{"id":132053,"date":"2026-01-26T12:32:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/132053\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:32:32","slug":"tampa-january-26-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/132053\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa \u2014 January 26 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Showers will be clearing south of Tampa Bay around sunrise.<\/p>\n

Rain will be gone before 10 a.m. for all of the area.<\/p>\n

Afternoon temperatures will be in the 50s.<\/p>\n

Temperatures plunge Monday night. A Freeze Watch is in effect Monday night for areas north of Tampa. Lows will be in the 20s there.<\/p>\n

Click here for a list of cold weather shelters in Tampa Bay.<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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Highs:\u00a064 early<\/p>\n

Lows: 60<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a00%<\/p>\n

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

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Winter storm flight disruptions reaching Tampa International Airport<\/a>
Tampa International Airport is seeing its share of disruptions, with dozens of delays and cancellations Sunday into Monday morning.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Tax season starts Monday, here’s what’s new this year<\/a>
The Big Beautiful Act has brought new tax provisions.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Tampa housing advocates call for return of landlord registry amid rising rents<\/a>
For years, Tampa required landlords to register rental properties through a rental certificate program. That policy was repealed in 2023.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Tampa protesters decry ICE shooting of Minneapolis man<\/a>
Dozens met outside Tampa City Hall on Saturday evening in response to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Century-old Clearwater Beach restaurant Palm Pavilion gets new owners<\/a>
The Hamilton family has run the restaurant since 1964.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation & World<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Videos of deadly Minneapolis shooting contradict government statements<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0More than 11,400 flights canceled Sunday as massive winter storm sweeps across U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Super Bowl 60 is set and it’s a rematch from 11 years ago: Patriots vs. Seahawks<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0‘Mercy’ unseats ‘Avatar: Fire & Ash’ atop the box office on snow-blanketed weekend in theaters<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n

Redistricting marks first time Tampa’s District 5 isn\u2019t home to most black voters<\/a>
\nPolk County Boys & Girls Club opens Workforce Development Center in Mulberry<\/a>
\nClearwater Historical Society exhibition celebrates America’s 250th anniversary<\/a>
\nNew parking rules coming soon to Pasco County for RVs and boat trailers<\/a>
\nGasparilla 2026: A guide on what you need to know before joining the other swashbuckling pirates<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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For nearly 20 years, one question has followed Central Florida: What happened to 24-year-old Jennifer Kesse?<\/p>\n

Her disappearance not only reshaped how missing-person cases are handled in Florida \u2014 it forever changed the lives of the family who never stopped searching.<\/p>\n

Spectrum News\u00a0spoke with Jennifer\u2019s parents<\/a>, Drew and Joyce Kesse, who shared their story in their own words: reflecting on 24 years of good memories shared with her daughter, the pain they have endured following her disappearance and the hope they have that one day answers to what happened to their daughter may come.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Showers will be clearing south…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-132053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-morning-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\/132053","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=132053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}