{"id":422381,"date":"2026-10-08T16:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422381\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:42:25","slug":"the-scoop-wed-oct-7-2026-tampa-bay-and-florida-headlines-by-wmnf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422381\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scoop: Wed. Oct. 7, 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\/2026\/10\/1791477745_759_The-Scoop-color-2048x2048-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-267970 size-267970 wp-post-image\" alt=\"WMNF The Scoop\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-florida-s-primary-election-is-tomorrow\">Lakeland\u2019s city commission approved a new contract with police tech company Axon. The nearly $22 million contract includes a controversial AI tool that generates police reports. The tool, called Axon Draft One, will listen to policy body camera recordings and then use the dialogue to generate a report. Florida police do not have to disclose which reports were generated with AI, nor are the original drafts stored.<\/p>\n<p>Manatee County data center moratorium vote stalled<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-longtime-st-petersburg-home-with-deep-connections-to-the-city-s-arts-and-literary-community-is-officially-a-local-historic-landmarkyesterday-the-st-petersburg-city-council-voted-unanimously-to-designate-the-meinke-house-as-a-local-historical-landmark-the-home-sits-at-the-intersection-of-two-distinct-creative-legacies-with-architect-and-builder-of-the-home-mark-dixon-dodd-s-and-florida-poet-laureate-peter-meinke-and-his-wife-artist-and-illustrator-jeanne-meinke-the-house-exemplifies-the-traditions-of-a-cultural-city-of-the-arts\">On Tuesday, Manatee County commissioners delayed the final vote on the data center Mortarium proposal. It\u2019s because there were not enough board members to continue with the proceedings for approval. The vote will now be held Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>More information released in Winter Haven bus crash<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-florida-s-primary-election-is-tomorrow\">Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced that no criminal charges will be filed following the bus crash in Winter Haven that killed a student and a driver. According to the Sherriff, the bus was in its lane and driving below the speed limit, when a Chevy Malibu hit its tire and derailed the bus. The footage showed that the crash happened within seconds, making it impossible for the drivers to get control over the jeep or bus. The crash killed the Jeep\u2019s driver Deshawn Smith and Winter Haven student Adinaluz Guadalupe Prieto Oyola.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Scoop, produced by Jaila Harrigan<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WMNF anchors Juanita Hurtado Hu\u00e9rfano, Se\u00e1n Kinane, Lisa Marzilli, Hannah Lau Gleciano, Megan Fair.<br \/>WMNF News Director Se\u00e1n Kinane<br \/>WMNF reporters Juanita Hurtado Hu\u00e9rfano, Lisa Marzilli, Se\u00e1n Kinane, Daria Mironova, Megan Fair, Luiza Medeiros de Campos, Hannah Lau Gleciano, 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 the News Service of Florida, the Associated Press, and Florida Public Media was used in this report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lakeland\u2019s city commission approved a new contract with police tech company Axon. 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