investigators have four new cases in orlando, five new cases in seminole county and they're looking into tips that the same thing is happening in tampa. >> someone is offering to set people up on stolen lines of credit to have plastic surgery or dental work done. >> so far the business has banked around $200,000. the real victims are id theft victims. >> that's who we are fighting for. >> reporter: investigators say some of the suspects are cooperating and they think they're getting close to identifying the ring leader. they're hope together have -- hoping to have them caught and identified. >>> developing tonight, we have virus in florida counties, one in lee county and the other in miami-dade. this comes on the heels of a hearing on how to pro text americans. george estovez listened to today's hearing. they discussed new ways that zika virus could be spreading. scary stuff here. >> reporter: no kidding. the two new cases are in florida. in addition to the wuven we -- that's in addition to the one that we have here in osceola county. all are traveled related, meaning no mosquito here ha

safety ranch rain tracks will be a high priority in seminole county. michelle: law enforcement will be going after people who do things like this. this is a new campaign called don' t take the gate. s here with what sparked the operation. jazmin: the trains have been involved in more than 11 accidents. today, seminole counties traffic safety will be out trying to remind drivers to stop behind the bar. you will find officers at various crossings in seminole county weather infrequent train versus vehicle crashes. less than a month ago, a sunrail train hit a car parked on the tracks in sanford. the train was empty and the car was not hurt , you may river this one where sunrail train clipped a dump truck that parked too close. it the first-time passengers were hurt. since then, fdot has urged drivers to stay safe distance from railroad crossings in the tracks. if you' re driving in seminole county, you will find debbie' s at railroad crossings are at the county. pay extra attention to crossing along ronald reagan boulevard boulevard in lake mary. those are

seminole county deputies were listening. daniel zenrick: if someone' s willing to give us a dollar to help us, it' s not their business. dave: a man who says he' s having a tough time finding work has turned to panhandling. daniel zenrick: this is what i do to try to survive, eat, shelter. kim cannaday: we do recognize that panhandling and homelessness is a symptom of other issues. dave: the sheriff' s office is sympathetic, but has recently stepped up enforcement of the county panhandling ordinance. people looking for a financial boost along the roadway cannot tap on windows or block traffic. a local citizens group, taking seminole county back, recently went public, saying the ordinance wasn' t working. annette sims: the panhandlers are coming up to windows, tapping on the windows, walking in front of traffic, sometimes two and three lanes. dave: the sheriff' s office was listening. from september until the end of january, six people were arrested county-wide for violating the ordinance. in the last ten days, four have rece

a gun at cars along 1792 in seminole county is now in jail without bond. smith appeared before a judge yesterday. sanford police say crossfire broke out between smith and an officer on friday. one innocent bystander was hurt . we found out smith has a criminal history in seminole county he was arrested for drug possession and resisting an officer without violence in 2011 2011 and was charged with assault in 2013. >> you are also on bond in a fleeing and eluding case. i am revoking that bond. you are on no bond on that also. he was in court. smith is expected to appear in court in march >>> the first appearance for a woman charged with attempted murder was delayed yesterday from a gunshot wound. orlando police say daniel evans rammed her vehicle into police cars and try to run them over. that is when police shot evans in the shoulder. she is accused of carjacking someone at gunpoint on curry ford and conway on friday. >>> detectives are asking for your help to find a teenage girl who has been missing for a week in ocoee. 17-year-old kaylee posey disappeared

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a gun at cars along 1792 in seminole county is now in jail without bond. smith appeared before a judge yesterday. sanford policed police say crossfire broke out between smith and an officer on friday. one innocent bystander bursar. we found that smith has a criminal history in seminole county he was arrested for drug possession and resisting an officer without violence in 2011 i 2011 and was charged >> you are on bond in case number 15 15 cf three for 61 i am revoking the bond. >> smith is expected to appear in court again in march. >>> the first appearance for woman charged with attempted murder was delayed yesterday because she is still recovering from a gunshot wound. orlando police say daniel evans ran her vehicle into a police car then tried to run them over. that is when police shot evans she is also accused of carjacking someone at gunpoint on friday. >>> detectives are ask you for your help to find a teenage girl who has been missing for a week. they say 17-year-old kaylee posey disappeared last sunday night. this is the first time she has been rep

