The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will make history on Sunday, February 7th as the first team to play at home in Super Bowl LV. The Bucs beat the Green Bay Packers Sunday 31-26 for the NFC Conference title win, and will take on the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs won their game against the Buffalo Bills 38-24 for the AFC Conference title. Buc’s WB Tom Brady will be playing in his 10th Super Bowl, and the Bucs playing in their first Super Bowl since 2002. Capacity at Raymond James Stadium will be capped at 22,000, with 7,500 tickets going to local health care and frontline workers.

The air traffic control tower is closed at St Pete-Clearwater Airport due to COVID-19 exposure. The FAA said the tower will be closed at least through the end of the month, and the tower at Tampa International Airport will monitor the traffic at PIE for now. If have a flight in or out of the airport take at look at PIE’s Action Plan here

Sunday saw another 9,535 COVID-19 cases added in Florida for a total of 1,649,449, and a total of 25,293 Florida resident deaths. To check where the vaccine is available in your county click here, and If you have questions on who is eligible to receive the vaccination and where to sign up check with the Florida Department of Health here. The COVID-19 Call Center is available 24/7 by calling 1-866-779-6121.

The only people to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida will be Florida residents, full or part time according to Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees. It appears “medical tourism” is affecting the state’s vaccine supply so you’ll now be required to have a Florida driver’s license or something like a bill with your address on it. You can read the full order here. Coronavirus cases rose by 12,873 new cases Thursday, with the state total now at 1,613,884 with 24,739 Florida resident deaths.

Acadia is back. The 602-pound, 11 foot long Great White female shark pinged off the coast of the Keys. OCEARCH has been tracking her since September of 2020 and she seems to like the Florida Keys. You can track her movement here.

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