Forecast. First, we want to talk about tuxes and tails. How did it go . Lindsay it was a one of time. Its for the Humane Society of tampa bay. I believe over 50 adoptables got adopted. Some pictures of the fox crew. Theyre sherry was there and this is snickerdoodle. We love to support them and all the one of the, good things ill try to find out this morning how much they raised, but i believe it was close to 200,000. Congrats to them. It was a wonderful night. Its a wonderful morning if you like cold temperatures. I couldnt believe the 40, and i saw that it was in the forecast. North of tampa bay its really chilly. A warmer jacket in brooksville and its 42. 55 in tampa. Thats cooler than yesterday. Wauchula is 49. The blue. 24hour changes were big yesterday and bigger for some today. 14 degrees cooler in lakeland, and the reason why our air is to dry with the lighter winds overnight we took a tumble temperaturewise. Sunshine today but as High Pressure slips to the east, an easterly com
Area. It is just now South Sarasota county. Any clouds around this morning will certainly scour out soon. Notice were at 52 in inverness and brooksville. The further south you go the warm a gets the warmer it gets. If you are headed out the door we do not have any accidents. Nothing will slow you down. Pasco county is up to speed. Everything is up to the shoulder. We had another accident northbound i 75 run on us 301. Heres a live look at traffic. This is to 75 near hillsboro getting busier, but still good speeds. Today president elect donald trump will head to the white house to begin planning a peaceful transition with president obama. The president begin the transition with the phone called donald trump congratulating him on the election win. The Obama Administration has been working for nearly a year on a change in power. The president says despite their differences transition just as president bush did for him. I have instructed my team to follow the example that president bushs t
The couples dog killed in a morning fire. They were sleeping with the fire started. They just didnt wake up. Her and jana and the dog were in there. Reporter flames erupted after one a. M. On old poke city road. I dont know. If you might have said maybe the electricity and if they were sleeping, maybe they didnt, you know, if the smoke got to them before that and they just didnt wake up. I dont know. Reporter elton robinson, baskins grandfather lives behind the couple and he woke up to people screaming at his dog. There was one fellow there that was trying to get everybody out. My grandson and girlfriend. My grandson was a smart boy and he can put things together and i cant figure out why he it will be hard. A reality that neither family can come to grips with. They are good people. I cant believe they are dead. Now you are looking at a live look of a dog thats been sitting under this truck. This dog has been coming back and forth digging inside of the mobile home for the past hour. We
Its 7 00 and the station always on your side is on your schedule. 8 at 7 00 begins now. Im jenn holloway. Well new renderings released today showing what the saint pete will look like. There are concerns some of the features originally presented to the city council are not in the new plans. Newswschannel8s Peter Bernard shows us why some items have been moved or defeated. Reporter heavy equipment is takeing the old pier down to its bones. Here is what it may look like after construction is finished twoandahalf years from now. Have there been any downgrades in costs . I dont think so. Reporter but there are changes like the boat docks originally set to go near the main building. Theyre gone. The reason . They cant hold the entire that has been the thing they have needed forever. Reporter amy may get her boat parking but it may be closer to shore. There are subtleties and differences but all of the pieces are there. Reporter Ground Breaking is going to happen next spring. The e project i
My dad is 87 years young. I like to say hes strong like bull. Reporter mario nunez is a tampa native and has a Facebook Page call tampa native and his father was born in ebor city. We are descendents that came from havana and through key west and now in ebor city and helped to develop the cigar industry. Marios father was in cuba when he was 17 and mario decided it was time for his father to return. It is going to be emotional trip. Reporter they will be there to witness history. The fact that we are going to be in the stadium partaking in the baseball game that will be historic in its own right, and then to have our president throwing out the first pitch, i dont know. What could be better than that. What could be better . If they could extend the trip a few days. The Rolling Stones will put on three more days. Three more days you could be there with the Rolling Stones. Dont think we didnt think about that. But one highlight of the this cemetery. I am hopeful when we go now we will tak