osceola county, we have a crash blocking one lane osceola parkway at orange blossom trail. we have one plane -- lane blocked. >>> we told about influx of students from puerto rico and venezuela. jamie holmes, 5:14 am. a gorgeous shot. a quarter moon. beautiful start tomorrow morning. shield keeping and all -- i am the weather. beautiful to see. >>> orange county woman tells 9 investigates a local tax preparer took nearly $1000 from her return. >> robinson says she agreed to play simply taxes $400 and was posted get back nearly 3500 but when she checked with the irs, she says she was owed about $1000 more than what she was promised. the business appears to be closed and the owner is not returning calls. >> you learned a lesson, barely. >> oh, yes a good one. he will not get me no more. >> investigators could not determine if a crime occurred citing lack of information that they did recommend robinson seek out an attorney and file a civil suit to get her money back. for more on how to protect your /web links. >>> investigators in brevard county want to know if there are poten

voters in osceola county did not get to vote. -- hundreds, we've reached out to some of them. they filed provisional ballots being reviewed by election officials. >> reporter: some voters filled out provisional ballots and other voters were told walked away without filling out ballots. the election supervisor in osceola county and the staff plans to go through all provisional ballots, a number they are calling very high, 560. >> it is not eligible by state law. >> reporter: osceola county supervisor of election and her staff are going through hundreds of provisional ballots filled out by voters who could not cast their ballots in yesterday's election. >> for osceola county this is youth sports huge because they have 560 of them typically in a general election her staff checked 200 provisional ballots. >> it's important that these the ability to count. >> reporter: she has some who are not eligible including no party affiliate or mpa, osceola county happens to have the largest percentage of mpa voters in the state and according to florida law, those voters are not allowed to se

skimmers have also been found a gas stations in osceola county. we have been told you about that. we followed to semipolice and state investigators as they open every gas pump in the city and an effort to keep customers personal information safe. random gas pumps sweets like that could happen again >>> drivers who commute to downtown orlando will have to find another route to work this morning. it's all part of the i-4 ultimate project will be closed for 14 months. crews will be holding bridges on the on ramp from colonial to the new and improved i-4. drivers can use orange and magnolia avenues as alternate routes. >>> governor rick scott is waiting on lawmakers to send him a budget before he reviews the new plans for the new downtown orlando campus. we spoke to governor scott ucf's request to build a new campus. >>> we are expecting to find out which major event is coming to the citrus bowl. >> there are reports that wrestlemania will be coming to orlando. the citrus bowl hosted the event back in 2008. wwe fans report minneapolis lost the bid to host the event. evan or rick scott

osceola county spokesperson tells us they plan to add bike lanes and sidewalks. -- in 2019 and 2020. >> you people teetering on the road between road and bridges and road and words and the road and the guardrails and there is no way for them to walk or ride bikes and it's really dangerous. >> county leaders also tell us they would be open to a joint project with the city of st. cloud even sooner than 2019. >>> house committee in dc is debating a bill sparked by a viral video of a veteran stuck on the phone trying to make an appointment with the va. we first showed you the video last month that has been seen more than 1 million times. the faster care for veterans act would authorize va to develop a mobile app for veterans to make appointments that the bill does have bipartisan support and veteran who sponsored the bill says he is optimistic it will get voted in. >>> central florida leaders are looking for ways to help our local veterans. the concern veterans for america will hold a town hall and winter park. plenty to discuss long waitlist at the va and delayed access to care and the

he spoke to around 4,000 people at osceola heritage park in osceola county. poll numbers show him trailing hillary clinton by double digits in florida. some say he lacks diversity while clinton is more in tune with women's issues and immigration. he said he didn't hurt him in michigan and won't hurt him here. >> they thought we were a fringe campaign going nowhere. we've won nine states, eight of them by large margins. we have momentum. we have a lot states coming up to do well. >> he's on his way to tampa. >>> we are hours away from the republican debate in miami. marco rubio has only one won state and if he can't win florida on the 15th he might be finished. polls show ted cruz in points of rubio and both well behind donald trump in florida. christopher heath is live at the university of miami, the site of tonight's republican debate. he told you florida would reset the race but one campaign insider told you that reset may mean the race goes on without him. >> reporter: well, greg, almost a million dollars in florida will have already voted by the end of th

construction on the turnpike southbound before osceola parkway, same story, one lane is blocked no major issues and tracker at this point. plan to have extra patrols in the area approached him. >> of the 7 west target avenue, 7:30 wednesday morning as a school. janai norman is live at the school. he was able to give a decent description. >> reporter: that is the biggest clue police have and what they call an attempted abduction that happened up the street from not only a ymca but also near edgewater elementary school. we went by the street where it happened almost 24 hours ago. it is only a few blocks from the school and that is where the nine-year-old student told police he was riding his bike when a guy approached and asked him if he wanted to go to assassinate the kid ran to his own home described the guide to police as a white male, short, between 5 foot two and 5 foot eight heavy bill, black hair the boy also says the guy was wearing all black, long black sleeve shirt, black shorts, black and issues and sunglasses. we requested a copy of the incident report from police to try to get

