With a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. Good morning im Cassandra Jones with fox5. Well stay in the low to mid70s for the workweek with a decrease down to around 70 degrees for the weekend. The high on wednesday at 74 degrees would tie a High Temperature record set back in 2014, fridays high will be one degrees shy of a record. Well pick up a few clouds for sunday into monday with a few breezes a slight chance of showers expected on monday afternoon. Average high this time of year is 61. Here is a look at here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. Police are still looking for the man witnesses say hit and killed a little girl in a van before taking off. Night where 2 yearold evelyn was hit. The crash happened sunday evening near near lake mead and pecos. Family members of the girls famil
There. This is what the radar looks like right now. Bright whites and steadier snows west of philly, a few snows starting to get into mercer county, a couple of snow showers over Southern Ocean county. That whole band of snowfall right there and rain is starting to lift to the north and thats what we are counting on to produce our snowfall during the overnight. To be honest with you, hasnt looked very impressive through the afternoon hours in terms of the snowfall it can produce. If we look at our shortrange futurecast this is what it looks like, the snow showers are going to be lifting through Central New Jersey during the evening hours, so high 78, garden state parkway, we can see slippery spots and some snowy coatings across the area. Then during the overnight the area of snow is going to expand into the north and then its going to peek and start to break up and retreat toward the morning hours. So instead of just being sort of a smooth band of snow, probably patchy snow showers and
Blocked them. This is the top of eden park in mount adams. They stopped traffic to make the area safe. While the snow made many things look beautiful there are more then 3hundred delays or closings today for area schools. We are expecting snow over the next 2 days. So youll want to download the snowcast app now. It will show you how much you can expect to get, plus any watches or warnings for your area. Breaking news at noon. Ohio and indiana are both reporting the states first confirmed cases of zika virus. State Officials Say both cases are in people who recently returned from haiti. Ohio confirms its case is a 30 year old woman in cuyahoga county. Jerome adams, the Indiana State Health commissioner, released a statement saying, quote, the risk of contracting zika virus here in indiana remains low, but we know that many residents are cdoncerned. We urge anyone visiting affected areas to bites. End quote. The medical director of ohios department of health says there have been no repor
Jersey, christine sloan, cbs 2 news. Thank you. A commuter alert now for long island rail road righters. There are simple wide delays and cancellations for rush hour. Lirr Officials Say that there is a signal problem that forced the closure of one of the three east river tunnels. Developing right now, the fate of an nypd officer is in the hands of a jury. As deliberations are under way in the case of a deadly shooting of an unarmed man, cbs 2s lou young live in downtown brooklyn right now. Lou. Reporter it was fatally Flawed Police work but was it also a crime . The jury has now begun deliberating the case of akai gurleys death at the hands of a new York City Police officer here in brooklyn. The manhattan d. A. And the grand jury says it was manslaughter. The defense says it was an accident. A young cops life hangs in the balance. One day after his tearful testimony, Police Officer peter liang listens to his attorney sum up the death of akai gurley as an unfortunate accident. Tragedy,
Looking at that car its likely there will be. We are going to bring you updates as we get them through the morning. Were following breaking news in st. Pete now. Crews are investigating after an excavator fell into the bay. It happened at the pier construction site, this is video from action air 1 showing the excavator sinking into the bay. The city says this accident was caused by operator error. The person driving the machine was able to jump out before it went into the water. Were hearing its going to take a few days to remove it. New this morning, for the first time in state history a woman is now the head coach for High School Football team. Miami jackson just hired la katrina brunson. She was Defense Coordinator for three other south florida high schools. Brunson once played for an all female team in miami. She is also bernice on south a man accused of attacking a little girl in a mall bathroom friday night bonded out of jail. Police say Ricky Thompson turned himself in and claim