The influences that happened here you now, through the mentors here, its just devastating to us. Reporter rivera saw the fire from his house. It took 35 firefighters over an hour to control the burn. At times, flames could be seen several feet in the air. When crews first arrived, they had heavy flames and smoke coming through the ceiling. Reporter the center was the help of this community, a safe haven for children to go, it was getting a muchneeded makeover. In march, Tampa Bay Lightning owner two and half Million Dollars was donated to renovate the center. It was the single largest gift ever made to the Boys Girls Club. In a statement, the Boys Girls Club ceo said this incident affects us all deeply. Not only as an organization, but as a community. Rivera is helpful something new this is more than just a building to the people here. This is our heartbeat. Reporter and some good news. The county tells us that this building was covered under insurance. Stacy . I understand help is alr
Glass. Reporter john is sadden to see these guys steal from him and his hard working family. They tug and kick to get the cash drawers out. It pains me to see somebody destroying our property like this. Reporter the two men wandered through the store trying to take every cash drawer they could find. One of them turns the lights on. Oddly enough. Reporter in less than three minutes, they successfully steal three cash drawers and run out into the darkness. Of course, and sort of hurt. Who wouldnt feel that way . Reporter avon park is a Quiet Community and the workers here could have never expected this to happen. We treat our customers with respect. Why they would come in here and do Something Like that, we dont know. Reporter market 27 is is a popular local hangout run by a kind hard working family. They are real nice. Hopes these brazen bandits are caught. The store owner tells me he now playen to upgrade his Surveillance System and add bars to the front door. He says it is unfortunate
American idol stars o most of us have dealt with this and just livered with it lived with it for the past 29 years. Their nearly 30year fight for justice, what friends and the execution. The man who brutally murdered them claims he was framed. Oscar ray bolins final message to the world before he is put to death. He was not just a brother. He was a friend. An evening walk nearly ends in disaster. How distracted walking nearly cost a man his life. Good evening, and welcome, and im kelley ring. Thanks for joining us, everybody. Well, for nearly 30 years three families have fought to see their loved ones killer put to death. He was convicted of killing terri lynn matthews, Natalie Holley and Stephanie Collins, friends and family of collins gathered on the eve of the execution, and our fox 13 Evan Axelbank is there to explain what the familys message is this evening. Evan . Well, Oscar Ray Bolins name was not even mentioned Tampa General Hospital but they mentioned tonight but they certain
Forecast. With dave. 3 3 3 3 developing this morning the port of tampa is finally back open. After thick fog closed it down for nearly an entire day. That left several ships stranded. Unable to dock. Including the carnival paradise. 3 that ship finally docked around 930 last night. After a more than 13 hour on that ship arent the only ones getting stranded. 3 that ship was set to leave for another cruise, yesterday afternoon at four. That departure has now been pushed back, to four pm today. All those new passengers were forced to spent the night in hotels. If they dont live in the area. And the next cruise wont be making its scheduled stop in mexico. It was just spend several days at sea. We talked with passengers from both cruises last night. They appeared to handle all the confusion. Pretty well 3 passengers will be offered a 50 percent refund on this next cruise, and a future trip at half price. The cruise is expected to start boarding around noon today. 3 developing this morning i
He joins us now from des moines. A frantic and probably nervous evening for the candidates, i imagine, keith . Theres a lot of anticipation on the part of the candidates. Most are still in iowa making that last pitch to their supporters, but it really is all for not if supporters fail to show up tomorrow night to we shall see what happens. Weve been following the rallies and covering the candidates since we arrived seen a lot. Today we thought it would be interesting to kind of get outside of des moines, get a little bit of the flavor of this hawk eye state, this first in the nation caucus state. Reporter iowa is a beautiful midwestern state spanning far and wide. Population, 3 million, about a million fewer people than tampa bay. Its big ag country with rolling plains, the birth place of john wayne. People are surprised to learn john wayne was an iowan. Reporter like the duke, the people like to embrace the values, john wayne values, especially in iowa. Reporter iowa is heavily associ