{"id":12194,"date":"2025-10-20T12:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/12194\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:22:12","slug":"tampa-oct-20-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/12194\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa \u2014 Oct. 20, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

A weak cold front is drifting into the area today with isolated showers.<\/p>\n

The front will stall and dissipate.<\/p>\n

Get the full forecast here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Highs: 87<\/p>\n

Lows: 72<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a020%<\/p>\n

Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Former Bucs RB Doug Martin has died, team confirms<\/a>
Dough Martin was a first-round draft pick out of Boise State in 2012.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Is it cruel or just part of the punishment? Experts, lawmakers debate the lack of A\/C in most Florida prisons<\/a>
While federal prisons are required to have air conditioning, state prisons are not.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Pirate Fashions in Tampa faces challenges due to tariffs<\/a>
Most of their fabric is imported from India, a country known for its textiles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Metropolitan Ministries seeking seasonal workers for holiday tents<\/a>
The program helps 30,000 families each holiday season.<\/p>\n

5. Pinellas People First Hurricane Recovery Program opens Monday<\/a>
The Pinellas People First Hurricane Recovery Program has opened for Pinellas County residents still working to recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024 and Idalia in 2023.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Renewed fighting tests Gaza ceasefire and Israel briefly halts aid<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Shutdown impact: What it means for workers, federal programs and the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0FAA allows Boeing to increase 737 Max production nearly two years after door plug flew off plane<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0AP Top 25 gets an overhaul behind No. 1 Ohio State; Vandy is a top-10 team for 1st time since 1947<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n

Parc Center helps employees with disabilities thrive long-term<\/a>
\nTampa elementary students get a taste for engineering at HCPS “Science Olympics”<\/a>
\nAI helping startups thrive at Tampa Bay Innovation Center<\/a>
\nPumpkin patches around the Tampa Bay area<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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Protesting the direction of the country under\u00a0President Donald Trump, people gathered Saturday in the nation\u2019s capital and communities across the U.S. for\u00a0\u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstrations<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 what the president’s Republican Party is calling\u00a0\u201cHate America\u201d rallies.<\/p>\n

Many protesters were angered by attacks on their motives. In Washington, Brian Reymann said being called a terrorist all week by Republicans was \u201cpathetic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner A weak cold front is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-12194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-app-morning-briefing","9":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","10":"tag-tampa","11":"tag-tampa-headlines","12":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12194","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=12194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}