Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference Tuesday afternoon in Apopka.

A judge in Florida has decided to keep an 11-year-old in custody two days after he was accused of taking a gun from his mother’s vehicle and shooting two teens during an argument at football practice.

Police say an 11-year-old boy retrieved a gun from an unlocked box in his mother’s vehicle and shot two 13-year-olds following an altercation that began during a Pop Warner football practice in central Florida.

Bartram Trail, Columbia and Fort White won their second-round baseball state playoff games and moved on in the postseason.

Eight area high school softball teams were in action during the second night of the opening round of the state playoffs. Only four managed to move on.

A glance at how area teams did in the opening round of the high school baseball state playoffs on Tuesday night.

The high school football regular season is finished, but the Super 10 rankings aren’t. This is the final installment of the weekly News4Jax rankings as playoffs arrive this week.

Huddle up! Here’s a look back at this weekend on the gridiron, with three key takeaways from the state’s football scene.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – About three hours after Florida authorities issued an Amber Alert for an 11-year-old from Apopka on Saturday night, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement canceled the alert. No details of how and where the girl was located, but the FDLE tweeted just before 11 p.m.: “The child was found safe. Thank you for sharing!”

I think theres a lot of fear out there.DeSantis comments came as school districts across the state try to figure out when and how to resume classes. I think we just look at the situation, we can figure out how to get this done, DeSantis said. Deaths will most likely occur due to school reopening, Dr. Jeffrey Goldhagen wrote. About 21% of the 323,002 reported COVID-19 infections are people under the age of 25, with 5% being under 15 years old, according to the Florida Department of Health. Duval County is exploring starting the school year with some, or all, Jacksonville students on its distance learning platform.

The Florida AMBER Alert for 3-year-old Madeline Mejia has been resolved. — FDLE (@fdlepio) February 10, 2020-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued a statewide Amber Alert for a missing Apopka child believed abducted early Monday morning. Authorities are currently searching for 3-year-old Madeline Mejia. Authorities say the vehicle was being driven by a white-Hispanic man with long brown hair and facial hair. Mejia was wearing a pink shirt, blue jeans and pink shoes.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The father of a 3-year-old lied to police about a stranger abducting his daughter from his front yard Monday morning, prompting an AMBER Alert. The girl was reunited with her father, who is the custodial parent, but he could also face charges in the case. Lester Montes originally told Apopka police she was with his daughter was in their front yard around 6 a.m. Monday. Montes told police he didn’t recognize the man driving the car. Two suspects involved in the Amber Alert abduction were booked into the Leon County jail pending transfer to Orange County to face charges.