Georgia high school athletes can now profit off their name, image and likeness
The Georgia High School Association made two major changes during its fall meeting on Monday morning, including the approval that allows athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness, a seismic change in the Peach State.
Drier with isolated rain chances to the south
Temperatures this morning are muggy in the upper 60s to low to mid 70 near the coast. Afternoon highs will reach the low to mid 80s region wide with mostly cloudy then turning partly cloudy by the afternoon. Some early morning showers continue across Flagler and Putnam counties, but conditions will be clearing out throughout the day with isolated storm chances in our southern counties along I-95.Tomorrow early morning showers are possible across Flagler, Putnam and St. Johnโs County with isolated storm chances throughout the day but another day where most of us will stay dry with more dry air in the region and that also means less cloud coverage for Monday.Gusty NE winds or onshore flow will continue throughout the week with gusts up to 30 mph leading to dangerous conditions along our coastal areas. The coastal flood warning has been extended through Tuesday where high rip currents and dangerous surf continues to be possible.Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:13 PM
Storm Chances ramp up South
Happy Saturday! Lows this morning will be muggy, in the upper 60s and 70s region wide.Highs will in the low to mid 80s area wide. Rain and storm chances are possible early across St. Johns, Clay and Putnam Counties then turning widespread in our southern counties into the afternoon near the coast and inland. Most of us staying dry. Breezy conditions continue with a NE wind between 10-20 gusting up to 30 mph causing a high rip current risk across our local beaches.SUNDAY: Overnight lows will be muggy around the mid-70s. Early morning isolated storms are possible in St. Johns County then conditions drying out for most locations with isolated (20%) storm chances across our southern counties. Highs in the low to mid 80s region wide.Rest of the week: Minimal storm chances stay in the forecast with highs in the mid to upper 80s.Sunrise: 7:19 AMSunset 7:13 PM
Nice morning but quickly becoming hot
Another fall like morning across the region with temperatures in the upper 50s inland and mid 60s near the coast. Temperatures will quickly warm up into the upper 80s to 90s so a HOT afternoon in store.Monday: Spotty showers possible across our southern locations Monday morning. Most of us stay dry with wake-up temperatures in the upper 60s to 70s.In the afternoon, scattered rain showers become widespread into Monday evening across our coastal locations.TROPICS: Philippe become the 17 named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, but it is no threat to land as it goes out into the open waters of the Atlantic. Ophelia continues to bring gusty winds and rainfall to the northeast, but it is on its way out!
First Day of Fall
Feeling like fall on this Saturday with inland temperatures in the low 60s and upper 60s and 70s across the coast. Temperatures will quickly warm up to around average for this time of year in the upper 80s with low humidity. A high rip current risk continues across our local beaches. Sunday morning temperatures will continue to be on the โchillierโ side with lows in the upper 60s and low 70s region wide. Warmer afternoon highs in the low 90s but mostly dry. Rain chances return Monday night into the rest of the week!
Weapons charges dropped in 2018 raid on family compound in desert that turned up childโs remains
Two firearms charges have been dismissed amid preparations for a trial against an extended family arrested in a 2018 law enforcement raid on a ramshackle desert compound in northern New Mexico and the discovery of a young boyโs decomposed body.
Lawyers say 3 Republicans who falsely said Trump won Georgia were 'contingent' electors, not fake
Lawyers for three Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming that then-President Donald Trump won the state are arguing that their clients were not fake electors but rather a โcontingentโ slate in case the 2020 election results were tossed out.
Judge will hold hearing on ex-DOJ officialโs request to move Georgia election case to federal court
Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark was acting within the scope of his official duties when he wrote a letter expressing concern about alleged concerns with the 2020 election in Georgia, his lawyer said as he sought to move charges against Clark to federal court.
Isolated Strong to Severe Thunderstorms
Sunday GAME DAY!Trending dry for the start of the day into the early afternoon with partly cloudy skies. Pop up showers and thunderstorms inland in the afternoon, then turning severe this evening after 6 PM. Main threats could be gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Rainfall totals around Jacksonville could be up to an inch of rain!Monday: Drier and mostly sunny skies with temperatures around normal for this time of year in the upper 80s to 90s.Beaches: Moderate to high rip current risk continues in across our local beaches. TROPICS:Tropical Storm Nigel developed yesterday evening with current max sustained winds of 50 MPH. Forecast to strengthen into a major category 3 hurricane by Tuesday afternoon with max sustained winds peaking at 115 MPH. No threat to land as it is forecast to head into the central Atlantic.
Mostly dry Saturday but soggy Sunday
Today, mostly dry with partly to mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the upper 80s.Breezy at times and a 20% chance of rain after 2 PM but most of us will stay dry.Sunday: Conditions look good for the start of the game where it may stay mostly dry for tailgating and the first half with mostly cloudy skies. Shower chances increase after 4 PM with widespread showers and storms possible. Highs will continue in the upper 80s regions wide.Rest of the week: Looks dry with low chances of rain but showers return in the forecast by mid to late week.Sunrise: 7:11 AMSunset: 7:30 PM
Trump wonโt be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in Georgia election case
Donald Trump won't face trial next month in Georgia after a judge ruled Thursday that the former president and 16 others accused of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election will be tried separately from two lawyers in the case.