. >>> teachers at several seminole county schools are working the minimum hours required by contracts as a protest against stalled contract negotiations. demonstrating with signs in front of spring lake elementary. the other part of the protest has teachers coming in right before the first bell and leaving right after the last bell. they told us that papers are going ungraded and e-mails unanswered but they say classroom instruction has not been affected. >> in order to be an effective teacher, you have to stay late. they're not paying you for the extra hours you stay late. >> the district hopes to have the contract dispute resolved soon but no date set for the next round of negotiations. >>> if you have gassed up in st. cloud your credit and debit info may be at risk. members of the police department and state department of agriculture checked 16 gas stations in the area for skimmers. 15 were clean but one was found on the corner of 192 at a 7- eleven. >> it's terrible. we are working hard, you know, for a living. these people steal your money just like that. >> in the last two weeks

we're live in marion county, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> right now, dozens of seminole county teachers and staff are gearing up to rally outside of tonight's school board member meetings. not coming up to an agreement on salary bumps. they'll begin protesting at 5:30. >>> in volusia, the school teacher's union. we've been telling you about collective bargains. no agreement has been made, teachers want a pay raise, but district leaders say they don't have the money. >>> after months of campaigning in iowa, the presidential candidates are moved on to new last night, texas senator ted cruz defied the polls, and defeated donald trump. cruz got 28% of the votes in last night's caucuses, 4 points more than the billionaire, and marco rubio came in third, he's on trump's heels. on the democratic side, results were not as clear cut. hillary clinton won but by a razor thin margin. >> i am so thrilled that i'm coming to new hampshire after winning iowa. i've won and i've lost there, it's a lot better to win. >> from iowa, where we astounded the world. and now, in new hampshire, we'll astound the

in seminole county where there was a crash on i-4. we understand the westbound lanes have now opened up. as you can see in these live pictures traffic is moving in both directions once again. >> that's good news for the folks who want to get home. >>> tom, when i got up this think before my hundred and then later it was 70 when i got to work. >> really cold and then you go for a run. it was a nice warm day today. a lot of folks enjoying in nice weather. it was frigid. here's the lows for today. 33 in northern parts of seminole county in sanford. we had 28 in titusville. we talked about this last night, this lower elevation area, drainage flows in because cold air sinks and fits into the river basins. that's why titusville got down ocala. 35 in orlando. our second coolest night of the season. 34 was our coldest. the beautiful view over lake eola right now, 65 and holding. a good looking night tonight. you can uncover all of your plants tonight. we don't have to run the pools or anything like that to avoid a freeze. orlando back into th

seminole county is trying to put the brakes on that idea. it would be forcing extra lanes and the optional toll for the drivers. it's not working as hoped. >> reporter: the whole idea of building a toll road inside of a toll road is getting a lot of opposition. one county commissioner planning to blow the whole plan up. the state owns the 417 in seminole county and want to add four express lanes. those lanes would end at the orange county line near university. an area that has more congestion and doesn't have an express lane, so we're asking you to pay additional money to get faster, go faster to a place that you're going to be slowing down. that's ludicrous. >> reporter: as long as the state continues to own the 417 in seminole, they plan to build the toll lane. the express lane authority owns the 417 in orange county, and they want to buy out the state. the state doesn't want to. they want to trade the road for part of the beach line. >> both counties want to move forward, but they're not sitting down in good faith to get something done. i

seminole county deputies found pole. he had been hit by gunfire. >> i asked him to sit in the car and listen to music, never crossed my mind he would take the car >>reporter:deputies say the team's killer stood in the fire. with that person still wanted, come forward with information that could put the gun man be -- behind bars. if you have any information, seminole county deputies want minutes, the concern from other people in this neighborhood, the last. reporting live in seminole county, kimberly eaton, eyewitness news this morning. >> the teens mom gave it -- and -- a very emotional interview. you can listen to everything she said on wftv. com/videos. >>> covering marion county this morning, the government behind several recent drive-bys and ocala are in ocala are still on the run this morning. they had gotten several reports that what appears to be random shootings, in the southwest and northeast sections of the city. they say to apartment complexes on southwest seventh place were shot at yesterday. it is a say they

working into seminole county, mid-70s. trotwood park, winter springs, 76, 76 lake mary, heathrow in sanford. breezy and we was the temperatures above average for the first time this week. average height is 73. a few degrees above average. tonight a mini front is working in and lucy temperatures in the low 50s. a mini front gives us a drop in temperatures this weekend and changes for your weekend and the next chance of rain had in maine weather. 540, deneige . >> roadwork, ivanhoe, i 4, you have one lane blocked eastbound. you can see it to the right. if you move over to the left you look good. i 4 at the 408, a lane blocked off approaching 408 -- south street as well. the left lane has not caused issues or backups. i will let you know the changes. >>> a program bringing sex offenders together to live in their own community. spread this is the only option aside from living on the street or in the car. >> 9 investigates committee -- if a community like that could come to central florida. >>> an suv smashed into a dentist off

