Speemac it used to be a fairly straightforward thing where people would use the phone, would probably be a phone that was traceable. It is a lot easier guess for people to hide when they are doing Something Like this. But without revealing anything we do, we have ways of finding out who did these things. And we do find out who did it is a very serious offense. Its a seconddegree felony and you can have that on your record. Speemac for parents they say the phone calls and Text Messages from the schools alerting them of the situation is something they unfortunately are getting used too. Speemac it is what we are facing. Its the kind of life we are now having to face of the horrible reality. Law enforcement hopes getting the word out on how severe and kind of punishment those making threats could face could make a dent in the amount of lot down. Developing tonight, some st. Pete parents want changes when it comes to their childrens education. Schools and f grade , and they are the worst performing we are live outside of Pinellas County headquarters where the School District is located. John, parents want to do their best to turn this around. For about a halfhour this evening there were a couple of dozen parents, students, and some teachers standing here screaming, hoping that the Pinellas County school board will listen to them and make some serious changes. This serious changes. This is after Tampa Bay Times investigation released last summer called five Elementary Schools and said petersburg failure factors. Investigations are in the schools of the worst in the state, and at times week and the in the decision by the school board is a reasons why. Reason such as getting rid of integration, lack of funding, teacher turnover and a massive student disciplinary problem. I spoke with a grandmother who i really believe they can become a success factory as opposed to a failure factory. And that is what i am pushing. And. And that is what im advocating for our children. Speemac money for teachers, more help in the classroom and re integrating these classrooms, that is some of the fixes these protesters were hoping for. Also developing, the nra is flexing its muscle again , and the loser of peers to be the environment. At the center of the battle, a gun club that was sued by the Water Management district for not doing its part to clean up pollution. 10 investigates is now learning swift but is caving to pressure from the nra and dropping the suit. Speemac trap and skeet club put more than a halfmillion pounds of lead from shotguns into its derailed the suit when she started pressuring lawmakers to disband swift mark. They came to the nra demands. The Water Management district issued a statement saying it drop the suit because the gun club changed its practices. However, the attorney hired by says that is not true. Has changed. The gun club stop shooting while there was a Court Injunction and bulls says he expects them to start shooting again, maybe as early as tomorrow. In the meantime, several people in tallahassee told the folks at swift mark that they need to drop the suit, and make it go away as quickly as possible. We. We are told it had nothing to do with the sea merit. New information in the case of a young girl thrown over a of her own father. John john tax lawyer said his client is still not competent to stand trial according to our partners at the Tampa Bay Times. John chuck is charged with firstdegree murder. Last january st. Pete Police Officer says he said he saw john check through his daughter 16 feet off of a bridge. A judge set another hearing for june 7, after he is reevaluated. Growing pains are hitting the Manatee CountySchool District heart. The plan. The plan is to build new schools and close old ones where repairs are waste of tax dollars. Board. And we show you why some speemac generations of students have attended wicklund elementary for more than 44 years. Next year might be its last. Speemac we love our campus and we do so much on our campus. Speemac the manatee School District may consolidate the district said is beyond repairs. It is bowing or you may see cracks and mergers part of superintendent, dr. Diana greenes plan to cope with the districts growth, overcrowding and aging school. Speemac aging school. We are going to do this together , but at the same time if you just change and moving forward. Speemac this Manatee County offer school choice, parents can send your kids to school they like, provided theres room. Provided theres room. But that leaves some schools underused and others under crowded Like Lakewood Ranch High School here. They need 16 portables to fit a New High School and middle school in paris north of Lakewood Ranch are opposed to release the overcrowding. Lakeland parents hope to find some relief in an online school. More than 600 signatures so far. Concerts out here. We have outside that i dont teachers and our staff, and students. So if we put wicklund over at johnston, two me it enhances johnson. Taking a look county by county right now. A word of warning if you need to call 911 and Sarasota County the Sheriffs Office is a problem with Verizon Service means some customers are hearing a busy tone or crews