If you haven’t shopped enough after Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, today is all about the online shopping with Cyber Monday. So on that break at work, check out some of the deals we’ve found online with more to come throughout the day.
The St Pete Police Department stopped a woman from driving into the runners during the Coffee Pot Turkey Trot Thanksgiving morning. SPPD say Ashlee Lauren Morgan was speeding near the Snell Isle Bridge around 8 am and tried to around barriers before she was stopped. Officers eventually had to use pepper spray on Morgan who now faces charges that include two counts of fleeing and eluding police and resisting an officer with violence.
The Florida-based Center for Biological Diversity has filed a petition to have manatees placed back on the endangered species list. That petition was also filed by the Save the Manatee Club, and say a variety of factors have killed off the seagrass manatees depend upon to live. A record 1,100 manatees in 2021, most of those from starvation. Florida Fish and Wildlife has 90 days to review the petition and decide if manatees should go back on the endangered list, then another year to complete the the review.
Tampa International Airport has plans to expand, and they’d like to hear from you. A meeting was held Wednesday night, and TPA is also taking comments online on the proposed new Airside D. Some other plans may include self-driving cars and E-gates. The project is scheduled for completion in 2027 at a cost of $787,384,000. The FAA will have final approval on the plan and that should come sometime next year.