HEADLINES-ANIBOXES

JUST TWO DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE THIRD AND FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

BRAND NEW POLLS OUT TODAY SHOW MITT ROMNEY PULLING AHEAD.

WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE NUMBERS.

PLUS TAKING MEASURES TO KEEP STUDENTS SAFE.

NBC-2 SHOWS YOU NEW STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY THAT TRACKS LIGHTNING BEFORE IT STRIKES.

LADIES GRAB YOUR PINK BRAS!

HL1 POLITICS TODAY-VOTOPWP

HL2 LIGHTNING DETECTOR-VOTOPS

HL3 MAKING STRIDES FOR BC-VOTOPS

WX HEADLINE-WX CENTER

GOOD MORNING-2-SHOT

I'M KELLY CRESWELL.

AND I'M JOE ROETZ.

OPEN-CLIP

GOOD MORNING-2 SHOT

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M JOE ROETZ.

AND I'M KELLY CRESWELL.

TODAY IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20TH.

WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES IN JUST A MINUTE.

TODAY'S WEATHER-wx wall

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

SPECTACULAR SATURDAY AHEAD

The last seven days have simply been hot and humid. That's going to change.

Dry air is beginning to spill in from the north and it's going to have a very big impact on your day. Not only will it have an impact on your day today, but it'll have an impact on your week ahead!

Today will be mostly sunny and for the most part dry. Highs will be getting to 88 degrees, and it'll be a great day to go to the beach, boating, or even hit the course to go golf.

It gets better from there!

Sunday through Friday will be sunny, less humid, and highs will be in the mid 80s.

What could get better? Well, your morning lows will be in the lower to mid 60s! I wouldn't even be surprised if some of us see an upper 50!

How refreshing.

DEVELOPING CLIP-CLIP

FM VEHICLE VS PEDESTRIAN-abc map

A MAN IS BEING TREATED AT LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AFTER HE WAS HIT BY A CAR IN FORT MYERS THIS MORNING.

IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE SEVEN THIS MORNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF CLEVELAND AVENUE AND CANAL STREET.

WE'RE TOLD THE MAN WAS TRYING TO CROSS THE ROAD, AND WAS HIT, AND LANDED IN A DITCH.

FORT MYERS POLICE SAY THE CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER-2 SHOT TOSS B

THE JOURNEY TO END BREAST CANCER STARTS WITH A SINGLE STEP.

THIS MORNING- THOUSANDS OF WOMEN ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE PULLING OUT THEIR PINK BRAS AND MAKING STRIDES TO END THE DISEASE.

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER-REM LIVE

Leigh script -

No one is keeping Victoria's Secret this morning.

about 150 Survivors are here today with and their families and friends sporting their pink bras.

The bra is a symbol of how personal the fight against breast cancer is

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER-VOWIPE

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But you have to see what everyone looks like decked out in pink.

Today - it's about raising awareness and funds to fight the disease.

All the money raised stays right here in the community.

Florida ranks seconding the nation in Breast cancer diagnosis.

Third in mortality.

We spoke to one woman this morning -

36 years old.

Breast cancer runs in the family.

Her mother died from it

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER-SOTVO

Take sound - rebekah fano survivor Cape Coral

8:50

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER-REM LIVE

Take Leigh -

Today's event is hosted by our very own krista f.

There is also a walk in Naples this morning.

That's is being emceed by anchor Stacey d.

making strides in naples-2 CGS

AND TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PICTURES FROM MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER IN NAPLES.

NBC-2 ANCHOR STACEY DEFFENBAUGH IS EM-CEEING THE EVENT.

DECISION 2012 CLIP-CLIP

NOVEMBER ELECTION COUNTDOWN-SSTOPS

IT'S DECISION 2012!

JUST 17 DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY-2 SHOT

ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

AND THIS MORNING ONE OF THE LATEST GALLUP POLLS SHOWS MITT ROMNEY UP BY A BIG LEAD.

CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY-PKG

IF YOU LISTEN TO THE CANDIDATES. ROMNEY LAST NIGHT.

SOT:

Romney

21;11;44;20

the obama campaign has become the incredible shrinking campaign

IT SOUNDS LIKE A CLOSE RACE.

THE PRESIDENT WITH A NEW ATTACK.

SOT:

Obama

I mean, he's changing up so much and backtracking and sidestepping -- -- we've got to name this condition that he's going through. I

think it's called "Romnesia."

BUT THEN.HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS. THE LATEST GALLUP POLL SHOWS MITT

ROMNEY UP BY 6 POINTS NATIONWIDE. A BLOW OUT.RIGHT?

WRONG.EVEN THE ROMNEY PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT NUMBER.

SOT:

Amy Walter/ABC News Political Dir.

you shoudn't just pay attention to just one poll. we don't have much data

right now believe it or not. we don't have that much public data. the

campaigns have a lot of information. we don't.

WE DO KNOW HAVE NEW STATE POLLS. SHOWING THAT THE PRESIDENT HOLDS A

LEAD IN THREE CRITICAL MIDWEST STATES. IOWA. WISCONSIN. AND MOST

IMPORTANT OHIO.WHERE BOTH CANDIDATES ARE SPENDING TIME. AND MONEY.

SOT:

Obama Ad

"Without President Obama's rescue of the auto industry, Ohio would have

collapsed."

IF THE PRESIDENT CAN HOLD THOSE THREE STATES. HE WILL WIN THE ELECTORAL

COLLEGE.EVEN IF MITT ROMNEY GETS MORE VOTES.

SOUND A LITTLE RETRO.LIKE BUSH-GORE 2000.WHEN AL GORE GOT MORE VOTES.

.BUT GEORGE BUSH BECAME PRESIDENT.

WELL. GET READY.IT MAY NOT BE PROBABLE. BUT IT'S POSSIBLE.

SOT:

Amy Walter/ABC News Political Dir.

15;18;28;02

there absolutely could be a scenario that romney wins the popular vote,

president obama wins the electoral college vote and as we know, the

MONDAY PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE-SSTOPS

REMEMBER YOU CAN WATCH THE PRESIDENT AND HIS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER GO HEAD TO HEAD IN THEIR FINAL DEBATE ON MONDAY LIVE FROM LYNN UNIVERSITY IN BOCA RATON RIGHT HERE ON NBC-2.

CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CHAD OLIVER WILL REPORT LIVE FROM THE DEBATE.

LIGHTNING DETECTOR AT CANTERBURY-VOWIPE

PROTECTING STUDENTS FROM GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

CANTERBURY SCHOOL IS NOW EQUIPPED WITH A BRAND NEW LIGHTNING PREDICTION SYSTEM.

NBC-2 GOT TO CHECK OUT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY FRIDAY.

THE NEARLY 12-THOUSAND DOLLAR SYSTEM BY THOR GUARD TRACKS LIGHTNING BEFORE IT STRIKES.

LIGHTNING DETECTOR AT CANTERBURY-SOTVO

12:05 alex rabinowitz/junior/canterbury hs

with it being there, obviously it's a visual thing we can rely on and know it's there to help us and protect anything from tragic happening again."

THE NEW STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE TRAGIC DEATH OF 11 YEAR OLD JESSE WATLINGTON.

CRASH VICTIM DIES-VO SS

NBC-2 HAS LEARNED A WOMAN WHOSE CAR CRASHED INTO A CAPE CORAL CANAL, HAS DIED.

POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE CRASH THAT HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY.

GILIAN CROSDALE'S CAR ENDED UP IN A CANAL NEAR ANDALUSIA BOULEVARD.

LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CONFIRMED CROSDALE DIED YESTERDAY.

CAPE POLICE SAY MADISON SCHIEL, THE DRIVER OF A WHITE TOYOTA CAROLLA, PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF CROSDALE, AND KNOCKED HER INTO THE CANAL.

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING-SS VO

AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AFTER COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES SHOT A MAN.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE SCENE FROM YESTERDAY.

WE'RE TOLD THEY RESPONDED TO THE SEVEN-11 ON AIRPORT PULLING ROAD IN NAPLES FRIDAY MORNING.

WITNESSES TOLD DEPUTIES DUANE GREGORY WAS DRINKING AND ACTING SUSPICIOUS.

DEPUTIES SAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED, HE THREATENED THEM WITH A GUN, AND THEY SHOT HIM.

AT LAST CHECK, HE IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

THE GUN TURNED OUT TO BE FAKE.