push the pedal -- seminole county officials will visit i- 40 to determine if anything is necessary to keep theirs away. trash cans are being used in areas usually frequent. they away the animals can move into new neighborhoods. similar offenses guard part of i-4 in volusia county biggers wales that you see are back in the ocean after being spotted in the river. they are having a hard time getting out of the river because of the incoming tide. officers also worn voters to keep distance to not stress them out. >>> 5:17 am. it will get colder looking at freeze warnings tonight. >> seemed thrills about -- using thrilled. >> let's get back to that during the commercial. >>> 47 downtown orlando, winds north northwest, 12 miles an hour. chile's on, you see 30s and 40s at the freezing point. marion county, ocala, 36 in palm coast jacket weather for us, orange county osceola county low 40s sumter and lake jail, 39 clermont 42 orlando so breezes morning making if northwest. may have frost in the north western zones let me know what is going on at your home. scattered clouds and southern zones a

as portions of seminole county, the northwestern tip of orange county could be at or below freezing. as a be a close call for the folks in western seminole and western orange county. carrie a wide, this is a night you want to cover up the tropical plants. -- areawide, this is a night you want to curry up -- cover up the tropical plants. windy weather, we have had it. temperatures already in the upper 40' s at 6:00. 52, orlando, 56 in melbourne. you factor in the wind, we have windshield. the story will be colder temperatures later on and temperatures the -- declining. we are in the 30' s tomorrow morning. 40 daytona beach, and look at ocala, in the 30' s by 11:00 heading into the 20' s. let' s look at the overnight lows. bellevue, 29, dunnellon 27. ocala at 26. lady lake 30, wildwood 30. celebration 33, 34, orlando to zellwood 34. zellwood to mount plymouth, a cold area. mims is at 33. bushnell, ocala 79. the interior looking at three to six hours of freeze duration. the villages three to six, bushnell one to three hours. high pressure builds in, we get a hold of a cold northerly flo

the demands they're making of the seminole county school district and why officials won't budge. >>> if you see or smell smoke, it's probably coming from this very large 3400 acre controlled burn in seminole county. changes in the winds mean lowe's presents: how to plan for the future. happy valentine's day. happy birthday. sorry i forgot our anniversary. happy mother's day. now get 3 shrubs for only $10 >> today more seminole county teachers are protesting over stalled contract negotiations. here is how they're doing it. they're doing this and going to class right before the first bell and leaving right after the last one. working their contracted hours only and no more. as a result, we found out they're leaving papers ungraded and e-mails unreturned because that work stretches beyond the hours they're paid. when the buses rolled in at spring lake elementary today, the teachers were still out on the street. with signs demanding that seminole school leaders stop cheating children, this group of teachers say they have been cheated too. >> it's tough. i have family members living with

>> yes. >> the verdict was in on day four of the civil trial in seminole county between a former couple fighting for lottery winning. >> the jury found there was a verbal contract between lynn poirier and howard browning and browning should receive half of the winnings. >> jesus christ watched over it >> they played millionaire raffle in 2007 when poirier hit the jackpot and won $1 million. browning said they would split the winnings. they haven't been together since 2003. >> it was about the lottery ticket and the commitment. >> we tried to speak with poirier about the verdict but she refused to comment. >> we nolin poirier bought the winning ticket. mr. browning said that, his family members said that. >> the jury sided with browning. >> $291,000? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: and i did ask browning what he was planning to do with that money. told us he was going to take a few days off, relax and let the tension between the two families die down. outside of the seminole county courthouse, roy ramos, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> new at 5:00, we're learning breaches like the one that jus

. >>> happening in seminole county, a toddler is recovering from a gunshot wound to the hand. two adults including her mother are facing neglect charges. the seminole county sheriff's office. investigators have had a hard time getting a clear story about what happened. >> reporter: it is now child protective services here with the sheriff's office that's now investigating and wants to know why that child was left alone in that garage with a gun and drugs while the child's mother and another man who were supposed to be caring for her were in another room. >> you're looking at the mug shot of erin davis and devolia simms. they were arrested and charged with child neglect because police say a toddler was shot in the hand late tuesday night. >> they determined that the juvenile was unattended in a garage and had appeared accidentally shot by a firearm. >> davis and simms brought that wounded child to central florida regional hospital. when investigators arrived to question them their stories continued to change. >> we received a number of accounts of the events of the evening from

