Reporter the resident contacted the city and moved into their Spare Bedroom to escape. She traveled struggled everyday. Reporter City Construction manager mike showed me the measures they took to muffle the noise. We put a topping on here. Reporter still be vibration kept them awake at night. As you their best. It just wasnt enough. Reporter i contacted the Mayors Office and they quickly took more step steps. And they helped relocate a handful of residents while finishing up the first leg of the job. The city says construction crews will remain during the day until the work wraps up next for you. It was a big day in court for a teacher sex assault case in lakeland. Look at this. The real battle was outside the courtroom with both sides getting into an exchange after the judge decided he would not ease up on the sentence of Jennifer Fichter. Ryan raiche was right there in the middle of it all. Reporter toda outside the courtroom tempers flared between the mother of Jennifer Fichter and
Were following a news alert right now in Hillsborough County. A . Gun store has been targeted by thieves. And they didnt bother using the . Door. They broke down the front of the store. It happened earlier this morning. Near waters avenue and dale mabry in north tampa. Fox 13s jen take vo also new this morning a house goes up in flames in plant city. It s morning. On johnson street. The chief says firefighters saw heavy smoke when they got there and the back of the house was on fire. No one was hurt and its under control now. They will be out there for awhile to figure out how it started. And update out of st. Petersburg the state Attorneys Office has ruled the shooting death of john zemola at the hands of deputies. As justified. Two pinellas deputies shot zemola after they say he charged at them with a knife. It happened back on november 5th. Along north Officials Say the deputies lives were in danger. And they had the authority to use deadly force. An autopsy is planned today in citr
Evacuations in several towns including gatlinburg and pigeon forge. Those towns are full of tourists this time of year. There are also reports of flames burning at the edge of the dollywood theme park. The good news rain is in the forecast today. And could help put out the wildfires. dave partly sunny and breezy today, with no closed captioning is developing right now in tampa. Thieves target a gun store. Now, theyre on the run. And we dont know how many guns or ammunition are missing. Fox13s Shayla Reaves is live at Tampa Arms Company this thanks, shayla. We start with a news alert out of colombia this morning. A charter plane on its way to medellin has crashed. There were 81 people on board at the time including a brazilian soccer team. According to Colombian Police 5 people survived the crash. Everyone else died. Its not clear why the plane crashed. Santa cruz, bolivia to medellin where the team was set to play in the Copa Sudamericana final. The south American Soccer Federation has
One country that has become unapologetically outspoken about its fear of refugees is slovakia. It has been heralded as an eu Success Story after breaking away from czechoslovakia and forming an independent democracy. But a worrying Development Today is a remarkable increase in the number of paramilitary groups in slovakia. Our reporter visited its largest, called the branci. Reporter twice a month they go to war. At least, thats what it looks like at first glance. These paramilitaries say they want to protect slovakia as though the country wasnt part of a europe at peace, but instead surrounded by enemies. If a future enemy sees whats going on here in slovakia if he sees a country that is prepared to defend itself, and its Democratic Values then that enemy will think twice about attacking. Hell think again before trying to take away our rights. Reporter peter vrcek is the socalled commandant of the slovak conscripts Paramilitary Organization, Slovenski Branci. The 20yearold and his tro
One country that has become unapologetically outspoken about its fear of refugees is slovakia. It has been heralded as an eu Success Story after breaking away from czechoslovakia and forming an independent democracy. But a worrying Development Today is a remarkable increase in the number of paramilitary groups in slovakia. Our reporter visited its largest, called the branci. Reporter twice a month they go to war. At least, thats what it looks like at first glance. These paramilitaries say they want to protect slovakia as though the country wasnt part of a europe at peace, but instead surrounded by enemies. If a future enemy sees whats going on here in slovakia if he sees a country that is prepared to defend itself, and its Democratic Values then that enemy will think twice about attacking. Hell think again before trying to take away our rights. Reporter peter vrcek is the socalled commandant of the slovak conscripts Paramilitary Organization, Slovenski Branci. The 20yearold and his tro