VR LABS-VOWIPE

NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING IN THE CONTROVERSY INVOLVING A COMPANY IN BONITA SPRINGS.

V-R LABS HAS UNTIL MONDAY TO PROVE TO THE LEE COUNTY ATTORNEY IT USED TAX PAYER MONEY TO HIRE EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS A STORY NBC-2 HAS BEEN FOLLOWING FOR MONTHS.

LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AWARDED THE COMPANY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO BRING 200 JOBS TO LEE COUNTY

WORK SUDDENLY STOPPED THIS SUMMER ON V-R LABS' NEW FACILITY.

THE CONTRACTOR SUED THE HERBAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY CLAIMING IT WAS MISUSING TAXPAYER MONEY.

VR LABS-SOTVO

I'm certainly troubled because there is 5 million dollars of taxpayer money at stake.

RED TIDE-VIDBOX

IF YOU'RE HEADED TO THE BEACH THIS WEEKEND,

YOU'LL WANT TO LOOK OUT FOR DEAD FISH.

THOUSANDS OF DEAD FISH ARE WASHING ASHORE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BECAUSE OF RED TIDE.

FISH KILLS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT TARPON BAY, BOWMAN'S BEACH ON SANIBEL ISLAND, AND ON BONITA BEACH.

OFFICIALS SAY THEY LET NATURE RUN ITS COURSE TO WASH AWAY THE FISH --

RED TIDE-SOTVO

Sot Vicki little, lee county beach, parks and shorelines supervisor 'If its a safety hazard or there's a massive number of dead fish, we will do out part to remove the fish from our beach parks.'

SANDUSKY VICTIM 1 SPEAKS OUT-SOTVO

THIS MORNING, WE'RE HEARING FROM ONE OF THE BOYS, KNOWN AS VICTIM NUMBER ONE,

WHO WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY JERRY SANDUSKY.

CHRIS CUOMO NATS - TERRIBLE THINGS ARE GOING ON.

AARON FISHER: MM-HMM.

CHRIS CUOMO: JUST YOU AND HIM, RIGHT?

AARON FISHER: IN THE BASEMENT, YES.

AARON FISHER WAS 11-YEARS OLD WHEN HE MET JERRY SANDUSKY AFTER HE WAS INVITED TO JOIN A FREE

SUMMER CAMP IN PENNSYLVANIA RUN BY THE LOCAL LEGEND.

SANDUSKY VICTIM 1 SPEAKS OUT-SOTVO

AARON FISHER SOT - THE ONE PLACE I THOUGHT I COULD FEEL SAFE AND IT'S JUST

COMPLETELY SHATTERED.

CHRIS CUOMO NATS - BUT YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO SAY

AARON FISHER: NOPE.

CHRIS CUOMO: THIS GUY IS A MONSTER, HE'S SEXUALLY ASSAULTING ME.

AARON FISHER: COULDN'T DO IT.

CHRIS CUOMO: WHY?

AARON FISHER: EMBARRASSMENT. UH, FEAR OF NOT BEING BELIEVED.

FOR THREE YEARS, AARON SAYS HE TOLD HIS STORY TO AUTHORITIES OVER AND OVER --

AND NO ARREST WAS MADE.

SANDUSKY WAS SENTENCED FOR HIS CRIMES JUST LAST WEEK.

NEW RIGHT NOW CLIP-CLIP

OREGON WOMAN BODY FOUND-VO

NEW THIS MORNING:

THE OREGON WOMAN WHO DISAPPEARED ON HER WAY TO WORK,

HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD.

AFTER A THREE-DAY SEARCH, AUTHORITIES SAY THEY FOUND 21-YEAR OLD WHITNEY HEICHEL'S BODY LAST NIGHT IN A WOODED AREA ABOUT TEN MILES FROM HER HOME IN GRESHAM, OREGON.

POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE 24-YEAR OLD JONATHON DANIEL HOLT KILLED HER.

THEY SAY THE TWO LIVED IN THE SAME APARTMENT COMPLEX.

TRAFFIC ALERT CLIP-CLIP

METRO PKWY UPDATE-SS

A LONG-AWAITED LEE COUNTY ROAD PROJECT IS SET TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND.

IF THE WEATHER COOPERATES, THE NEW METRO PARKWAY EXTENSION WILL OPEN TOMORROW EVEMOMG AT FIVE O'CLOCK.

THE SIX-LANE ROAD STRETCHES FROM SIX MILE CYPRESS TO U-S 41, JUST SOUTH OF ALICO ROAD.

GREKOS TRIAL-VO

A BONITA SPRINGS DOCTOR ACCUSED OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE WILL BE BACK IN COURT NEXT WEEK.

THE HEARING FOR DOCTOR ZANNOS GREKOS WAS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP FRIDAY, BUT ATTORNEYS FOR BOTH SIDES WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THEIR WITNESSES.

GREKOS' MEDICAL LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE STATE AFTER TWO OF HIS PATIENTS DIED FOLLOWING A STEM CELL TREATMENT.

MELISSA BAILEY SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON-SS VO

A CHARLOTTE COUNTY MOTHER WILL SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE IN PRISON FOR SEXUALLY MOLESTING HER BABY.

TWO MONTHS AGO, A JURY FOUND MELISSA BAILEY GUILTY OF SEXUALLY MOLESTING HER 18-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER.

SHE WAS SENTENCED FRIDAY TO THREE LIFE SENTENCES.

BAILEY'S LAWYERS ARGUED SHE WAS INSANE AND HER BOYFRIEND MANIPULATED HER.

SAN CARLOS HIT AND RUN ARREST-SS VO SS

THE DRIVER WHO HIT A LOCAL TEEN AT HER SCHOOL BUS STOP, AND THEN TOOK OFF, IS FACING CHARGES THIS MORNING.

22 YEAR OLD CHELSIE DAHLBECK IS ACCUSED OF LEAVING THE SCENE OF A CRASH WITH INJURIES.

IT HAPPENED BACK IN AUGUST IN SAN CARLOS PARK AT SANIBEL BOULEVARD AND GERANIUM ROAD.

TROOPERS SAY DAHLBECK WAS DRIVING HER RED TRUCK, WHEN SHE HIT

17 YEAR OLD KEISHA BIEN AIME.

PUMPKIN PATCH LAKES PARK-2 SHOT, SS

SWITCHING GEARS.

HALLOWEEN IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, AND IF YOUR FAMILY IS LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT PUMPKIN, HERE'S AN IDEA.

THE FOURTH ANNUAL "PUMPKIN PATCH" IS BACK.

YOU CAN PICK FROM TWO-THOUSAND PUMPKINS AT LAKES PARK.

THAT'S OFF GLADIOLOUS.

THE PUMPKIN PATCH IS OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 30TH.

CHOOSE FROM ALL SHAPES AND SIZES-- STARTING AT JUST ONE DOLLAR.

OKTOBERFEST-SSTOPS

GET READY FOR BEERS AND BRATWURST AT CAPE CORAL'S "OKTOBERFEST".

IT RUNS ALL WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEKEND.

"OKTOBERFEST" IS IN ITS 27TH YEAR.

IT'S HELD AT THE GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIAL CLUB ON PINE ISLAND ROAD.

TICKETS ARE SIX DOLLARS AT THE GATE.

TEASE ONE-2-SHOT

A BRISK WORK OUT MAY HELP YOU BLOW OFF STEAM AT THE MOMENT.

BUT IT MAY EVEN HELP YOU IN THE LONG TERM.

AMY OSHIER EXPLAINS NEXT IN TODAY'S HEALTH MATTERS.

PLUS THE DETROIT TIGERS WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO FIND OUT WHO THEIR NATIONAL LEAGUE CONTENDER WILL BE IN THE WORLD SERIES.

TZ1 A HEALTH MATTERS-VOWP

TZ1 B SPORTS-VOTOPS

FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

SPECTACULAR SATURDAY AHEAD

The last seven days have simply been hot and humid. That's going to change.

Dry air is beginning to spill in from the north and it's going to have a very big impact on your day. Not only will it have an impact on your day today, but it'll have an impact on your week ahead!

Today will be mostly sunny and for the most part dry. Highs will be getting to 88 degrees, and it'll be a great day to go to the beach, boating, or even hit the course to go golf.

It gets better from there!

Sunday through Friday will be sunny, less humid, and highs will be in the mid 80s.

What could get better? Well, your morning lows will be in the lower to mid 60s! I wouldn't even be surprised if some of us see an upper 50!

