Governor Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference in Tallahassee on Friday, Sept. 27 at 9 a.m.

Tropical Storm Debby is bringing prolonged downpours and flooding to Georgia and the Carolinas on Tuesday after slamming into Florida and prompting the rescue of hundreds from flooded homes.

Hurricane Debby made landfall about 7 a.m. Monday near Steinhatchee as a Category 1 storm, bringing the rural Big Bend region its second hurricane in less than a year.

As of the 11 p.m. National Hurricane Center update, the tropical storm has become Hurricane Debby and is expected to make landfall in the Florida Big Bend area on Monday.

The 1974 homicide of 24-year-old James Norris in Dixie County remains unsolved nearly 50 years later, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is asking for help to crack the cold case.

Demiah Appling, 14, was last seen October 16 around 9:30 p.m. in the neighborhood of Suwannee Gardens in Old Town where the Dixie County Sheriff’s Office said she got into a vehicle.

A man suspected of shooting and seriously wounding a Taylor County deputy triggered a massive manhunt Wednesday and a “Florida Blue Alert.”

Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall late Wednesday morning in Taylor County along Florida’s northern Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said.

The bodies of a Gainesville father and his two sons were believed to be found in a burning home in Dixie County in a presumed murder-suicide Tuesday, according to the Dixie County Sheriff’s Office.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The 2020 recreational bay scallop season for Dixie County and a portion of Taylor County opens June 15 and will remain open through Labor Day (Sept. 7, 2020). Regular season limits are 2 gallons of whole bay scallops in the shell or 1 pint of bay scallop meat per person, with a maximum of 10 gallons of whole bay scallops in the shell or 1/2 gallon bay scallop meat per vessel (1/2 gallon = 4 pints). Regional Bay Scallop SeasonAdditional bay scallop season dates are as follows:Joseph Bay/Gulf County: Aug. 16 through Sept. 24. For information on bay scallop regulations, visit MyFWC.com/Marine and click on Recreational Regulations and Bay Scallops under the Crabs, Shrimp and Shellfish tab. Learn more about how FWC scientists monitor Floridas scallops by visiting MyFWC.com/Research and clicking on Saltwater, Bay Scallops and Bay Scallop Season and Abundance Survey.

(Ralph D. Priddy, Contributed photo)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - News4Jax sports editor Justin Barney reveals his high school football Week 1 playoff predictions. N4J pick: Niceville 28, Fleming 20. N4J pick: Lee 28, Columbia 27. (6) Union County (6-5) at (2) Mayo Lafayette (9-1): Union had a big victory last week over a tough Dixie County team that it lost to in the regular season. N4J pick: Lafayette 28, Union County 23.

N4J pick: Baker County 27, Rickards 10Dixie County (6-2) at Westside (7-2), 6 p.m.: Challenging game for the Wolverines. N4J pick: Fleming 38, Orange Park 14Palatka (2-6) at St. Augustine (5-4): The 100th installment of the state's second-oldest rivalry goes to the Yellow Jackets. N4J pick: Ponte Vedra 34, Creekside 21Raines (5-3) at Bartram Trail (9-0): Bears have never had an unbeaten season until this year. N4J pick: Bartram 34, Raines 20St. Joseph (3-5) at Interlachen (4-5): Rams get back to .500. N4J pick: West Nassau 36, Ridgeview 14Windermere Prep (3-6) at Providence (5-1): The Stallions haven't lost since Week 1.

A microscopic image of the Hepatitis A virus, taken by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida's hepatitis A outbreak continues, with 2,349 cases reported this year and 82 cases reported last week, state Department of Health numbers show. Pasco County led the state with 377 cases reported as of Saturday, followed by Pinellas County with 349 cases and Volusia County with 215 cases. Lee and Lake counties each had six new reported cases. The department said 7,850 first doses of the vaccine were administered last week, with 35 percent done at county health departments.