we've had a couple of fires we've been tracking in osceola county tonight. may smell smoke in winter garden tonight. temperatures will fall into the lower 60s. they've done a beautiful renovation over we also go to spring fiesta. very nice there. you can see the on shore flow and the warm weather here. high pressure is still the big blocker, the big lineman in the atmosphere keeping the weather in a repeat performance with this stalled out front. they already had a foot of rain in louisiana, more rain coming in tonight. that will continue through tomorrow. future track shows this high pressure area starting to back out of the picture but not before another nice day tomorrow. a few more still dry as the weather is bogged down here to the west. by sunday this system will be on the move. heaviest rainfall to the north. we will start getting some rain late on sunday into sunday night. in fact, our rain chance as high as 50% favoring the latter half of the day. could see a few sea breeze thunderstorms. with all the heat why not. temperatures will stay warm both d

we have a crash in osceola county, u. s. 192, 4 wins blvd. this is a fatal crash were troopers have been investigating since 2:00 this afternoon -- morning. give them action space while they investigate. candidates claim new momentum this morning and others are going home. >> look at results from florida. the biggest prize from yesterday's primary, donald trump won by a large margin forcing rubio to suspend his campaign. ted cruz, john kasich finishing third and fourth in florida. >>> democratic, hillary clinton easily won florida beating sanders for more than 30 percentage points. >> eyewitness news this morning angela jacobs watching results throughout the night. even though the field is narrowing, no candidates secured enough delegates to wins the nomination. >> reporter: what everyone wants to know is what does that mean for both parties going ahead and could it lead to a possible contested convention for the republican party. >> you have been waiting for the right moment, now is the time to come join us. >> reporter: big wins for hillary

again, that is in osceola county. taking you up to winter springs, we do have a crash on red bug lake road. the westbound lane there, we have one lane blocked. keep that in mind if you are heading that way. west of the 417. taking a look at your drive times, i-4 westbound, lake mary to colonial, 26 minutes. eastbound from the attractions to downtown, 16 minutes. hopping on the 408, this morning, the 417 to downtown, 11 minutes. time for your fox 35 pump patrol. regular gas costs you $1.72 at the kwik-martin , in orlando. check out gas saving tips on our web site, www.fox35orlando.com. john and amy, back to you. >> john: thanks. flower and garden festival, attracting big crowds this year. >> john: david martin is checking it out. good morning, david. >> look at the flowers, and you build your own gardens and, get tips from the experts, take pictures in front of more than 70 topiaries throughout the park! and, of course, eat your if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone.

mid to upper 80s again, osceola county, smoky in spots tonight. poinciana will have smoke and 60 degrees, orlando tomorrow, back into the low to mid 80s. 86 for a second straight day metro orlando, 87 claremont, 83 daytona beach and four by quick, folks and daytona, the storm system back to the west it is a heavy rain shifting to the east and we will get another ripple of energy coming through with more rain and gradually bringing some our directions close to sunday afternoon. that's what we see the best chance for rain. working on the graphics i will have that and 4:30. either way we will keep sprinkles offshore. no rain for us until more likely sunday afternoon. do not forget to set your clocks ahead one hour. we lose one hour of sleep a sunset one hour later for your evening activities. five-day forecast where the weekend is always in view. i am working on orlando city outlook. it will be warm and hopefully getting rami sunday malay day. vanessa, moore 4:30. >>> investigators say a special needs student was forced to hitch hike and walk 30 mile

highlands elementary, osceola county, 78 at lunchtime. and by this afternoon we start to see some 80s popping up. 9 am, timeframe, a couple of clouds along the coast other than that partly cloudy skies, showers offshore. good-looking day to the evening hours. looking nice and a few scattered clouds into the afternoon. winds will pick up. southeasterly flow will keep us very warm but you can see the winds 15, 16, 70 miles an hour, gusting over 20 as we head to the afternoon. some folks on springs -- spring break seas fortify feet and a strong risk of rip currents today and the next couple of days. around 83, going over numbers, 70s of the coast, 79 today, merritt island, sharpes, titusville 77 palm coast, deland, 80, orlando, orange county, baxter winter garden, apopka all in the low 80s. tonight, we will see patchy fog develop especially marion, sumter, lake. we could have fog by the time i see you tomorrow morning and then tomorrow even warmer, how about these temperatures, kissimmee tomorrow, 86 degrees pick no summertime humidity but d

in osceola county. michael laporte staff was attending the meeting and today's decision is retroactive. >>> the bar released a mobile app called just adulting dot com. the idea is to help people being charged as adult with a explain laws requiring worker safety for those new in the work force. >>> the orlando magic raise the $650,000 to help the community. the black tie event was held on saturday at the amway center. you see alex martin. on top of the money raised. victor ogadollbe for his efforts to give back to the community. you may have noticed those guys had tennis shoes on. they are actually on the court and can scuff it up. >>> a denver quarterback hanging up his jersey. >> peyton manning announcing his retirement. going out on top five time nfl mvp. he is only one of two to beat every team in the nfl. exhausts an experience, they can't help but revere it, i revere football. players. omaha. >> he end the the press conference with that famous tag line and said god bless football. he says the end o

