{"id":168534,"date":"2026-02-25T12:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/168534\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:43:12","slug":"morning-briefing-tampa-february-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/168534\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Tampa February 25 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

After another cold morning, temperatures will warm to the mid 60s at the coast to the low 70s inland.<\/p>\n

It’s mostly sunny with winds out of the south\/southwest around 10 mph.<\/p>\n

It will be a nice afternoon for a bike ride or walking the dog.<\/p>\n

It will not be as chilly tonight with lows in the low to mid 50s.<\/p>\n

Expect some 40s north of Tampa tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

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High:\u00a059<\/p>\n

Low:\u00a043<\/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.\u00a0Pinellas County school board approves closings, consolidations to adjust to declining enrollment<\/a>
The board unanimously approved closing Cross Bayou Elementary and Disston Academy, as well as turning Bay Point and Oldsmar into K-8s.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Could retractable wall in Tampa Bay prevent storm surge flooding?<\/a>\u00a0
The immediate past president of the Shore Acres Civic Association, Kevin Batdorf, has pitched lawmakers on a big idea to install a retractable wall at the entrance of Tampa Bay to protect against storm surge flooding from hurricanes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Anna Maria City Pier set for comeback after $2 million county approval<\/a>\u00a0
Manatee County commissioners have approved a grant of up to $2 million to help rebuild the Anna Maria City Pier. In total, it\u2019s a $7 to $8-million project.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Manatee County Commissioner Carol Felts dies<\/a>
Commissioner Carol Felts has died, according to a statement by District 5 Commissioner Dr. Bob McCann.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Sarasota another step closer to reopening pier, park and Hart\u2019s Landing<\/a>
All projects have price tags in the millions, and FEMA will not start paying the city back until the projects reach completion.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0NASA to roll back its Artemis II moon rocket for repairs<\/a>
NASA will use a crawler transporter to move the Space Launch System rocket and its Orion capsule back to the Vehicle Assembly Building.<\/p>\n

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

1.\u00a0President Trump’s State of the Union Speech<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Judge bars government from ‘wholesale’ search of Washington Post reporter’s seized devices<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Texas Rep. Gonzales resists calls to resign over allegations of an affair with an ex-staffer<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Iranians worry over American military buildup as next, last-chance round of talks with U.S. nears<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don\u2019t start in the kindergarten classroom \u2014 they happen first in the doctor\u2019s office. With concerns rising about lagging childhood literacy rates across the country, Nationwide Children\u2019s Hospital has begun screening children\u2019s literacy skills<\/a> starting at age 3 during pediatrician visits. The idea is to catch reading struggles early on and guide parents on how to help their kids. \u201cThey are all doing developmental screenings, they\u2019re all talking to parents repeatedly,\u201d said Sara Bode, the hospital’s medical director of school-based health. \u201cSo this is an opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner After another cold morning, temperatures…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-168534","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\/168534","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=168534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}