How refreshing.

HEALTH BEAT PKG-PLASMA

IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE MANY WHO ENJOY A GOOD WORKOUT,

YOU KNOW HOW GOOD IT CAN MAKE YOU FEEL.

BUT NEW STUDIES ARE SHOWING THAT FEELING MAY LAST A LOT LONGER THAN YOU THINK.

HEALTH BEAT PKG-PKG

PKG:

WHENEVER HE CAN, BILL PRICE HITS THE ROAD ON HIS HIGH TECH 3-WHEELER.

BILL PRICE/ENJOYS EXERCISE

RUNS:

:15 Three or four times a week. Depends on the weather. It's hard in the rain, you slide all over the place.

FAR FROM A TINY TOT'S TRICYCLE, THIS TRIKKE IS A GROWN UP WORKOUT.

BILL PRICE/ENJOYS EXERCISE

RUNS:

:28 You exercise everything from your neck all the way down to your feet, your ankles, your shoulder muscles, triceps, biceps.

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST STUDIES, BILL IS ON TRACK- FOR MENTAL STRESS RELIEF.

HEATHER PARKER/CERTIFIED FITNESS TRAINER

RUNS:

1:30 It's a sense of calm and wellbeing.

HEATHER PARKER IS A CERTIFIED FITNESS TRAINER. SHE FINDS NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE WHO ROUTINELY EXERCISE.

HEATHER PARKER/CERTIFIED FITNESS TRAINER

RUNS:

6:31 You can see a huge difference in their weight, their attitude, the way they talk to you. They smile more.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

What struck researchers is how long the affect lasts. One good workout might lift your mood, but regular exercise seems to change your overall emotional state.

THESE NEW FINDINGS SUGGEST A PROLONGED EFFECT INCLUDING PROTECTION AGAINST FUTURE STRESS AND ANXIETY.

HEATHER PARKER/CERTIFIED FITNESS TRAINER

RUNS:

3:15 It's definitely important to move and use those muscles because at any age you can have benefit.

JUST ONE MORE REASON FOR BILL TO KEEP ON 'TRIKKEN'

BILL PRICE/ENJOYS EXERCISE

RUNS:

:48 Like they say an object in motion tends to stay in motion so you try and keep on going. Exercising.

SPORTS WRAP-PKG

WORLD SERIES TIGER BATS-VO

IT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR WHO WILL PLAY THE DETROIT TIGERS IN THE WORLD SERIES NEXT WEEK.

BUT *IF THE TIGERS WIN, SOUVENIRS ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS!

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER STARTED CRANKING OUT THE SPECIAL SOUVENIR BATS FRIDAY MORNING.

THE NATIONAL LEAGUE BATS WILL BE MADE MONDAY MORNING FOR THE

SAINT LOUIS CARDINALS AND THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS,

EVEN IF THERE ISN'T A WINNER YET.

FIRE AT TEXAS STATE FAIR-VOWIPE

A SAD MORNING FOR FANS OF THE TEXAS STATE FAIR.

THE STAR AND ICON OF THE FAIR, "BIG TEX", WENT UP IN FLAMES YESTERDAY AND IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

FIREFIGHTERS RUSHED TO THE SCENE AS BIG TEX'S CLOTHING WENT UP IN FLAMES.

THEY SAY THE CAUSE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

STUCK ON RIDE TEXAS STATE FAIR-VOTOPS

AND THEN LAST NIGHT. LOOK WHAT ELSE HAPPENED THERE.

TWO DOZEN PEOPLE WERE STRANDED ON ONE OF THE TALLEST RIDES.

THE STRATOSPHERE LOST POWER LAST NIGHT LEAVING RIDERS ABOUT 150-FEET IN THE AIR FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS.

FAIR-GOERS HAD TO BE MANUALLY LOWERED TO THE GROUND.

TEASE TWO-2-SHOT

THREE HOME INVASIONS IN LEE COUNTY IN JUST ONE WEEK.

AND SOME OF THOSE VICTIMS, AREN'T PRESSING CHARGES.

NBC-2 FINDS OUT WHAT THOSE CALLS ARE COSTING.

PLUS -- FIGHTING BREAST CANCER ONE STRIDE AT A TIME.

TZ2 A HOME INVASIONS-VOTOPS

TZ 2 C LEIGH LIVE-REM LIVE

MR. GREEN THUMB

HEADLINES-ANIBOXES

NEW CLUES THIS MORNING IN THE HUNT FOR THE PERSON WHO ABDUCTED AND KILLED A TEN YEAR OLD COLORADO GIRL.

WHAT INVESTIGATORS FOUND AT ONE OF THE CRIME SCENES. THAT MAY LEAD THEM TO THE KILLER.

THE WALKING DEAD COME TO LIFE!

IN JUST A FEW MINUTES WE TAKE YOU TO DOWNTOWN FOR THIS YEAR'S ZOMBICON.

AND FIGHTING CANCER ONE STEP AT A TIME.

HL1 NEW CLUES RIDGEWAY CASE-VOTOPS

HL2 ZOMBICON-VOTOPS

HL3 MAKING STRIDES AGAINST CANCER-VOTOPS

MAIN OPEN-CLIP

WELCOME-2 SHOT

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M KELLY CRESWELL.

AND I'M JOE ROETZ.

WE'LL GET RIGHT TO OUR TOP STORIES IN JUST A MINUTE,

BUT FIRST TYLER MAULDIN HAS OUR WEEKEND FORCAST.

FIRST WEATHER-wx wall

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

SPECTACULAR SATURDAY AHEAD

The last seven days have simply been hot and humid. That's going to change.

Dry air is beginning to spill in from the north and it's going to have a very big impact on your day. Not only will it have an impact on your day today, but it'll have an impact on your week ahead!

Today will be mostly sunny and for the most part dry. Highs will be getting to 88 degrees, and it'll be a great day to go to the beach, boating, or even hit the course to go golf.

It gets better from there!

Sunday through Friday will be sunny, less humid, and highs will be in the mid 80s.

What could get better? Well, your morning lows will be in the lower to mid 60s! I wouldn't even be surprised if some of us see an upper 50!

How refreshing.

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER-2 SHOT TOSS B

THE JOURNEY TO END BREAST CANCER STARTS WITH A SINGLE STEP.

THIS MORNING- THOUSANDS OF WOMEN ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE PULLING OUT THEIR PINK BRAS AND MAKING STRIDES TO END THE DISEASE.

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER-REM LIVE

Leigh script -

No one is keeping Victoria's Secret this morning.

about 150 Survivors are here today with and their families and friends sporting their pink bras.

The bra is a symbol of how personal the fight against breast cancer is

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER-VOWIPE

Take vo

But you have to see what everyone looks like decked out in pink.

Today - it's about raising awareness and funds to fight the disease.

All the money raised stays right here in the community.

Florida ranks seconding the nation in Breast cancer diagnosis.

Third in mortality.

We spoke to one woman this morning -

36 years old.

Breast cancer runs in the family.

Her mother died from it

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER-SOTVO

For 9:30 sound

8:24

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER-REM LIVE

making strides naples-ss

AND TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PICTURES FROM MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER IN NAPLES.

NBC-2 ANCHOR STACEY DEFFENBAUGH IS EM-CEEING THE EVENT.

NEW RIGHT NOW-CLIP

NEW CLUES RIDGEWAY CASE-2 SHOT

POLICE IN COLORADO HOPE NEW CLUES WILL HELP CRACK THE CASE OF A GIRL WHO WAS ABDUCTED AND MURDERED.

10-YEAR OLD JESSICA RIDGEWAY WAS KIDNAPPED AND KILLED ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL EARLIER THIS MONTH.

POLICE ARE HOPING BY MAKING THEIR EVIDENCE PUBLIC,

THEY'LL GET JUSTICE FOR JESSICA.

NEW CLUES RIDGEWAY CASE-PKG

SCRIPT:

It is a bizarre new clue a small wooden cross police believe belongs to

Jessica Ridgeway's killer.

NATS - TREVOR MATERASSO / 22:48:10 IT LOOKS LIKE A

SOLID PIECE OF WOOD.

Overnight investigators released new photos of the cross hoping someone

recognizes it. The cross was found at one of the crime scenes in the case

but police won't say which one because that is information only the killer

knows.

