{"id":171399,"date":"2026-02-27T12:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/171399\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:33:09","slug":"morning-briefing-orlando-february-27-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/171399\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Orlando February 27 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

A weakening front slipping down the peninsula will bring much needed rain to drought-stricken central Florida. Clouds will increase ahead of the front with scattered showers and storms developing west and sliding east later this afternoon into the evening. Highs warm above average into the lower 80s.<\/p>\n

The front slowly moves south on Saturday with a lingering shower and storm threat off and on throughout the day. We’ll have plenty of clouds around, but some peeks of sun will help boost highs close to seasonable levels into the upper 70s.<\/p>\n

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

Stay up to date on the forecast by\u00a0downloading the Spectrum News app<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Highs: Lows 80s\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Lows: Lower 60s<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a050%<\/p>\n

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

Around Central Florida<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0UCF Board of Trustees approves first significant housing cost increase in 12 years<\/a>
A key part of getting a college education could cost some University of Central Florida students a bit more next year.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Orange County to consider vape shop buffer zones near schools<\/a>
The concept will be explored at a work session on April 7.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Small businesses in Winter Garden threatened by property sales<\/a>
Several businesses in downtown Winter Garden will close their doors as a new owner has purchased multiple commercial properties.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Leu Gardens plant sale vendors battle cold snap, dry spell<\/a>
State agriculture officials estimate more than $3 billion in losses statewide due to recent freezes.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Bill changing IDs required to vote passes Florida House, would ban student IDs as proof<\/a>
The Senate still must approve the measure. If approved, most of the changes would go into effect in July.<\/p>\n

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

1.\u00a0Hillary Clinton testifies to House committee she had ‘no idea’ about Epstein’s crimes<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0DOJ says it’s reviewing whether any Epstein files were ‘improperly’ withheld<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0U.S., Iran wrap up another round of indirect nuclear talks as American forces mass in Mideast<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Cuba says 8 World Baseball Classic delegation members denied U.S. visas<\/a><\/p>\n

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Planets on parade: Rare 6 planets line up in the sky<\/a>
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Quote of the Day
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified to the House Oversight Committee on Thursday that she had no knowledge of the crimes committed by convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, according to a copy of her opening statement\u00a0she shared on social media.<\/p>\n

Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to appear before the same congressional committee Friday. Both depositions are part of the committee\u2019s probe into Epstein and Maxwell and are being held at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Chappaqua, New York \u2013\u2013 the hamlet north of New York City where the couple lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Central Florida.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner A weakening front slipping down…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2126,139,141,140,275],"class_list":["post-171399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-app-morning-briefing","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-spectrum-news-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171399","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=171399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}