{"id":8304,"date":"2025-10-17T14:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/8304\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:31:09","slug":"the-scoop-fri-oct-17-2025-tampa-bay-and-florida-headlines-by-wmnf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/8304\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scoop: Fri. Oct. 17, 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-247213 size-247213 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>The driver of a car hits and kills an e-bike rider in St. Pete<\/p>\n<p>Another fatal crash has happened on the deadly roadways of the Tampa Bay area. St. Pete Police say Shannon White was riding an e-bike on 66th Street and 18th Avenue North just after 8 last night when he was struck by the driver of a car in the center lane.<\/p>\n<p>Octocorals bleach off the coast of Florida<\/p>\n<p>A rare coral bleaching event is going on now offshore of Fort Lauderdale and Dania Beach, WMNF\u2019s Chris Young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/researchers-troubled-over-rare-coral-bleaching-event-in-south-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida House rolls out a series of proposed amendments to cut property taxes<\/p>\n<p>The Florida House has rolled out a series of proposed constitutional amendments to cut property taxes, while looking to shield funding for schools and law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Two Republicans and a Democrat file to succeed State Rep. Josie Tomkow<\/p>\n<p>A second Republican has filed paperwork to try to succeed term-limited State Representative\u00a0Josie Tomkow, a Republican from Polk City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A clinic in Clearwater provides free dental care<\/p>\n<p>WMNF\u2019s Leah Burdick reports on a nonprofit clinic that provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/community-dental-clinic-caters-to-low-income-residents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">no-cost dental care to Pinellas residents<\/a> who qualify.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop: Tampa Bay &amp; Florida headlines by WMNF<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop, produced by Tess Miller<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scoop for Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. 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