SOT - TREVOR MATERASSO / WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT / 224306 WE BELIEVE

THAT IT WAS LEFT BEHIND OR DROPPED BY SOMEBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED AND KNOWS

INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. CLAYTON: LEFT INTENTIONALLY PERHAPS?

TREVOR - IT POTENTIALLY WAS LEFT INTENTIONALLY.

Jessica vanished October fifth as she walked to school. Hundreds of

volunteers scoured the area around her Westminster Colorado home but found

no sign of the fifth grader. Two days later her backpack was left

conspicuously on a sidewalk in a neighborhood about seven miles away. A few

days after that Jessica's dismembered body was discovered in a field.

SOT - LEE BIRK, WESTMINSTER POLICE CHIEF / OCTOBER 12 / "WE RECOGNIZE THERE

IS A PREDATOR AT LARGE IN OUR COMMUNITY."

Police are now looking into an attempted abduction Memorial Day weekend at

this lake near Jessica's home. A female jogger was grabbed by a man who

tried to put a rag over her mouth. The woman got away.

SOT - TREVOR MATERASSO / 224549 IT'S FAIRLY CLOSE TO WHERE JESSICA WAS

ABDUCTED AND NEAR WHERE HER BODY WAS FOUND.

The cross has three distinct marks on one side and what appears to be an "S"

on the other.

SOT - TREVOR MATERASSO / 224234 ARE THEY GOING TO PROVIDE INFORMATION WHICH

WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO THE KILLER AND POTENTIALLY UNCOVER WHAT INFORMATION

WE NEED TO LOCATE THIS PERSON AND GET HIM OFF THE STREETS.

Now police are crossing their fingers that this will be the break that leads

to justice for Jessica. For Good Morning America, Clayton Sandell ABC

MEDSTAR UPDATE-CG-VO

WE ARE LEARNING FOUR AIR AMBULANCE COMPANIES WANT A SHOT AT TAKING OVER LEE COUNTY'S MEDSTAR HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

MEDSTAR IS LEE COUNTY'S MEDICAL HELICOPTER THAT HAS BEEN GROUNDED FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS.

COMPANIES OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TEXAS, LOUISIANA AND TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL HAVE ALL FILED LETTERS OF INTEREST WITH LEE COUNTY.

SWFL JOBLESS NUMBERS-OC-(2)FSS

A NEW REPORT SHOWS MORE PEOPLE FINDING WORK IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN LEE COUNTY IS NOW AT NINE POINT ONE PERCENT.

THAT'S DOWN FROM NINE AND A HALF IN AUGUST.

COLLIER COUNTY'S JOBLESS RATE DROPPED TO NINE POINT THREE.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY.SITTING AT NINE PERCENT.

ALL THREE COUNTIES WERE IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

JOB NUMBERS NAPLES DAILY NEWS-CG

ACCORDING TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS,

THE CAPE CORAL FORT MYERS AREA LOST THE MOST JOBS THAN ANY OTHER METRO-POLITAN AREA IN THE STATE.

A REPORT RELEASED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY SHOWS THE CAPE-CORAL FORT MYERS AREA LOST THREE-THOUSAND JOBS IN THE LAST YEAR.

ON THE OTHER HAND, NAPLES AND MARCO ISLAND ACTUALLY GAINED 600 JOBS.

HOME INVASIONS-VOWIPE

THREE HOME INVASIONS IN LEE COUNTY. IN JUST ONE WEEK.

SOME OF THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN BEATEN, ROBBED- EVEN SHOT, BUT IN TWO OF THE THREE CASES--

THEY DECIDED NOT TO PRESS CHARGES.

KEITH MCCAULEY IS THE LATEST VICTIM.

HE WAS SHOT IN THE ARM THURSDAY NIGHT AS ROBBERS FORCED THEIR WAY INTO HIS TICE HOME.

EVEN THOUGH HIS FAMILY CALLED 911-

MCCAULEY TOLD DEPUTIES WHEN THEY GOT TO THE SCENE-

HOME INVASIONS-SOTVO

50:59 "they told me when they walked out the door if the police were coming, they were going to come back and shoot my house up again. i've got my grandkids in there."

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS MANY TIMES-

THE VICTIMS KNOW WHO THEIR ATTACKERS ARE,

THEY'RE AFRAID OF REPERCUSSIONS,

OR THEY'RE INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THEMSELVES.

BOAT RENTALS UP-VO

MORE PEOPLE ARE HITTING THE WATER --

AND HELPING THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

BOAT RENTALS ARE UP ON FORT MYERS BEACH.

AT THE SNOOK BIGHT MARINA - THE RENTAL BUSINESS IS UP BY 24 PERCENT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

AT SALTY SAM'S MARINA - OWNERS SAY SEPTMEBER WAS A BLOCKBUSTER -- UP 68 PERCENT -- EVEN THOUGH THIS MONTH IS TYPICALLY SLOW.

BOAT DEALERS SAY BOAT SALES ARE ALSO UP.

CAPE U TURNS-VOWIPE

THERE'S A NEW PUSH THIS MORNING TO MAKE A BUSY CAPE CORAL INTERSECTION SAFER.

EVEREST COMMUNITY MEMBERS TELL US THEY DON'T WANT DRIVERS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON DEL PRADO BOULEVARD TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A U-TURN AT SOUTHEAST 26TH STREET.

CITY LEADERS SUPPORT THEIR PLAN TO FORCE DRIVERS TO THE NEXT TRAFFIC LIGHT AT SOUTHEAST 27TH STREET.

SOME DRIVERS SAY WITH A NEW GAS STATION BEING BUILT THERE,

TRAFFIC COULD ONLY GET WORSE.

CAPE U TURNS-SOTVO

3700 "People will be pulling out, coming in. That has to to be changed or they'll be a bad accident again."

HOWEVER, THERE'S A BIG ROAD BLOCK.

CAPE CORAL CAN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE INTERSECTION.

ZOMBICON IN FORT MYERS-2 SHOT NAVOWIPE

FORT MYERS MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS WEEKEND.

ZOMBIES ARE TAKING OVER DOWNTOWN!

NATS ZOMBIES

WE WERE THERE LAST NIGHT FOR ZOMBI-CON'S PREMATURE BURIAL V-I-P PARTY.

40-THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO PACK DOWNTOWN FOR THE WEEKEND-LONG EVENT.

ZOMBICON IN FORT MYERS-SOTVO

Take sot -

"we just really need people to come out and get out here and come to the convention its going to be so much fun." 5 sec rachel telfor/ event organizer

DOORS OPEN TODAY AT TEN.

IT'S 25 DOLLARS TO GET IN TODAY, AND 15 TOMORROW.

HAUNTED WALK-SS

AND THERE'S PLENTY OF EVENTS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND TO HELP GET INTO THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT.

HERE'S AN IDEA:

THE CALUSA NATURE CENTER AND PLANETARIUM IN FORT MYERS IS HOLDING ITS HALLOWEEN HAUNTED WALK.

YOU CAN GO ANY NIGHT OF THE WEEK,

UNTIL OCTOBER 31ST.

IT COSTS BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN DOLLARS.

BUT KEEP IN MIND --

NO GETTING SCARED AND TURNING AROUND!

FOREVER FAMILY INTRO-ON CAM

THESE TWO SISTERS ARE BEST FRIENDS

SHANTELL IS AN ADVENTUROUS 12 YEAR OLD WHO LOVES THE OUTDOORS AND SPORTS.

XENA IS A TYPICAL TEEN WHO LOVES FASHION.

WHAT DO THESE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS NEED MORE THAN ANYTHING, A FAMILY

FOREVER FAMILY PACKAGE-PKG

"SHANTELL"

TCT - 00:01:34:00

Shantell, looking for a Forever Family: My name is Shantell and I am 12 years old.

Lanecia Radcliff: She is a great girl. She is very sweet a teen-age girl. Who just was in foster care too long.

Gia Tutolo-Mote, Forever Family: We meet up with her at Dolphin Island Care where she got to live the experience of a lifetime!

Shantell: It was fun I liked to swim with the dolphins. And see the sea lion, seeing all the animals. They are smart and they are cute and they listen very well. They know what to do. The driving test with the dolphins in the water it was fun. I felt like I was actually driving a car.

Gia: She may not be ready to drive a car for another 4 years, but she needs a family now, who share in this milestone and a lifetime of achievement.

Lanecia: Shantell has a sister Xena. Their relationship is really important.

