live from the station taking action for you. this is abc action news. now at 11, keeping your kids safe on their walk to school. the final steps needed to fix a dangerous path and the student who is inspiring the changes death. but first those six numbers everybody is talking about. the excitement behind the largest powerball jackpot ever in the unbelievable things you could do with all of that money. good evening and thank you for joining us. drawing for the biggest jackpot in lottery history happened. that prize jumping to 900 million ed, the demand for tickets off of the chart. the powerball fever was spreading fast in the bay area. check out this long line of people trying to get their tickets at the publix in tampa. this was at 8:30. a little after the expected peak buying time. abc10 reporter jake peterson caught up with some of the jackpot hopefuls, he says the one thing you should do if you cash in. we all have grand visions of what we would do with hundredi
a man shoot someone was trespassing. the place he stumbled upon the burglar in the other act he did for firing. a father dies how the substance wound up in her hand. thank you for joining us. a man who deputies say was caught red-handed trying to for his life. investigators spotted the-i can say homeowners by the intruder in the active shot him. neighbors are responding tonight. kerouac? reporter: this is a quiet neighborhood. neighbors essay this is a surprise in some way but not the end result in intruder was trying to break into this home. deputies say it was around 2 pm. somebody was trying to go inside the two-story garage when the homeowner caught the person in the act and they struggle. the homeowner fired a warning shot him in the intruder did not believe he shot them out of the leg. the person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. the intruder messed with the wrong person and they are glad that he was stopped by the neighbors bullet. i think
we re working to find out more information in a possible road rage shooting that happened in temple terrace. authorities haven t confirmed yet but we found a car with a shattered window at the intersection of fowler avenue. deputies are searching for a motorcyclist seen fleeing south on i-75. abc action news reporter adam winer is on the scene now, we ll check in with him live starting at 5:30. let s check with shay for a look at the forecast. pretty cold out there. yeah. grab the boots and extra layer. because we re definitely back to the cooler weather. temperatures have been falling a few degrees this morning. will fall a little more before we get to sunrise and then they will start gradually creeping up today to the low 60s in most areas. 48 now in spring hill. wesley chapel at 49. auburndale at 51. a little warmer around northport and siesta key at 57 degrees. as we move through the day we ll be into the mid-50s by noon and the low 60s by 4:00 today. lots of sunshi
but, at least one time they dried it dried up and they didn t show up. we had over 450 roads that are damaged and a lot of these are in such bad shape that are public works department is not able to repair them therefore the need for private contractors is necessary. this is mostly seniors in over 20 homes is one of those roads. the administrator once residents to know that they are aware of the issue. that area is scheduled to receive permanent repair once we have our private contractors on the ground which we hope to do within the next couple of weeks. it s just a bad situation, nobody is here s help us when we need to get in and out. dashed reporter: one of the residents recently had a heart attack and another had one leg from an accident, and i met a veteran with a cane who tells me his wife is paralyzed from the chest down. colony. county. back to you. meanwhile, here in columbia a road repair project caused headaches today for several motorists. that s bec
enhancement program and school buses. if we were to see a winner from south carolina. the department of revenue would get a large amount in tax revenue. our retailer would get a nice commission. our player would get a lot of money and they would pay taxes on that. reporter: since there was no winning ticket on wednesday, everyone is getting a second chance. i tell people that i never played it, i m never going to win and this and that. i would rather be one in a million than none in a million. reporter: but people are reminded to play responsibly. one ticket gets you the same odds. so buying 100 tickets does not change your chance one bit. reporter: in columbia lauren thomas news 19. one person from connecticut did win the $1 million prize for matching all five of the six numbers. of course the next drawing announced will be right here on wltx just before your 11:00 you can buy tickets right up until 10:00. meanwhile there is still a winning powerball ticket f