a man some people call the junkman a seminole county is out of jail this morning. allen davis posted a $3000 bond late last night after he was arrested for felony littering. this past september, the county called 31 tons of trash away from his home -- hold 31 tons of trash away from his home. he's been fighting over the in his yard for over 13 years. backing up $2 million in fines. this is the 2nd time he has been arrested for felony littering he was -- -- >>> a pilot says last-minute advice and a text message helped to survive an emergency landing and the space coast regional airport. the pilot says the landing gear would not extend yesterday. you can see he circled the airport, burning off the fuel and texted a friend he asked if he should try to land on the water. the friend says the plane will quickly fill up with water so as you see, the pilot headed for the runway and the plane skidded to a stop on its belly. the pilot and passenger were not injured. >>> orange county neighborhood on edge this morning after a woman attacked by a stranger on her own front porc

even 80s in spots of seminole county. winter springs, oft, altamonte springs, the southern tier of seminole county, 80 degrees tomorrow. and it will be so warm over the next couple days, our sea breeze will return. it could actually generate a few showers here on tuesday west of orlando. do you see that? and then on wednesday and thursday, our rain chance will go up. i'll show why you in a second. this is our weather pattern. a south breeze and temperatures we'll hit 80 monday, tuesday, and wednesday, those will be the warmest days then wednesday afternoon we start to see rain develop ahead of the next storm system. it's a front. the front passes thursday, so the highest chance for the heaviest rain and the strongest thunderstorms will come thursday afternoon and evening. now right now, the severe weather risk on thursday is low. the main threat would be heavy rain but we're still five days out so i want you to monitor that forecast over the next five days with the wftv weather app. we'll put special videos that you can w

. >>> it's been nearly a month since a seminole county teenager was murdered. his mother said she's still looking for answers. >> it hurts to know that others saw what took place. >> the message she has for potential witnesses. >> walt disney world just made an announcement about a star wars expansion. >> you can see the bruises left driver. >> what she re veal ed about -- >>> you saw it break if you were watching at the top of the hour, the 15-year-old accused of running down a deputy turned himself in. >> investigators say jancarlos ortiz was refusing to talk about what happened friday but this weekend the deputy he's accused of hurting talked about her recovery. anchor martha segsaca talked about her injuries. >> reporter: she has a lot of through the interview. friday she was nearly run over by the car but said this won't slow her down. >> there's no way you can miss the bruises on her face. >> four stitches in my eye over here and quite a bit of swelling around my eye and into her head. >> despite her list of injuries. >> hands and knuckles are swollen and

seminole county emergency officials also opened up more shelter space overnight in seminole county at the rescue outreach mission of central shelter on standby. in orlando, utilities commission put extra crews on standby and said they are ready to provide extra power for home heating systems during the cold snap. it is a chance -- they are tips to keep you safe. including open your blinds and drapes during the day to lead in the warm sunshine, but at night, close them to keep out the cold air. keep portable heaters if you need them at least three feet away from furniture, bedding, walls, clothing, and anything else flammable. it is cold outside, so remember that when you are stepping out. ted has an information you might need to look out for when you step outside to get in your car. ted: usually, i-4 eastbound or seminole county is quiet, it is westbound that gets slower. i-4 but when you look at the chopper. ultimate hasn' t wrapped up get we have a right lane blocked, it moves over to a left lane blocked. it is a traffic switch with construction happening there between maitland in a

live in seminole county, field sutton, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> recess is back on the agenda at tonight's osceola school board meeting and next fall, it could be back on the schedule at every elementary school in the county. tonight, board members are voting on a plan that requires 20 minutes of recess every day, for students in kindergarten through 5th grade. a group of parents worked with the district to draft that plan. board members have already gone on record saying they support putting recess back into schools. >> orange county commissioner got the latest update on the zika virus. dump the standing water on their property, the mosquitoes, that can carry zika, only need a few hours to reproduce in buckets or pots. we're going through our interview with orange county's may r yor about fighting the illness here in is central florida, we'll have that story at 6:00. >>> the university of central florida says crime is down on campus. were down 31% last year from 2014. and that includes a 57% reduction in the number of reported rapes. burglaries were up nearly 14%. but the univer

tonight a seminole county woman is facing charges. police say she hit her young child several times, in a local laundromat. angela: this woman is accused of abusing that little boy in front of the laundromat employees and customers. wesh 2' s michelle meredith explains. accused of hitting her young child in this laundromat faced a judge this afternoon. >> ma' am, you are here on charges of child abuse. michelle: shaleerah encar-nacion is facing charges of child abuse, accused of hitting and pushing her child whom police say is only one or two-years-old. >> i do find probable cause for your arrest. michelle: according to police records encar-nacion was folding clothes at the laundromat and got angry because her child was crying, wanted to be picked up. witnesses say encar-nacion told her child to "shut the -- up." witnesses say the child fell on the floor, at which point the mother said, "get your -- up before i -- you up." witnesses say then encar-nacion proceeded to hit her child "with a closed fist on the back, leg, mouth, and chest

