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Teacher and girlfriend caroline sine, sean hankins is smiling. He is thanks the community after spending weeks in the hospital. The support of everyone. My family, friends, and even people that i have never met. Reporter the couple was driving home august 14th when Pinellas Park police say an impaired Bryce Mccloud slammed into them. You would never think that just driving from the movie, like this. And now, im. Im trying to get back on the road. Its nerveracking. Reporter still many pain, hankins and his family says that wont stop them from advocating against drunk driving. Just think about what you are doing. Not only are you taking a life, and ruining the lives of the reporter hankins will go back to teaching music soon. The inspiration that brought them together. Really a sweet gentle soul. The best way i can describe her. It is going back to work i just hope i can be near as good of a teacher as she was. Reporter now, on november 19th, hankins will participate in mothers against drunk driving walk in largo. His team named after the song caroline used to sing with the band. Stacie . Whats the latest with the man accused of crashing into the couple . Reporter well, stacie, we have learned that he has a Pretrial Hearing coming up at the end of the month. He is charged with dui manslaughter. Thank you, jamel lanee live tonight. A deputys rifle stolen out of a patrol car. Authorities are trying to track shows us the massive search underway to find the gun. Reporter good evening, the suspect stole the weapon from an unmarked car similar to this one. The Highlands County Sheriffs Office is concerned because this crook could impersonate an officer or commit a very heinous crime. Some time between late night monday and early Tuesday Morning there was a string of car burglaries in this neighborhood. Unfortunately, one of the cars happened to be a sheriffs we think our member accidentally left it unlocked. Reporter it belonged to a captain and the suspects stole a tactical rifle, a badge and vest. Did he violate any protocols . It is something that we will obviously look at. But i cant say he did at this point. Reporter the thought of a stolen rifle does not sit well with the residents here. It really worries me. It being the sheriffs department, you would hope it have been assigned to the case. Some were seen today combing the neighborhoods in near orange groves looking for clues. They are looking for the case and they checked, found nothing. Could this captain face penalties for this . If there was a violation of a general order. Reporter the case is still under investigation. In the meantime, the sheriff has ordered a change in policies for weapons in take home car. If you have any information, there is a cash reward for information leafing to an arrest. Reporting in Highlands County, john rogers, newschannel8. Two 14yearold boys are accused of threatening teachers at arby stewart middle school. They made references to sprinkles the clown and indicated that the teachers are going to die. We are not naming the boys because of their ages but they confessed to deputies claiming it was a joke. With fouryearold becky lewis will be sent back to florida to face kidnapping charges. According to authorities, west hoggs took the little girl from her home in lake land on saturday. An amber alert was issued in five states before someone spotted hoggs in a car outside of a memphis hospital on monday. In the race for the white house, donald trump fighting to win over bay area voters. The nominee held a rally at the airport. 7,000 people showed up. Polls show him trailing during his rally, trump directed most of his comments at Hillary Clinton calling her a corrupt politician. Hillary clinton is an insider. She fights for herself. Im an outsider, i use today be an insider to be honest with you. I know the inside and i know the outside. And that is why im the only vowed to win florida and win the election. Well, medical bills piling up after an off season practice injury. A bay area mom turned to 8 on your side when her sons mandatory spatters insurance fell flat. See what happened when mark douglas got involved. And fighting in the fight against Heart Disease. Our phone bank is still underway. We want you to call and donate. The 18005280808. Ill be down there live in just a moment with a special guest. Topped out at 87 degrees for a high. Getting a few light showers across the state. We will look at max defender 8 and the forecast for the we are exactly one month away from our heart walk fundraiser. Hard to imagine, but someone in the u. S. Dies from Heart Disease every 84 seconds. But with your help, that staff itsic can improve. Stacie schaible joins us live from the phone bank for the heart walk. I think stacie is trying to get ready there. Can you hear us stacie . We have you live on tv right now. Reporter oh, are we up, keith . Yeah, we are up. [ laughter ] i am down here in the heart walk phone bank. And we are still raising money and i love to hear the phones ring. Please call 18005280808. I have to tell you, i started this 15 years ago. Right after my son was born. And it was because my sister carrie had a heart attack. She texted me and said should i call or should i go to the it can you hear me carrie . Carrie, are you there . She is on the line. Oh, we are working on it. Okay, we are going to give them a chance to pull her up. In the meantime,ly tell you about some incentives that are going on. For 250, not sure if you are interested in this, but if you want to come in and watch a live newscast of keith cate and i at 6 00, for 250, you can come in with two people and watch a live 6 00 p. M. Newscast. We are in a spectacular place here on the water so we would love to have you do that. Also, for 150, we still have lightning tickets and bucs Tickets Available. Sets of those, we have a few sets of each left. And i believe we now have