Im ginger gadsden. Lisa bell is on assignment tonight. Plus a new twist on Orange Countys new trash trouble. They were supposed to be here at 6 00. Why some families say even if their trash truck comes on time, its not enough to solve a smelly situation. That story coming in minutes. You feel those peoples pain. Oh, yeah, so much frustration. It really is. Well talk about that in a moment. But first, our top story tonight is the weather. Now, it doesnt just feel like its freezing out with the sun down. Some parts of our area may actually freeze for the first time this winter. Warnings are posted for flagler and marion counties. Keep tabs hey, tom. Hey. Is that the toss . It definitely was. Heres the freeze warning right now anywhere from the villages to the north, a freeze warning is in effect. Its not a watch. Its the real deal. Its a warning. Its going to happen. 32, some 31, maybe as low as 30 or 29 in the outlying areas. Onthetown forecast tonight looks like this. 54 within the hour. 50 at 10 p. M. 49 in orlando by 11 00. Here are the overnight lows eventually. Remember, Flagler County is in the warned zone. 35 in palm coast but just off the coast across the interior, well lower than that, down to 32, 31 maybe. 31 is my official overnight low tonight in ocala and 41 again in orlando. Ill be right back and well talk about the slight warmup for tomorrow. What you can expect hour by hour. Ill pinpoint the highs for the rest of the week and talk about a return to rain and look ahead to your weekend. All right. Well see you in a few minutes, tom. If youre on the road and cant check your news 6 weather app, you can now get updates through one of our three Radio Partners all day long. Chief meteorologist tom sorrells and meteorologist troy bridges are pinpointing your weather on 105. 9 sunny fm, 101. 9 amp radio, and mix 105. 1. Right now, fun spot confirms a huge expansion to its idrive park. Its coming soon. Yep, that includes more rides and roller coasters, but a water park will also take the family owned attraction in a new direction. Eric sandoval spent the day getting answers on what fun spot plans to do and why it could mean more money and more jobs. If youve been to fun spot, youve noticed the wood roller coaster as you drive in. This is where the new attractions are going to be built and with skyplex being built a couple blocks to the south, fun spot tells me they want to stay competitive. We love the beach parks. Its more parks. Its easier to go around. When she brings her family on vacation to orlando, she always brings them by fun spot america and soon park leaders say its going to be a bigger fun spot. Conceptual drawings today that show an Amusement Park expanded across streets. Fun spot says it will feature six new themed areas that will focus on americas past and present. Theyre going to clear out this entire parking lot and make new rides here. Wow. Fun spot Officials Say people will eventually park in a new parking garage, located across the street. But the First Addition will be a water park that could be opened as soon as next spring. A water park. Thats unbelievable. A Spokesman Says the water park means new jobs. Just the lifeguards and maintenance crews alone will mean more employees and the same holds true when construction is done and the new ride is open, which he says will be sometime in the next five to 10 years. Thats amazing. Its going to be more things to do. And with more things to do comes more people. It could include an increase in crime. They say they already worked with the folks at fun spot america to keep people safe. They say theyre going to be watching this master plan to see if anything needs adjustment. Were at fun spot america in orlando tonight, eric sandoval, news 6. Now fun spot tells news 6 the new rides will be built on the vacant land in phases over the next five to 10 years. For a closer look at fun spots plans and how they fit into idrives big future, head to news 6s theme world blog currently under top stories and always under clickorlando. Com theme parks. We continue monitoring breaking news out of jacksonville. Prosecutors and deputies say they have found the remains of lonzie barton. The toddler went missing last july in duval county. Our goal from the beginning was to find lonzie. Unfortunately it turned pretty obvious pretty quickly it wasnt going to happen with him being alive. The Jacksonville Sheriffs Office is not confirming reports that prime suspect William Ebron led them to the 21montholds remains dumped in the woods. That little boy didnt need to be discarded like a piece of trash. And today were able to take what we believe to be him from being disposed just like that and the hopes that he can spend his eternity somewhere thats peaceful and not somewhere that is basically a garbage heap. Thats just wrong. The discovery came hours after ebron unexpectly waived his right to a speedy trial. He was expected to take a plea deal. Ebrons girlfriend, lonzies mother, took a plea deal and is expected to testify against ebron. Well have an update on the case tonight at 11 00. The surprise plea in Volusia County brought some victims and loved ones to tears. News 6 reporter loren korn was there as the 52yearold sex guilty to murdering one woman and torturing another. Tears filled the courtroom as a judge sentenced the man to 45 years in prison. Two of his victims happy hes finally behind bars but also shocked to hear that he admitted to being a killer. Hes going to prison for the rest of his life for doing this. And he deserves it. He really does. This woman, who declined to show her face, is one of two victims who sat in court this morning as the judge sentenced 52yearold john litus to 45 years in prison. To kidnapping in order to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony up to 30 years to life, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, how do you plea . Im guilty. They did not expect him to plead guilty to raping and killing a 30yearold woman. Im shocked. Admitted to being guilty. He admitted what he