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Red Cross Oklahoma

How to help Oklahoma victims

Local Red Cross chapters and other charities are mobilizing to help the people in Oklahoma affected by Monday's tornado, but they need your help.

Gustafo Loli

Missing man, 75, found alive in woods

A 75-year-old Jacksonville man who'd been missing for four days was found alive Tuesday morning in a wooded area about a mile from his Westside home.

Child survived tornado

Help kids cope with weather tragedy

The damage from a tornado that ravaged Oklahoma on Monday is difficult enough for adults to understand, so imagine the affect it is having on children who now have nothing.

Lessons learned after toddler wanders

A local mother is sharing her young son's harrowing story in the hopes it will save another child's life.

Head Start saved news conference

Head Start centers to reopen Wed.

Hours after community leaders held a news conference announcing an agreement to reopen 16 Head Start facilities in Jacksonville, the Florida Department of Children and Families says it will also allow the eight remaining centers to reopen.

Mikhail Muhammad

New Black Panther leader arrested

The leader of the New Black Panther Party was arrested Monday on a charge of resisting an officer without violence.

Funds for summer learning program cut

As Gov. Rick Scott balanced his budget, he had to make cuts. One of those cuts isn't making Jacksonville's Mayor Alvin Brown or some high school students very happy. 

RELATED: Scott vetoes nearly $400M from budget |

UF Health logo

Shands Jacksonville now 'UF Health'

Jacksonville's community hospital is changing its name in an effort to attract patents who have a choice of where they go.

Toddler in pool investigation

2-year-old pulled from day care pool

A 2-year-old boy pulled from a backyard pool at an unlicensed home day care center on the Westside on Tuesday afternoon is in critical condition, according to police.

Matthew Hinson arraigned

Man pleads guilty in Landing murder

A 28-year-old man charged in the stabbing death of a Chicago Bears fan at the Jacksonville Landing last year pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder.

Sea Island golf course

Woman shot as man aims for squirrels

A woman on a Sea Island golf course was hit in the stomach by a bullet man who says he was out shooting squirrels Sunday morning, according to the Glynn County Sheriff's Office.

Rosemary Day

2 years later, 27-year-old still missing

Two years after a 27-year-old Orange Park woman was last seen, she still has not been found.

Weather radar image

Residents get advanced storm warnings

Residents in Moore, Okla., had 16 minutes Monday to find safety or get out of the way of a disastrous tornado.

Searching pond

Dive team searches for missing man

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is searching a Westside area for a missing 75-year-old man.

Emergency Operations Center

Jacksonville officials train for storms

In Jacksonville and across the state, officials were training Tuesday to react to storms.

Cedric Walker

Post-game argument ends in arrest

An altercation between the defensive coordinator of the visiting San Jose Sabercats and general manager of the Jacksonville Sharks after Saturday night's game led to an assault that landed the local man in the hospital and the visiting man in jail.

Rick Scott Education Bill FL Governor Rick Scott

Scott vetoes nearly $400M from budget

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new budget.

Dunn Creek wreck

1 dead, 3 injured in Northside crash

A 26-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the Northside late Sunday night, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

Christopher Anderson

Man arrested in killing at crab boil

A 31-year-old Jacksonville man is charged with murder in the shooting death of another man at a crab boil late Saturday night on the Northside.

'Never Quit' swim participant dies

The attention shifted from the athletes on the sand to a man pulled unresponsive from the ocean during Sunday's "Never Quit Never" event.

Woman couldn't find dog

John King/iReport

Oklahoma tornado cuts 17-mile path

A search-and-rescue effort to find survivors of a monster tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the suburbs of Oklahoma City shifted Tuesday to one of recovery, officials said.

No new survivors or bodies have been found since the early hours after ...

Man on a stretcher

Reuters

Okla. Medical Examiner preparing for '40 more bodies'

The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office has been told to expect about 40 additional bodies. At least 51 people have already been confirmed dead. The official death toll will not rise until the bodies are processed.

Crime scene tape

Man, 25, killed in hit-and-run crash

Police in Jacksonville are seeking information after a 25-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Northwest Jacksonville early Saturday morning.

Stephanie Jenkins

Mom charged after toddler found 1/4 mile away

A 32-year-old Bradford County mother was arrested on a child neglect charge Monday after deputies said her 2-year-old son wandered into a neighbor's yard.

Bishop T.D. Jakes at Interfath Breakfast

Free workshops at Interfaith Breakfast

Faith and leadership converged Monday morning at Jacksonville's annual Interfaith Breakfast at the Prime Osborn Convention Center.

Jeffery Geeting

Jax man wins $1M in Powerball drawing

A 38-year-old Jacksonville man claimed a $1 million Powerball prize from Saturday night's drawing and split his winnings with a friend.

Soldiers, National Guard, firemen, Okla tornado recovery efforts

Sgt. 1st Class Kendall James/U.S. Department of Defense

BBB warns of disaster charity scams

Before handing over hard earned cash to help the victims of the tornado, the Better Business Bureau is putting out a warning to think twice before you donate to a charitable organization.

2 teens hurt in four-wheeler crash

Two Glen St. Mary teens were hurt when a four-wheeler they were on overturned Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Train hits car stopped on Westside tracks

A train struck a car stopped on railroad tracks on the Westside on Tuesday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Low Testosterone

Doctor issues warning on prescription testosterone

Men worried about their sexual health are being bombarded by commercials promoting testosterone, but Consumer Reports' Dr. John Santa gives warnings about taking these prescriptions.

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