down and killed last week in seminole county. >> well around 30 people showed up for a candle light village to honor a charge -- vigil to honor a teenager who was killed. heavy hearts mourn the loss of 15-year-old, his mother, is devastated. >> my family is hurrying. we need -- hurting, we need to know what happened. >> she said she last saw her son on monday. >> he listened to music, and i expected for him to leave. >> according to deputies, he was in the car, driving, when someone shot and killed him. she said it happened outside her home. >> in this driveway. when yelled, help me, help me, and [inaudible]. i didn't know him, and i didn't see nobody, but they say guys in a car, but i don't know. >> she got the fateful call from a relative. >> he's not okay. he go to ground, and i could tell by the body language, it wasn't good. i immediately got on my knees and prayed. >> the deputies are still looking for the killer. >> to pull out a gun and shoot another my car, you know my baby was just 15 years old. >> as loved ones embrace each other with support, she wants answers. >> i want them ho

and seminole county around 60, longwood 60. and interior sections of volusia county will be in the 50s for today. tonight chilly and 48. we'll still have some breeze coming up, we'll track a couple fronts on the way and cooler weather in the forecast. >>> we have new information blown out of the sky in after -- over africa. >> reporter: more suggestions that the gaping hole leading to deoxkey deox gas station was a bum. >> reporter: they believe that one person may have been sucked out of the jetliner. they found residue that we believe are traces of explosives and it's been revealed that 70 of the 74 74 were originally today spoke supposed to be in a turkish flight. turkey is in a war are with isis. and the airline has suspended flights while the investigation continues. >>> gas prices could be on the rise too. president obama is expected to propose a new tax on the oil n week to reduce carbon emissions and money can be used for self- driving vehicles and mass transit investments. and consumers will likely pay for the new tax

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detectives in seminole county are still searching for the person responsible in the shooting death of a 15-year-old. tamar harris was riding in a car friday afternoon just east of >> this mother met with the assistant principal and she said she was attacked by more than one dozen students in the courtyard friday morning but after breakfast. on friday, the principal sent out this automated message which said parents -- i want you to know we have students that are not acting up for billy on cap is. police say several students got into a fight on friday. >> just rival teams that were on campus. based on that, the school has made an administrative move -- students have been impressed. >> it is heartbreaking because i don' t send my child -- smm for education. >> her son was jumped by other students who allegedly called themselves 5k. >> he got jumped by five case. it is some facebook, ig, snapchat. it is here and it doesn' collects other parents are aware of the alleged gang spared >> it is a gang called 5k. one k and 5k. . >> we have a site that is where this is vision started to come an

arteaga is under suicide watch at the seminole county jail. ,h| developing at this + (xy``|p||||>{@epoppppxxxx`x`_xp??`?ppx````@pt`:fo`s`@||xp hazing ritual. a former students says in 20-13-- pledges with "tau kappa epsilon" were forced to participate in a drinking game called "old south"-- where they were made to act as slaves. the complaint was filed last month. prosecutors told police too much time has passed to file charges... but school officials are investigating possible student conduct violations. trending right state lawmakers are pushing to replace a statue of a confederate general at the u-s capitol. now-- state lawmakers are pushing to replace a statue of a confederate general at the u-s "general edmund kirby smith" is from florida. his statue is in the "national statuary hall" in washington d.c. the florida house approved a bill yesterday, to replace that statue. now --the bill goes to governor rick scott's desk. possible replacements include-- "walt disney" and environmentalist "marjorie stoneman douglas." here is a story that is

volusia county, county by county, 78 ormonde beach, 83 deland, 80s across seminole county, volusia into seminole, longwood , 83 with a pop-up shower, obt aloma with, 83. melbourne, satellite beach, eau gallie, micco, grant-valkaria, upper 70s to near 80 and breezy. went south 10-20 some gusts up to 25 miles an hour through the afternoon. that is going to allow temperatures to nudge up to near record territory. coming up tracking the front of move in when we start to get the rain and storms back vanessa? >>> 6 new travel related cases of the zika virus confirmed in florida. it brings the total number of cases in the state tonight. this comes as health officials in texas confirm the case was through transmitted from sexual contact elizabeth hur has more. >> reporter: a disturbing development out of dallas in the battle against the zika virus yes it was not spread by mosquitoes it was spread acquiring the virus and came home infected the part of. >> about the virus transmitting through sex is rare, it is not unheard of in the usb it turns out back in 2008, a traveler infected with the zika

