Investigation into contaminated Drinking Water in wells near the mosaic sink hole. And we turned to 8 on your side after learning the well had more than five times the acceptable level of radioactive materials. And she is worried about this water coming out of a well she uses for Drinking Water. She lives less than a mile from the mosaic sink hole that dumped 250 million ga fer. She just learned about this yesterday even though the results were releaseed last week. She says she cannot get answers about safety concerns. Mosaic says there are 10 wells with elevated radioactive material, but that is not related to the massive sink hole. The investigator is dig ing into water reports and well have much more tonight in our newscast at 5 00 and 6 00. And to request a water test we also have the number on our web site at wfla. Com. And lets check our weather with julie phillips. That he. We are that. We are thank you. We are dealing with a cooler afternoon. You can see max defender 8 showing
Little bit. It sounded like a little kid screaming with a raccoon. Reporter he came out found dixie model on mana with the raccoon. He kate grabbed his shotgun and came out. Man he grabbed the raccoon it stretched out his body a little way from dixie. That was my shot and i shot him. Reporter deputies brought the animals for testing and found it positive connie. Man that is scary. I have my grandchildren here and i could be Walking Around and try to pet it. Reporter they had brought dixie for a booster that saved her life. She had a bit of a shoulder bone and bad memory. Man she was shook up. She laid around the house and didnt want do anything. Like she was scared. Reporter fortunately for dixie and martin the threat will not go away. Not where they left. Animals outside. Anything like old garbage or anything set around. Reporter Polk County Sheriffs Office said foxes are more likely to have rabies. Of course, you should never approach foxes or raccoons. Any signs of rabies should imm
Little bit. It sounded like a little kid screaming with a raccoon. Reporter he came out found dixie model on mana with the raccoon. He kate grabbed his shotgun and came out. Man he grabbed the raccoon it stretched out his body a little way from dixie. That was my shot and i shot him. Reporter deputies brought the animals for testing and found it positive connie. Man that is scary. I have my grandchildren here and i could be Walking Around and try to pet it. Reporter they had brought dixie for a booster that saved her life. She had a bit of a shoulder bone and bad memory. Man she was shook up. She laid around the house and didnt want do anything. Like she was scared. Reporter fortunately for dixie and martin the threat will not go away. Not where they left. Animals outside. Anything like old garbage or anything set around. Reporter Polk County Sheriffs Office said foxes are more likely to have rabies. Of course, you should never approach foxes or raccoons. Any signs of rabies should imm
Map so yeah, definite dry, cooling trend. It will be a great start to the day. Sunshine and warmth with High Temperatures around 87 degrees. Vanessa, good morning. Vanessa still stuck on the mental picture. Maybe this will refresh your palate. We have a crash at nebraska and we had at one point three lanes two but its very slow in the area. Pthis crash does have some injuries reported. Jumped the gun there. Let me get back to it. A couple of miles of backups. Almost backed up towards klosterman. This is reported at nebraska. Take belcher road in the southbound direction around the crash. Well keep you updated as we learn more information. Expect some minor delays northed bound and southbound. U. S. 301 here at gibsonton northbound direction. Russell hostage situation involving a mother and 9yearold daughter. They were at dollar general. You can see the daughter and mom run towards the door but theyre told to stop. The girl fell to the ground and huddles over near her mother. Thieves to
And 8 on your side will stay on top of this and we will find out what they are willing to do to keep the children safe. Now to the latest in the run to the 2016 president ial election. Early voting starts an ex week here in florida. Most bay area counties begin early voting on monday the 24th. But early voting starts in all of floridas 67 counties october 29 and last through november 5. Florida is expected for Hillary Clinton and donald trump. Thousands of floridians took advantage of an extended Voter Registration deadline. But getting them verified in time may now be in doubt. Democrats hope the federal judge can force them not to cast provisional ballots. Matt galka has the latest. Reporter yeah jen, you the federal trifecta. But this time, election supervisors say it could have been bad news. Reporter they looked to get newly registered voters processed by sunday. The reason, they dont want provisional ballots to be cast. When you cast a provisional ballot, it is not counted unless