Trump waives right to speedy trial as Georgia prosecutor seeks to try him with 18 others next month
Former President Donald Trump and several other defendants are waiving their right to seek a speedy trial in the Georgia case in which they are accused of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election.
Investigators, defendantโs father testify in trial of man accused of killing Daytona Beach officer
Daytona Beach detectives say they got their first look at Othal Wallace from officer Jason Raynor's body camera right after the shooting. The investigator on the stand called it the most important piece of evidence.
Scattered Showers and Thunderstorms
This morning temperatures will be in the low to mid 70s, muggy under mostly clear skies.Sunday high temperatures will be in upper 80s and low 90s, under partly cloudy skies. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible after 2 PM.Monday will have better chances of rain with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Rest of the week rain chances stay in the forecast with temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s.
Mostly Sunny then Afternoon Showers
Partly cloudy with patchy fog early. Scattered showers with storms after 2 pm, north of I-10 with widely scattered showers and storms developing around 5-6 pm and lingering through 10 - 11 pm, 50-60 percent. Morning lows in the 70s for NE FL, upper 60s to low 70s for SE GA. Afternoon highs in the 80s. Wind SW becoming SE 10-15 mph.Looking ahead: Scattered showers with storms continue Sunday.Sunrise: 7:08 amSunset: 7:41 pm
Fani Willis accuses Rep. Jim Jordan of 'partisan misrepresentations' over inquiry of election case
The Georgia prosecutor who has brought charges accusing former President Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election has sent a scathing letter to a congressman leading an inquiry into her investigation.
Georgia judge rules that Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro can be tried together starting Oct. 23
The judge overseeing the Georgia election subversion case involving former President Donald Trump has denied requests by two of the 19 defendants to be tried alone, instead saying the pair would be tried together starting next month.
WATCH LIVE: First hearing in GA election subversion case
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is presiding over the trial against former President Donald Trump and 18 other co-defendants. A hearing at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday could answer the question of how soon a trial could begin, and how quickly it will move.
Sunny Skies and Labor Day Warmth
Waking up to temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. Calm conditions and clear skies with patchy fog possible this morning.Mostly sunny skies early then turning partly cloudy as the sea breeze picks up. Afternoon highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Wind ENE 5-15 mph.Looking ahead: The Summer sizzle returns with highs in the mid to upper 90s by midweek.Sunrise: 7:05 amSunset: 7:47 pm
Slight Chance of showers early this morning
A slight chance of showers possible early this morning but then mostly sunny skies. Highs in the upper 80s with breezy conditions. Winds from the northeast at 10-15 mph. Tonight, mostly clear skies with temperatures dropping into the low 70s. For the Labor Day holiday, mostly sunny skies and hot with temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s. High rip current risk continues for the holiday weekend.
Slight Chance of rain but mostly dry holiday weekend
Partly cloudy skies with highs in the mid 80s on Saturday with a 30% chance of rain mostly northwest but most of us will stay dry today. Breezy with wind gusts between 20-25 mph with a high rip current risk along the beaches. Tonight Partly cloudy with calming wind and low at 73Drier for Sunday with Mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 80s.For the Labor Day holiday mostly sunny with a high near 90, a bit hotter. Winds from the NE 5-10 mph. Rest of the week looks mostly dry with rain chances returning towards the second half of the week with the heat returning. Highs could be in the upper 90s by the end of the week.
Hyundai and LG will invest an additional $2B into making batteries at Georgia electric vehicle plant
Hyundai and LG Energy Solution are spending an additional $2 billion and hiring an extra 400 workers to make batteries at the automaker's sprawling U.S. electrical vehicle plant that is under construction in Georgia.
Tropical Storm Idalia has left the building after pounding Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
Florida and Georgia residents living along Hurricane Idaliaโs path of destruction are picking through piles of rubble where homes once stood, throwing tarps over roofs and gingerly navigating through mazes of streets left underwater or clogged with fallen trees.
โIt was frighteningโ: Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125 mph winds, floods streets, snaps trees and cuts power
Hurricane Idalia tore into Florida at the speed of a fast-moving train Wednesday, splitting trees in half, ripping roofs off hotels and turning small cars into boats before sweeping into Georgia as a still-powerful storm that flooded roadways and sent residents running for higher ground.
Germany will classify Georgia, Moldova as 'safe countries,' making rejecting asylum-seekers easier
Chancellor Olaf Scholzโs cabinet has classified Moldova and Georgia as so-called โsafe countries of origin,โ meaning asylum-seekers from there can be rejected and deported faster than in the past.
Trump and 18 others charged in the Georgia election case are scheduled to be arraigned on Sept. 6
Former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted along with him in Georgia are scheduled to be arraigned next week on charges they participated in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Trump chief of staff Meadows says actions laid out in Georgia indictment were part of his job
Mark Meadows has testified that actions detailed in a sweeping indictment accusing him of participating in an illegal conspiracy to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia were all part of his job as White House chief of staff.
Trump and all 18 others charged in Georgia election case meet the deadline to surrender at jail
Former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted along with him in Georgia on charges that they participated in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election have all turned themselves in to a jail in Atlanta before the deadline at noon Friday.
A Trump supporter indicted in Georgia is also charged with assaulting an FBI agent in Maryland
A Donald Trump supporter who surrendered to Georgia authorities on charges he conspired with the former president and other allies to overturn Trumpโs 2020 election loss is also facing federal charges that he assaulted an FBI agent in Maryland.