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<\/p>\nGood evening, Tampa Bay. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.<\/p>\n
Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n
Windy weather continues Wednesday, and there is a Small Craft Advisory for boaters through Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Wednesday should start with mostly cloudy to partly sunny skies. Temperatures will be in the mid 60s.<\/p>\n
Gusty NE wind will remain through the day.<\/p>\n
Showers will develop around mid day inland and work their way back toward the West Coast in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Highs make it to the upper 70s.
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Highs:\u00a078<\/p>\n
Lows:\u00a065<\/p>\n
Rain Coverage:\u00a060%<\/p>\n
Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n Today’s Big Stories<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0SunPass FDOT says no more cash for toll on Skyway Bridge<\/a> 2.\u00a0Artemis II begins journey back home<\/a> 3.\u00a0Election Day set for Plant City, Polk County; View candidate and voting info<\/a> 4.\u00a0Hillsborough School Board to vote on changes to Sulphur Springs, other schools<\/a> 5.\u00a0Ford recalls more than 400,000 trucks and SUVs because windshield wipers can fail<\/a> 6.\u00a0Bolts forward hurts arm crashing into unlatched penalty box door; NHL investigating<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n Featured Social Post<\/p>\n Your Notes for Tonight and Tomorrow<\/p>\n RAYS vs. CUBS | The Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago Cubs meet tonight in the second of their three-game series at Tropicana Field. The Rays took the opener, 6-4. First pitch is set for 6:40 p.m. National Notes<\/p>\n Wednesday, April 4\/8<\/p>\n Sentencing of ‘the Ketamine Queen’, who pleaded guilty to distributing ketamine in relation to Matthew Perry’s death\u00a0 LA Joel Degraaf has spent his entire teaching career at Loughman Oaks Elementary. For 19 years he\u2019s been connecting with students there and sharing his love of reading with them. He\u2019s the media specialist.<\/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":222528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[834,275,135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-222527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-app-evening-briefing","9":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","10":"tag-tampa","11":"tag-tampa-headlines","12":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222527","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=222527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Drivers who regularly use the Sunshine Skyway Bridge will notice a change next week.\u00a0Starting April 12, cash will no longer be accepted at tolls.<\/p>\n
After breaking a historic record of being the furthest humans from Earth, the four Artemis II crew members are heading back home after flying by the far side of the moon.<\/p>\n
In Plant City, two races are on the ballot. Gregory Boyle, Karen Kerr, Tony Smith and Alicia Kirk Toler are vying for the Group 3 city commission seat.<\/p>\n
The Hillsborough County School Board is set to vote Tuesday on boundary changes that will impact students at more than a dozen schools beginning next school year.<\/p>\n
Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 400,000 vehicles because the windshield wiper arms can break, causing reduced visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.<\/p>\n
The NHL is looking into the circumstances that led to Tampa Bay Lightning forward Pontus Holmberg hurting his left arm when he crashed shoulder-first into an unlatched penalty box door on Monday night.<\/p>\n
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TAMPA SUMMER CAMP APPLICATIONS |\u00a0Summer Camp registration for city of Tampa residents is now open for Recreate, Educate, and Create (R.E.C.) Camps and for specialty camps. Applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Get more information on the city of Tampa’s website<\/a>.
\nPINELLAS HOME REPAIR PROGRAM | Pinellas County has reopened its state-funded Home Repair Program offering financial help up to $75,000 for critical needs like roofs, windows and A\/C replacements. The program is designed to preserve existing homes and help low-income homeowners struggling with the high cost of maintenance, homeowners insurance and major home repairs. Program details and an online application is available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nEnergy Information Administration releases Annual Energy Outlook, providing long-term projections of U.S. energy production, consumption, and markets
\nFederal Open Market Committee meeting minutes and economic forecast published
\nState Employment and Unemployment
\nNational Action Network 2026 Convention and 35th Anniversary. This year’s theme is ‘Straighten Out the Tricks in 26’. Attendees include Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna, LaMonica McIver, and Al Green, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, and former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
\nCourt hearing for suspect charged in Gilgo Beach serial killings case
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