Gayle guyardo. Im gene ramirez. The weather now. Humidity sky high, fog and rain on max defender 8, not on land but a thin line of showers in the gulf. That is in association with a cold front that will bring a chance of rain today. Look at the fog there though. That is the view from lakeland auto mall. Portions of the area dealing with reduced visibility, its soupy. Upper 60s and lo the day. Theres the fog, visibility zero now in lakeland. Mostly cloudy and 79 today. The rain chances fairly slim. Staying at 20 through today. You may have to turn on the windshield wipers today. Whoo, good to see you here. Weve got a decent drive in traffic. A couple of things. Quick look at travel times here. Wesley chapel up to speed and 2p 75 into downtown tampa looks 275. This is i75 by i4, just a few minutes ago i think they are take it away now, we had the right lane blocked. I see one of the trucks leaving you can see it leaving the camera to the far left there. They have just cleared the constru
The fire. This is a building that has been in the news lately. In march the vinick Family Foundation announced they were donating 2. 5 million to renovate this rec center. The largest individual gift in the 90year history of the boys and girls club in tampa bay. And it were set to be renamed the jeff and penny vinick family winston park boys and girls club. This will be a blow to the people in the area that depend on rec centers like this for after school care. It was set to community. I grew up here. Everybody here grew up here and just it just meant a lot to see something happening in the neighborhood for the kids. Reporter this building was closed while it was under construction but set to reopen sometime over the next few months. The fire marshal is currently on scene trying to figure out what caused this fire. If there is any good news no one was inside of the building when this fire did break out huge fire. Were told that close to 35 firefighters came on scene, again two ladder t
In an effort to save money, Burrell School District officials have combined two administration jobs, creating a new position to oversee its athletics department and building operations. The school board on Tuesday appointed Brian Ferra as director of athletics and building operations. The district eliminated the facilities director position held
Burrell School District is now thinking of a 5.8% tax increase in its proposed budget for the upcoming school year. The district released a proposed budget that includes an increase of 6.5 mills, which would account for future bond payments for capital improvements and construction, said Finance Director Jennifer Callahan.