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It’s hard to believe but the annual back-to-school train is already chugging down the tracks, and students in Camden and Brantley counties are the first to climb aboard this year. The two Southeast Georgia counties head back to class Wednesday for the new school year. RELATED: Complete Back-to-School coverage StudentsContinue Reading

Duval County Public Schools has installed a new security system in every school that allows teachers and staff to immediately notify first responders if a school threat occurs on campus. Teachers and staff will be issued key cards that track their exact location on campus and notify Duval County schoolContinue Reading

We are catching a break in those hot mid 90s today with the easterly flow. This pattern will generate storms primarily west of the St. Johns River this afternoon. Isolated showers through the mid-morning are possible with less rain this afternoon. Storms after 2 pm develop over western Duval andContinue Reading

The Starke City Commission on Tuesday agreed to move forward with a plan to temporarily raise the millage rate in an effort to keep all firefighters employed as the city works to trim the budget. Commissioner Shannon Smith said after the meeting they will try to get the city managerContinue Reading

The classroom teacher shortage that has stressed Duval County Public Schools in recent years is showing signs of improvement. According to DCPS Interim Superintendent Dr. Dana Kriznar, as of Tuesday, the district had 258 instructional vacancies. At the same time last year, the district had 453 vacancies. “That’s progress. WeContinue Reading

Now:  Thunderstorms continue over northeast Florida.  Becoming partly cloudy for SE GA while storms will slowly end after 10 p.m.  Patchy to dense fog west of the St. Johns River. Tonight:  Storms will move south of the FL/GA line before weakening late tonight.  Cloudy skies will become partly cloudy withContinue Reading

A dozen people were arrested during a drug raid on two homes in St. Augustine on Tuesday morning on Chapin Street. The homes are right next door to each other. St. Augustine code enforcement deemed one of them to be uninhabitable due to unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Police said the homesContinue Reading

A Florida congressman wants to help renters struggling with affordability. U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D) has introduced the “End Junk Fees for Renters Act” to crack down on fees imposed by landlords that make it difficult to comparison shop. Frost said Florida has a housing affordability crisis and hopes that,Continue Reading

A Kingsland Police Department officer who claimed he was receiving harassing text messages from an unknown person was arrested Tuesday after police said they found that he was actually sending the text messages to himself. Last month, Officer Wesley Waldrop went to the command staff of the Kingsland Police DepartmentContinue Reading