Shantell: My sister Xena she is 15 years old. We have a very close relationship. We do a lot of things together. Some things we do separate. She is more the girly girl type; I am more the tomboy type. I like to be outside playing sports, I like football seems fun it is very active. I want to be a member of a SWAT team, like a police officer. It seems interesting.

Gia: Shantell and Xena need a family… a mom who'll help them grow.

Lanecia: Mother roll is very important for both Shantell and Xena. So that would be great for them. And we will also consider other types of couples.

FOREVER FAMILY TAG-ON CAM

TEASE FOUR-2-SHOT

LANCE ARMSTRONG IS SPEAKING OUT PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE WAS LINKED TO AN ELABORATE DOPING SCANDAL.

SOT: Lance Armstrong:

It's been an interesting couple of weeks. It's been a difficult couple of

weeks./ I've been better and I've also been worse.

HEAR FROM HIM. AND THOSE STANDING BY HIS SIDE.

TZ4 A LANCE ARMSTRONG-SOTVO

TZ4 B TRASH OR TREASURE TEASE-SOTVO

FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

SPECTACULAR SATURDAY AHEAD

The last seven days have simply been hot and humid. That's going to change.

Dry air is beginning to spill in from the north and it's going to have a very big impact on your day. Not only will it have an impact on your day today, but it'll have an impact on your week ahead!

Today will be mostly sunny and for the most part dry. Highs will be getting to 88 degrees, and it'll be a great day to go to the beach, boating, or even hit the course to go golf.

It gets better from there!

Sunday through Friday will be sunny, less humid, and highs will be in the mid 80s.

What could get better? Well, your morning lows will be in the lower to mid 60s! I wouldn't even be surprised if some of us see an upper 50!

How refreshing.

LANCE ARMSTRONG SPEAKS OUT-2 SHOT

NOW TO DISGRACED CYCLING SUPERSTAR LANCE ARMSTONG -- STRIPPED OF HIS MEDALS AND OUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ENDORSEMENTS FOR YEARS OF ALLEGED DOPING.

HE'S SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS BIG FALL-- APPEARING AT A GALA FOR THE CANCER-FIGHTING CHARITY HE ONCE LED.

LANCE ARMSTRONG SPEAKS OUT-PKG

SCRIPT:

Nat/applause

Lance Armstrong took the stage in Austin to a standing ovation of his most

faithful supporters and donors.

SOT: Lance Armstrong:

It's been an interesting couple of weeks. It's been a difficult couple of

weeks./ I've been better and I've also been worse.

On the heels of perhaps the most epic fall from grace any sporting hero has

endured, Armstrong addressed Livestrong's 15th Anniversary Celebration

without a sorry, without an explanation, without any of the words so many

are so desperate to hear.

SOT Lance Armstrong:

This mission is bigger than me. It's bigger than any individual.

In many ways, the star studded event was almost like a goodbye party-coming

just as a pile of sponsors from Nike to Trek have dropped Armstrong-and as

he announced that he's stepping down as Chairman of his own foundation.

SOT Doug Ulman / Livestrong CEO

"He's our founder. He's been the inspiration for these people. His cancer

journey led to this place. To have him here is phenomenal."

Even among Armstrong's most ardent supporters, there was concern.

SOT Julie Armstrong / Supporter

"It's been kind of a bitter-sweet time I think but Livestrong is gonna

Livestrong."

The day began with another uncomfortable revelation.

Armstrong's ex-wife Kristin, who according to the US Anti Doping

Agency was in on the drug use and even called the blood booster EPO "butter"

because they kept it hidden in the butter-wrote a blog post, damaging by

what it didn't say.

There are many things that I am not free to discuss because I am constrained

by legal principles like.non-disclosure agreements, she wrote. His

choices were, and are, his. And mine are mine. And they haven't always been

pretty. I am sorry if this is disappointing to you.

At the Livestrong event, those hoping to hear an apology were met by the

kind of sign off that gives no indication one is even remotely in the works.

NAT: Let's have a hell of a good time tonight. thank you.

CONSUMER ALERT CLIP-CLIP

BANANA BOAT SUNCREEN RECALL-VO

WE HAVE AN NBC-2 CONSUMER ALERT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS MORNING.

IF YOUR WEEKEND PLANS INCLUDE HEADING OUT TO THE BEACH,

BE CAREFUL WHAT SUNBLOCK YOU USE!

BANANA BOAT IS RECALLING 23 OF ITS ULTRA-MIST SUNSCREEN SPRAYS.

THE COMPANY IS WARNING THE SPRAY COULD BURST INTO FLAMES ON YOUR SKIN.

FORBES MAGAZINES MOST DANGEROUS CITIES-VIDBOX

FORBES MAGAZINE JUST RELEASED ITS LIST OF MOST DANGEROUS CITIES.

TOPPING THE LIST FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW IS DETROIT.

VIOLENT CRIMES FELL TEN PERCENT THERE LAST YEAR, BUT THE CRIME RATE IS STILL FIVE TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

ALSO ON THAT LIST:

WOMEN GETTING BACK TO WORK-VO

WOMEN ARE FINDING THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER:

THE NUMBER OF WOMEN EMPLOYEES HAS JUMPED 300-THOUSAND IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS.

THAT'S NEARLY THE SAME AMOUNT AS MEN.

AND IN SEPTEMBER, MEN AND WOMEN EACH SAW JOB GAINS OF 57-THOUSAND JOBS.

PUMPKIN PATCH LAKES PARK-OC-FSS

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO FOR THE FAMILY THIS WEEKEND:

THE FOURTH ANNUAL "PUMPKIN PATCH" IS BACK.

NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 30TH YOU CAN PICK FROM TWO-THOUSAND PUMPKINS AT LAKES PARK,

THAT'S OFF GLADIOLUS.

CHOOSE FROM ALL SHAPES AND SIZES-- SOME PUMPKINS ARE JUST A DOLLAR.

OKTOBERFEST-OC-FSS

GET READY FOR BEERS AND BRATWURST.

IT'S TIME FOR "OKTOBERFEST"

THE TWO-WEEKEND EVENT KICKED OFF LAST NIGHT.

IT RUNS ALL WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEKEND.

"OKTOBERFEST" IS IN ITS 27TH YEAR.

IT'S HELD AT THE GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIAL CLUB ON PINE ISLAND ROAD.

TICKETS ARE SIX DOLLARS AT THE GATE.

CVS HALLOWEEN PARTY-VOTOPS

ALSO HAPPENING TOMORROW:

C-V-S IS SCARING UP A GOOD TIME FOR THE LITTLE ONES.

YOU'RE INVITED TO A HALLOWEEN PARTY SUNDAY FROM ONE TO THREE PM.

KIDS IN COSTUME WILL GET A FREE GIFT WITH "ANY" PURCHASE. NO MINIMUM REQUIRED.

TRASH OR TREASURE-ON CAM

COMING UP. OUR TOP STORIES AND YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST.

PLUS. IT'S GRID IRON TODAY!

TRASH OR TREASURE-PKG

TOP STORY DECISION 2012-VOTOPS

THESE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE CRUCIAL FOR THE PRESIDENT AND HIS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER.

WHERE THEY'RE DRUMMING UP SUPPORT TODAY,

TEASE TO GRIDIRON2DAY COMING UP-VOTOPS

THE NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL GOLDEN EAGLES ARE BACK IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW THEY CAPTURED ANOTHER DISTRICT TITLE.

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

GOOD MORNING 3-2-SHOT TRAFFIC CENTER

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME BACK TO NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M JOE ROETZ.

AND I'M KELLY CRESWELL.

WE'LL HAVE YOUR TOP STORIES OF THE DAY IN JUST ONE MINUTE.

FIRST WEATHER-WX CENTER

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

SPECTACULAR SATURDAY AHEAD

The last seven days have simply been hot and humid. That's going to change.

Dry air is beginning to spill in from the north and it's going to have a very big impact on your day. Not only will it have an impact on your day today, but it'll have an impact on your week ahead!

Today will be mostly sunny and for the most part dry. Highs will be getting to 88 degrees, and it'll be a great day to go to the beach, boating, or even hit the course to go golf.

It gets better from there!

Sunday through Friday will be sunny, less humid, and highs will be in the mid 80s.

What could get better? Well, your morning lows will be in the lower to mid 60s! I wouldn't even be surprised if some of us see an upper 50!

How refreshing.

DECISION 2012-CLIP

ELECTION COUNTDOWN-SSTOPS

IT'S DECISION 2012!

