{"id":193372,"date":"2026-03-16T11:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193372\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:59:21","slug":"morning-briefing-central-florida-march-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193372\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Central Florida March 16 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

A strong cold front will move through on Monday, bringing windy conditions along with another round of rain and thunderstorms.<\/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: Low 80s\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

Rain Coverage:\u00a080%<\/p>\n

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

Around Central Florida<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Florida, UCF, USF and Miami reach men’s NCAA Tournament<\/a>
Four teams in the state of Florida will fight to become men’s basketball champions in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0South Daytona officer shot following pursuit of suspect in separate shooting<\/a>
Officer Jake Fessenden was shot twice and has been taken to a hospital where he will need surgery.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Orange County parents push back on proposed high school start time change<\/a>
Survey results show 59% of parents and community members and 66% of students opposed a later start.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Spring break road trips lead to Orlando, tops list for most popular destination<\/a>
AAA listed Orlando as the most popular spring break destination based on their bookings, followed by other Florida cities such as Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Tampa.<\/p>\n

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

1.\u00a0Gulf countries report new attacks after Iran warns major UAE ports to evacuate<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0American flag raised at U.S. Embassy in Venezuela for the 1st time since 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0The biggest change to voting in Republican election bill could become a burden for many U.S. voters<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a098th Academy Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ takes Best Picture, Michael B. Jordan wins Best Actor<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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The American flag was raised Saturday over the U.S. Embassy in\u00a0Venezuela\u00a0for the first time since 2019, a move that highlighted the recent shift in relations between the two countries since then President\u00a0Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u00a0was captured by American troops in January.<\/p>\n

The flag was raised “exactly seven years after it was taken down,\u201d the U.S. Embassy team said in a statement published on its social media channels.<\/p>\n

The American flag being raised drew immediate attention from local residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Central Florida.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner A strong cold front will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2126,139,141,140,275],"class_list":["post-193372","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\/193372","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=193372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}