. >>> officials in seminole county are scheduled to have a site visit to determine whether fencing is necessary along i-4 to prevent bears from crossing the interstate. commissioners are concerned they could move into new neighborhoods now that a new ordnance is is going to be making it harder for them to get into people's trash. >>> it's been months since code enforcement removed 31 tons of property and, yep, look at it, it's still a mess. >> new at 6:00, the charges the homeowner now faces. >> plus, the warning from a local woman who said she was ripped off by scammers by looking for a job online. >> pretty as a postcard right now. record heat today. i'm tracking a pair of storm >>> new at 6:00 the so-called junk man of seminole county is back in jail on charges because of trash in his yard. we were there in september when the county hauled away 31 tons of trash before alan davis's property. it was the last straw before criminal charges for filed. carla ray is live at the jail now. carla, i understand you stopped by his house today >> reporter: yeah, we're going to show you what it

live in seminole county, dave mcdaniel, wesh 2 news. jim: global health leaders have defects in thousands of babies. they say the illness could infect up to 4 million people. the race is on to develop a zika vaccine. the effort to find one is actually happening right now in florida. at the scripps research institute in jupiter, the zika virus has actually been part of ongoing research for some time. researchers are trying to learn more about how the virus gets into cells then how it replicates. they do say a vaccine and treatment for the virus are still a few years away. we are following breaking news out of seminole county. a fire on hunt club boulevard right along west mciver -- wekiva springs trail. it has dissipated quite a bit. smoke and flames were burning through the roof. firefighters attacking this from the back of the house. no word what caused the fire or if anyone was inside when the fire started. a local man who says he was fired for bringing his gun onto theme park property is suing universal orlando. meredith: and tonight

we won't stay in the same jail where he served, he will end up in the seminole county jail. melanie holt, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> frost and freeze warnings are out for all of central florida tonight. certified chief meteorologist tom terry is in severe weather center 9 right now. how low will our temperatures drop throughout the night? >> a lot of 30s tonight. a lot of us down to 32 degrees or colder. right now we're at 56 titusville and new smyrna. i expect winds to become much lighter after 3:00 in the morning. so it's going to get really cold tonight. the low 50s to mid 50s, frost advisory central lake, seminole county and south and a freeze warning to the north. we will have some areas here with a light freeze from apopka back towards astalula. 32 in apopka tonight. a freeze from deland, pam county -- palm coast. i'm updating the freeze duration coming up. >>> we're digging into the past of nearly a dozen people accused of trafficking heroin. one is a convicted murderer. carla ray has been breaking new details on this story all day. carla, one suspect was already

. >>> even after 31 tons of trash were removed from this seminole county property it's still a miss. ahead at 6:00 the new charges the property owner now faces. >> a new study finds many doctors in trouble for sexual misconduct were not actually licensing board. >> we're working to get answers ant why. >> protesters plan to square off against a group meeting in orlando this weekend that wants to legalize rape. what police say they're doing to keep everyone safe. >> warm temperatures today and a big storm system on the way for tomorrow. i just updated early warning future track. vo: know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand we didn't really have anything, you know. but, we made do. investment plan as strong as your values. al, how you doing. hey, mr. hamilton. can establish a meaningful legacy. support of your dedicated >>> this just sounds unbelievable but a group of men who support legalizing rape plan to meet in orlando on saturday. >> it's a plan of meet-ups world wide. shannon butler talked with orlando police. >> charlotte beckford has a >> it's not fine. it's no

and back into seminole county we will have the 70s. again, the coastal clouds rolling in to brevard county. 69 in titusville. acouple of 40s tonight. and staying dry. and the outside shot of a coastal sprinkle. coming up -- the weekend and our next chance for rain and storms in the forecast. 5:09. >>> we have a crash in saint cloud. and troopers have been able to get this one out of the way. keep in mind, you will still see troopers on the roadway. keep that in mind. 4 -- or i-4 this morning you will see construction. there is one lane blocked. jamie. >>> brevard county residents had enough, the toxic water they are being forced to live it's always worth remembering... that icing the cinnamon rolls is a privilege not a right. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do...make it >>> good morning. i'm nancy alvarez. here is a live look a

in seminole county, 53 at sanford international. a lot of these temperatures will be rather warm until the front slides by. then we get the quick cooldown around daybreak. the front moving by in the predawn hours tomorrow. back to 49 in ocala. 52 about average for this point we have it rough this time of year. they are racing over in daytona. instead of 57 today, how -- 75 today, how about 59. that's where we will stop. we will keep it mainly in the 60s throughout the area tomorrow. on average, about a five to 10 degree temperature drop over what you saw today. a little bit more along the east coast. instead of mid 70s, you will be in the upper 50s to near 60. future track shows a few clouds tonight and a front coming on by. pay no attention to the showers. we won't have any as the front moves by tonight. we may get a quick coastal shower on sunday. for the most part tomorrow, we will be mostly sunny and dry. here comes the on shore flow. the model traditionally likes to overdo the rain showers. a spotty shower on sunday and still c