JUST 17 DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

WHERE ARE THE CANDIDATES TODAY-2 SHOT TFC CENTER V

BOTH PARTIES ARE STUMPING FOR VOTES IN FLORIDA TODAY.

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS CAMPAIGNING IN SAINT AUGUSTINE TODAY.

THAT'S IN NORTH FLORIDA.

MITT ROMNEY AND PAUL RYAN-VOTOPS (EDITOR: SPLIT SC

AND THE PRESIDENT'S REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER MITT ROMNEY IS IN THE SUNSHINE STATE.

HE'S HOSTING A PRIVATE FUNDRAISER IN PALM BEACH.

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MONDAY-SSTOPS

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY WILL BOTH BE IN SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THEIR THIRD AND FINAL DEBATE ON MONDAY.

IT'S HAPPENING LIVE FROM LYNN UNIVERSITY IN BOCA RATON

CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CHAD OLIVER WILL BE REPORTING LIVE FROM THE DEBATE.

COVERAGE STARTS AT FIVE P-M.

LIGHTNING DETECTOR AT CANTERBURY-2 SHOT TRAFFIC CE

PROTECTING STUDENTS FROM GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

CANTERBURY SCHOOL IS NOW EQUIPPED WITH A BRAND NEW LIGHTNING PREDICTION SYSTEM.

NBC-2 GOT TO CHECK OUT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY YESTERDAY.

THE NEARLY 12-THOUSAND DOLLAR SYSTEM BY THOR GUARD TRACKS LIGHTNING BEFORE IT STRIKES.

LIGHTNING DETECTOR AT CANTERBURY-SOTVO

12:05 alex rabinowitz/junior/canterbury hs

with it being there, obviously it's a visual thing we can rely on and know it's there to help us and protect anything from tragic happening again."

THE NEW STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE TRAGIC DEATH OF 11 YEAR OLD JESSE WATLINGTON.

CRASH VICTIM DIES-VOTOPS, SS

NBC-2 HAS LEARNED A WOMAN WHOSE CAR CRASHED INTO A CAPE CORAL CANAL, HAS DIED.

POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE CRASH THAT HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY.

GILIAN CROSDALE'S CAR ENDED UP IN A CANAL NEAR ANDALUSIA BOULEVARD.

LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CONFIRMED CROSDALE DIED YESTERDAY.

CAPE POLICE SAY MADISON SCHIEL, THE DRIVER OF A WHITE TOYOTA CAROLLA, PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF CROSDALE, AND KNOCKED HER INTO THE CANAL.

RED TIDE-2 SHOT TRAFFIC CENTER

IF YOU'RE HEADED TO THE BEACH THIS WEEKEND,

YOU'LL WANT TO LOOK OUT FOR DEAD FISH.

THOUSANDS OF DEAD FISH ARE WASHING ASHORE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BECAUSE OF RED TIDE.

FISH KILLS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT TARPON BAY, BOWMAN'S BEACH ON SANIBEL ISLAND, AND ON BONITA BEACH.

OFFICIALS SAY THEY LET NATURE RUN ITS COURSE TO WASH AWAY THE FISH --

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING-SS VO

AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AFTER COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES SHOT A MAN.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE SCENE FROM YESTERDAY.

WE'RE TOLD THEY RESPONDED TO THE SEVEN-11 ON AIRPORT PULLING ROAD IN NAPLES YESTERDAY MORNING.

WITNESSES TOLD DEPUTIES DUANE GREGORY WAS DRINKING AND ACTING SUSPICIOUS.

DEPUTIES SAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED, HE THREATENED THEM WITH A GUN, AND THEY SHOT HIM.

AT LAST CHECK, HE IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

THE GUN TURNED OUT TO BE FAKE.

VR LABS-VOTOPS

NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING IN THE CONTROVERSY INVOLVING A COMPANY IN BONITA SPRINGS.

V-R LABS HAS UNTIL MONDAY TO PROVE TO THE LEE COUNTY ATTORNEY IT USED TAX PAYER MONEY TO HIRE ITS EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS A STORY NBC-2 HAS BEEN FOLLOWING FOR MONTHS.

LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AWARDED THE COMPANY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO BRING 200 JOBS TO LEE COUNTY

WORK SUDDENLY STOPPED THIS SUMMER ON V-R LABS' NEW FACILITY.

THE CONTRACTOR SUED THE HERBAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY CLAIMING IT WAS MISUSING TAXPAYER MONEY.

GREKOS TRIAL-VO

A BONITA SPRINGS DOCTOR ACCUSED OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE WILL BE BACK IN COURT NEXT WEEK.

THE HEARING FOR DOCTOR ZANNOS GREKOS WAS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP YESTERDAY, BUT ATTORNEYS FOR BOTH SIDES WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THEIR WITNESSES.

GREKOS' MEDICAL LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE STATE AFTER TWO OF HIS PATIENTS DIED FOLLOWING A STEM CELL TREATMENT.

MELISSA BAILEY SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON-SS VO

A CHARLOTTE COUNTY MOTHER WILL SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE IN PRISON FOR SEXUALLY MOLESTING HER BABY.

TWO MONTHS AGO, A JURY FOUND MELISSA BAILEY GUILTY OF SEXUALLY MOLESTING HER 18-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER.

SHE WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO THREE LIFE SENTENCES.

BAILEY'S LAWYERS ARGUED SHE WAS INSANE AND HER BOYFRIEND MANIPULATED HER.

SAN CARLOS HIT AND RUN ARREST-SS VO SS

THE DRIVER WHO HIT A LOCAL TEEN AT HER SCHOOL BUS STOP, AND THEN TOOK OFF, IS FACING CHARGES THIS MORNING.

22 YEAR OLD CHELSIE DAHLBECK IS ACCUSED OF LEAVING THE SCENE OF A CRASH WITH INJURIES.

IT HAPPENED BACK IN AUGUST IN SAN CARLOS PARK AT SANIBEL BOULEVARD AND GERANIUM ROAD.

TROOPERS SAY DAHLBECK WAS DRIVING HER RED TRUCK, WHEN SHE HIT

17 YEAR OLD KEISHA BIEN AIME.

TOSS TO BRIAN COLLERAN-2 SHOT TRAFFIC CENTER

THAT'S IT FOR NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

TEASE SIX-PLASMA, 1-SHOT

SOUTH FORT MYERS AND NAPLES.???COULD THEY BE GETTING BETTER AS THE SEASON GOES ON??

TZ6A COMING UP ON GRIDIRON2DAY-VO

AND THE ESTERO WILDCATS.COULD THIS BE THE YEAR THAT THEY RETURN TO THE POST-SEASON.

WEEK AFTER WEEK.THEY ARE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN A BETTER POSITION TO DO THAT.

GRIDIRON2DAY OPEN-CLIP

SPECIAL OPEN-SOT W MUSIC BED

GRIDRION2DAY INTRO-PLASMA, 1-SHOT

ISLAND COAST SOUTH FORT MYERS-VO-TOPS

ISLAND COAST AT SOUTH FORT MYERS..

ROBERT BROWN OF SOUTH WAS ON THE SHOW LAST SATURDAY MORNING. GUARANTEED A TOUCHDOWN. THAT CAME IN THE 2ND HALF. THIS WAS A FIRST HALF RUN.

DRIVE IS STALLED ON 4TH AND SHORT. CHRISTIAN DIAZ AND THE ISLAND COAST DEFENSE GET THE STOP.

STILL IN THE FIRST.DEVON CALHOUN'S T-D RUN.GAVE THE GATORS A 10-NOTHING LEAD IN THE FIRST.

2ND QUARTER.MOMENTUM CHANGES.KURT BENKERT ROLLS RIGHT.HIS PASS OVER THE MIDDLE LOOKS TIPPED.JAYRON KEARSE WITH THE INTERCEPTION. IT LEAD TO A WOLF-PACK FIELD GOAL.

STILL IN THE 2ND.ANDREW DAILIDONIS.OVER THE MIDDLE TO ALEX DEJESUS. 10-10.

IDA BAKER RIVERDALE-VO-WIPE

IDA-S-BAKER AT RIVERDALE..

3RD QUARTER.3RD DOWN.SAGE ATTWOOD ROLLS OUT.DECIDES TO KEEP IT. RUNS FOR THE FIRST DOWN.

DRIVE CONTINUES AND IS COMPLETED.ALEX FEBLES.TD RUN. BULLDOGS GRAB THE 17-10 LEAD.

