{"id":224685,"date":"2026-04-09T11:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224685\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:28:08","slug":"tampa-april-9-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224685\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa \u2014 April 9, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

It’s windy with scattered showers today.<\/p>\n

Northeast winds are 10 to 20 mph with gusts near 30 mph.<\/p>\n

A Small Craft Advisory continues for boaters through Friday morning.<\/p>\n

High temperatures will be in the mid 70s to 80 degrees.<\/p>\n

Drier air comes in Friday and for the weekend.<\/p>\n

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Highs: 80<\/p>\n

Lows:\u00a065<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a040%<\/p>\n

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

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Surge in school zone speeding tickets in Hillsborough County leads to appeals<\/a>
Dozens of drivers cited for speeding through school zones in Hillsborough County are set to appeal their violations.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Tampa Hope adds 100 new cottages to serve Tampa homeless population<\/a>\u00a0
Tampa Hope serves the city by providing a place for homeless people to stay and get back on their feet.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Sarasota schools adjusting staffing amid financial pressures<\/a>
A total of 136 teachers are \u201cunassigned\u201d next school year, meaning some may not have jobs. At a board workshop on Tuesday, school Superintendent Terry Connor said the district is forced to reduce its staff because of a decline in student enrollment.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Pedestrian overpasses to be constructed along Suncoast Parkway Trail at SR-52 and SR-54<\/a>
Those familiar with the trail say the addition of overpasses are needed for safety and efficiency as Pasco County continues to grow<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Manatee County mourns local legend Eddie Shannon, who has died at 104<\/a>
Eddie Shannon, a longtime Manatee High School football coach and trailblazer, died at 104, leaving a decades-long legacy of leadership and character-building<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0UN: Over 1,000 aid workers have been killed in the past 3 years, nearly triple the previous 3 years<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Trump’s rhetoric on Iran war sparks wave of calls for his removal from office<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0White House says Vance will lead U.S. team in talks on Iran war as ceasefire appears fragile<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Electric vehicle interest \u2014 and sales \u2014\u00a0rise with higher gas prices<\/a><\/p>\n

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Oil prices are plunging back toward $90 per barrel, and stock markets are surging worldwide after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat to force a “whole civilization” to die in the war with Iran.<\/p>\n

The S&P 500 leaped 2.4% after Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, less than 90 minutes before a deadline Trump had set for it to open the Strait of Hormuz and allow oil tankers to exit the Persian Gulf and reach customers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1,332 points, or 2.9%, as of 10 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 2.9% higher following even bigger gains in European and Asian stock markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner It’s windy with scattered showers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-224685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-morning-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\/224685","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=224685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}