did. Thats good. He killed a woman in september and dumped the body in a de land ditch five days before kidnapping and torturing a pregnant woman at the time. I kept praying the whole time and i dont know why or what happened but he let me go and im grateful for it. I have a healthy baby. It changed my life. The women say while 45 years is not what they had hoped for, behind bars. Hes not going to ever hurt anybody again. And im pretty sure at 90something years old he wont hurt anybody else. He was convicted of rape in 1986 and arrested several times since for failing to register as a sex offender. The judge today tacking on those convictions to his 45year sentence. Thank you. One week after the new year brought a new trash collection county tell us theyre fed up and not just because of haulers being often days late, even working weekends to catch up. Erik von ancken shows us why one of the biggest changes is bringing the biggest complaints. One of the biggest complaints were hearing now that pickup just once a week, instead of the way it used to be, twice a week, just isnt enough. Heres why. Its nasty. Look at that. The first thing we noticed is the flies hovering over the trash. The second thing, the stench, the horrific unmistakable stench of dirty diapers. Oh, stinkies . Yes. The perez family has two little ones that make big stinks and now the piles of poop pile up for a week. What does that smell like . Oh, you dont want to know. Can you imagine that, a whole week, seven days, and now its okay. Its cool. Wait until the summer comes. That cannot be good for our health. County pickup schedule once a week now quite frankly stinks. The new cans are so big, they say they can only store them in their backyard. As soon as you open the door, you realize its plenty of garbage in there. Because, you know, the smell gets to you. The county says the schedule change with the new automatic arm pickup system saves money. The bigger cans hold more garbage for longer and thats something that cheryl reese actually likes. I do like it. I dont have to make three trips in the house to the end of the curb to carry out my recycle bin. I usually have three overflowing bins. Its kind of hard in the mornings to do that. In Orange CountySolid Waste Division managers say even if you dont like it, give it a chance. Lake, volusia and parts of Osceola County have all gone to once a week pickup. Get used to it in Orange County. Another complaint were hearing is some folks say they have so much trash and it doesnt fit in one bin to get picked up once a week. The county says if that happens, theyll get to it and they say down the road they could bring you a second bin. In Orange County, erik von ancken, news 6. Thank you, erik. Orange county said today it will take 60 to 90 days for everyone, haulers and homeowners, to get used to all the changes. If you have a problem, email the county. Weve posted the address on clickorlando. Com. A former volunteer firefighter is now charged with arson, accused of setting two fires at a closed golf course in altamonte springs. Detectives say the 27yearold travis pierce set the first fire on new years day at the links off west town parkway, not far from spring lake elementary. They say pierce returned and set another fire on the 4th. He is on probation for arson and fraud charges in pennsylvania. Trappers are going hightech in hopes of getting results and catching coyotes that may be killing peoples pets. Trappers are now using drones this footage of a coyote in Indian Harbor beach. Trappers are going to use the drones to hover over the parks in the area. On sunday, they set up eight unmanned trail cameras. They believe two coyotes are roaming in the area. We have an important new include in a crime alert that left a Convenience Store clerk fearing for his life. Just in, new video just in of how the bold robbers jumped over the counter in the attack. How the clue helps track down the dangerous men. And how soon the first patients will move into the areas newest hospital and why one local mom is glad its on its way. Youre watching news 6 at 7 00, getting results for tornado cleanup is underway in southwest florida. The National Weather service confirmed an ef2 tornado with 130mileanhour winds slammed into a cape coral neighborhood on saturday. Thats west of fort myers. Roofs were torn off homes. Trees toppled. Luckily no one was killed. Governor scott says the state will help people recover. Early damage estimates top 6. 5 million. Weather is coming to central florida. Yeah, chief meteorologist tom sorrells is back in two minutes with an update on freeze warnings for parts of our area. Well, just in to news 6, a crucial new clue to a Crime Tracker alert in Osceola County. Look at this video just released showing a circle k robbery. You see one of the gunmen leap over the counter. He demands cash and drags the clerk in the corner. As he holds the clerk at gunpoint, the second robber jumps over the counter and rummages around the register looking for cash. Both men eventually ran off. The clerk was shaken up but not hurt overnight at the circle k south of osceola parkway in the kissimmee area. Heres one more look at the suspects. These are still images from that surveillance video. If you know who these guys are, youre asked to call the osceola Sheriffs Office immediately. A new hospital designed by women, for women, is getting Florida Hospital for women is a 180 million dream thats been under construction for nearly two years. We were there today for the ceremonial Ribbon Cutting for the new 12story tower on the campus of Florida Hospital in orlando, featuring central floridas only milk depot and high risk Breast Cancer center. The rooms were designed to feel less clinical and more welcoming for women from all walks of life. We left here in tears the day we left because we had made such close contacts and connections with everybody that works here and they became our friends and our family. I wouldnt change anything from our experience before. She gave birth to little