are working on the problem. Until then weve posted a list of alternate numbers to call wtsp. Com. In polk county finding new Police Officers is taking a high tech turn, least and auburndale it is. The Police Department is using facebook to find new recruits and it seems to be working. Auburndale police as facebook has brought in six applicants in one week and it is giving them an edge on the competition. Always looking for good people and it is very competitive. Speemac using facebook also gives the Police Department an indepth look at its applicants. The deputy chief says the department has turned on some candidates because of some social media post. In tampa a newborn baby so cute we just had show it to you. Yet another baby orangutan born at lowry park zoo. The 2pound surprise born to firsttime mom. He was born just two months after her mother gave birth to her fourth baby. A group of people fighting to stay safe in their own neighborhood. Speemac a community of disabled seniors desperate to have a sidewalk put in so they can get to and from the local store safely finally has the county i love an update on their battle. Today a disabled Senior Community is desperately in need of the sidewalk and finally got the countys attention. Speemac its a story 10 news first told you about last year we are not giving up when it comes to getting help for these people. A sidewalk, are you kidding me . Speemac 80yearold arlene salus lives with cerebral she is been waiting years to commissioners how desperately she and her neighbors need a sidewalk. Sarah wilson says just attempting to go to the store death. S u l l i v a n w ilson first installed along Quality Drive that sidewalk is already included in a larger project. And due to government six years later theres a process. Part of the problem is the county does not have a dedicated Funding Source for sidewalk. Speemac why do we have to wait so long for a sidewalk . This is not too much to ask for a she came to armed with congressman rich nugent. Speemac shes not only fighting for his self but all the residents. Speemac the vista grande residents say they also fear for the children walking from suncoast elementary pass the Retirement Community , where you can see the sidewalk ends right here. Speemac the cars traveling 50 60 miles an hour and the speed limit is 35. Speemac is 35. The sheriff even offered up some gel labor. Speemac we want to be part of the solution not the problem. Speemac the commission looked into how the project to be moved up or possibly completing the thousands the project first. The best it might only be completed six month earlier. But in this Desperate Community speemac once we got you down he got involved in now things are starting to move. Speemac the Hernando County commission is expected to hear that the project moving forward next month. We will continue to stay on top of this issue and we will certainly let you know what happened. We have been so fortunate with our good weather, and then theres this. Speemac and then theres that, which is heading here. But thankfully by the time it arrives it will be significantly weaker than what we are seeing going on across parts of the deep south. Weve already had several reports of tornadoes or damage reports coming out of parts of mississippi and louisiana. Check out this incredible video we saw of waterspouts across the south. There you can see several other storms. There was one the damage a golds gym at ripping the roof off and onesided building. Just an absolute mess in creative. Continue as we head into tonight as well. We are still tracking a line of strong storms that are just now working their way through parts of louisiana. Right now it is mississippi and into alabama where we will set her sights in terms of the Severe Weather threat over the next couple of hours. Also also notice where you see the shades of blue, that is where we are indicating large hail as well. Right now that sell seems to be weakening. But we still of several hours to go. And when this moves here, while we are not expecting widespread damage the way we see there, we cannot rule out a least straightline wind damage. We are under a slight risk from the storm prediction center. It looks like the highest threat. It looks like the highest threat of severe storms will be back into eastern North Carolina coming up tomorrow. But we still have to get this through the Florida Panhandle where could still do damage tonight. We are only tracking a few stray showers moving through the area. Looking out from Wesley Chapel toyota. There you go, we see blue skies. Really not much in the way of cloud cover. What we saw earlier, that is but the winds are still strong out of the south that is throwing in a lot of moisture ahead of our next cold front. The same front that will be bringing storms back into our forecast tomorrow. So so we stay mostly quite through the irving hours. A slight shower or two could still pop up especially east of i 75. But for most of us we are dry until the main event gets going tomorrow. A few more showers ahead of the main batch. Then we take you too about nine a. M. When we expect to see some storms roll into the nature coast. Earlymorning