AFTER A FUMBLE BY RIVERDALE INSIDE THEIR OWN 10.ATTWOOD TO FEBLES FOR ANOTHER 6. BAKER BUILDS A 13-POINT LEAD.

.LATE IN THE 3RD.RIVERDALE GOES FOR THE FAKE PUNT. ANTHONY SNYDER IS PULLED DOWN BEFORE THE FIRST DOWN MARKER.

NORTH FORT MYERS FORT MYERS-VO-WIPE

NORTH FORT MYERS AT FORT MYERS..

T-J DOUGLAS. Q-B KEEPER. AND HE'S GOT A WHOLE LOT OF REAL ESTATE IN FRONT OF HIM. 88 YARDS TO BE EXACT. 28-0 GREEN WAVE AT THE HALF.

RED KNIGHTS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING. BRIAN MAKAR ROLLS OUT. FINDS MATT ZIN-BAUER FOR THE SCORE. 28-7.

MORE DOUGLAS IN THE 3RD. 12 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.

NAPLES DAILY NEWS HIGHLIGHTS-WXWALL, 2-SHOT

ADAM FISHER OF THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS JOINS US.

????WHAT UP WITH IMMOKALEE????

NAPLES PALMETTO RIDGE-VO, 2-SHOT

NAPLES AT PALMETTO RIDGE.FINAL DISTRICT GAME FOR GOLDEN EAGLES.

FIRST QUARTER. THE GOLDEN EAGLES "D" CONTINUES TO DOMINATE. FRIENDLI NAPO WITH THE INTERCEPTION.

THAT SET UP THIS. KILTON ANDERSON 11 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN. 7-0 NAPLES.

MINUTES LATER. AFTER ANOTHER INTERCEPTION. MANNY MORGAN DIVES IN FOR A FIVE-YARD SCORE.

GOLDEN GATE LELY-VO-TOPS

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS.COURTESY OF THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS.

GOLDEN GATE AT LELY.

FIRST HALF. TITANS TAKING IT OUT OF THEIR OWN ENDZONE. TROJANS STRIP THE BALL. GOLDEN GATE'S TAYLOR ANDERSON FALLS ON IT. IT'S A SAFETY. 2-0 LELY.

LATER IN THE HALF. TAYLOR CONNECTS ON THE 44 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS TO BREON BROWN. GOLDEN GATE GOES UP, 7-2.

PORT CHARLOTTE GULF COAST-VO-TOPS

PORT CHARLOTTE AT GULF COAST..

TIED AT SIX IN THE SECOND. PIRATES DRIVING. BUT MATT SAMSON IS STRIPPED BY GULF COAST'S NICK CUCCUINI. HEDRIK OLIBRICE RECOVERS FOR THE SHARKS.

STILL TIED JUST BEFORE THE HALF. PORT CHARLOTTE'S KEON SUBER BREAKS FREE FOR AN APPARENT 80-YARD TOUCHDOWN. THE POINTS DIDN'T COUNT BECAUSE OF A BLOCK IN THE BACK.

SAME DRIVE. 4TH DOWN PORT CHARLOTTE. JAKE BERNARD FINISHES OFF THE GOAL LINE STAND.

LEMON BAY CHARLOTTE-VOTOPS

LEMON BAY AT CHARLOTTE WAS BASICALLY FOR THE 7A DISTRICT 11 TITLE. HUGE GAME DOWN IN PUNTA GORDA. LOTTA SWAGGER OUTTA THE TARPONS…

CLYDE NEWTON IS A MAN AMONGST BOYS… LOOK AT THE POWER IN THIS RUN HERE IN THE 1ST… JUST *DRAGS* GUYS TO THE 1…

NEXT PLAY, OF COURSE, NEWTON PUNCHES IT IN AND IT'S 6-0 CHARLOTTE…

LATER IN THE 1ST, IT'S NEWTON PUNCHING IN A SHORT ONE… HIS 2ND T.D…. 13-0 CHARLOTTE…

THEN IT'S NEWTON AGAIN UP THE MIDDLE… THIS IS REPEDITIVE… TARPONS CRUISING…

2ND QUARTER, MORE FROM THE CHARLOTTE RUN GAME AND WATCH NEWTON'S VERSATILITY… HE'S DOING SOME SLICING AND DICING HIS WAY UPFIELD… GREAT RUN AND GAIN THERE. LED TO A FIELD GOAL…

NAPLES DAILY NEWS WRAP-WX WALL, 2-SHOT

WE SHOWED YOU GOLDEN GATE AND LELY. TITANS AND IMMOKALEE INDIANS.TWO WEEKS. WILL PLAY FOR DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP.

GOLDEN GATE AND IMMOKALEE WILL FACE THE TWO TEAMS FROM CLASS 5-A DISTRICT 11 IN LEE COUNTY.IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

THOSE PLAYOFFS SPOTS.UP FOR GRABS.

MARINER CAPE CORAL-COLD VO

GOOD MORNING. NATE ALLEN IN THE HOUSE TO WATCH HIS ALMA MATER CAPE CORAL.

TROUBLE FOR THE TRITONS EARLY. JOEY LANTZ HAS THE BALL GO INTO THE ENDZONE. THAT'S A SAFETY. 2-0

CAPE HAD ITS OWN PROBLEMS. 3RD AND GOAL AT THE 1. TREY DANIELS TRYING TO SNEAK IT. LEO REYES OF THE TRITONS RIPS THE BALL OUT. MARINER HAS IT.

NEXT DRIVE. DANIELS FUMBLES THE SNAP. WYATT DEEMS JUMPS ON THAT ONE. SETS UP.

LANTZ TO JAYLEN MITCHELL FOR THE 11 YARD TOUCHDOWN. MARINER UP 7-2.

CYPRESS LAKE ESTERO-VO-TOPS

ESTERO'S PART OF THAT THREE-WAY TIE. LOOKING FOR A WIN OVER CYPRESS LAKE TO HELP ITS CHANCES.

HUGE SECOND QUARTER FOR THE BOYS IN BLUE. EVAN CAMPBELL 1-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN. 27-0 ESTERO.

JUST BEFORE THE HALF. CYPRESS LAKE FUMBLES. ESTERO'S DAVID VASQUEZ PICKS UP THE LOOSE BALL. TAKES IT IN FOR A SCORE. 42-0 WILDCATS AT THE BREAK.

SECOND HALF. ERIC MCFADDEN. IN FOR HIS THIRD TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME. HE WENT OVER 1,000 YARDS FOR THE SEASON.

RICKY LOPEZ ADDED TWO TDS.

INTERVIEW SEGMENT-DESK 3-SHOT

THE WILDCATS ARE NOW FIVE-AND-TWO. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TWO-AND-ONE IN DISTRICT PLAY.

THEY CONTROL THEIR OWN PLAYOFF DESTINY. WITH TWO DISTRICT GAMES LEFT ON THE SCHEDULE.

BUT BEFORE THEY WORRY ABOUT THAT. THE WILDCATS. NICE ENOUGH TO TO SPEND THEIR SATURDAY MORNING IN OUR STUDIO.

HEAD COACH RICH DOMBROSKI AND SENIOR JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES RICKY LOPEZ. JOINING US.

WILDCATS AT MARINER NEXT WEEK. THEN HOST LEHIGH IN A GAME THAT COULD DECIDE A PLAYOFF BERTH.

RICH AND RICKY WILL BE BACK LATER TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

INTERVIEW SEGMENT VO1-VO-WIPE

INTERVIEW SEGMENT VO2-VO

GATEWAY CHARTER OASIS-VO

GATEWAY CHARTER.ON THE CAPE.VS. OASIS CHARTER.

RONNIE TAPE TO MITCH FERRER. 7 YARD TOUCHDOWN. 7-0 GATEWAY.

OASIS AIRING IT OUT. BUT JOSH ERTTER PICKED OFF BY KENNY HARDY. RETURNED FOR A T-D. BUT PENALTY BRINGS IT BACK.

DOESN'T MATTER. TAPE TO FERRER. ONE HANDED GRAB. GREAT EFFORT ON THE 38 YARD SCORE.

SFCA OUT OF DOOR-COLD VO

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN.IN SARASOTA.AGAINST OUT OF DOOR.

KINGS WEARING JESS WATLINGTON'S NUMBER. O-D-A PUT JESSE'S INITIALS ON THEIR!!! FIELD.

