{"id":144833,"date":"2026-02-05T15:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/144833\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:50:09","slug":"the-scoop-thurs-feb-5-2026-tampa-bay-and-florida-headlines-by-wmnf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/144833\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scoop: Thurs. Feb. 5, 2026 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-Scoop-color-2048x2048-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-253149 size-253149 wp-post-image\" alt=\"WMNF The Scoop\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis reacts to no charges for HOPE Florida scandal<\/p>\n<p>Governor Ron DeSantis and state Attorney General James Uthmeier will not face any charges from the HOPE Florida scandal.<\/p>\n<p>More pedestrian deaths in the Tampa Bay region <\/p>\n<p>45 yr. Old Robert Smith died this Tuesday after being hit on February 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>Nursing students could be required to take human trafficking training <\/p>\n<p>This bill\u2019s sponsor says that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/bill-requiring-human-trafficking-training-for-nurses-heads-to-house-floor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the training<\/a> is crucial, as Florida ranks third in the nation for human trafficking cases<\/p>\n<p>Faith communities raise the alarm over Florida executions<\/p>\n<p>Lakewood United Church of Christ is holding a press conference to talk about their new campaign called \u201cFor Whom the Bell Tolls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some opponents of development near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge have used threats<\/p>\n<p>A proposed cruise port near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Manatee County has intense opposition that county staff and their families have received threats and harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Eckerd College\u2019s president will step down next year<\/p>\n<p>President James Annarelli will retire effective June 30, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop: Tampa Bay &amp; Florida headlines by WMNF<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop, produced by Sofia Caballero.<\/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":"DeSantis reacts to no charges for HOPE Florida scandal Governor Ron DeSantis and state Attorney General James Uthmeier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[5507,1774,4260,30415,36360,70140,412,65059,135,137,136,416,19123],"class_list":["post-144833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-death","tag-eckerd-college","tag-james-uthmeier","tag-news-and-public-affairs","tag-nursing","tag-pedestrian-deaths","tag-ron-desantis","tag-state-politics","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-the-scoop","tag-wmnf-88-5-fm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144833","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=144833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}