my sister carrie on the line. Can you hear me . Carrie . Okay, im not able to hear her unfortunately. But my sister had a heart attack when she was 40 years old. And it came out of reporter she noticed she didnt look well and got her to the hospital. She was later life flighted to houston. She is now 15 years surviving and thriving. Right on the screen is a picture of my sister carrie and my dad norm who while visiting down near in florida suffered a massive heart attack. Something they call a widow maker. He, too, is surviving an thriving so it is those two people, my family members who i love dearly. That is why every year, we do this heart weak and i so donate every year, including my mom who made a donation today. And i also appreciate the station for all of its support. We are going to be here until 7 30. We have great incentives. If we do have somebody with 10,000 to donate, there is a trip to la with two ellen Tickets Available to you. Also, for a thousand dollars, we have four lower level seats to the bucs raiders game on october 30. Plus, four sideline passes and you cant get those. Those just for us. The pewter partners of the bucs. Now,ly send it back to you keith. All right, and catch your breath and run back over here. Its a haul. [ laughter ] we will see you in a bit. Newschannel8 is gets resulting when we come back. A bay area mom left high and dry when her schools mandatory insurance policy failed to pay out. See what is being done to my son max cant live in trump world. So im crossing party lines and voting for hillary. I dont always agree with her, but shes reasonable. And shes smart. She can work with people to solve problems. I want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. When i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. But i spent my whole life fighting back. So you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say. I dont know what i said, ah, i dont remember that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. I dont want a president who makes fun of me. You know me, i grew up here. And while politics and the Political Parties may have. Changed, i havent. Ive always stood up to the special interests and for. Medicare. For womens healthcare, and our veterans. In congress i wont let them privatize the va, cut Social Security and medicare, take away a womens right to choose, or defund planned parenthood. Im Charlie Crist and i approve this message, because ill put you, the people first. Money well spent . And 8 on your side has their backs. Mark is on it because you paid for it. The parent we featured in a you paid for it investigation is one step closer to collecting an Insurance Claim after her sons football injury at king high school. Monica johnson paid for sports insurance through the Hillsborough County school district. But, that insurance did not pay her when it mattered the most. That is why mark is on it her sons football injury yet, but she is getting closer . Reporter she is keith. Only after we highlighted her troubles in our you paid for it investigation. The football insurance doesnt count in the off season, but we uncovered another policy that just might. Kenny johnson paid for it the day he suffered a concussion on the king football field. That was in off season practice a yearandahalf ago. But johnson sells me his mom has been paying for it ever since. That is because of all the it is hard on her, so it is hard on me as well. Reporter when Monica Johnson paid 50 for football insurance two year, ago, she didnt have a choice, but she found out the mandatory insurance doesnt cover the off season. That is when they are practicing technically as a club, not a team. You ended up still owing out of pocket how much . Maybe about 3,500. Reporter our investigation reveals king highs coach was in force. One that should have covered johnsons off season practice. The trouble is the coach is gone and no one can find that policy. And what about this mystery policy no one could find . Has anybody located that . Not at this time. The principal continues to look for it. We looked for it here at the trick. But we have still not found it. Reporter maybe not. But after our report, the district allowed johnson to make a claim anyway which she did last week, and, we have sent it to our third party adjustor and they are now investigating so they will be looking into it now. Reporter Monica Johnson who struggles with bills as a single mom still has not score on that claim. But she is back in the game and tells us how much that means to her. Thank you so much for being on my side. That is where we want to be. Reporter theres a bigger message here for all of the parents out there who paid for mandatory School Sports dont hesitate to ask your school for help in filing those claims. There may be a backup policy like there was supposed to be in this case that you dont even know about. I was guessing the mystery of the off season insurance policy is not going to be the case this time around. Word is out. Every coach in Hillsborough County knows about this now. So they will have their ducks in a row. If you dont want it, you dont have to get it and if you want it sign up now, max defender 8. The worlds most powerful radar and your storm team 8 forecast with chief meteorologist steve jerve. Maybe throughout the day, you have seen the darker clouds. Maybe you saw occasional light rain drops. Max defender 8 is picking up on some of these long range. And you can see the showers racing along to the west. Thats the way it has been throughout the day. Maybe a few light showers passed south of lakeland. These are very light showers. It may or may not be reaching the surface. These may be out here in here quickly to the west. The rapid scan, we are able to get more much frequent images. Western sections of manatee county. Long boat key, light showers may have passed. As we look at the cameras, plantation, crystal river, a nice shot as always. 