Steven la blanc was let go following an internal investigation. The sheriff tells us he planted drugs and a crack pipe in the suspects bag. La blanc could face tampering with evidence charges. And now a story that would make any parent panic. A car crashes into a day care with children inside. News channel 8s john rogers shows us how it happened. Reporter good afternoon, guys. Come over here and take a look. You can see where the car plowed through this wall, while 15 children were inside. Its no wonder that no one was hurt. I want to show you some of the images from inside. You can tell the damage is alarming. Troopers tell us at around 9 00 this morning, a woman was dropping off her grandchild here in van ness. While leaving she accidentally pulled forward and crashed through this wall. We are told three children suffered very minor injuries and a day care worker was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. The children were sent home today and while the day care remains closed
Race, the countdown is on on supertuesday. Voters in several states and one territory will head to the poll for each party. The front runners are hoping to build on their leads, and the other competitors are hoping to prove they are competitive. Its leap day, february 29th. Why are we showing you pizza . Today we can take advantage of leap day deals. Thats right. Special leap day promotions. If its your birthday, you can get free business free pizza. Its cool in our northern spots, and a wide range. Like 52 in auburndale. 62 in st. Petersburg, and everyone is warmer than yesterday. Look at the 24 hour temperature change. Average for leap day. 74 the expected high temperature, only the average the low down to 57. Weather and traffic at 4 08. I will walk you hour by hour through the extra day on the calendar year. My grandfather was born on leap day. You can pick your birthday, and that was always fun. The Howard Franklin bridge, paul buckman highway down to a fast 22minute commute. Now
Still open but that could change at any moment. Again, the Sunshine Skyway bridge is open right now. News channel 8s ryan hughs is bridge for us. Out that way . Reporter adrienne, good morning to you once again. I made my way to this location from downtown tampa within the last 30 to 45 minutes or so. And i can tell you that the fog became more dense as i got closer to the water here in Pinellas County. I will step out of the way and show you a live look of this section of i275. You can see the billboard reads, low visibility, use caution. But i must say, it seems as though the fog may have tapered off a little bit since we came to you live roughly 30 minutes ago or so. Its somewhat clearer and then you can kind of sesee some moving in farther down the bridge. And now yesterday of course it was a similar story. We have some video of the Sunshine Skyway bridge to show you right now. Decided to close it around 5 00 a. M. Because of the inclement weather and it did not reopen for another
We understand the jury has awarded erin 55 million. That verdict just coming down right now, moments ago. The suit was against the company that owned and operated the nashville marriott at vanderbilt, also against Michael Barrett, the convicted stalker. Andrews asked originally for 75 million. There was tearful testimony on the stand. We watched it all last week. Earn is the daughter of steve andrews, of course, again, just recapping, a jury in nashville, tennessee, coming back with a 55 million verdict against that nashville marriott, and Michael Barrett, her accused stalker who took those naked videos of her inside the hotel. Well bring a full wrap up of the trial later on news channel 8. In other news, rusting steel columns with significant corrosion are being blamed for an incident at a Clear Water Beach Shopping Plaza that sent people running. Part of the balcony where they were standing actually shifting under their feet. Peter bernard joins us live peter, is the building safe to
Support for him. Yes, the governor is calling on republicans to come together. Scott facebook. He says its now time for republicans to accept and respect the will of the voters and [indiscernible] behind trump. The front runner won every state except for miami dade. Those were surprised ththey couldnt vote becacause theyre not reregistered as a democraticic or republican. Some are wondering if its time for a change to the floridas policies. Mike vasilinda explplains. Reporter florida has a closed primary. That means voters thatt dont belong too the Democratic Party cant vote in primary and it led to confusion tuesday. Donald trump tweeted midday he was told his name wasnt on some florida ballot. The we looked into it and that was incorrect. The secretary of ststate took the unusual step of issuing a news releasee to explain the law. It may havee b been mpa, not Party Affiliations and he may have expected they couould vote. But florida law does not permit to vote. Florida law does allol