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how seminole county is working jason: and 6:42 a.m. is her time, and is there is rain in the day ahead. michelle: amy sweezey joins us now. rain is not everywhere. amy: some of us will have rain, some of us giving downpours, so was getting lane right now. it is very muggy across central florida. a lot of moisture in the air. we have some cloud cover. our temperatures, a lot warmer than yesterday, 40' s and 50' s. today, we are starting the lower 60' s. he see all the semi picture. even a little rain that rolled through in the overnight. calls on the ground. cap pavement off to the north, flagler county, marion county, some showers into volusia. as we get going today, into the afternoon, we will see more rain developing. a few thunderstorms are possible, as well. we are headed back to the 80' s i will take you county by county, and we will look at futurecast, and talk about the timing of the rain for today and tomorrow, when i come back inside. right now, let' s go back to ted noah. ted: 528, westbound, coming up the camera, looking gre

county commissioner lee brokered the compromise. it got developers and homeowners to meet a few times and iron out their differences. >> commissioners, both and city and county, developers, property owners, need to be sensitive to those homeowners because when everybody else is gone, they'll still be there. >> sable point hoa president compromise which says in part, the development as proposed will add a limited number of up scale apartment units to replace the abandoned golf course site. within an attractive living alternative for central florida. >> it was a real team effort and i think it will be successful for everybody. >> now, reba tells me it county commissioners approve that plan tuesday, he could start construction within two months and people could move into the first apartment units late this year. we'll keep you posted. >>> a police say that friday night, an officer was called to america's best value inn on burbly boulevard. cassandra manning had passed out in the hallway there. when the officer arrived, manning was in her hotel room with her husband and started yelling, m

. >>> new tonight in seminole county school teachers aired their frustration. >> we showed you dozens of teachers rallying outside the meeting. and angela you found out the 2 sides do have plans to talk despite this impass. >> that's something they are allowed to do and it's set to happen next week but teachers tell me they still wanted to show up to make their point in person. >> enough is enough. >> rallying for teacher raises, a sea of red entered tonight's school board meeting. >> praise is wonderful but it won't pay the mortgage. >> inside it continued to a packed house. >> but you the board play by your own rules. >> and sometimes contention us crowd. >> excuse me. >> we have one person at the podium at a time. >> many blasted the district tore walking away from recent negotiations. >> you are taking money out of the insurance spot and shipping it to my salary pot. when school board members part time job than third year problem. >> we went to school board members for comment but they said legally they can't talk during an impass and posting this on the website reiterating offici

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john's, debary, sanford's volusia seminole county watchung -- watching upper patchy fog we will monitor that over the next few hours. satellite radar picture, high clouds streaming in the we are dry to start and fog we're dealing with it through the day we will have a quick warm-up. noon, already 70 degrees. this is winter garden and orange county and this afternoon 2, 3, 4:00 highs in the low mid 80s with a chance for a pop-up shower and you see limited rain chance today, 20 percent chance we will track the near record heat on the way and get into the changes with tomorrow's front ahead. 5:01 am. checking traffic with deneige. orlando, colonial off to the left this is your eastbound traffic just now picking up construction cones. in a few minutes you won't have construction in and out of downtown orlando to deal with a knife or a spot of construction 417, northbound, boggy creek blocking one lane they should pickup the codes within 30 minutes and let you know the causes issues. >>> in orange county this morning of the shooter on the run after opening fire on 2 people outside in orlando

why this armored sheriffs office vehicle ran down the door of a southern county house in seminole county. >>> we checked weather and traffic every 10 minutes. let's get started with certified meteorologist, rusty mccranie we had a little bit of rain overnight >> yeah, it was in my backyard and that will be the trend as we go through this tuesday and even picking up on wednesday as well. watching a little bit of fog trying to get going early on this tuesday. but everyone right now in the 60s. sanford 63, orlando 62. in orange and seminole counties has the thickest fog three-mile visibility. there is going to be some spots that are less than that the 417 over josip, the bigger bodies we've had most of that rain move through the early evening and overnight hours. still left over light showers left over right now. very light to start of the day. in orlando we will pick up better chances of showers and storms later in the day with a daytime high in the lower '80s. come on back msn 10 minutes i will track showers and storms this afternoon for you but look ahead to wednesday with the potential

seminole county winter springs, castleberry, longwood, the mall and altamonte, temperatures in the mid-60s consistent temperatures in -- the breeze for today.

