Hardee County News Today

hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. im fredricka whitfield. we begin with a new update on the devastating toll hurricane ian has taken on florida. at least 64 people were killed across the state. as recovery efforts continue, the number is expected to rise. governor ron desantis at this hour giving a briefing on the storm response and recovery. hurricane ian slamming into florida as a category 4 storm, leveling entire communities. and today severe flooding is complicatin...

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Comedian by the name of tim sample and he has this great bit where he talks about getting directions and he says you cant get there from here. Ryan is a fell mainer and he has proven that you can get there from here. Ryan comes to you from the great state of maine. He began working here at the Military Park as an San Bernardino then as a seasonal. Hes also a tour guide at ken moore, an Historic House in downtown fredericksburg. The thing im most excited about with ryan and there are many things ...

Lantern this morning. A jackolantern. Orange you glad we both wore this color today . We are seeing max defender 8 scanning the skies this morning. You are going to be just fine no matter what time you go out this halloween. This bright red color here, thats dry air all the way up through the atmosphere. So no rain expected for and zephyrhills, youre in 59. Boar toe, youre warmer at 66. Halloween forecast still above average. 86 degrees. A few passing clouds. At 4 38 in weather and traffic on th...

Today. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. A lot of mum mys getting wrapped mummies getting wrapped up today. A thin layer of gauze. Max defender 8, one thing you will notice, its dry as a bone and thats going to continue all day long on this halloween. Temperatures are warmer than average. Bartow, auburndale, youre 66. Lakeland, 63. Cooler in brooksville and zephyrhills, you are now at 59 degrees. But heres the sky cast through the day. Look at by the afternoon, a steady breeze and a high of...

Do you have a five restore the integrity costume . I was always the baby witch as my mom dressed up as the momma witch. How about you leigh . I dressed up as a news channel 8 microphone. Max defender 18 our superhero and its scanning the skies and not finding any rainfall and i dont expect any throughout the afternoon. Right now, 62 in brooksville. Plant city, halloween but not uncomfortable. 69 degrees in sarasota. And give you the sky cast, look at the high thin clouds streaming across the are...

Well get back up into the mid 80s for highs today. But sun goes down, 6 46. We should be good to go after that and for trickortreaters, it will slide back into the upper 70s. Vanessa thank you. Here at 6 01, looks like the biggest incident is out of manatee county. We do have a deadly crash thats working with lane blocks along state road 64. Crashes reported west of taylor road and it is a full will be affected. Best work around is a little out of the way but it is here. State road 62 to the nor...

Forward. I beg you as a mother, just turn yourself in, you know. The community is all its hard. Everybody is hurt. You can hear it in her voice. Polk county deputies are searching for the driver who also badly hurt a deputy in the crash. Crime stopper offering a 10,000 reward. Shayla reaves has been following the investigation for us. Reporter according to the er panell is expected to have surgery later this week. Hes receiving treatment at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center after he suffered ...

Into a back room where he kept a mattress and turned off his system during the encounter. Leasing story five different women have now shared. She said she tried to file a report that wasnt enough of them to go forward with criminal charges. Police are still urging victims to come forward. In july last year a former employee claimed she was first to perform oral sex on yusef. With a lack arrest was ever made. And who knows how many more women are not coming forward. Sing our story aired just last...

Five years in prison, the league sent out a letter to parents apologizing for everything. They have a new president , they also plan to answer questions the next few weeks. Reporting live Brendaliss Gonzalez abc action news. Six days until america picks its next president the race for the white house could not be closer. This allnew abc News Washington post poll Shows Hillary clinton and donald trump in a dead heat 47 . Majority expects clinton to pull ahead and that is something that is okay wi...