in osceola county, a crash in osceola parkway but -- at obt. a live picture of i-95 in volusia county. northbound, a left-wing taken out through state road 44 area. jason: good news for broadway fans of the doctor phillips -- as the doctor phillips center announced several new shows. michelle: which shows are coming jason: we will explore this wild hi, guys! we all know about bogos from other stores, right? pbut did you know they're not always the best deal? pwalmart has every day low prices on everything they sell, not just on select items. orlando the total amount saved at walmart vs winn-dixie was $20.54 on this week's basket- that's 17% including bogos. why shop anywhere else? pstart maximizing your savings on your entire pbasket of groceries by shopping at walmart. start shopping with walmart's every day low prices today michelle: a wild seen caught on camera at a texas gas station. a driver plowed into a gas pump and it immediately caught fire. firefighters got to be seen in label to contain flames. police have not said if anyone was hurt

live traffic tracker, a spot of construction turnpike southbound before osceola parkway, one lane is blocked off not causing issues. i will let you know if it changes. traffic is driven by toyota of orlando and the all new toyota of clermont. >>> the widow of a dead beat -- of a deputy killed the line of duty. a new law helping families to make the ultimate sacrifice. >>> edgewater police and extra patrols. what they know about a man who they say try to lure a nine- year-old into his car. >>> people living in central area do not have easy access -- access to put more fun in your day with ice-cream-flavored coffees at dunkin' donuts. go for delicious flavors like butter pecan, cookie dough, or new pistachio. enjoy one today. the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. america runs on dunkin'. 5:23 am we will check in with orlando police to see if they have any clues as they search for suspect behind a downtown as it was breaking yesterday on eyewitness news thi

first one on your screen is in osceola county. u.s. 192 it fairwinds boulevard. that' s a couple miles with my four. it' on u.s. 192. use poinciana boulevard to the showing -- . investigation having at fort -- for christmas road. we know there were -- a deadly crash is not blocking. much farther south here on state road 60, about nine miles away from yeehaw junction, bad crash with. jason: here led a magic of michelle: michelle: if you are following the primaries last night, you might have missed the orlando magic' s latest win at home. jason: they face the nuggets at the amway center. they and this 116-110. with this victory, the magic are within five games of the chicago bulls for the number eight spot in the eastern conference. they will be in charlotte and facing the hornets. michelle: check those brackets, the first two games of the tournament were held in dayton. florida gulf coast and wichita state earned their way in. there are two more games tonight. holy cross in southern will play to get a 16 seed. jason: harrison ford will grab his whip and a satchel

it will be held at osceola heritage park on heritage parkway. doors open at noon and it's free for the public. sanders needs to rally support in the sunshine state. according to a new cnn poll, it found hillary clinton is far ahead of sanders in our state. right now, clinton has 61% of the support in florida. sanders at 34%. on the republican side, donald trump holds 40% of the vote. marco rubio has 24%. ted cruz is at 19%. john kasich is at 5%. to keep up with the latest election headlines, go to news 6. check out our headlines on the home page. we also have a wrap-up of tonight's democratic debate tonight on news 6 at 11:00. >> matt: she could barely stand and actually fell at one point, according to deputies. they arrested a substitute teacher they say was drunk while teaching second graders. joel at bentley elementary school. this happened yesterday. news 6 reporter justin warmoth is there live for us tonight. what is the school saying about all this? >> reporter: well, school board officials tell me they fired holly joel as a substitute tea

there is the rain in osceola county. it is just about through. a couple of showers along the turnpike. scattered showers in polk county that will be pushing to the south and east. temperatures in the lower the middle 60' s. 57, ocala. cooler where the rain has come to an end. we will stay cooler in our northern areas because the cool air will arrive there first. the cold front will roll through north to south. our temperatures will recover cooler than yesterday. 75, ocala. we will hit 77 in longwood and oviedo. 78, winter park. 80, st. cloud. 72 daytona beach. we will climb to 79 for the high in palm bay. if you' re heading to the beach, the wind is early. first out of the west, shifting to the north. we have choppiness going on on the intracoastal waterways. that is the biggest concern for voters. -- biggest concern for boaters. on sunday, there is a weak front that will come through and reinforce the cooler air. so many of you are heading out. it is going to be a nice afternoon on sunday. temperatures will be in the 70' s. after this morning, w

right before osceola parkway on turned out -- on the turnpike. in the valencia college -- mile marker 33, a right lane blocked. michelle: overnight we learned one person died in a house jason: fire in lake county. jason:those flames broke out around 9:00 around ridgecrest loop in mineola. alex villareal is life there this morning. do we know what caused this fire? alex: as with any deadly fire, the state fire marshal' s office will be figuring that out. we do know from the fire chief year in mineola that firefighters made a heroic find anyone in the house. the one person they did find could not be saved. this happened around 9:00 last night at -- when the home went up in flames. officials say they will release it and he of the person who died as soon as families notified. others inside the home were able to escape with minor injuries. mineola city manager mark johnson is calling on the community to help the victims. he says now is the time for us to come together and pour out our love for his -- this family. he asked for prayers and donations. of

turnpike southbound before osceola parkway one lane is blocked. i will breakdown spots of construction volusia county. >>> breaking news in lake county this morning. one person is dead after a fire destroyed a home in mineola. >> it happened on mineola street rural part of the county. angela jacobs is outside of the house firefighters rushed into the burning home but could not state the person. >> reporter: in the fire chief attempts this morning a heroic effort picked this home is off of mineola street on this durden lane you can see through the trees a fire truck with light blocking the road and we walked back in the face of the house and it is charged. we can tell you carl's began coming in before 10:00 a two- story home off of mineola street. medical units from agencies responded to fight the fire and officials tell us this morning when crews arrived they found the home engulfed in flames and we're told first responders who located the person inside word on the individual or some time but the person was unable to be revived. they tell us other

