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First For You: Where you should take cover during a tornado

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In light of the tornadoes in the Midwest FCN wanted to help you figure out where the safest place may for you during a storm.

Student tased, arrested at Matanzas High

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. -- A Matanzas High School student was tased and arrested after a fight with a student and a Resource Deputy.

Tuesday at 6 p.m.: Parking meters not adding up

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- When you park at a meter in Jacksonville, are you getting all that you pay for?

Missing person search expanded on Westside

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A search for a missing Jacksonville man expanded on Monday, including dive teams searching ponds for 75-year-old Gustafo Loli.

Sales tax holiday in August

Ninth H.N.D. student scholarship given away

PALATKA, Fla. -- First Coast news is almost done giving away money through the Hero Next Door Student Scholarship program.

16 Head Start facilities to re-open

Sixteen Head Start facilities in Jacksonville will re-open beginning Wednesday.

Mayor Brown strives to increase graduation rates

Faith and city leaders are promoting education as a way to fix larger issues.

Overnight crash kills one person, injures three

A crash overnight kills one person and lands three others in the hospital.

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. 

Arias returns to court for penalty phase of trial

Jodi Arias returns to court for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in her lover's killing as jurors consider a life sentence or execution. 

Monday morning traffic incidents

Traffic incidents for this morning.

Threat of homemade bombs here to stay

Former lieutenant general Michael Barbero says "Boston is not an anomaly."

Jekyll breaking ground on overdue convention hotel

Developers are set to start construction on a new convention hotel for Jekyll Island after long delays that largely resulted from difficulties getting a bank loan for the $41 million project. 

Inmate who escaped from Miss. captured in Florida

Florida Highway Patrol officials say they have arrested an inmate who escaped from a Mississippi state work camp. They also arrested the woman they say helped him flee. 

2 drownings on First Coast in less than a week

Summer is just around the corner and the First Coast has already seen two drownings in less than a week.

Consumer group flags high SPF ratings

Sunbathers this summer will find new sunscreen labels that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use.

Man drowns during event at Jax Beach

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. -- A man swimming in the Battle of the Beach event at Jacksonville Beach drowned, possibly because of a heart attack.

Body of missing 8-year-old boy found

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- The body of a missing 8-year-old autistic boy was discovered Sunday afternoon. 

Florida city, who among us won Powerball jackpot?

(USA Today) -- The Florida sun was shining a little bit brighter Sunday on an unidentified person who beat odds of 175 million-to-1 on a Powerball ticket worth $590.5 million, the single largest winning lottery ticket in U.S. history.

Powerball winner vs. lottery losers

While one lucky person is enjoying a HUGE windfall from winning the Powerball drawing Saturday night, the rest of us are lottery losers, and throwing those tickets away.

Deadly fall from hotel balcony

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An unknown man jumped from the 16th floor of the Hyatt Regency in downtown Jacksonville Saturday. 

Man found dead after explosion at Yulee trailer

According to the Nassau County Sheriff's Office a 64-year-old man was found dead early Sunday morning.

Winning Powerball ticket sold at Publix supermarket

 The winning number's in Saturday night's Powerball drawing are 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and 11, and one ticket sold in Florida has matched all six numbers for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million, according to the Powerball website and lottery officials.

8 yr-old Autistic boy goes missing

Authorities are searching by land and sea for an 8-year-old Autistic boy who went missing while vacationing in the Florida Panhandle.

JCC releases the Jax 2025 Vision Report

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Hundreds of Jacksonville citizens who participated in nine month JAX 2025 Vision Report project gathered at Everbank to see the results of their labor, outlined in a 100 page vision booklet.

Winning numbers drawn in Powerball jackpot

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Lottery officials have announced winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot.