{"id":12361,"date":"2025-10-20T14:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/12361\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:35:10","slug":"the-scoop-mon-oct-20-2025-tampa-bay-and-florida-headlines-by-wmnf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/12361\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scoop: Mon. Oct. 20, 2025 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-Scoop-color-1024x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-247358 size-247358 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Scoop for Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>No Kings protest in Gulfport<\/p>\n<p>WMNF\u2019s Se\u00e1n Kinane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/1100-demonstrators-gulfport-say-no-kings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reports<\/a> over 1,100 people waved signs and chanted along the Gulfport waterfront on Saturday for No Kings Day.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators take to the streets for No Kings Protests in Orlando and St. Petersburg<\/p>\n<p>WMNF\u2019s Leah Burdick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/no-kings-protest-in-st-petersburg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reports<\/a> St. Petersburg\u2019s Tyrone Square was filled with demonstrators dressed up in inflatable costumes, listening to music, waving American flags and holding signs about what No Kings means to them.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa City Council candidates debate on air at WMNF<\/p>\n<p>Candidates Thomas Scott and Naya Young faced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/tampa-city-council-district-5-runoff-candidates-make-one-last-pitch-in-on-air-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">questions<\/a> Friday from the hosts of WMNF\u2019s \u2018Down and Dirty\u2019 and \u2018The Skinny\u2019 ahead of the runoff election for Tampa City Council\u2019s District 5 seat.<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop: Tampa Bay &amp; Florida headlines by WMNF<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop, produced by Asha Cope-Edwards, Joana Riva.<\/p>\n<p>WMNF anchors Se\u00e1n Kinane, Chris Young, Lisa Marzilli, Josh Holton, Randi Zimmerman.\u00a0<br \/>WMNF News Director Se\u00e1n Kinane<br \/>WMNF reporters Chris Young, Lisa Marzilli, Se\u00e1n Kinane, Zoe Sax, Julia Ferrara, Leah Burdick, Josh Holton<br \/>Special thanks to Taylor Lovejoy and Corey Beltran.<\/p>\n<p>Theme music, Fresh06, by Stian via archive.org \u2013 CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/jamendo-001084\/02.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/jamendo-001084\/02.mp3<\/a><br \/>The Scoop logo by Robin Milcowitz \/ Greener Pixels \/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greenerpixels.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">greenerpixels.com<\/a>\u00a0\/ WMNF<\/p>\n<p>information from News Service of Florida, the Associated Press and Florida Public Media was used in this report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scoop for Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. 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