volusia has about 6,000 votes and osceola county nearly 4,000 early votes casted. we're still waiting to hear from seminole county. tuesday. we'll, of course, be getting all the results for you and bringing them on the air and online at >> new at 4:30, we're hearing the 911 phone calls from the hoverboard explosion we first brought you monday night. >> julie: we're told everyone is okay but the family is still trying to get results. >> matt: yeah, they are. the family has reached out to the company to get their money back. this exploded, leaving the inside of their home burnt-out in that spot there. we found out there were three kids inside, too, at the time. we spoke with stephanie bass. she says the device was plugged into a charger while her family was watching tv. this was sunday night. all of a sudden this thing burst into flames. she's thankful her sons were not riding it when it happened. the family managed to put it out with a fire extinguisher. here's her calling for help. >> orlando fire department. >> yeah, we just -- the hoverboard just blew up in the h

yesterday, health officials confirmed four new cases, one of those in osceola county. the total cases in florida stands at 71. nearly all of those patients got the virus while traveling out of the country. >>> an armed home invasion right across from the ucf campus in seminole county has students on >> investigators still don't know who was behind it. kathy belich is there. do investigators have any leads? >> reporter: not right now. investigators could not get a good enough description from the victim of the gun man to draw up any sketches. the report says the victim's front door was not locked. they did get away with about $100 in cash, but $75 of that was in coins in a classic roast coffee can. 23-year-old nelson schaefer told seminole county sheriff's investigators a loud bang woke him up just after midnight. he turned on the light and saw two hooded men in his apartment, one with a pistol. he said they demanded money and threatened to shoot him. we reached out to him but he did not want to talk to us about the attack, saying obviously it was frightening. the news

day two kicks off in just a few hours, and we flow over osceola park in kissimmee as crews set up. the concert that has two stages from a long list of stars like kenny chesney, and thomas rhett. i know someone in the building who is in love with kenny. >> michelle stephens. >> she's going to be excited for that and i hope that later on this evening we can get more isolated action. we have so many things going on this weekend and i know weather is going to be a big contributing factor, so i'm trying to give you as many dry holes as possible, but we have a huge cold front that is brewing in the panhandle right now, and create something issues for us. our early morning doppler 9 hd was an hour and a half ago we moderate rainfall, and now we're seeing a little bit of isolated action, in mainly in polk, and osceola county. there's whole lot of rain moving out ahead of it and that's not even the actual front. we're not going to see that front push through until tomorrow. a lot of unsettled weather through the next 48 hours. only 73 in cocoa beach, 68 downtown, 64 in ocala 66 in daytona b

country music setting up shop in osceola county. tens of thousands of fans will be in town for this three-day long festival. this is the first time the event is being held in kissimmee? >> a change in location for the organizers here and they're expecting some huge crowds. the three-day festival begins this afternoon which means tailgating has probably already started for some. here's a look at the headliners and they are some of the biggest names in country music. jake owen today, kenny chesney tomorrow and our church on sunday. osceola heritage park playing host for the next couple of days. this festival used to be out in melbourne. single-day tickets go as low as $89 package. camping sites also available. if you're headed down budget extra cash for parking. this festival a big win for osceola county. the organizers estimate a local million. michelle: that's not the only big music fest this weekend. the ultra music fest kicks off in miami today. electronic dance music from streets have been blocked off in that area and police musi

it runs from march 18th to march 20th at osceola heritage park. todd, one of our biggest fans, won. congratulations to him. they're already watching at 11:00. >> matt: you might as well. >> tom: you said his name is todd. >> matt: his name is todd and you see him at many of our events. >> tom: cloud cover today stepped in and tried to slow things down. it did a bit. we just might race to the upper 80's tomorrow as the winds calm down and fewer clouds begin to hang around. this is the big story taking shape over the next few days. all the big storms in the nation's interior from dallas to houston, into louisiana, some of that stuff is going to get here eventually. just tonight nothing on radar. daytime high today officially hit 83 degrees in orlando. 60 was the overnight low this morning, ahead of the norms. i keep talking about the normals are only 77. the normals are only 77. this is kind of crazy to be this hot this seller early. we went to 83 today. 78 did it at the cape. now we're down to 77 in the city beautiful. 81 in ocala. same in the villages. along the coast, the wind comi

