{"id":25162,"date":"2025-10-29T14:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/25162\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:34:08","slug":"the-scoop-wed-oct-29-2025-tampa-bay-and-florida-headlines-by-wmnf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/25162\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scoop: Wed. Oct. 29, 2025 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-Scoop-color-1024x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-247989 size-247989 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Scoop for Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Naya Young wins Special Tampa City Council election<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/naya-young-wins-election-tampa-city-council\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Young<\/a> got 61 percent of votes in yesterday\u2019s special election for District 5 according to the first unofficial results that will be certified on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>FADP holds vigil as Florida executes another prisoner<\/p>\n<p>Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty held a vigil in Pinellas County leading up to the 15th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/norman-grims-execution-has-florida-organization-upset\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">execution<\/a> in the state this year.<\/p>\n<p>Lakeland activists ask Congress member Scott Franklin to help end government shutdown<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators signed a letter requesting that Franklin \u201cnegotiate a solution to the coming healthcare crisis before it fully materializes and end this shutdown,\u201d Chris Young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/labor-union-others-protest-government-shutdown-in-lakeland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba<\/p>\n<p>The category 3 storm made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/hurricane-melissa-slams-jamaica-strongest-atlantic-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">landfall<\/a> in eastern Cuba early today after it pummeled Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop: Tampa Bay &amp; Florida headlines by WMNF<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop, produced by Joana Riva, Asha Cope-Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>WMNF anchors Se\u00e1n Kinane, Chris Young, Lisa Marzilli, Josh Holton, Randi Zimmerman.\u00a0<br \/>WMNF News Director Se\u00e1n Kinane<br \/>WMNF reporters Chris Young, Lisa Marzilli, Se\u00e1n Kinane, Zoe Sax, Julia Ferrara, Leah Burdick, Josh Holton<br \/>Special thanks to Taylor Lovejoy and Corey Beltran.<\/p>\n<p>Theme music, Fresh06, by Stian via archive.org \u2013 CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/jamendo-001084\/02.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/jamendo-001084\/02.mp3<\/a><br \/>The Scoop logo by Robin Milcowitz \/ Greener Pixels \/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greenerpixels.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">greenerpixels.com<\/a>\u00a0\/ WMNF<\/p>\n<p>information from News Service of Florida, the Associated Press and Florida Public Media was used in this report<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scoop for Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. 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