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It will be a cool Halloween with much below normal temperatures.
Highs will be in the low 70s with mostly sunny skies.
Expect a bit of a breeze out of the north.
It will be a cool to chilly night for trick-or-treating.
Lows will fall to the 50s around Tampa at night with 40s north and inland.
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Around Tampa Bay
1. City of St. Petersburg updates community on its “Imagine the Deuces” project
City officials working to revitalize South St. Pete, including “transformative” projects on the city’s 22nd Street South Corridor.
2. Food lines growing as SNAP benefits set to expire Saturday
What began as a small community effort ten years ago has grown into a critical lifeline for hundreds of local families.
3. Lakeland High School, FSC partner to launch ‘Educator Academy’
Students at Lakeland High School are getting a head start in pursuing a career in education thanks to a partnership with Florida Southern College. It is creating a pathway for students to earn credits while in high school.
4. Don CeSar Place celebrates 100th anniversary in St. Pete Beach
The iconic Don CeSar Place neighborhood will host a 100th anniversary party at the Don CeSar Hotel on Sunday in St. Pete Beach to celebrate the founding of the Thomas J. Rowe corporation in 1925.
5. 171 arrested in Hillsborough County in ‘Operation Unmasking Predators’
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 171 people in what it called “Operation Unmasking Predators.”
Around the Nation
2. Homeland Security cracks down on undocumented truck drivers
4. Justice Department strips Jan. 6 references from court paper and punishes prosecutors who filed it
5. Virginia senator demands Defense officials share intel on strikes after Dems excluded from briefing
Quote of the Day
A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a suspected prowler.
Grayson, who is white, and another deputy arrived at Massey’s home in Springfield early on July 6, 2024, after she reported hearing someone banging on the outside of her house. He shot the 36-year-old woman after confronting her inside about how she was handling a pot of hot water on the stove.