Heres what it looks like outside in downtown orlando right now. Beautiful, right . Looks can be deceiving. Its been cold all day. News 6 is pinpointing more plummeting temperatures over the next few hours. This is news 6 at 5 00 getting results. Im matt austin. Im lisa bell. Lets get right over to chief meteorologist tom sorrells. How cold is it going to get tonight . Down to freezing in a large part of the area, especially to the north of downtown orlando. Orlando proper will not be freezing up but there will be frost issues to deal with. Were holding at 56 degrees in orlando, 60 in melbourne. Ocala, 52. You see my camera is shaking again tonight because the wind is still whipping from the west at about 23 miles per hour. Gainesville, ocala, the villages, leesburg, all 52 degrees. 55 in sanford. 56 in orlando. 60 in melbourne. Freeze warning. Thats to the north. All of these areas youre seeing from palm coast to ocala, the sumpter county, even Northern Lake county, from there to the s
All of them away. They just said several of these dumpsters. Theyre going to take them away to inspect them more closely. I asked them specifically if the search dogs may have smelled something that linked the dumpsters to baby willow. They wouldnt say. Again, the search teams were out again today, searching for any signs of that baby and we were right there along with them. Within the last couple hours, news 6 watched as Orlando Police search crews towed away several dumpsters from the willow bend apartments. You can see theyre wrapped in crime scene tape. Police tell us theyre heading in for a closer look. It is heartbreaking. This is a child that was born and now we dont know where the child is at. News 6 followed search crews today as they spanned out across a large area between silver star and coastline drive. They searched a field, an area around a retention pond and underneath bushes for any sign of baby willow. Police say the babys mother, 30yearold susan richardson, and left h
A weather alert. Temperatures are falling fast. In moments, where we could see a freeze. Chief meteorologist tom sorrells has your pinpoint forecast. Hes a huge part of our team. This is him, no. 21. A coach remembers a player lost too soon. New details on how a 13yearold was accidentally shot to death and what weve learned about his family. Good evening, this is news 6 at 7 00, getting results. Im julie broughton. Im lisa bell. Ginger has the night off. Plus a purple heart and medal of valor. One of the most honored deputies at a Sheriffs Department is not even human. Endos story, all new in minutes. Its a fabulous story. Its fabulous. We start with a cold weather alert. Some local counties are under a freeze warning tonight. It wont get that cold in downtown orlando, well feel the chill, even in the city beautiful. Lets get right over to chief meteorologist tom sorrells. Oh, yeah, youre going to you are. I already do. Its not an insult to you. Its people in Central Florida are going
Tonight, temperatures are dropping across Central Florida as new video comes in from todays severe weather. This cell phone shot taken near vero beach just hours ago. You can see what appears to be a big funnel cloud. It does not touch down, though. Chief meteorologist tom sorrells is pinpointing this wild weather for us. Whats next . Tom next is the big change. Were getting rid of the rain and rocking weather and talk about cooler temperatures on the way. We have to get rid of the rain first. Scattered showers from bithlo to oviedo, pushing to the east. If youre watching from titusville, more of this rain is knocking on your door in the next 15 to 20 minutes. Its raining at a quarter inch per hour right there and it will roll over top of you in 15 to 20 minutes and out to the open water. Once were done with this rain, it goes away quickly. Heres future radar into the night. By 6 00, everyone is dry. Back to the west, theres nothing coming in on future radar. Were all good. Cold, the w
However, their legal ability to make arrests and write tickets, very limited. For somebody to stop and check in on their wellbeing is priceless. Shes the president of the azalea safe neighborhood association. Born and raised in the area, shes advocating for months to create a partnership between her Sheriffs Office and the private Security Company g 4s. Im very excited about it, personally and the residents that come to our monthly meetings are excited as well. Its going to give us additional coverage that we wouldnt necessarily have. At a price tag of about 150,000, taken from a Law Enforcement trust fund, made up of criminal fines. The patrols are set to expire in a few months the partnership, only in the testing phase. Even though armed, the private Security Guards are only allowed to make a citizens arrest, similar to Security Guards at a business. This is like having private security in a gated neighborhood. These folks deserve it. Theyve worked very, very, very hard over the past