seminole county, low 80' s. 81, fortuna beach -- 14 a beach. bumpy on thursday and gorgeous on friday. stormor i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story. publix. where shopping meredith: adrianne haslet lost a leg in the boston marathon bombing. summer: now, she' s ready to reclaim the finish line. haslet will be the first of the boston marathon bombing survivor amputees to run the boston marathon. she says her motivation is to run for those who can' t. >> this is a way for me to give back, not only to physically run the marathon to say a giant " thank you" to everybody, but also

we have video of ortega appearing in seminole county court today. new court documents say she admitted to waiting in the bathroom for about 30 seconds on monday morning. she then fired five rounds police believe her son was dead more than 24 hours before a worried family member called police, and that's when officers forced themselves inside the home and found blake's body. >> something, as you can tell from the report, her son was shot and she sat basically on the couch for a long period of time and nothing happened. that would give you an indication, obviously there's something wrong, there's some disconnect there. >> reporter: altamonte springs police say ortega tried to kill herself as they entered her home. she said, "please don't judge me. i know you think your mother would never do this to you." the public defender's office is trying to determine if mental health problems were the issue. she remains in the seminole county jail with no bond. >> matt: thank you, jen. we're looking at pretty dramatic video here. it shows the moment gunmen took o

a seminole county school employee has been arrested for shoplifting. police say erica pooler was arrested tuesday night at a kohls near oviedo. pooler is the director of the seminole county public schools alternative placement. an arrest report alleges pooler and her niece tried to make off with more than $850 worth of merchandise. a store security guard caught her in the act. she was booked into jail. she' s now out on bond. jim: right now across florida, clean up continues following a direct hit from an angry line of severe weather this week. in port charlotte, a 45 minute drive south of tampa several homes were damaged in strong winds and pounding rain. this is drone footage, taken of the aftermath. cars windows were smashed and trees sent falling down. the good news though no injuries , were reported. the man charged with vandalizing a titusville mosque earlier this year will now face hate crime charges. take a look at michael wolfe. police say he broke into the building, smashed lights and windows, and threw bacon on the front steps. wesh 2' s dan

online only. >> we're staying on top of this breaking news in seminole county. we won't stop until this clears up. the westbound side of i-4 is shut down west of state road 434 near altamonte springs. a rollover crash, causing huge problems. you can see the fire truck, and that is the car that is rolled over, taking up at least a couple of lanes. the whole thing shut down right now. we're going to continue to follow this. we'll bring you more as it comes in. but let's wait a second as it pans out to see here as sky 6 shows you all of that mess of traffic in the westbound lanes of i-4. if you know somebody, getting ready to maybe come home from work and drive through that, you might want to give them a call and tell them to avoid this area. we're having a hard time even -- >> as far as the camera -- >> yep. there it's just starting to build. it's miles. avoid it if you can. >> right now, investigators are checking the damage on a royal caribbean cruise ship that dangerous storm. >> that ship is back at home after days-long nightmare for passengers. this is a look

in seminole county, michelle meredith, wesh 2 news. meredith: surveillance video of a robbery, police say this man walked into the 7-eleven at lake underwood road on friday morning. he pulled a gun, robbed the clerk, and walked out. if you recognize him, call crime line. summer: we now know when the university of central florida a downtown central campus. a at that time, ucf leaders will lay out their plan to build a new academic link for programs link to orlando industry. they, the city council will vote on a proposal to dealt -- give $75 million to that effort. meredith: a man and his son encounter a great white shark. >> look at that, it is crazy. i have never been that close to a sharp. meredith: they were at ponce inlet in volusia county. they saw a group of dolphins, and then things got interesting when the shark swam their way. it was 14 feet long. the waters look very calm right now, but it is pretty breezy out there. tony: the surface getting stirred up because of that wind out there. will be breezy at sunset. let' s head back

west wind as 17 in seminole county. 16 in marion county. winds dying down a little bit as the sun goes down but not going to go away completely tonight. we'll have clear skies but we'll also have some breezy conditions. temperature-wise, everybody now into the low to mid-70s, even upper 60s. look at the warmth spreading up to atlanta, birmingham, jackson, this warmth is going to stay in the south, and that's good news. tomorrow, even on sunday, we'll cool down just a hair, but no frigid winter conditions at least in the near future. clear skies today. same thing tonight. same thing tomorrow. best chance of seeing a cloud or two comes on sunday afternoon. 52 degrees overnight tonight. clear skies, and just glorious, plenty of sunshine tomorrow, tad northerly tomorrow but again, if you're in the sun it will feel great. high temperatures in the 60s the next couple of days and then back into the 70s for speed weeks. looks like next weekend, sneak peek, at least thursday and friday looking good, saturday and sunday should continue the trend. >>