commuters you should be fine. If you are are heading out a little later thats when things to get problematic. And most likely for the bay area right around your lunch hour. So between 11 am and noon it looks like the timeframe we would see the strongest storms moving through the tampa bay area and then shifting to the southeast after about one pm. So thats when we would see the activity picking up into sarasota and easter Manatee County and into polk as well. Im still thinking that by three pm we will largely get this activity completely clear then we move in with the cooler weather. As that line moves through, specially keep an eye out for the potential for damaging straightline wind gusts upper and 60 miles an hour. Frequent lightning per you dont have to have a severe thunderstorm to have a lot of lightning. There is a low risk of a tornado or waterspout. We cannot rule it out completely but it is buy no stretch going to be our primary threat. With the strong winds in the front moving through rough on the bay tomorrow five foot8 foot seas offshore and gusty winds pretty in fact we have a gale watch in effect for tomorrow. Checking in on the tides low tide around nine a. M. In high tide around 3 00 p. M. Followed by another low tides poorly after 9 00 p. M. We are warm 74 in tampa, 73 in tarpon springs. In tarpon springs. Looking ahead to tomorrow starting off warm ending the day warm. The cold air will arrive much later. So between about 6 00 p. M. Six am and three pm be aware thunderstorms move through the area before we cool off and thursday. Thats when will see strong gusty winds up around 20 miles an hour and then come the cooler temperatures and highs drop back into the 60s where we stay through the rest of the workweek. And into the weekend we will have a lot of son, but it is not until sunday we can get high temperatures come back into the 70s. Heads up, it will be chilly this weekend with morning lows in the 40s. Ahead of this is to make sure you download your ted news app stay weather where we will track the storm is coming up watch ted news this for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the new york Yankee Spring training opening game day. If you want to take part in wake up with 10 news this morning beginning at six am. Looking to adopt a furry friend . Finding the right that is not always easy. Good news for the lighting besides the three wins in a row. Jason garrison was skating stay for the First Time Since his lower body injury. Hes not ready to play yet but tonight the Arizona Coyotes come to town for the first time this season. It will be interesting game for sure. Speemac its hard when you play these teams that you dont see that when you look at them and they are dicey games its one of those where you kind of have to get a feel for them in the first period. Speemac 7 30 pm paco drop. As the valspar championship approaches so does the firestone grand prix. Because both of those events on the same weekend in march but neither side feels it will be heard. Today in palmetto 12 professional drivers joined us for the sixth annual firestone grand prix media karting competition. The mayor of st. Pete one that the mayors challenge. Zach beach beach from the indy right circle was a pro driver. He anchored the ted news team of me and know and jonathan. Speemac i got a little bit. Ive been doing this for about nine years now. It all starts in go karts so i speemac ive done this before the only thing i remember is a never bother to break. Speemac thats fine just get in Port Charlotte ava longoria talked about Corey Epperson and the other new additions to the offense. Finally tonight, a big colorful reveal at hillsboro county pet resource center. City leaders join the community at the grand opening today of the lovely new renovated lobby and Customer Service area. The center is is on north falkenberg road in the brandon area. The 500,000 project has been transformed of the lobby and the cat adoption area. There are also selfservice kiosks with touchscreens hoping to match you with the perfect pet. The pets also have a bigger space to show off their personalities. When people realize that this is a Family Community pets more and spend more time. And if you spend time here youre likely to fall in love with someone. Speemac right now and adoption special is underway this month. For 14 you can adopt a cat or dog that has already been spayed or neutered. As a vaccination, as a vaccination, microchip in hillsboro county pet license tag. Thats it for 10 news at six pm. We we will see you back here tonight at 11 00 p. M. Wtsp. Com is always here and always online. donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. Pelley dangerous weather hit the south. Millions of people in five states are on alert for tornadoes. Also tonight, more cases of zika in the u. S. , spread by sexual transmission. Apples lawyers say unlocking the iphone of a terrorist is a slippery slope. Apple knows how to do lots of things, buof but it is not an employee of the united states. Pelley and who let the dogs out . Wait till you see. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley a tough day is turning into a rough night in much of the deep south