Free. Its august, remember that. But at least on radar now, theres not much to speak of. We do have mid level cloud cover. Streaming through the area. The temperatures hey weve made it to 80 degrees. Thats our 9 oclock temperature at Tampa International. Brandon, 81. 80 in sarasota. 80 in clearwater. With at rain chances today some, lets say 50 to 60 percent. High temperatures are going to squeeze way back in the mid to upper 80s for later today. All right. Thank you, dave. 9 01 if youre with us we have a roadway shut down in the plant city area. This is all due to a deadly road rage incident. So mlk thats affected. We will get to details in just a second with live report. From a traffic standpoint it will be shut down forbes to wilkinson. Thats your area of concern eastbound and westbound. Forbes traffic is getting through northbound southbound direction, so your work around here really u. S. 92 and sydney road and telling folks through the morning 92 a bit jammed up you can easily ge
Blame. Valentines for victims. Its an event for people whose hearts have been broken by violence. How the families of crime victims come together every year to offer each other support. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us tonight. The water crisis in flint, michigan may seem distant to many living here in iowa but a local College Basketball star is dealing with it everyday. Justin surrency explains how its motivating monte morris and how you can help. I know how rough and tough flint is so i just try to play with that edge. For iowa state point guard monte ellis. Home is where the heart is. Everytime i lace up here im respresenting flint. Right now his family and hometown are experiencing heartache. Its rough right now. The water are using bottled water. In april of 2014 under the control of a state appointed emergency manager the city temporarily began drawing its water from the
Weather. Midday news starts right now. Another historic day plays out with president obama. He is meeting right now with cubas leader raul castro. A formal ceremony is happening right now after the two shook hands a few minutes ago. They are meeting in the formal palace there in havana. And were just watching as the formal ceremony gets started, just beginning just a few minutes ago. The National Anthem playing out there. Just about 30 minutes ago, we watched the president take part in a wreath laying ceremony. Its been a busy morning. This is at the jose marti memorial, which is an important landmark for the cuban, also very formal, where the si participated in that event. This is the president s first visit to the communist nation in more than 90 years. Once the two president s actually sit down and have their chat, they are expected to talk about lifting the trade embargo and touch on the deep divide on human rights. And then at some point today, we expect the president to make an a
Tiffany dickerson. The standoff want to life brought to life. As the principal explained what a longterm substitute is. They needed to meet minimum qualifications to teach in the classroom. Antonio out of the 155 teachers in her school, less than 10 are longterm substitutes. According to the school district, there are approximately 760 longterm subs helping the district. In helping the district fill staffing gaps. It did not necessarily mean that they arent qualified. Its just that they are specialized in that particular area. Antonio the problem posted the clark county districts teacher shortage. Over 700 vacant teacher positions are available at this time. Its no secret. It has been in the news that we are in dire straits for needing antonio the teacher in the controversy was trying to become a licensed teacher. She took a test for that but wasnt able to pass it. She could have been a longterm substitute reporting live, antonio castelan, news 3. Jessica all eyes are on the weather th
Commissioner tom collins was arrested for suspicion of drunk driving. It is our top story. Nathan oneal joins us live from North Las Vegas city hall. What do we know about the incident . Nathan were at city hall here in North Las Vegas, the very place where tom collins wanted to be in charge one day. Tonight, were learning this controversial politician has had a runin with the law that could put his bid for mayor in jeopardy. Im planning to run for mayor. That was tom collins in august announcing his intentions to run for the mayor of North Las Vegas, but tonight the controversial politician faces a d. U. I. Charge. Jail records indicate he was arrested friday night and booked under his legal name, clarence wheldon. The former clark county commissioner known for his cowboy personality resigned from his post in the county back in august. Collins cited Family Matters in i have been able to spend time with my mom. Ive been able to spend more time with my horse. Got these calves taken care