{"id":151568,"date":"2026-02-11T13:48:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/151568\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T13:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:48:26","slug":"morning-briefing-tampa-february-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/151568\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Tampa February 11 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

We will see a few more clouds for Wednesday with highs in the mid 70s.<\/p>\n

A sea breeze will keep it a bit cooler at the coast.<\/p>\n

A stray shower is possible north of Tampa as a weak cold front comes in from the north.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We will have partly sunny skies with winds out of the south to southwest at 5 to 10 mph.<\/p>\n

Lows will fall to the 50s around Tampa at night with 40s north.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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High:\u00a074<\/p>\n

Low:\u00a059<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a010%<\/p>\n

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

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0$50 million public safety complex plan moves forward in Temple Terrace<\/a>
The Temple Terrace Police Department has operated out of the third floor of city hall since the late 1970s.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0School starts delayed today in New Port Richey due to brush fire smoke<\/a>\u00a0
Lingering smoke from a brush fire in the Starkey Road area is delaying school start times Wednesday in Pasco County.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Charter captain plans protest over new Sarasota County permit pilot program<\/a>
Local officials in Sarasota County have approved a new permit program aimed at regulating commercial charter and tour boats at public ramps. Supporters say it will bring order to increasingly busy waters. The program has critics, however.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0New Port Richey museum searches for larger home as collection outgrows space<\/a>
Leaders say they need at least 35,000 square feet to properly store, preserve and display the items \u2014 and to expand educational programs.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Ground broken on rare 100% affordable housing community in Largo<\/a>
With housing costs continuing to climb across Pinellas County, local leaders say a new development now underway could help some working families stay in the community.<\/p>\n

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

1.\u00a0Annual governors’ gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Shootings at school and home in British Columbia, Canada, leave 10 dead including suspect<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Lutnick confirms Epstein island lunch as commerce secretary faces calls to resign<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0ICE chief defends his officers’ actions before Congress following deaths of 2 protesters<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n

MLB taking over Rays’ broadcasts: What fans need to know<\/a>
\n2026 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg: What you need to know<\/a>
\nWhataburger returning to Bay area, is opening in Largo on Thursday<\/a>
\nA+ TEACHER: Sonia Spoto’s career spans decades<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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Sex-trafficking survivors would no longer be restricted by statutes of limitations to pursue civil claims against their offenders under a new law Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer proposed Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Virginia\u2019s Law would end the 10-year limit for adult survivors to sue, allowing them more time to come to terms with their abuse. One of the Epstein\u2019s best-known victims, Giuffre was 16 when she was recruited by Ghislaine Maxwell to provide sexual services for Epstein and his acquaintances.<\/p>\n

She escaped to Thailand at age 19 and later founded the nonprofit Victims Refuse Silence in 2015 to support survivors. She died by suicide last April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner We will see a few…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-151568","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\/151568","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=151568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}