80 degrees with an east wind. Very light at the moment. That has been the flow from the east today. At the lake club, 75 degrees. Ov seen throughout the day. 82 degrees at the moment. The western part of pasco county. A north wind at 8 miles an hour. Overcast for sure. High temperatures the next five days pretty close to the average. The average being 85 degrees. Maybe a little bit warm. We were 87 degrees for a high today. Depends on how much sunshine you get. We have seen quite a few clouds. A lot of the activity, that holds together actually, is closer to the east coast where 70 degrees at 7 00 a. M. 86 degrees at 4 00 p. M. Same kind of mixture, maybe a little early sunshine. Clouds pick up as the day goes along as the winds will increase from the east to the northeast. Largo 85. 80 out in sun city center. 81 degrees crystal river. 84 venice. Got low 70s. Frost proof 74 degrees. Not too bad in the way of gusts. It is a little breezy in bartow and lake most of the activity is moving from the northeast to the southwest. It plays the rain a little bit. A lot of this not reaching the ground. Max defender 8 picked up on very light stuff. Look at hurricane nicole. Some distance away focusing on bermuda. 110 miles an hour winds. A strong category 2 hurricane. Potentially could become a category 3. A major hurricane. Preparing for that. Wrap model wednesday, you can see the showers continue into the evening hours. And again, no big deal. Same routine tomorrow with High Pressure to the north of us. The easterly flow is very much in place generating a few clouds and light shower. If you are on the east coast, there is a shower coming off the Atlantic Ocean but a lot of them tend to fall apart. 10 rain chance thursday and friday. Same ki so with this kind of situation, that is where we put it. That would favor inland areas. Easterly driven showers. Overnight low temperatures will be fairly consistent near 70. Upper 60s. If you are waiting for a big cold front that will change things, maybe nine days out. Okay, two things i have to point out. Yes, im wearing flipflops now, you can see them. [ laughter ] there they are. Because im running back and those are nice flipflops. I wish i could wear them. But we want to reiterate. If you want to be our in studio guest for the 6 00 p. M. News, you can pick the night. Watch the three of us. A 250 donation to the heart walk would do that and we would love it. And you can wear your flip flops. We dont judge. Not at all. Coming up next, the tampa bay storms biggest rival in marina football has shut down maybe for good. And this was a welcome sight on the day before the lightning season opener. Dan lucas on a return to the what if one of the Biggest Challenges we face down here. Could be solved. Simply by looking up there . What if unlimited, clean power was at your fingertips . What if it was good for consumers, good the economy and good for florida . Its not a what if. Its whats next. Solar power for the sunshine state. Lightning fansings your wait lightning raise the curtain on a new season. And what fans hope is another deep run in the stanley cup playoffs. They put a huge piece of the puzzle together. The team leader Nikita Kucherov signed a three year deal and was on the ice for his first day of practice. He arrives in tremendous shape. He made it to the semifinals in the world cup continue training while waiting for his lightning deal to come together. He is a big part of our team. Lets make no mistake about that. To see him zipping around out there, it is just. It is gratifying because especially early in the season, you just cant let games slip. We cant guarantee we are going to win our games but we want to put our best foot forward and he is a big part of that. It is great to have everybodys back. And we have unfinished stunning news out of orlando today. When the orlando predators, the rivals of the tampa bay storm in the Arena Football League announced they have suspended operations effective immediately, now, the league finds itself in big trouble, the predators one of the afl powers over the leagues were one of eight teams to play. Though the afl just expanded to washington dc, there is a report that another team, the jacksonville sharks, could quit different arena football venture taking other teams with them. The predators just celebrated their 25th Anniversary Season in the afl this year. And, then there is this. Last night, former rays manager joe maddon saw his cubs get dominated by rays pitcher matt moore in eight innings in a game the giants needed to stay alive. After 120 pitches and two hits allowed, giants manager bruce inning and it was a collapse. The cubs scored four runs off of five different giants relief pitcher and they finish off the giantsful right away, criticism over taking moore out of that game. 120 pitches . That is asking quite a bit. The lightning looks strong this year. Look at you you are ready for game one hes a convert. I love it. You know what . Thanks everybody. We were offering up lightning tickets as well as bucs tickets for certain donations to the heart walk and all of them are gone. We appreciate it. You can still call and donate. We have incentive prizes you can ask about when you call. The number, 18005280808. I guess we are given away three 6 00 p. M. Newscast packages too. So we can expect to have a few coming up. Tonight, u. S. Ship attack, another missile is fired at a u. S. Navy destroyer. The Second Attack in a week. Officials now pointing to iranianbacked rebels. Trump suggests a plot inside the gop to keep him out of the white house. And wikileaks unleashes more emails of Hillary Clinton. Intentional crash, investigators now say a small plane was brought down on purpose. What happened on board in the tense final snoemts. Now hiring why the power is in your hands this Holiday Season if youre looking for a job. And pets on planes, the

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