. >>> and osceola county man who was once profiled in america's most wanted is back in court today. on an attempted murder charge when he escaped the osceola county jail back in 2010 and he was thrown back in a maximum security jail in the panhandle. today there was a hearing for his escape case because his original sentence was overturned on a legal question. today, he was supposed to be resentenced and then after all of that, he ended up -- with more of a whimper than a bang. his brother told fox 35, he thinks that rigby should be released and that keeping nim prison should be vindictive. >> vindictive because of all the corruption. they needed a scapegoat. go to osceola scapegoat, and you'll see everything you need to see. >> he'll be back in court may 20th. >> and in your evening rush tonight's, several kids sick after swiming in a pool at a local apartment complex. north county firefighters say the kid got sick for a water -- so apparently had too much chlorine. double the normal limb -- limits. income age from four to 11 were throwing up, coughing and their hearts were also pumpi

we also have these pictures and one person was taken to osceola regional. troopers have not said if anyone inside the house was hurt. >>> and other big day in the race for the white house. voters in four states are voting in primaries and caucuses. >> despite republican efforts to stop donald trump, polls show him leading in all four states. his support has been unchanged for months. will support for ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich has grown. >> they are spending tens of millions of dollars on fighting my establishment. they would rather not see me up >> on the democratic side, there are two races today in donald trump is a clear republican front runner. but it is reported that none of his victories at the polls matter if he does not earn nomination. >> a record number of republicans are turning out to vote in primaries and caucuses this year. for the first time since the any of those votes will count on deciding the nominee. >> prior to 1972, the delegates -- people did not necessarily win states the way they do now. you are basically competing for d

we have a spot of construction on the turnpike southbound before osceola parkway. one lane is blocked. no issues or slowdowns. we will let you know if there are crashes that pop up. >>> following breaking news this morning, downtown orlando sent a man to the hospital. >> we told you a 26-year-old man was shot in both legs on avenue. that is where janai norman has unfold. the police officers cleared out of the area. >> reporter: i talked with more than one person who said they heard 6-8 gunshots overnight in the area where police put out evidence markers and crime scene tape and one guy says he may have seen the shooter out of the area. police warm the street -- swan the street after reports of the shooting. it appears to have the part of accommodation between people in the parking lot near back with my club. i was talking with a guy who works in the building in the same area and he gave a statement saying he was driving down garland when a black like this came from pine street headed the wrong way down garland toward i 4. police say could be connected to the shooti

there are a few brush fires in osceola county. i'm not forecasting a lot of fog tonight but in areas around any brush fires we could have pockets of fog reducing the visibilities on some roadways late over night through tomorrow morning. if that becomes an issue bryan shields will get you know tomorrow morning. now in orlando, 72 titusville. warmer in the villages and ocala in the upper 70s at this point. you may have noticed the sunset times seem to be getting later and later. they are. tonight sunset will be just before 6:30. a week from tonight 7:33. that's because you're going to set your clocks ahead one hour on saturday night. remember daylight's saving time this weekend. by april 1st it will be at 7:43. by june 20th, the longest day of the year will be 8:26. after that the days begin to get shorter and shorter. tonight temperatures will be in the 50s by morning after an evening in the 60s. sanford your early morning temperature is 57, 55 in the villages, 56 palm coast. titusville and melbourne the low 60s by morning. a few

jason: wesh 2' s amanda ober is live at osceola heritage park and joints will be details. >> more than 10 months into his bid for the white house, vermont senator bernie sanders is finally here to spend some significant time in the sunshine date. a very crucial swing state for this election. what i am about to show you may bode well for him in florida. check out this line. there are hundreds and hundreds of people waiting in line here at osceola heritage park to get hundreds of people waiting to get in. the senator was in miami last night for a debate with his democratic challenger hillary clinton. one of the hot issues in a state where hispanic voters wield a significant influence was immigration reform. both clinton and sanders made their ground on the issues, vowing not to deport children of illegal immigrants with a clean come -- criminal record. >> you are telling us tonight t deport children who >> i would not. >> i don' t think the second question. pudding. >> democratic debate and the final one schedule this month. florida is a significant battleground for clinton and sanders w

two of them are right here in osceola county. the other cases were found in miami dade and broward counties. in four of these new cases, the symptoms. yesterday, two cases popped up in polk county. one of them was transmitted through sex. jim: a bomb threat causes an evacuation at the justice center in daytona beach this morning. it happened around 9:00. police say someone found in the threat. the building but no threat was found. right now four men are facing charges of first degree murder. deputies say these men murdered 31-year-old robert banks of lakeland. his body was found in the richloam wildlife management area in sumter county. an arrest report says the men beat banks to death, believing he raped one of their girlfriends. angela: fire destroyed a home in marion county this morning. these images were given to us to use by the county' s fire rescue service. it happened in ocklawaha. right now, it' s unclear if anyone was inside when it happened or what caused the fire to spark. marion county investigators have turned the i

friends and family will come together to remember and osceola county murder victim. kelly bother as -- the case has gone unsolved. friends had not seen her in at least three days leading up to her death. a vigil will be held today in hopes of drawing attention to her case. the orlando city lions roar back into action for her -- their second season in the mls. come out to see orlando city kickoff of another year. it started yesterday with a pub crawl to get fans pumped up. 3000 seats are still left. from soccer to basketball, the all-stars take the court for a worthy cause. the basketball team -- anchors meredith mcdonough and adrian whitsett, jason guy was there to host. this was a fundraiser for the academy of knights of columbus charity and it was hard fought and game -- gained. they won 112 to 107. one of the things happening this weekend, weekends are always busy. >> there is so much to do, a big soccer game, baseball starting, and the surf is coming up. it is absolutely a beautiful morning, cold, crisp, but the weather is going to be quiet. that is going to buil

