Dave at that point i expect temps to drop dramatically. No, no, not at all. It will be like yesterday. Look how pretty it is. The sun will be up at 7 19 this morning. We have a gorgeous sunrise this morning and we have a nice, muggy start to the day. Tampa, st. Petersburg at 79. Brooksville is at 71 degrees and i think for most of us, we get back to the lower 90s today. The thing is, only a 20 rain chance later this afternoon. Thats it. Wel weekend outlook and well do that in a few minutes. Jennifer vanessa thanks. Right now sky fox is checking out a crash in Hillsborough County at the intersection with george road. Westbound direction, we also have some eastbound delays heading through that area. But westbound is where we have the lane blockage here. It is that right center lane so you have the two lanes that are passing here and then a right lane that appears to be getting by. So plan a few extra minutes, but a couple of extra minutes eastbound doesnt hurt, either. Thats generally th
Right now, a developing story about an officer who has resigned from the force. Turns out the Sarasota Police officer is in hot water for sharing confidential information. And now he is facing criminal charges. He gave information to a relative. Reporter good afternoon. Soon after the investigation began, the lew at the innocent resigned. Investigators the lieutenant resigned. According to court document, back in october, he used Law Enforcement resource for perm use. He looked up a womans driver licenses information and gave it to his brother. That data is only supposed to be used by Law Enforcement during events like traffic stops and investigations. He has been charged with misuse of confidential records. Hopefully other Law Enforcement members in the community will understand that the significance of maintaining their responsibility to maintain our privacy. Reporter the investigation comment at this time. Reporting in sarasota, john roger, news channel 8. People living in the vm yb
And the gop debate is trending on twitter in tampa. Candidates came to verbal blows during the final debate before super tuesday. And they have a lot on the line. Senators marco rubio and ted cruz must both win their home states if they have any shot of beating trump for their partys nomination. And this story is going viral this morning. Seaworld now confessing to spying on Animal Rights activists. This all comes after peta accused a seaworld worker of infiltrating the group to get intel. Seaworlds ceos claims the move was meant to keep customers and animals safe. We have a nice cool down for the weekend, leigh. Yeah, a cool snap. We had the cold front that came through two days ago. You felt the winds yesterday. Well the winds are lighter but its getting chilly. 40 in brooksville. 38 in zephyrhills. Polk county, 43 in auburndale. And farther south, 47 in arcadia but warmer near the the winds, theyre light but because theyre light, were actually colder than this time yesterday. Plant
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County sheriff chris knocko tonight. This comes after someone tried to set a deputys home on fire. Candace mccowan is live with the story. Was anyone hurt candace . Reporter good evening. Thankfully, no one was injured. That deputy, though, was inside with his family including Young Children at the time. And that is the reason that sheriff chris is sending a strong message to anyone who threatens law enforcement. He goes im going out to get arrested. Reporter 30yearold Daniel Thomas hall was looking for trouble when he left his hudson home this morning. He is accused of breaking into cars before spotting this deputys take home vehicle in a home. He has a lighter and he keeps trying to light all the furniture on fire. As he lights it on fire, he knocks on the deputys door. Been with the Department Since 2007. He was in his home with his family with his gun drawn. Backup arriving minutes later finding hall on the deputys lawn. We are blessed. Thank god that Deputy Lennox is safe. His fam