Well after a rough time at sea, passengers of royal caribbeans anthem of the seas are back on land today. I bet theyre happy about that. While you were sleeping, the ship returned to its new jersey port. The ship was on its way to florida when it encountered a winter storm. Look at the waves here. The winds and waves tossed the vessel around for hour, tossing as you can see furnishings, and even people. Some of the people were even hurt. The long battle over a piece of property in tampa will be the topic of a heated meeting today in at the city council meeting. The hospital is proposing a parking lot. Neighbors are against it. Coming up in a lye report, why residentses in a live report, why residents claim this is a racial issue. Prefriday. And a cold one for sure. In fact, the coldest of this we have a freeze warning citrus, hernando and sumpter counties and below or at the freezing mark right now. And now add in the frost advisory which includes more of us, places like pasco, inland
Same thing as well. As you head out make sure you dont get caught in a blind spot of a semi, leave extra time, both hands on the wheel. Were headed to the skyway now to check it for the next hit. Well have an update in 15 minutes. Some good news from tampa this morning with some of the roadways opening back up though. What have you got . Northbound 275, they are reopening or did overnight, two lanes around himes so were expecting to see some relief there on 275 northbound. Right now i4 heading into tampa looking great. No crashes or breakdowns. These cars here heading right in to downtown. Lets check drive times starting all the way back in the lakeland area, 23 minutes from the edge of lakeland into downtown. 15 minutes from county line road to 75, seven minutes from 75 to 275. Check of the average speeds, from the apex so if you live in the Wesley Chapel area trying to decide between 275 and 75 pushing 70 on 275 from the apex. 70 on i75. Dan . 6 02. Breaking news we first told but at
The nation is mourning the loss of a Supreme Court justice during this electioneer. What is next for the highest court. Grab your lover it is valentines day. The last minute gifts you can grab today before it is too late. Good morning, im candace mccowan. Thank you for joining us this sunday, valentines day, well get to the top story in a moment but lets start by checking on the forecast bryan bennett. Good morning, everyone it is a sunny start to your sunday in Sun City Center right now. The sun will rise in seven minutes at 7 08 00 a. M. Right now were getting a little bit of daylight coming over the horizon before the sun actually crosses the horizon on this chilly morning. Right now, 47 in tampa. Zephyr hills, 38, Crystal River, 36. Warmer. 51 degrees right now. Satellite and radar picture showing that we have clear skies for much of the bay area looking nice for this morning. Well have, again, sunny not a bad idea. Temperatures right around 45 degrees. Lovely afternoon today, just
Of support going into this 5 00 meeting. The most sensational complaints come from associate superintendent of operations greg rivers. He says leroy made comments about him like i wonder if he has sex hard. Rivers told an investigation on a trip to tallahassee, the two were having drinks. Ms. Leroy was drinking, started touching me. She was trying to get me to stay in her room and i said no. When we got in the elevator, she was still trying to talk me into coming to her room. Then she attempted to kiss me. I pushed her away and she was trying to get me to come to her room. Former School Board Member Frank O Reilly new about it and let the relationship fester. The only decision they can make is to relieve the superintendent of her duties. Reporter according to rivers, his environment grew hostile. When i was not social with the superintendent, the superintendent would be as i put it, irritated with me or i would be in the dog house. Leroy denies any inappropriate behavior. Another compl
Channel 8 today. Rise and shine in tampa bay. It will be a beautiful sunday. It already is. Youre looking at downtown tampa. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. We start with breaking news. Right now the southbound lanes of i75 they are shut down in sarasota county. A fuel tanker crashed at mile marker 179 in north port. The driver of the truck is in the hospital but is okay. Crews are cleaning up the mess. Lets start by checking on our forecast with mark collins. It will be a beach day today. A lot of folks scattering out right now to get out and enjoy seeing. In fact, well only warm up through the day. You see those clouds, those are alto stratus clouds, highlevel moisture continues to flow in. Those clouds streaming in from the north. As we head through the afternoon we will probably see a little bit more cloud cover than yesterday but still mostly sunny to get you through the day. Still looking at 57 for you in crystal river. 55 in inverness. Light sweaters there. On our way up