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Mostly sunny skies and mild today.  Today is a hammock in the shade kind of day.  If only work didn’t get in the way.  Scattered showers return Wednesday.  Wind and rain will be the headlines Thursday and especially Friday. Now:  Sunny and dry Tonight:  Mostly clear and cool. Wednesday:  IncreasingContinue Reading

A storm is a storm with rain and wind, right? Yes. Then why call one storm tropical compared to subtropical? An encounter with a named tropical system would be typically more damaging with a purely tropical system since the winds are often much higher because of the way the stormContinue Reading

One week after the top floor of a parking garage partially collapsed at St. Vincent’s Hospital, tow trucks were seen removing cars from the garage. No one was hurt on Sept. 12 when the collapse happened on the top floor of a three-story garage on Kings Street. Multiple cars wereContinue Reading

The St. Johns County Commission is holding its regular meeting Tuesday. During the all-day meeting, commissioners are expected to discuss and approve a bid for the completion of the beach renourishment project. They will also conduct a second reading of proposed amendments to the current sexual offenders and sexual predatorsContinue Reading

It’s officially fall and the pumpkin patches, hayrides, haunted houses, and more spooktacular events are back! News4JAX has compiled a 2023 list — including multiple Florida counties and Georgia — of the best pumpkin patches and events in your area! Check them out below. (Want to add your event orContinue Reading

The New Georgia Project (NGP) is celebrating National Voter Registration Day by hosting over 20 voter registration actions across the state starting Tuesday and throughout the week. NPG announced this day of action with the recent achievement of having helped more than 40,000 Georgians register to vote in 2023, exceedingContinue Reading

Zip lining, alligators, AND an obstacle course?! All in one place?! I didn’t believe it until I saw it first hand! “I don’t know if I can do this, it may be a little high for me hahaha.” Ok, well we had to train first–the St. Augustine Alligator Farm ZoologicalContinue Reading

Attorneys for a man who pleaded guilty to killing a Nassau County deputy in 2021 want to have scans of his brain done by the end of October. Patrick McDowell, who admitted to shooting Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers, was in court with his lawyer via Zoom Tuesday from theContinue Reading

A 41-year-old woman died Monday night when she was hit by a van while walking down U.S. 301 in Bradford County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers said the woman, who is from Clearwater, was walking north on U.S. 301 in the right lane when a van headed north onContinue Reading