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A summer cold front will bring a taste of fall after a month of 90 degree heat. Brief rain this morning is pushing across the area within steamy humid and mostly cloudy conditions. Rain will shift inland with some heavy downpours this afternoon and evening. A 50% chance of rainContinue Reading

More than 14 million children and teenagers in the U.S. are living with obesity – it’s a chronic disease associated with a lifetime of health risks. That’s why for the first time ever, The American Academy of Pediatrics, or AAP, has released groundbreaking guidelines on treating children battling obesity. AtContinue Reading

The wait is over. It will have been 239 days since the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Jaguars in their run to a Super Bowl victory. The Jaguars get the chance to avenge that loss and a News4JAX Insider will get the chance to be there to defend the Bank.Continue Reading

The images from Florida’s Big Bend region are devastating. Homes flattened. Some properties have just a slab with no trace of the house. Other residents had several feet of water in their homes, roofs ripped off, and windows broken. These are just some of the images we showed you overContinue Reading

Days after 29-year-old Jerrald Gallion and two others lost their lives to what police described as a racially motivated attack on the Black community, Gallion’s mother, siblings and close cousin are breaking their silence about his life and the legacy he leaves behind. “He was a good person. He helpedContinue Reading

A Jacksonville organization is helping the community learn to heal after a tragedy following Saturday’s racially-motivated shooting that killed three Black people. At the Jax Community Healing Circle, organizers such as Nubian Roberts, who is a manager with Florida Rising, stressed the importance of talking about what you’re feeling andContinue Reading

Two 4-year-olds died Saturday in a home in the Regency neighborhood, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. According to a report from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), the children were pronounced dead after they were found unresponsive in a “footlocker/toybox” while playing at home. JSO said the childrenContinue Reading

A report published by Rolling Stone on Wednesday sheds new light on the views of the white gunman who killed three Black residents in a racially motivated attack at a Jacksonville Dollar General on Saturday. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said the shooter left behind a racist manifesto that hasn’t beenContinue Reading

A steamy afternoon to rake up leaves, sticks and moss in my yard.  As I stood in the shade of a tree still standing after Hurricane Idalia, I was grateful that I had electricity and minimal damage.  Fallen trees on your home?  I’ve been there.  Is the power still out? Continue Reading