Tampa police have now identified a man. Found . Dead inside a burning home. But its still not clear . How he died. Crews saw smoke and flames as they arrived at the scene along north 16th street just after 10 yesterday morning. Once inside they found the body of 44yearold rafael sotto gonzalez. A number of agencies including the atf are part of the investigation. Ridesharing services have the green light in hillsborough county. The Commission Voted yesterday to approve a deal with uber and lyft. That will allow them to operate . Legally in the county. The drivers have agreed to stricter background checks. But they will . Not have to get fingerprinted. The drivers also have to get their cars inspected. And the companies cant charge . More during natural disasters. The agreement is good. Through . Next december. Game on. For floridas seminole casinos. A judge just ruled they can . Keep their blackjack games. District judge Robert Hinkle sided with the tribe in its yearlong legal battle w
Sunshine skyway is a mile and a half. We will stay on top of the story and check in with kate wentzel for an update. A hostage at a bank in jacksonville is over. A suspect took 11 people hostage for several hours today until s. W. A. T. Went into the bank add the suspect surrendered. No one was hurt. For the safety of the jacksonville s. W. A. T. Team, we are not showing them. The governor wants to make sure 5 pay raise next year. The governor says the states 4,000 sworn Law Enforcement officers deserve a pay raise. He cited their heroic efforts at the pulse nightclub in june and two Tropical Storms. He says they deserve that raise for the work they have done for the states Emergency Personnel comes as yet another officer was shot and killed in tacoma, washington, outside of seattle. The 45yearold officer was shot wild responding to a Domestic Violence call. The suspect was also killed in the home. The Tacoma Police department did any and everything that they could to protect and serve
Along ridge road. The water pump sits idle. I contacted two county commissioners listed on the sign this morning and upon returning today, we found a public works employee on sight making sure that the pump was on and working. I asked pasco county officials why the pump was left off while neighborhoods remained underwater. They pointed to the widening project. In an email sent late this afternoon, a county attorn an ongoing dispute with the contractor for that project which it is in the process of resolving. It turns out the county delayed flipping the search to research if pumping flood water into this retention pond would impact the ridge road project site and who is responsible, the county or contractor for potential damages. The pump is online now but bass lake neighbors are hoping that the county can come up with a longterm fix. Find out the solution to the problem. Reporter now, a lot of residents in bass lake wondering why one of the stand alone water pumps has not been placed h
On the east coast bringing a lot of rainfall 95 is going to drift to the north and west meaning some of the shower activity will head into our communities. Wouldnt be out of the question to see a stray sprinkle in polk county and Highlands County and pasco this morning. But the majority comes later today. By midday, about 30 at that point. And going up to a 60 chance late they are afternoon and evening. And some heavy downpours will be possible. The extra clouds and rain about 89 degrees. Which is average and cooler than its been recently. At 5 38, i have an eightday temperature trend for you and leslee has the roadways this morning. Pretty good drive so far. Not seeing delays or anything like that. South 75 past state road 72 in sarasota, we have a collision possibly tying up a lane but no delays. Looking good on u. S. 41 through bradenton and sarasota. And lets talk about south tampa now. We have a hole in the roadway. And its southbound at macdill and it is just past azeele. So be a
Facing dui charges while the family looks for a place to live. They couldnt even grab personal belongings because it was unsafe. I would feel worse if a life was taken instead of our stuff. Reporter they are already dealing with a double tragedy this week. One of their family members died and another suffered a heart attack and is in the icu. I have to take deeps and breath and i have stints in my heart. They say the stress on my heart could kill me. I keep prayi. I know god got us. Its got to work out. Reporter the family was told it will be three months before all the damage is repaired and they can get back in their home. They told me they reached out to the red cross to see if they could get help but were told because they didnt lose their nothing the organization can do to help them. Thank you jacqueline. Now to the race for the white house. A new poll puts donald trump ahead of marco rubio in floridas primary. Senator marco rubio is continuing his push across the state to find as