments including medical research while in orbit. The launch is set for later this month. Heres another reminder to keep your eyes on the road. Watch the left side of your screen. An suv veers out of control right there. The amazing ending to this story. Tonight at 6 00 a Philadelphia Police officer is now on the wrong side of the law after what fellow officers say happened on thanksgiving. What they say he did that has him off the force. Phil oh no. under his breath hey man hey peter. unenthusiastic oh. Ha ha ha joanne . Is that you . Its me. You dont look a day over 70. Am i right . Jingle jingle. If youre peter pan, you stay young forever. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. You make me feel so young. Its what you do. You make me feel so spring has sprung. Breaking news were following for you right now. Several are hurt in schoolbus crash in Burlington County. The wreck happened at pemberton road and ridge road in southampton township around 5 00 p. M. Dispatchers in Burlington County telling us that several people are being evaluated right now. The bus was full of students when it collided with a car. New Jersey State Police say none of the children though were seriously hurt. We do have crew headed to the scene. Well update you once we have new information. Of course we dont know yet why that schoolbus crashed. But as we take a live look at the ben franklin parkway tonight you know those roads are slick after dave rain and even more rain is on the way tonight and tomorrow. So how bad its going to be and when well start to dry out is coming up at 6 00 in your fox 29 Weather Authority forecast. Intense moment for a deputy and his k9 partner on patrol in central florida. They were cruising along when the driver of an suv lost control in the opposite lane and flipped just mis missing their cruiser much the driver of the suv was wearing his seat belt and walked away from that crash. Meanwhile different kind of slipping and sliding in kansas and this video as you can imagine has gone viral. Shows a husky puppy named rue testing out the ice on her driveway for the first time. The ice was a quarter inch thick. After recent storm and you can see there, learned quick until can be fairly slick. Umhmm. All right. Holidays are nearly here and this is the time of year that officers across the country start planning thon all those party. According to new surveil fewer businesses are Holding Holiday parties. The survey shows 65 people of people will have an Office Holiday party which is down from 72 from 2012. Although some say work parties are fun events, we heard from achieve Human Resource officer who explained why the number of professional gatherings are dropping. I dont know whoever thought it was a really great idea but when you mix alcohol and food and music with your coworkers, sometimes lots of bad things can happen. Millennials have something to do with it. Penal who want to hang out with their coworkers do so any way when they want to drink with their coworkers they do that any way. They dont need the Holiday Party to be able to hang out with the coworkers if they want to hang out with. The hr officer says that if your office is throwing a party and you decide to go, watch how much you drink and dont say anything you wouldnt say at work. Dont post anything. Please dont. All right. Forget the swimsuit edition. All people can talk about is the Sports Illustrated kids cover and it features a teen from our area. Meet 15yearold Reece Whitley of lafayette hill. Hes break the records as a phenomenal swimmer and this penn starter High School Sophomore is getting much deserved national attention. Not only is he making a splash in the pool but hes making big moves out of the water. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson has his story. Reporter at just 15 years old, but standing 6 feet 8inches tall, Reece Whitley has landed a prestigious title, 2015 sports kid of the year and could have of Sports Illustrated kids. To be a finalist among, you know, those very special athletes and kids i think its something really to be grateful for. Reporter the penn charter sophomore is a competitive and record breaking swimmer who has also made strides in basketball and baseball and he mentors other young athletes. He says hes honored. I am 6foot eight, African American which is uncommon. So i think those are other things that, you know, helped me to receive this award today. I know theres so many on the swimmers that could have received this award. Reporter but the road to Sports Illustrated kids isnt an easy one. Monday, wednesday, friday, im in the weight room actually here at school at 6 00 a. M. Ill go to school from 8 00 oclock till about 3 00 oclock. And then ill get in the pool at 6 00 and then that end at 8 30. Reporter coach crystal coleman says what stands out about reece even more than his height his love and dedication to the sport. A grueling sport and its not easy. Its not one of those sports you can practice once a week gone to game or meet. Reporter reece says he doesnt expect to swimming past his mid 20s so school is important. Hopefully my academics can take me somewhere outside of the pool but in the short term, um, i think i could see me self possibly making you know, World Championship team, upping, maybe get lucky making olympic team. Reporter mom says whatever he does is enough for her. Reece has worked so hard and is so focused both in and out of the pool that even if this hasnt happened i still am extremely proud mom. Reporter Shawnette Wilson, fox 29 news. Tonight at 6 00 fighting back. Pennsylvanias em em balanced top prosecutor makes a grand gesture showing off evidence shes been talking about for months. Pornographic and racist emails discovered on state computers. Who shes hired to investigate. Firearms and other request meant for police and firefight firefighters ended up on ebay. To night the trusted Insider Police say put them there. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6 00. All right. Get ready. It looks like the rain is here to stay for a couple of days and if today was a mess, just wait. Right now break in the rain but some areas are dealing with fog and mist not the case earlier today. All day long we had our umbrellas out trying not to get soak. Good evening to you, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Today. Was round one. Now our weather team preparing for round two. Lets get right to your foreca forecast. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams tracking the rain. Scott . Thats certainly right it has been a damp and dreary start to the month of december. Take look at ultimate doppler a little bit of a lull in the action for some. Still some light pockets of drizzle and mist as we move into sections of Chester County right now around coatesville. Good evening, london grove looking at wet conditions and then as we move into sections of burlington and ocean county right now, around woodland, also just south of toms river looking at some of that light rain. But take a look as i scan the view. Look at the slug of moisture to our south. This will be round two. Moving in especially after about 10 00 oclock, 11 00 oclock tonight bringing us more weather woes. Look at some of the rainfall totals over half an inch in philadelphia. A little over a half and inch in trenton and well continue to add to those totals over night and then again tomorrow. So dont put away those umbrellas just yet. 55 degrees right n