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Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n Today’s Big Stories<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Seniors 65+ qualify for new $6,000 tax break<\/a> 2.\u00a0Duke Energy announces early removal of customers’ storm-related charges<\/a> 3.\u00a0Coldest air of the season so far expected Friday morning<\/a> 4.\u00a0U.S. to pause immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries<\/a> 5.\u00a0The Hillsborough Health Care Plan budget: What you need to know<\/a> 6.\u00a0ZooTampa celebrates its first animal birth of 2026<\/a> Featured Social Post<\/p>\n Your Notes for Tonight and Tomorrow<\/p>\n TAMPA TRAFFIC ALERT | The intersection of South MacDill Avenue and West Azeele Street will be closed while the Tampa Water Department returns to complete a more permanent restoration following earlier work to repair a water main break. The intersection will be closed from 5:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. daily until the work is completed. The completion of the work with a return to normal traffic patterns is expected by Friday, Jan. 16 ay 12 a.m. The Tampa Water Department may need to return at a later date to complete additional work.\u00a0 National Notes<\/p>\n Thursday, Jan. 15<\/p>\n IRS quarterly tax filing deadline day Chef Jason Borajkiewicz of\u00a0The Restorative\u00a0in Dunedin shares his ricotta gnocchi recipe. It\u2019s five ingredients, and chef adds a butter glaze and toppings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good evening, Tampa Bay. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[834,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-118361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-evening-briefing","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Some senior citizens may get more money back on their tax returns this year.\u00a0Seniors 65 and older can claim an additional $6,000 for a single person, and $12,000 for married couples, without having to itemize their deductions.<\/p>\n
Duke Energy\u00a0announced today it is dropping storm recovery charges for customers a month earlier than originally scheduled.<\/p>\n
A strong cold front comes through tomorrow, bringing chilly air through Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
The Trump administration is set to freeze visa applications for people from 75 countries \u2013\u2013 including Somalia, Russia, Afghanistan, Brazil,\u00a0Iran,\u00a0Egypt, Nigeria, Yemen and Haiti \u2013\u2013 beginning Jan. 21 and continuing indefinitely.<\/p>\n
As state lawmakers weigh potential property tax rollbacks later this year, concerns are growing about the long-term stability of the Hillsborough County Health Care Plan (HCHCP), which relies heavily on property tax revenue for funding.<\/p>\n
ZooTampa at Lowry Park\u00a0on Wednesday announced that it is celebrating the birth of a critically endangered eastern bongo calf, the zoo\u2019s first animal birth of the year.<\/p>\n
\nFIRESTONE GRAND PRIX TICKET SALES | Single Day tickets to the 2026 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg go on sale to the public tomorrow at 10 a.m. Tickets will be available online at gpstpete.com<\/a> for the 22nd annual running of the racing event in downtown St. Petersburg, Feb. 27 – March 1. Daily General Admission tickets are $30 for Friday, $55 for Saturday and $70 for Sunday. Single Day Grandstand tickets are $135 for Silver and $110 for Bronze seating. Junior pricing is available for attendees ages 12 and under.
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SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY | The Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections invites college students to apply for a scholarship provided by the Florida Supervisors of Elections (FSE). The FSE is offering three $1,200 scholarships to eligible Florida residents who are accepted or enrolled as a full-time student in a senior college or university in Florida. Students must also be at least a junior in college, or have enough credits for enrollment as a junior prior to the application date. Students who apply must be either a Political Science, Public\/Business Administration, or Journalism\/Mass Communication major. The application deadline is March 6, 2026. To learn about the full list of requirements and how to apply, applicants can visit VoteHillsborough.gov\/Scholarship<\/a> or e-mail communications@votehillsborough.gov.
\nUNIVERSAL MARDI GRAS CONCERT LINEUP |\u00a0Guests at Universal Orlando can enjoy a live concert series during the return of its event, Universal Mardi Gras: International Flavors of Carnaval from February 7 through April 4. The concert series takes place on select nights and is included with regular park admission to Universal Studios Florida, park officials said. Attractions Insider shares who you can expect to see<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nNASA astronauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to replace a high-definition camera on camera port 3, install a new navigational aid for visiting spacecraft on the Harmony module’s forward port, and relocate an early ammonia servicer jumper along with other jumpers on the station’s S6 and S4 truss. The spacewalk is expected to last about six hours and 30 minutes 7:10AM ET<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gnocchi.jpeg\")
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