. >> hundreds of people showed up here in osceola county to listen to senator bernie sanders just days before the florida primary. >> this campaign is a different type of campaign. >> he's fresh off a heated debate in miami and a surprising win in michigan. wages here in central florida a hot topic. senator sanders told the people here exactly what they wanted to hear. >> we have heard that people cannot make it on $8, $9, $10 an hour. not at the disney world, not any place else. >> after his speech channel 9 sat down with sanders to talk numbers. florida polls show him down by double digits here. some say he lacks diversity and that hillary clinton is the clear winner. he told us today numbers here in florida. right now they say that hillary clinton is winning by double digits. they say the same thing in michigan. what say you? >> what i say is i think the same thing is going to happen in almost every state that we compete. we start off way behind. >> reporter: now the campaign was expecting between 10,000 and 12,000 people. about 4,000 people showed up here. we asked mr. sanders if h

a spot of the turnpike southbound before osceola parkway. the left-hand lane is called for road work that they should pick them up within 30 minutes to >>> juvenile dead from a gunshot wound and police are investigating how it happened. >> a lot of questions. overnight they were gathering evidence along highland avenue sanford near seminole high school. that is where janai norman is live. we do not know much about the victim. >> reporter: we spoke with police in the last five hours as investigators were still here on highline avenue. they would not say whether it was a male or female or the phone conversation, we confirmed police got a call around 8:25 from central florida regional hospital better juvenile was brought in with a gunshot wound. we will ask what brought them out to the area and how they learned it could be connected our captures -- cameras captured crime scene tape and juvenile has since died. police say they plan to release information later this morning. i will keep an eye out for that and its neighbors start waking up we wil

osceola county, 83 last hour. kissimmee 89. 89 in celebration. and several fires we've been tracking. looks like one over by the green swamp. north of lakeland, all smoke blowing downwind. and we've been watching these fires that have been blowing a lot of smoke. there's some sea fog along the west coast that will start to migrate inland. and between 2:00 and 9:00 am, we'll be watching for smoke. these are where fires are ongoing right now. we had this issue in polk county last year where we had a deadly crash on i-4 when smoke and fog combined in the early morning hours. be careful of that combination. very nice beach weather again tomorrow. back in the upper 80s. 89 orlando. very close to 90. 89 clairemont. 89 sanford. as far as rain, nothing for tomorrow. toward thursday, watch the clouds in the morning, and a chance for showers developing in the afternoon. a 20% rain chance for tomorrow. we will up that to 40% to 50% rain coverage. we need the rain for friday and saturday. also cooling down so much it's gonna be much more like an ordinary mar

the campus will be built off pleasant hill road near reed rd., osceola county donated the land and if it is approved, the budget could open by the fall of 2017. >>> volusia county school board is expected to talk about uniform policy last december we told you the board agreed to let students wear denim to school. but now they are considering changing that to khaki pants only with an oxfordshire. board members say they are -- nothing uniform about jeans. >> you look good in jeans. >> that's all i have. warm. >> near nine. >> jeans shorts . >> we will get you out. downtown orlando, looking to around low cloud cover, patchy fog and 70 and warm winds out of the south at seven. shorts, short sleeves, 64 in ocala. through boulevard, osceola county, 69 daytona beach shores and daytona beach and winds is lighter and that's what we see patchy fog northern zones and waterways as expected. breezy but not as windy as yesterday. winds were really kicking around yesterday. satellite radar looking good low cloud cover and after that a lot of sun and warm up. 79 by noon and 4:00 86. freedom elementar

degrees daytona beach, deland sensible, ponce inlet and volusia county, seminole, orange, low 60s and 64 osceola county toward kissimmee 66 lake county and 70 toward cocoa beach. warmer in brevard. scattered clouds, patchy fog this morning. has up along the st. johns river basin, patchy fog but the planet today, look how warm we get, deland, 82 at noon and we get mid-80s this afternoon. it is going to be a warm one and a great-looking day. mid 70s by the time we hit 6:00. coming up, we will take a look at why we have been so dry and i will show you the storm system that will be working in weekend. 6:01 am. last hour we had huge problems on i 4 let's see how we are deneige. >> a lot better. i 4 eastbound, fairbanks, one there was a crash earlier that had all lanes shut down but you have most of the lanes reopened so you are looking good and even with the link blocked we don't have major delays going to the area. we have a crash in daytona beach, tomoko farms road at international speedway boulevard, one plane is blocked an alternate. move over. >>> working to find out how a motorcyclist is recove

fhp caught the suspected kidnapper, stefanie augustine, heading south at the osceola county line. then searched for unit at the orange county where they found the baby alone. she faces charges of kidnapping and aggravated assaults. >>> the orange county sheriff's office is doing its part to fight the growing heroin epidemic. please will be equipped with an antidote to help people using heroin. commissioners say the move is important because the number of overdoses is up and they anticipate it will get worse. >> we cannot arrest our way out of this, we cannot narcan our way out of this problem, we are resuscitating people that are going right back into it. it's addiction that we need to fight. >> deputies say they are responding to three overdoses a day, it will cost the county $26,000 to pay for the new drug. >>> work is getting back on track on the i-4 ultimate project following the death of a contract worker. troopers say the driver of a dump truck ran over marvin franklin on the shoulder near maitland boulevard last wednesday. entire 21 mile project came to a stop so workers co