conner with the help of nurses and doctors that will soon staff the new hospital. The first phase opens to patients late this month, including care for young women, babies, cardiac care and Breast Cancer treatment. The other two phases will open by the end of next year. Earth is making a big change a year and a half earlier than expected. Circus officials plan to retire the last of its elephant acts in may. They will retire were told in comfort. News 6 recently took a tour of the Elephant Conservation facility in polk county. Theyre phasing out elephants after decades of pressure by animal activists. No word on why the retirement was sped up. Youll have a last chance to see the elephant act in orlando. Circus shows take place thursday through next monday at amway center. Hopefully theyll enjoy their retirement. The world could be just days away from having its first billionaire lottery winner. Its already at a staggering 1. 4 billion and it could climb higher. This is the biggest jackpot in the history. So big, powerball billboards the games seem to defy its own odds saturday night. Still no winner. Remember, the only place to see wednesday nights billiondollar drawing live is right here moments before news 6 at 11 00. I mean, i wonder how many times theyll let it turn over before they go, okay, enough. Because this is like 18 or 19 times its turned over so far without a winner. Since november the 4th, i think. Its been a while. A long time. Its been a while. Chief meteorologist tom sorrells is joining us now. You bring news of cold weather in these parts. Like you didnt know that already. Weve got beautiful shots on storm pins. When the weather is this cold, the pictures are beautiful. Isnt that beautiful . This is new smyrna beach. She kills me with her photos. This is a bunch of seagulls in the warmer water. It was shot this morning when it was cold. On the warm water. Theyre smart and trying to save alive. Its 13 in detroit right now, 20 in chicago. 39 as far as atlanta. Its not just us. Its the whole country chilling out. 39 right now in myrtle beach. 40 in jacksonville. Weve got 43 in palm coast and 45 in ocala. Gainesville down to 42. Wont be long until it will be freezing in alachua county. Temperature change in the last 24 hours, were 6 degrees colder right now than we were last night at the same time. 10 degrees colder than we were at sanford than we were last night at the same time. 13 in palm coast and 9 degree difference in daytona beach, new smyrna beach. 12 at the cape. You get the picture. Its cold. Tomorrow, on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being awesome, tomorrows about a 7 because weve got a freeze warning in effect. But the day is going to be pretty. I think most people are really going to like it. Freeze warning early for flagler, Marion County and putnam counties and we warm up to like the low 60s, maybe 63, just about going to do it. Through here by the end of the workweek. Were going to get a lot of sunshine. Well get stormy conditions rolling in here by friday at the latest. Look at how we do in the next 24 hours, though. As we go through the day tomorrow, 8 00 in the morning, no big deal. 9 00, 10 00, afternoon, no big deal. All the way around until wednesday before we start to get some more cloud cover in here. So its going to take some time to get there. But we will cloud up and we will warm up. Overnight low tonight, 31 in ocala. 35 in the villages. 35 in palm coast. 37 in leesburg. Im going to go ahead and call the overnight low in orlando 41. Heres tomorrow. First thing in the morning, well warm rapidly. The air is dry. We warm right up. 47 at 8 a. M. 59 by noon. The daytime high tomorrow is 63 degrees. No rain in the immediate forecast. 63 is the high tomorrow. 64 is on wednesday. Then thursday were up to 67. Thursday night into friday, we cloud up and get a system rolling through here and we get friday. Fridays high is 74. Saturday, 76. And then by sunday, another cold front rolls in, bringing in the colder air for sunday and monday. All right, tom. Thank you. Thank you. Bye now. Jeb bush is working to stand out in a crowded field of republican candidates. Everybody says hes out of the race but hes still got the name and the family name. Maybe one day hell admit it. But colbert says bush reportedly has a new strategy to connect with young voters, really young voters. How hes using the story of the before contemplating the many choices on steak n shakes 4 dollar menu, one must calm the mind in our zen garden. Focus. The garlic double steakburger meal. Reflect. The taco salad meal zen. The original double n cheese steakburger meal. The 4 menu. Where all meals are under 4. Tune in tonight for news 6 at 11 00 and the late show with stephen colbert. Colbert says jeb bush has a plan to turn around his image. I think the man just came up with a gamechanging strategy to connect with voters. Jeb bush says he sees himself as a joyful tortoise, what he told a teenager on a campaign trail yesterday. The republican president ial candidate gave the boy a toy around in his pocket. Which has led some to ask, is that a toy turtle in your pocket or are you just really bad at running for president . Now jeb says the turtles are a symbol, a reminder that slow and steady wins the race. Which makes him the tortoise and i think we all know who the hare is. This is not addressed to central question about these turtles. What . You have a pocket full of turtles . I do have a bunch of turtles. Lets see what we have here. I got the little baby jesus and the rosary beads and three turtles. Wait. Ah, the little baby jesus in your pocket . Should he be in there . Are you using your pants as a nativity scene, sir . Are those the three wise turtles . Hes got the slow and steady, 2 out of 3 aint bad. Tonight, colbert welcomes jane lynch and julian castro. You dont want to miss it at 11 35, right after news 6 at 11 00. Another cold night for us. Colder than last night. Here are the overnight lows. Were talking about a warning for Flagler Putnam county and Marion