{"id":120517,"date":"2026-01-16T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120517\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:36:09","slug":"tampa-jan-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120517\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa \u2014 Jan. 16, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here&#8217;s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n<p>Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n<p>It will be a cold start to the day on Friday with morning lows in the 20s from Pasco County and north.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the area will be in the 30s with a freeze possible inland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We will warm up to the upper 50s to near 60 in the afternoon with light winds and plenty of sunshine.<\/p>\n<p>Another freeze is possible north of Tampa Friday night and into Saturday morning with low 40s near Tampa Bay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Clear_day_1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>High:\u00a059<\/p>\n<p>Low:\u00a042<\/p>\n<p>Rain Coverage:\u00a00%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/weatherphotos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2026\/01\/16\/farmers-on-guard-as-bay-area-temperatures-plunge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Farmers on guard as Bay area temperatures plunge<\/a><br \/>Strawberry farmers in Plant City spent a nervous night watching over their crops and the thermometer.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/police--1-dead--1-hospitalized-in-shooting-at-bradenton-medical-complex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Police: 1 dead, 1 hospitalized in shooting at Bradenton lab processing facility<\/a><br \/>One person is dead and another person has been hospitalized after a shooting at a lab processing facility in Bradenton, the Bradenton Police Department said Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/valrico-nail-bandit-caught--residents-relieved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hillsborough deputies arrest suspect accused of spreading nails on road<\/a><br \/>Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies arrested a suspect accused of deliberating spreading nails on the roads, causing a lot of flat tires.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/florida-house-gun-age\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida House approves bill to lower the minimum age to buy long guns<\/a><br \/>The Florida House on Thursday approved a proposal to lower the state\u2019s minimum age to buy long guns from 21 to 18 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2026\/01\/13\/rays--hillsborough-college-officials-may-clarify-stadium-site-ideas-soon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rays, Hillsborough College officials set to clarify stadium site ideas soon<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>The stadium plans of the new ownership group of the Tampa Bay Rays may become clearer soon.<\/p>\n<p>Around the Nation<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/venezuela-opposition-leader-maria-machado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump set to meet Venezuelan opposition leader after publicly backing Maduro&#8217;s successor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/international\/2026\/01\/15\/u-s--warns-iran-all-options-are-on-the-table-united-nations-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. warns Iran that &#8216;all options are on the table&#8217; in emergency U.N. meeting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/health-and-medicine\/2026\/01\/15\/great-healthcare-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump unveils his &#8216;Great Healthcare Plan&#8217; calling for direct payments to Americans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/politics\/2026\/01\/15\/minnesota-protests-ice-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to &#8216;put an end&#8217; to protests in Minneapolis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t Miss This<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/tpa-human-trafficking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tampa airport police train staff on signs of human trafficking<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/hands-free-driving-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida bills aim to keep hands on steering wheel and off of devices<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/bill-to-lower-taxes-on-heated-tobacco-products-advances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bill to lower taxes on heated tobacco products advances in Florida Senate<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/florida-on-a-tankful-visits-robinson-preserve-in-bradenton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Robinson Preserve is coastal Florida farmland returned to the wild<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quote of the Day<br \/>\n<a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/ai-data-center-artificial-intelligence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BN9datacardFL.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-url=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/ai-data-center-artificial-intelligence\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rise of artificial intelligence is fueling a boom in massive data centers across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData centers are where the internet lives. It\u2019s where all those servers are, where your data lives,\u201d said University of Chicago professor of computer science Andrew Chien.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here&#8217;s what you need to know today. 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