lake mary, heathrow, temperatures in the low 80s and that is where we will be across osceola county, harmony, holopaw, 82 poinciana, so la veta, reunion for quarters chevy escape intercession city, running in the 80s. comfortable tonight. down into the upper 50s. tracking 2 fronts on the way. 6:10 am. >>> brevard county crash, try to get an update from troopers but they have all the lanes blocked i-95 southbound melbourne at exit 188. two alternates for southbound or us 1. -- wickham road or us 1. 417 you have a crash at the on-ramp and kissimmee, osceola pkwy., orange blossom trail one lane blocked. >>> a painful parasite can threaten your eyesight. the new report and steps you can take to protect your eyeballs. >> they are beating him up. i'm afraid he may take his life. >> local mothers say children's are victims of bullies at school. but they say happened when they tried to take concerns to leaders. >>> a woman who says the company helped her with her tax the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flav

lakeland, southern osceola county, we'll watch this move east as well toward oscola county. a large -- osceola county. a large pool of rain over the gulf, drifting over central florida. and the front passes tomorrow. it's not until then that we can take rain out of the forecast. for this evening, a lot of neighborhoods will stay dry. we can't rule out isolated though three bedtime -- through bedtime. 5:00 to 9:00 am, we'll time out any rain for the first part of your sunday. but there's not a lot of it. some people miss out, some people get some rain, and it will come and go quickly. behind that front, very cool air. we'll return to the 40s in a few nights. we're cloudy, daytona beach, holly hill, 73 degrees, 70s all across central florida from deland, cocoa beach, even palm coast. tonight in orlando, we drop into the 60s. many of you know the runaway country music festival is ongoing. i have a chance for a brief passing shower, but the worst is behind us for that festival as far as rain. and tomorrow, a rain chance at about 40% for a passing shower. highs only in the upper

skimmers have also been found at gas stations throughout osceola county. we followed the semipolice and they open every gas pump in the city and an effort to keep they told us random gas pumps sweeps that will happen again >>> drivers who commute to downtown orlando are going to have to found another -- find another route to work this morning. crew shut down garland avenue between colonial and orange avenue for the i-4 ultimate project. that will be closed for 14 months. crews will be building bridges on the on ramp there from colonial to the new and improved i-4. drivers can use orange and magnolia avenues as an alternate. >>> of in a rick scott says he is waiting on state lawmakers reviews ucf's latest plans for their new downtown orlando campus. we spoke to the governor yesterday. last year he denied ucf's request to build a campus in downtown. on sunday, state lawmakers approved a plan to set aside $20 million for the project. >>> in the next few hours we are expecting to find out which major events come to the citrus bowl. there are reports that wrest

a few sprinkles in southern brevard, back through osceola. might need your wipers for a few seconds here. our temperatures, cool air starting to roll in here to the north. we have dropped to 54 in ocala, 59 in palm coast and 57 in the villages. still at 65 in orlando and melbourne. warmer south where the cool air hasn't filtered in yet. it will keep happening through the day. winds will start coming out of the north and that means sunshine as that front pushes in and then the cooler air will keep working its way south. here's the thing, the sun will heat us up as the cool air comes in. we're still going to make it back into the mid to upper 70's today. 75 in ocala and 77 in clermont. basically we are cooler to the north where the cold air comes from but to the south last to receive the cool air, we will still climb to 80 in kissimmee and saint cloud. a little cooler to the north, 70 flagler beach, 76 in cocoa beach and partisan in palm -- and 79 in palm bay. winds will be lighter once we get into the weekend. rip current risk fairly low. our

leaders in osceola county said the el nino weather pattern is not helping their efforts. michael la party is live in miskey. they -- kissimmee. >> reporter: the local mosquito population has not gotten out of control yet but said the warm weather will catch up with them. >> osceola county has one confirmed case about zika virus. >> typically in the month of february we see had see -- we had zero. >> they are doing duve -- doing surveillance and trapping. >> am i concerned about budget and staff? be short sided not to be. >> the other concern is the weather. the el nino pattern is hard to predict. >> el nino has changed our weather pattern this winter. wet. we have seen drastic changes and by haven't had many cool downs to kill off the mosquito population. >> the county said this year is last season. >> last year we had the season that never ended and now we're into this year. >> the difference, the year we had a zika. while none of the cases were acquired locally that has not stopped the concern. >> reporter: the state said the two cases are in miami-dade andr and party,

we have the rain earlier in parts of osceola, orange and

it was really impressive, there for a cup of coffee, through parts of osceola county and it brevard. most of you have a clearing situation going on and temperatures will slide into the 70's once the sun gets down. 8:00, 77. by 9 p.m., 75. come the 10:00 hour, 73. i'll be back to talk about overnight lows for tomorrow and more heat for tomorrow. >> ginger: thank you, i think. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your app orlando police say two different suspects pulled guns on them over the weekend. >> matt: now the chief says there's a reason we're seeing a rise in the dangerous and frightening trend. news 6 reporter troy campbell is here to talk about it. seems like it's happening a lot more lately. what did the chief have to say about the situation? >> reporter: chief mina says there seems to be a change in mentality, more suspects willing to pull a gun on a cop. he says that's just an example of the dangers his office faces every day. >> both firearms were real and fully functional,

