After 4 people were killed at an Amusement Park in australia. Busch gardens is taking action. The park is closing its congo river ride. But for how long . The river rapids ride is similar to the one in australia and Busch Gardens reaves is live at Busch Gardens this morning. Shayla the park says its jen dbx thanks shayla. A suspected drunk drver accused of causing a fiery crash on the veterans expressway. Was supposed to show up in court but didnt make it. Anwar askars Attorney Says hes still in the hospital recovering. Which is why he didnt make it to yesterdays courtdate. Prosecutors say askar was driving drunk when he slammed into another car killing the 2 people wants to go for physical therapy in tallahasse if hes released on bond he faces two counts of dui manslaughter the judge gave him a 200thousanddollar bond. But he will not be allowed to stay in tallahassee. Its been 2 weeks since tow truck operator troy mcguire was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver. As mcguire was
News channel 8 today. Thank you for joining us. I know the cubs fans are still in bed trying to figure out if this is reality for dream. Lets see what it looks like outside your window. I just posted an article where it shows the 3rd baseman during to the first baseman for the last i out. He was grinning from ear to ear. 67 avondale. It is mild as out of bed after that late game. Heres what it will look like right around 8 00 this morning the sun is coming up with it thin layer of clouds. Temperatures are above average than we warmup to 70 around 11 30. We wont see a lot of raindrops falling but i do have it at a 10 percent rain chance with a high of 84 degrees. I will show you one cooler air does make it here. The curses lifted right after hollowing for the cubs. Tracklist take a look at traffic. We actually have a great drive a. This is a skyway bridge. It is only going to take you about 6 minutes to cross the water portion. Lets take a look at travel times. Great drive in bradenton.
Turn herself back into police to face additional charges related to the alleged inappropriate relationship with the teenage boy who still attends school here. This is a Relationship Police say started in the late spring as communication between the 32yearold teacher and student. Police say the communication eventually became inappropriate and by early summer led to sexual intercourse off campus. The police say they did not become aware of this until last wednesday when someone called 911. Detectives investigated for 24 hours, and then on thanksgiving day, that was thursday, they arrested audiat. Police have learned that there were a few people aware of the alleged inappropriate relationship. Theyre investigating if any of the people were required by law to report this much sooner. The teacher was arrested thursday on charges of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and oral copulation. The District Attorney is charging her with five more crimes related to the inappropriate communica
The very first to be stalled in fairfax county. Take a look at this morning as pedestrians punched the button for the first time and put it to the test. The signal then activates the overheadlight to eventually turn to solid red and that stops traffic in both directions so the pedestrians can safely cross. It was put at this location to solve a frightening situation. An Elementary School right across the street from a big Apartment Community where many of the residents live. But the closest intersection with crosswalks were blocks and blocks away. Unfortunately, drivers are really distracted and at a minimum they are crossing where there is a crosswalk and here we had none so we gave people no option. Now that the option is here, we want to make sure everybody uses the crosswalk to cross the street. As you can see behind me, this is a busy road. Reporter now, when i join you at 5 00, we have obtained Security Camera video. Why it shows something that is every drivers nightmare. Back to
Largest jackpot of any u. S. Lottery game on record and fourth largest jackpot and remember in asheville, Frank Griffin won more than 210 million, where is frank . Holly i think he went and did good good, didnt he spend money on sports complexes and gave back to the commumuty . Good morning, its january 6th, thanks for waking up with us. Ingrid is ingrid i feel like the odds of giving the money to someone else are so slow. Holly i think you can get struck before you will be winning it. Ingrid hit multiple times. We are not talking storms or anything but just cold conditions. That is the headline today. Similar to yesterday, but even colder in some locations. 17 in asheville right now. 15 in brevard. Cherokee, 19. 15 degrees in hendersonville and 17 degrees. By 12 p. M. , by lunchtime, still barely above freezing, but overall, a milder day. Coming up in my full forecast we will talk about a return to the 50s. And as you head out towards i40 in asheville, we have construction to make you