{"id":316985,"date":"2026-06-23T16:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/316985\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:19:11","slug":"the-scoop-tues-june-22-2026-tampa-bay-and-florida-headlines-by-wmnf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/316985\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scoop: Tues. June 22, 2026 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-Scoop-color-2048x2048-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-261981 size-261981 wp-post-image\" alt=\"WMNF The Scoop\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Pinellas County opens bids for its Clearwater downtown properties<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pinellas County has launched a 90-day bidding process for several downtown Clearwater properties, paving the way for potential  redevelopment opportunities. <\/p>\n<p>Zephyrhills moves forward with a development moratorium<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zephyrhills leaders are advancing a temporary moratorium aimed at slowing certain development projects while the city reviews growth plans.<\/p>\n<p>Dusty Ray Spencer could be the oldest person executed in modern Florida history<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If his execution proceeds as scheduled, Dusty Ray Spencer would become the oldest inmate executed in modern Florida history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida officials are taking action against products containing 7-OH citing health and safety concerns. New regulations aim to limit access and strengthen oversight of the substance.<\/p>\n<p>We Care of Central Florida expands services to tackle food deserts<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We Care of Central Florida is expanding its programs to improve access to nutritious food in underserved communities. The organization hopes the effort will address the impact of local food deserts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Scoop, produced by Demaria Green<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WMNF anchors Chris Young, Juanita Hurtado Hu\u00e9rfano, Se\u00e1n Kinane, Lisa Marzilli.<br \/>WMNF News Director Se\u00e1n Kinane<br \/>WMNF reporters Chris Young, Juanita Hurtado Hu\u00e9rfano, Lisa Marzilli, Se\u00e1n Kinane, Sofia Caballero, Daria Mironova, Megan Fair, Luiza Medeiros de Campos, Hanna Lau, Joeniyah Carter, Jaelin Diehl.<br \/>Special thanks to Taylor Lovejoy and Corey Beltran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pinellas County opens bids for its Clearwater downtown properties Pinellas County has launched a 90-day bidding process for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1339,3753,6121,408,2152,5558,26023,1598,131741,30415,596,36512,135,137,136,23821],"class_list":["post-316985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-clearwater","tag-climate","tag-criminal-justice","tag-death-penalty","tag-development","tag-drugs","tag-gardening","tag-law-enforcement","tag-moratoruim-devlopment","tag-news-and-public-affairs","tag-pinellas-county","tag-state-government","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-zephyrhills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316985","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=316985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}