angela: the osceola county sheriff has announced he will retire in his term is up next year. it will be a tough race. seven others are running for the job. stewart: the 57th annual sidewalk art festival is underway in winter park. it started this morning on winter park avenue. more than 20 artists -- more than 220 artists are taking part. they' re from around the world, and they' re putting everything from sculptures to paintings on display. it will only be open for a few more minutes tonight, but fear not. it will be open from 9:00 to 5:00 both saturday and sunday. also this weekend, a mecca for golf fans. the arnold palmer invitational at bay hill is underway right now, and will last all weekend. wesh 2' s pat clarke joins us live from the tournament right now with a story about one dedicated volunteer who has literally seen it all at arnie' s place. pat: hi stewart. the arnold palmer invitational is celebrating its 38th anniversary this year, and events like this don' t just literally a cast of thousands worked behind the scenes to help make this a success including , many

news 6 anchor julie broughton is out there right now at osceola heritage park and is joining us live. this is going to be an exciting weekend. >> julie: yeah, it's already starting to be a really great weekend. now, we've been talking about this for weeks now. and the event has finally kicked off. you can see the main stage right behind us. this is one of three stages. boyd is on stage right now. he won the voice a couple seasons ago. he is on stage right now. jake owen is the headliner for tonight. lots of folks are already out here. the event is not sold out, though. if you want to come out, you can sunday because tickets are still available. lots going on out here, lots of food and vendors and the performers on the main stage. we've been worried about the forecast and it feels great out here right now. a little bit overcast, a nice breeze. the rain has held off for us so far. if we could lock this in the next couple of days, it would be absolutely perfect. we've been meeting so many people, everyone is in a great mood and very excited about this event. we're here in osceola county

the first is in osceola county at u.s. 192. it is slowing the flow of traffic approaching for winds boulevard. you might want to consider using poinciana boulevard to get around. one that is not blocking is on state road 50 in the christmas area at fort christmas road. in the kenansville area, state road 60 is completely blocked off. no great alternate. jason: in commitment 2016, donald trump and hillary clinton picked up two more wins each. it was a tight race on both sides in missouri. michelle: in illinois, clinton won with 51% and donald trump with 39%. >> it is clear that while we are on the right side, this year, we will not be on the winning side. michelle: it is over for florida senator marco rubio. he needed a win in his home state that this contest was not close. jason: now, the race is down to just three. where does rubio go from here? seek to get on the november ballot for his senate seat or does he have other plans? >> if i were rubio' s strategist, i would tell him to hold off in 2018 to run for governor. trying t

seminole, volusia, osceola, marion, brevard, sumter, bulk, flagler counties. voting is already underway in orange county. we will have results as they come in from that primary on wesh.com and the wesh two mobile app. >> time now is 6:08. detectives searching for a bank robber left the cash behind after taking it. surveillance video from the wells fargo shows the suspect giving the clerk a brown paper bag. a customer follow that suspect out of the bank and found the bag of cash in bushes outside investigators are not saying any more money. a convicted sex offender is facing new charges after investigators discovered he had child pornography. investigators arrested jesse . child pornography. he is charged with violating his probation. family will come together to remember and osceola county murder big them. kelly fell the red' s -- kelly valderez was found in 2004. friends hadn' t seen her at least three days leading up to her death. the orlando city lions roar back into action today for their second season in the mls. there still are thousands of 60,000 people

ted: a crash right now on -- in osceola county. it is an orange avenue at osceola parkway. slowdown both northbound and southbound. use obt instead. crash 408 westbound by i-4 , partially blocking the right lane. mixing them at that westbound drive. a few extra minutes at about eight extra between the dean world toll plaza and i-4. amy: we have just a little bit of cloud thought -- cloud cover. we also have sunshine today and is going to bring temperatures warmer. approaching 70 already in orlando. the wind coming out of the southeast. a couple of scattered clouds across the area. more breaks in the cloud cover than yesterday. 64 in ocala, 70 daytona beach. already 73 in melbourne. we will make it to the mid 80' s in most of our inland spots. a little cooler at the coast, about 80 degrees from melbourne in daytona beach with that southeast breeze off the ocean. we are warm and dry today, if your family outing is magical for all the wrong reasons. you may be muddling for powerful allergy relief. than claritin . because it starts working faster . muddle no more [ cheers and a

we' ve another crash blocking outside lannett osceola parkway at o.b.p.. might want to use carol street for that. a lot of us are dealing with the conditions on roadways. here is the 408 in the main shot westbound on the right. looking pretty good in downtown orlando. no for ultimate at the moment. amy: yesterday if you are out and about, it was a warm day. we were close to normal which is 76. we made it 277 in orlando. also kissimmee. 75 in ocala and 75 daytona beach. thanks to sunshine and wind coming out of the south. avoiding temperatures a little on the cool side north and west of the i-4 corridor. it is 43 now in ocala, 47 palm coast. 52 in daytona beach and leesburg. 57 in orlando and 56 in melbourne. this morning, we are pretty close to normal in most spots. a ton of each, melbourne, orlando. we have dropped to 43 in ocala. the average there is 50. we are a little cooler in some spots. a ridge of high pressure building in. as our wind comes out of the south and we get sunshine, we will be even warmer this afternoon and that brings us to the upper 7