Weather. How are we looking . Were still looking above average, just a lot like we spent most of october above average. November starting that same way. 59 in inverness, 63 in lakeland, 61 currently in auburndale, 61 in sarasota. So lets talk about your sky cast. This is what youll see as youre out and about throughout the day today. A thin layer of clouds at times, but lots and lots of sunshine, warm again with a high of 86 and just a little bit on the breezy side. Tonight, comfortable, above average at 68. Tomorrow, though, youll notice a couple more clouds and i even in a long time, a high of 85. Now, at 5 sing, ill go more specifically hour by hour through your day today and you can make out your plans and leslie will help you make your plans on your commute. Reporter thats right, great commute. Starting off very nicely on i 4. This is in the lakeland area and traffic looks fantastic here on lakeland. I75 over in bradenton looks good. Also looks good down in sarasota. Clark road to
Weve also seen the helicopter flying overhead. It is using infrared technology to search for him as well. I can tell you, there is a lot of concern out here because when it comes to these searchs, of course, time is not on deputies sides. Lets recap exactly how we got to this point. Just before 6 00 last night, the Sheriffs Office is notified that William Morris is missing. Hes 38 and from river view. He had just taken his 3yearold son out on the jet ski. Later when his wife face timed which was, of course, a red flag. That child was found safe on island 75 in the middle of the river as was the jet ski along with an adult life jacket and we know morris wallet was in the ski as well. Since then, crews have been searching high and low all through the night until about 1 00 a. M. But so far, no sign of William Morris. We have no changes during the we have several people involved with this. As you know, we have a small child we are continuing to interview and we are now picking up the sear
Four beers before driving. Bar manager admits he was there drinking. When the detectives came in high d and showed me his picture i was shocked. I would have never guessed it. I never seen him drunk. Reporter lewis claim his didnt know what he hit. He later admitted to investigators he knew he was involved in the hitandrun before he was arrested yet he didnt stop and he didnt turn himself in. Even if it was just a trash can okay. It was human lives. Reporter the deputy is expected to be here in the hospital for quite some time. A viewing will be held tonight for jessica. Her funeral will be tomorrow. I understand jessicas family had a message for the deputy. Reporter absolutely. They are praying for him and his recovery. They look forward to meeting him to thank him for helping her. Melissa moreno live in polk woman lied about being raped in broad daylight. Now she is facing a criminal charge. Last year tonya white claimed she was assaulted in the middle of a neighborhood. That started
No closed captioning is a 71year old man accused of hitting and killing a woman in lake wales, before taking off is expected to make his first appearance in court this morning. Polk county sheriff grady judd. Says Charlie Lewis confessed to being the driver. . After his arrest thursday. Lewis told deputies he had been drinking at a party before saturday mornings crash. The accident killed 33year old jessica enchan tegeeotero. And severely jessica had flagged down the deputy after crashing her car on state road 60, thats when Officials Say lewis drove his truck into them. And kept going. The sierra club is joining forces with a polk county lawmaker. In an effort to tighten regulations on the phosphate mining industry. And expand testing of Drinking Water in mulberry. This is in response to the massive sinkhole that opened at mosaics mulberry fertilizer plant in august. That opening. Dumped aquifer. Mosaic continues to say that water has not spread beyond the plant. Neighbors however say
How about this shot from brook dale bay shore camera. Were sitting there about 62 degrees. No, just bumped to 64 as it was switching to graphic. Thats cool. 64 with light winds. Its beautiful out there. Over tarred usf marine science camera 69 degrees with north wind at six Miles Per Hour. Were anticipating our highs today to go back to lower 80s which is awesome. Front comes through tonight. And we dry it out a little bit for tomorrow. Plus knock temperatures back a few degrees. Literally just a few minutes from now. 8 0 one. Were seeing some improvements here along 275 southbound approaching i4. More particularly approaching sligh where we would an earlier crash which now cleared out center lane and probably going to be in shoulder at this point. We have some big improvements as i mentioned down from about 40 minutes in our last check on the stretch between bearss and i4 to about 26 minutes. So as you can see probably less mentioned in last report make sure you prepared for little sl