5 Things You Should Know Today, Jan. 3

 1.     The cold snap continues today with temperatures reaching a high of 50 in New Port Richey during the daylight hours and a low of 32 once the sun goes down. A hard freeze is expected Wednesday morning.

2.     We had cold weather last night, and it’s expected to get even worse tonight. Cold weather open again tonight at 6 p.m. See .

3.     The New Port Richey City Council votes tomorrow on changing the city ordinance to require convenience stores that do not sell gas, such as the Main Street Food Mart, and operate between 10:30 p.m and 4 a.m. to provide the same security measures as convenience stores that do sell gas. Existing city ordinance defines convenience store as a store "deriving fifty (50) percent or more of its gross sales from the sale of gasoline for motor vehicles and the sale of goods, merchandise, or other articles of value in their original containers."

The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

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