"-- are taking action by having their children do nothing on test day. 10 news reporter jonathan petramala spoke with the leader of one of the area's growing "opt-out" movements. heide janshon-opt out parent 05-11 linda cobbe- pasco county school spokeswoman :28-:35 jonathan petramala- :35-46 the florida standards assessment are meant to test students...but some parents are using it to test the system. heide janshon is the leader of opt out pasco. after her two kids break the seal and sign the fsa, she picks them up from school for the duration of the test but linda cobbe with the pasco county school district says opting out is actually illegal. exams that janshon and a growing number of parents believe don't or school quality and interferes with learning area districts say they don't track the number of opt-out students but they don't believe enough student's opting out to hurt any schools overall grade. in pasco county, jonathan petramala, school district says opting out is actually illegal. exams that janshon and a growing number of parents believe don't accurately assess teachers, learning o

this drug is hitting the homeless the hardest, cost of are...high. in st petersburg, jonathan petramala, 10 news wtsp cuba and the united states have different governments-- and different economies. but a "historic presidential visit and baseball"-- are helping to bridge those differences. president barack obama and first lady michelle obama attended a state dinner in havana last night. earlier in the day -- the mood was less celebratory-- as president obama and cuban president raul castro-- held a joint news conference. moments there as well-- when u-s reporters questioned castro about his rights record. this afternoon enjoy cuba's national sport-- when the country's baseball team take on our very own tampa bay rays! 10 news morning anchor ian reitz -- is in havana. starwood hotels just announced it will be the first american company to it will start offering cruises to cuba in may. in hillsborough narrowly avoids a wrong-way crash on "eye 275". investigators say 34-year-old "aja cancela" was speeding south in the northbound lanes early sunday she got off the interstate at bu

wrong way d-u-i driver on i-275. as 10 news reporter jonathan petramala shows you... fortunately this time, no lives lost...but it was close. if you connect these dots, you usually get the same picture. mangled cars and lives lost because of wrong way drivers. according to this map compiled by f- dot, no where in the bay area does it happen more than on i-275 in tampa. early this morning aja cancela is southbound on northbound i-275. near fowler avenue, a d-u-i officer with tpd was able to swerve out of the left lane just in time to dodge cancela...he radioed it in, and she was stopped off busch boulevard before causing a crash. cancela was arrested and charged with dui aja's mother sue said her daughter was apologetic and made a mistake. troubling only two days after hillsborough county deputy john kotfila was honored by thousands after he was killed by a wrong way driver. it's the wrong way for anyone to lose their life...and it nearly happened again. in tampa, jonathan petramala, 10 news the "peter o. knight airport" is open today but there are still questions about whether a

different bay area cities. 10 news reporter jonathan petramala-- spoke with one of the victims-- who says the thieves-- stole more than her purse. thieves pilfering purses from at least 8 women around the bay area. targeting unsuspecting

321 off jim keene boulevard in winter haven. 10 news reporter jonathan petramala is getting answers from the supervisor of elections who is apologizing for the mistake. county :00-08 lori edwards/polk county supervisor of elections :40- 50 an assembly line of automobiles bringing in around 15 tongs of ballots from around polk county including three that were very nearly not cast. at precinct 321 in winter haven a democratic voter tells 10 news the poll workers handed her a republican ballot and said it was only a republican election. after arguing, the poll workers found the democratic ballots so the democratic voters were able to cast their votes. 10 news learned the clerk in charge there has been with elections since 2010 and went through 8 hours of mandatory training this year...but will likely not be in charge again. polk county supervisor of elections lori edwards tells me even if this mistake hadn't have been fixed those three voters could have cast provisional ballots. in polk county, jonathan petramala, back on the stand on tuesday in the hogan sex tape trial. said they deci

jonathan petramala shows you the "danger zone" has some people looking to change the landscape. one of the best plays at spring training belongs to this dad...who reached out just in time to stop a bat from bashing his son's been so lucky, like a fan in dunedin today. a 59-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital after being hit in the head by a broken bat you can even see this 8-year-old fan holding a phone. he and his dad say they had been looking at pictures to send to his mom the back of ticket stubs and some signs warn fans of the dangers of flying bats and balls, but major league baseball has asked all teams to extend netting beyond the backstop and up the baseline that hasn't happened yet at many spring training facilities so fans not paying attention have a chance of being hit hard in dunedin, jonathan petramala, 10 news wtsp. right now-- erin the community for their support in her stalker case. in a statement on twitter-- andrews gave thanks for the support of other victims-- saying "their outreach has helped me be able to stand up and hold accountable those whose job it i

bad. in tampa, jonathan petramala, 10 news wtsp. this story has a facebook. conversation-- head to our "10 news w t s p facebook page." new overnight -- a woman rear-ended a st pete police cruiser as the it happened on central avenue, near 31-st street. the parked cruiser had its lights on while waiting on a tow truck for a disabled car. police say the driver -- cathy moloney -- has been arrested for dui. the officer was taken to the hospital to be checked out. an nypd officer is being treated after police say he was shot in the shoulder in brooklyn. police say a narcotics investigation was underway when two suspects tried to take off in a car, dragging one of the officers. shots were fired, an officer was hit, and so was one of the suspects. they're both expected to be okay. the two suspects are in police a third suspect is still on the run. a question viewed as controversial by some is starting to show up in are you gay? now asking workers about sexual gender identity as businesses push to be more inclusive. getting change for you. it looks like a new books-- after a series repor

