{"id":152899,"date":"2026-02-12T12:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/152899\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T12:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:07:23","slug":"morning-briefing-tampa-february-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/152899\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Tampa February 12 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

The day will start with areas of dense fog.<\/p>\n

We have a chance of isolated showers today as a weak cold front moves into the area.<\/p>\n

Highs will be in the 70s this afternoon with lows in the upper 50s tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This weekend will be warmer with the best chance of rain late Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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High:\u00a074<\/p>\n

Low:\u00a058<\/p>\n

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

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

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\n<\/a>JUSTICE FOR ALL<\/p>\n

History can be taught and shared. But most importantly, it must be preserved. Despite 100 years of recognition, is Black History becoming history?<\/p>\n

Stories:
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Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Boil water notice issued for Treasure Island, St. Pete Beach, Tierra Verde<\/a>
Pinellas County Utilities issued a boil water notice<\/a>\u00a0Wednesday night for all customers on Treasure Island, St. Pete Beach and Tierra Verde.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Foreclosure complaint filed against Elements on Third owner<\/a>
The complaint alleges Lurin Real Estate Holdings owes a lender more than $110 million.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Judge blocks end of Haitian TPS, but paperwork delays leave Florida health care workers in limbo<\/a>
The lack of a clear expiration date is now creating real-world consequences for workers in Florida.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Brooksville’s Eastside Elementary to become a K-8 school<\/a>
Principal Mike Lastra took Spectrum News on a tour of the 51-year old school, showing us new additions currently under construction<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0New road signs mark historic Florida sites for America 250<\/a>
More than 100 new road signs are already placed around Florida, which at least one being spotted in each local county.<\/p>\n

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

1.\u00a0Instagram chief says he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0House votes to slap back Trump’s tariffs on Canada in rare bipartisan rebuke of White House agenda<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Some House Republicans call for investigations into NFL, NBC over Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime performance<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0FBI combs desert terrain for clues in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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The sudden and surprising airspace closure over El Paso, Texas, stemmed from the Pentagon\u2019s plans to test a laser<\/a> for use in shooting down drones used by Mexican drug cartels, according to three people familiar with the situation who were granted anonymity to share sensitive details. <\/p>\n

That caused friction with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which wanted to ensure commercial air safety, and the two agencies sought to coordinate, according to two of the people. Despite a meeting scheduled later this month to discuss the issue, the Pentagon wanted to go ahead and test it, prompting the FAA to shutter the airspace. <\/p>\n

It was not clear whether the laser was ultimately deployed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner The day will start with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-152899","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\/152899","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=152899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}