THE SW FLA CHRISTIAN KINGS PLAYERS WERE WEARING A #51 STICKER ON THEIR HELMETS IN MEMORY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER JESSIE WATLINGTON WHO WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTING AND KILLED WHILE LEADING HIS TEAM OUT TO PRACTICE. ODA RECOGNIZED JESSIE AS WELL. BY PUTTING HIS INITIALS ON THE FIELD.

EVAN WILSON WAS NAMED HOMECOMING KING.

IT WAS A VERY GOOD NIGHT FOR WILSON.THE O-D-A STARTING QUARTERBACK.

THE FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE.HE AVOIDS BEING SACKED A COUPLE TIMES AND TURNS IT INTO A 16-YARD GAIN.

A FEW PLAYS LATER.HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS GOING TO RUN.THEN STOPS AND THROWS IT FOR BRANDON PLACE.WHO WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.THAT WOULD BE THE ENDZONE.

ODA IS UP 6-0.

EARLY IN THE SECOND.ODA IS THREATING TO SCORE.BUT A MISSED HANDLOFF BY JT FISHER AND THE BALL IS ON THE GROUND AND KICKED AROUND AND SW FLA CHRISTIAN WOULD RECOVER.

LAKESIDE CANTERBURY-VO-TOPS

CANTERBURY DONATED ALL THEIR GATE.TO THE JESSE WATLINGTON MEMORIAL FUND.

7-MAN FOOTBALL.

CANTERBURY WAS 7-AND-0 GOING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT VS. LAKESIDE CHRISTIAN.

BUT IT WAS LAKESIDE'S QUARTERBACK CALEB COFFMAN TAKING HIS TEAM DOWN THE FIELD.

THEY SCORED THE FIRST 6.IT TOOK 5-PLUS MINUTES.

THE COUGARS OF CANTERBURY EVEN THE SCORE.WITH ONE PLAY. ALEX TO ALEX. RABINOWITZ TO MORALES.

SCOREBOARDS-CG X 4, WIPE

BARRON COLLIER 12 @ 9 IMMOKALEE

LEHIGH SENIOR 21 @ 35 EAST LEE COUNTY

THURSDAY.ECS LOST TO BRADENTON'S SAINT STEPHENS,.

HIGHLANDS CHRISTIAN 12 @ COMMUNITY SCHOOL 13

SOLID ROCK 0 @ FIRST BAPTIST45

ST. JOHN NEUMANN 21 @ 35 MOORE HAVEN

NORTH PORT 13 @ 28 PALM HARBOR

CLEWISTON 43 @ 6 LAKE PLACID

Miami-Northwest Christian 56 @ 26 Marco Island Academy

GRIDIRON 2DDAY CLIP-CLIP TOPS

TZ #7)-VOTOPS

COMING UP. A FIRST YEAR FOOTBALL PROGRAM IS TRYING TO FIND THEIR IDENTITY. WE'LL PAY A VISIT TO MARCO ISLAND.

CHEERLEADERS TEASE-SOTTOPS

MORE GRIDIRON2DAY-CLIP

HIGH SCHOOL BAND-NATSVO TOPS

TOSS TO PACKAGE-PLASMA, 1-SHOT

SPORTS ANCHOR 3 PACKAGE-PKG

- far from satisfied, but very happy with the progress we've made, week to week, every week we are getting better.

BRIDGE- WHEN I SAY COACH DELGADO IS STARTING FROM SCRATCH, I MEAN IT. THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST YEAR OF MARCO ISLAND FOOTBALL. BUT OVER HALF OF THE PLAYERS ON THIS ROSTER HAVEN'T PLAYED ORGANIZED FOOTBALL IN THEIR LIFE. AND THAT MAKES THIS SEASON A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

Nats of touchdown.

Lowery - It takes a lot of courage and bravery to step out on this field, and not know what to expect, and play teams that have had programs for a long time.

THE RAYS ARE PLAYING A MIXTURE OF SMALL SCHOOL VARSITY AND BIGGER SCHOOL J-V TEAMS THIS SEASON. THE WINS AND LOSSES AREN'T REALLY THAT IMPORTANT IN 2012. IT'S LAYING A FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE.

Andrew delgado - We're going to be really good, because everyone will know what to do coming in next season, gonna have a good summer practices, probably get good freshman next year.

Coach delgado - We're setting history, these kids are pioneers, doing a heck of a job maintaining that image.

POW NOMINEES-TRAFFIC

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WITH DISTRICT TITLES AND PLAYOFF SPOTS UP FOR GRABS. THE BIGGEST PLAYS AT THIS STAGE IN THE SEASON MEAN SO MUCH MORE.

THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU HEAD TO N-B-C DASH TWO DOT COM TO VOTE FOR THE LATEST EDITION OF THE GRIDIRON 2DAY PLAY OF THE WEEK. YOU'LL FIND TWO NOMINEES FROM TEAMS THAT HELPED THEIR POSTSEASON CHANCES FRIDAY.

PLAY OF THE WEEK #1-VO-TOPS, WIPE

PLAY OF THE WEEK #2-VO-WIPE

OUT OF DOOR ACADEMY IS STILL ALIVE, TOO. THANKS TO THIS PLAY SETTING THE TONE LAST NIGHT AGAINST THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

THE FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE.WHEN ODA'S EVAN WILSON LOOKS TO PASS.THEN HERE COMES THE RUSH.

HE AVOIDS BEING SACKED A COUPLE TIMES AND TURNS IT INTO A 16-YARD GAIN.

WILSON WAS NAMED HOMECOMING KING AT HALFTIME.

GREAT NIGHT FOR HIM.

PLAY OF THE WEEK #3-VO-WIPE

AND FINALLY. GATEWAY CHARTER. RONNIE TAPE THROWS IT TO MITCH FERRER. THE ONE HANDED GRAB. THEN BREAKS A FEW TACKLES FOR THE 38 YARD SCORE. HIS 2ND OF THE GAME.

VOTE FOR PLAY OF THE WEEK-SSTOPS

THE VOTING IS UNDERWAY ON NBC DASH TWO DOT COM.

YOU CAN VOTE UNTIL 5-PM MONDAY AFTERNOON.

WE REVEAL THE RESULTS ON NBC TWO NEWS AT 6-PM.

GOODBYE-DESK 3-SHOT

WEEK NINE NEXT WEEK.

ESTERO AT MARINER.

THANKS TO.ESTERO HIGH COACH RICH DOMBROWSKI.SENIOR RICKY LOPEZ.

YOU MISSED ANYTHING.WE POST HIGHLIGHTS AND SCORES ON OUR WEBSITE AT NBC DASH TWO DOT COM.

LASTING PLAY-VOTOPS

PUMPKIN PATCH LAKES PARK-3 SHOT

THERE ARE PLENTY OF EVENTS HAPPENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING SOME HALLOWEEN EVENTS.

THE FOURTH ANNUAL "PUMPKIN PATCH" IS BACK.

IT OPENED ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO.

HAUNTED WALK-SS

THE CALUSA NATURE CENTER AND PLANETARIUM IN FORT MYERS IS HOLDING ITS HALLOWEEN HAUNTED WALK.

YOU CAN GO ANY NIGHT OF THE WEEK,

UNTIL OCTOBER 31ST.

IT COSTS BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN DOLLARS.

BUT KEEP IN MIND --

NO GETTING SCARED AND TURNING AROUND!

OKTOBERFEST-OC-FSS

GET READY FOR BEERS AND BRATWURST.

"OKTOBERFEST" IS HAPPENING IN C APE CORAL.

IT RUNS ALL WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEKEND.

"OKTOBERFEST" IS IN ITS 27TH YEAR.

IT IS HELD AT THE GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIAL CLUB ON PINE ISLAND ROAD.

TICKETS ARE SIX DOLLARS AT THE GATE.

FINAL WEATHER-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

SPECTACULAR SATURDAY AHEAD

The last seven days have simply been hot and humid. That's going to change.

Dry air is beginning to spill in from the north and it's going to have a very big impact on your day. Not only will it have an impact on your day today, but it'll have an impact on your week ahead!

Today will be mostly sunny and for the most part dry. Highs will be getting to 88 degrees, and it'll be a great day to go to the beach, boating, or even hit the course to go golf.

It gets better from there!

Sunday through Friday will be sunny, less humid, and highs will be in the mid 80s.

What could get better? Well, your morning lows will be in the lower to mid 60s! I wouldn't even be surprised if some of us see an upper 50!

How refreshing.

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