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Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n Today’s Big Stories<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Feeding Tampa Bay helps TSA agents impacted by partial government shutdown<\/a> 2.\u00a0Senate committee advances Mullin as DHS secretary<\/a> 3.\u00a0What you need to know: NCAA Tournament in Tampa<\/a> 4.\u00a0Kinship care helps local families raise a relative\u2019s child<\/a> 5.\u00a0SpaceX launches nearly 30 Starlink satellites<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n Featured Social Post<\/p>\n Your Notes for Tonight and Tomorrow<\/p>\n TAMPA ROAD CLOSURE | North Florida Avenue is now closed between Scott Street and East Estelle Street while the Tampa Water Department repairs a water main break. Barricades and signs are located in the area to assist with traffic flow. The completion of the work with a return to normal traffic patterns is expected by Monday, March 26 at 4 p.m. The Tampa Water Department may need to return at a later date to complete additional work.\u00a0 National Notes<\/p>\n Friday, March 20<\/p>\n Spring Equinox – first day of spring Snowbird turned Hillsborough County resident Bob Fields at the Firehouse Cultural Center in Ruskin, talks pottery, community. Photo by Eugene Buenaventura\/Staff<\/p>\n Snowbird-turned-Hillsborough County resident Bob Fields came to the\u00a0Firehouse Cultural Center\u00a0eight years ago looking for a sense of community.<\/p>\n And he\u2019s found it \u2014 inside the center’s potters studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good evening, Tampa Bay. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[834,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-198427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-evening-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\/198427","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=198427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
TSA agents are about to enter another week of not getting paid since the partial government shutdown started.<\/p>\n
One day after his nomination hearing, the Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Homeland Security Secretary.<\/p>\n
The NCAA Tournament is in full swing and some of it will happen right here in Tampa.<\/p>\n
Children’s Home Network’s Kinship Navigator Program works to keep families together when parents are unable to care for their children by placing the children with relatives and providing ongoing support and community for these families.<\/p>\n
Despite the iffy weather, SpaceX was able to launch nearly 30 Starlink satellites this morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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LIGHTNING VS. CANUCKS | The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Vancover Canucks after their 6-2 victory against Seattle. Tonight’s game is the second time these teams match up this season. The Canucks won the previous meeting 6-2. The puck drops tonight at 10 p.m.
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FUNDING GRANT APPLICATIONS | Pinellas County Human Services is accepting Social Action Funding Grant Program applications through Thursday, March 26 at 1 p.m. The program provides funding to social service organizations for priority services that directly serve Pinellas County citizens. The goals of the program are to address the health, economic and social wellbeing of county residents in need of assistance. Organizations may apply for up to $150,000 in funding, with the minimum grant being $10,000, and must align with defined social action priorities. Those interested in applying can do so here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nU.S. Supreme Court convenes for a public non-argument session
\nNational Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC
\nBTS release fifth studio album ‘Arirang’<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Firehouse_cultural_center.jpeg\")
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