🌱 Tampa Apartment Shooting + COVID-19 Test Purchases Limited + South Hillsborough Growth

Good morning, Tampa! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started. Here's what's happening today in Tampa.

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Fog in the a.m.; mostly sunny. High: 79 Low: 66.

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Here are the top five stories in Tampa today:

1. Hillsborough County deputies say a man passed away after an overnight shooting early Monday morning. It happened at Palencia Apartments off Ehlrich Road and Bearss Avenue in Tampa. An investigation is underway. (WTSP)

2. Travel woes continued on Monday with 892 flight cancellations and 1,883 delays within, into, or out of the United States. 12 flights were cancelled and 41 flights were delayed out of Tampa International Airport as of Monday morning after a weekend filled with frustration. (WFLA)

3. Tampa Bay Bucs outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett is out for the last 2 regular-season games of the season. He sprained his right MCL and ACL late in the win against the Panthers. Coach Kevin Garver has also tested positive for COVID-19. (Tampa Bay Times)

4. A legal challenge to proposed land development changes in the Balm and Wimauma areas of Hillsborough County will extend a moratorium on new growth into 2022. Cattle farmer Christopher “Bear” McCullough says of the development plans, “I feel like this is a trampling on a property owner’s rights." (Bay News 9)

5. Walgreens, CVS and Amazon have all imposed purchase limits on at-home COVID-19 testing products in Florida and nationwide. The limits are due to unprecedented demand as the Omicron COVID-19 variant surges. (St. Pete Patch)

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Today in Tampa:

• Taco Tuesday at Publix GreenWise Market at Water Street Tampa. (10:00 AM)
• Art Studio at Painted Leaf Art & Exploration Studio. (3:30 PM)
• Family Cheap Skate Night at United Skates of America. (6:00 PM)
• Trivia Tuesday at Armature Works. (6:00 PM)
• Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning. (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Florida COVID-19 hospitalizations rose 75.7% over 14 days and 49.3% over 7 days, according to the Florida Hospital Association. (Twitter)
• Joseph Liberatore is set to take over as CEO of Tampa professional staffing services firm Kforce, replacing David Dunkel who is retiring. (Tampa Bay Times)
• Enjoy Snow Days at The Florida Aquarium from December 26th to December 31st from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and January 1st to January 2nd from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Facebook)
• Metropolitan Ministries is now accepting donations in cryptocurrency online. (Twitter)
• The Bucs have activated Wide Receiver Breshad Perriman from the reserve/COVID-19 list as of Sunday. (Twitter)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.