Fresh off his last season, a College Football player is now facing child sex charges. This arrest went down in pinellas county. Offensive lineman mack crowder. He started for the volunteers in fall. And he played five years with the team. A push to increase Mosquito Control in light of the Zika Virus Health emergency. Later this morning, the Hillsborough County county commission will consider a measure to increase funding for additional mosquito surveillance and spraying. This comes just weeks after governor rick scott declared a Health Emergency in light of the mosquitoborn illness linked to berth defects. And the republican president ial candidates are preparing for town hallstyle discussions. Time specials with frontrunner donald trump and Ohio Governor john kasich. And ben carson and senators marco rubio and ted cruz will appear on cnn. Its 5 01. Some of us might be dealing with fog this morning. Its very patchy. Usually we see this widespread. We are not seeing it widespread at th
He played five years with the team. In our other top stories this morning, a push to increase Mosquito Control in light of the Zika Virus Health emergency. This morning Hillsborough County commission will consider a measure to increase funding for additional mosquito surveillance and spraying. This comes just weeks after governor rick scott declared a Health Emergency in light of the mosquitoborne illness. And the pope is making a historic visit to the u. S. mexico border. The pontiff will attend a mass in the town. More than a Million People are expected to attend and thousands will watch the pontiff across the border in el paso, texas. Lets get a check on the weather with meteorologist leigh spann. Some fog out there. Patchy, dense fog. In places where its clear, its very clear. Where its foggy, it is very foggy. And let me show you. Eastern Hillsborough County, so right out of downtown tampa and you will find some of that the fog thats hard to see at the front of the car. Plant city
Killing a tow truck driver on the fork bridge is still behind bars this morning. On the Howard Franklin bridge is still behind bars this morning. 8 on your side dug up her records and found four past dui arrests. And police are looking for burglars caught on camera going through a tampa home. The homeowners were at work at the time. And they were alerted by video on their cellphone. Thats the video youre looking at right now. The alarm system is right here disguised as a decoration on a table. Thats a Surveillance Video. Investigators tracked down one suspect. And now theyre looking for two others. And a live look at tampas skyline. As you heard, head out the door and give yourself extra time. It looks beautiful in downtown tampa but thats not the case for commuters across the bay area. There is fog in some areas which could mean a longer drive time this morning. I was talking to gene earlier, i had a soupy ride in. You had nothing. Yeah, coming from st. Pete, nothing. See how clear it
Communities as much warning as possible in the case of severe weather. 10news reporter emerald morrow is live at the winward Lakes Mobile Home Community on dale mabry in tampa. Emerald, these Weather Radios are especially helpful in the case of a tornado. Thats right. In the case of a tornado. Often times you only have minutes to get to safety. So these Weather Radios could be the difference between life and death. And if you dont have one, Officials Say this is a musthave for your emergency safety kit. Thats exactly why the office of Emergency Management and tampa fire officials are partnering up to make sure People Living in Mobile Home Parks have access to one of these life saving tools about 70 of these radios were donated to the city. And this new initiative will make sure every Mobile Home Park in tampa has at least one. Radios. You can get them at just about any electronics or Sporting Goods store. Just make sure it has a public alert logo on the device. But why the emphasis on
3 walter its now 5 thanks for joining us. Im Walter Allen Jen and im jen epstein. Lets start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. 3 3 3 a little fog to start, then partly cloudy and lovely during the afternoon. High temps in the upper 60s to near 70. Tonight will be clear and chilly; lows near 50. Gorgeous sunshine on tap for thursday, with high temps near 70. 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 vanessa and these are scenes this morning from an accident on northbound i75. Just north of big bend road in riverview. One of the women involved, tells us that she was hit from behind by an erratic driver around 1 am. The person who hit her rolled over. Causing 2 lanes of the highway to be shut down. Both drivers are ok. Its believed alcohol may have played a factor. 3 jen another possible accident cause potholes you in harms way, but hitting one. Thatll hit your wallet. Hard. In fact a new survey shows potholes cost american drivers about threebillion dollars a year