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jonathan petramala-- spoke with one of the victims-- who says the thieves-- stole more than her purse. thieves pilfering purses from at least 8 women around the bay area. targeting unsuspecting we are protecting, had her purse stolen from her cart at walmart in winter haven while she was unloading groceries on sunday. winter haven police able to connect the crimes through their getaway vehicle, a stolen gold jeep grand cherokee. the same car seen at snatchings from winter haven, to bradenton...7 cities so far across the bay area. just hours after releasing these pictures, four men riding in the stolen jeep were arrested in lake wales. so these thieves can't help themselves to your handbag...and more. in winter haven, 10 news wtsp a man disappeared in lake thonotosassa wednesday night. the hillsborough county sheriff's office believes the 24-year-old man panicked after jumping off a boat without a life preserver. he went underwater and never re-surfaced. the man does not know how to swim. a dive team searched trying to find him. frank sinatra junior has passed away. sinatra, also

dinner. 10 news reporter jonathan petramala spoke to governor haley about the violence on the campaign trail. rumbles at rallies now becomming a rallying cry against donald trump on the campaign trail south carolina governor nikki haley talked to pinellas coupnty republican's about how trump divides people. coupnty republican's about how trump divides people. but haley couldn't unite the room behind her candidate. only around a third of the room willing to cheer for rubio, just three days before the florida primary as divided as the party appears now, all republicans still stand united against in pinellas county, jonathan petramala, 10 news wtsp. crime alert! police are trying to figure out what happened to a woman found dead in largo sunday morning... someone found her body while walking near 145th street north and starboard lane. investigators say they've identified the woman through fingerprints -- but are waiting to release her name. scary moments at a gun range in ocala. an accidental shooting sent 6 people to the hospital... deputies say a man was loading an antique shotgun when

tampa, jonathan petramala, 10 news wtsp. your respects to deputy kotfila there will be an open visitation at saint timothy's catholic church in lutz, friday at 11:00 a-m. the service will follow at 1:00. the deputy will be laid to rest in his home state of massachusetts. new this morning, a cross-county chase ends with the suspect crashing into two deputies. the pasco county sheriff's office says 46-year-old christopher conti was intoxicated and swerving on the road. deputies followed him into pinellas county where they say he rammed his truck into two patrol cars. they found drugs and paraphernalia inside his truck. he faces a number of charges including aggravated assault with a vehicle. it's your choice in 2016 and today is a very important day for the presidential candidates. there are 5- primaries-- including florida. more than one- thousand delegates are up for grabs. trump was in tampa on monday where he got support from attorney general pam bondi and former alaska governor sarah palin. protesters who made their way in the room -- managed to disrupt the event 5 minutes.

neighborhoods. 10 news reporter jonathan petramala got a look how the county is trying to fix the problem. it's been called a 500 year event...but when it happened just last year, something needed to change now. pasco county commissioner katherine starkey walked through areas where the county just spent those millions to try and accomplish that. most of the work involved clearing trees and debris, and widening and deepening canals home owner association representatives from the area neighborhoods pointed out areas that still need more work. what hasn't flooded storms is more money. but until a study performed by swiftmud to look at stormwater needs, the county is finished. as we head into the rainy season, only another major rain event will show if these subdivisions are still sunk. in pasco county, jonathan petramala, 10 news wtsp. time now for headlines around the nation and the world. this is your 60 second scan. in arizona -- a massive fire broke out at a recycling plant near the airport in phoenix. you can see flames -- and black smoke billowing in the air. authorities are trying to figure

congestive heart failure over the weekend. 10 news reporter jonathan petramala spoke with a local reverand who met mrs. reagan on an iconic day of her husband's presidency. nancy davis was already an actress when ronald reagan entered the scene. ronald and nancy married, had two kids and became the most powerful couple in the world reverend james warren was invited the white house the day president reagan declared martin holiday in 1983 oversaw a major renovation of the her influence to anti-drug campaign, just say no. but when the great communicator couldn't communicate alzheimer's slowly took her husband away. even after his death in 2004, nancy remained an important figure in important figure in the republican party.even endorsing john mccain's run for president in 2008. rubio catching nancy prepared to give a library. rubio spoke with 10 most republican's consider reagan the greatest president, but all who knew the couple agreed they made up the greatest love affair in the history of the american presidency. in st petersburg, jonathan petramala 10 news wtsp. nancy reagan will