{"id":179147,"date":"2026-03-05T12:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179147\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:02:20","slug":"morning-briefing-central-florida-march-5-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179147\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Central Florida March 5 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Slightly higher rain chances appear on Thursday’s forecast as building moisture gets drawn into Central Florida, and with the east coast seabreeze marching inland, that will trigger afternoon showers on the western side of the peninsula especially. A rumble of thunder is possible, however many won’t get a drop to the east of Orlando; highs areawide will reach the low to mid-80s.\u00a0<\/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: Mid-80\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lows: Mid-60s<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a030%<\/p>\n

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

Around Central Florida<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Orlando family stuck in Middle East as Iran conflict continues<\/a>
Airspaces are closed, and no evacuation plan is in place for U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Daytona Beach City Commission discusses proposed ‘toilet to tap’ charter amendment<\/a>
The Daytona Beach City Commission moved one step closer Wednesday to giving residents a chance to vote on what they want, and don\u2019t want, in their drinking water.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Volusia County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy Jose Rivera receives a hero’s welcome home<\/a>
Rivera left Halifax Health in Daytona Beach on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0LYNX plans an on-demand, app-based service for NeighborLink routes<\/a>
Residents can provide feedback at the public hearing tonight.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Melbourne Orlando International Airport soaring to keep up with demand<\/a>
Widening of the taxiway, new asphalt, and a new lighting system are part of the airport’s plan.<\/p>\n

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

1.\u00a0Senate Republicans vote down legislation to halt Iran war in Congress’ first vote on conflict<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0U.S. sinks Iranian warship as Tehran warns of widespread destruction in Middle East<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0House Oversight Committee subpoenas AG Bondi for her testimony in its Epstein probe<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0House to vote on DHS funding this week as GOP warns Iran upped urgency, Dems hold firm on ICE changes<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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Lou Holtz, the\u00a0College Football\u00a0Hall of Fame coach who led\u00a0Notre Dame\u00a0to the 1988 national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, has died. He was 89.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame announced on Wednesday that Holtz died in Orlando, Florida, surrounded by his family. Spokeswoman Katy Lonergan said a cause of death was not provided by the family.<\/p>\n

Armed with a homespun brand of folksiness that could trickle into corny but always contained a kernel of truth, Holtz lit up bulletin boards and motivational posters with dozens of memorable quotes and pithy observations, virtually all of them constructed to inspire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Central Florida.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Slightly higher rain chances appear…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2126,139,141,140,275],"class_list":["post-179147","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\/179147","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=179147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}