As the first day of Winter winds down, the temperatures will continue to drop. A chilly night in the mid-40s will feel like the mid-30s as the north wind continues.

Bradford arrived from a kill shelter in early November. At two years old, he is neutered, fully vaccinated, and ready to join a loving family. Known as a “cuddle bug” by everyone at the shelter, Bradford enjoys going on walks, playing with his furry friends, and curling up for snuggles, which is his absolute favorite activity.

An abbreviated night of high school football saw one big time shocker in the Super 10.

According to the IRS, residents in nearly 40 counties throughout Florida will have until May 1, 2025, to finish filing their 2023 taxes.

It was a wild and chaotic week as Hurricane Helene shook up the high school football schedule. Teams played on Wednesday and Friday, with many pushing their Week 6 games to Monday, Sept. 30. But quite a few teams squeezed in their games. Here’s a look at the results and the ever-changing schedule.

It was a wild Week 5 of the high school football season as the halfway mark officially arrived. Here’s a glance at notables, scores and schedules from Friday night.

The high school football regular season is off and rolling. News4JAX Varsity 4 Super 10 is here. It will be published on Tuesday through the end of the regular season. Think we’ve got a team ranked too high or a program not ranked at all? Send us a message on Instagram (@Sports4Jax) or sports@wjxt.com.

It was a wet and nasty Friday night for area high school football programs in Week 3.

A recap of Week 1 of the high school football season and looking ahead to Week 2.

High school football season in Florida begins in less than a month. News4JAX has you covered. Here are the team-by-team schedules for schools in the North Florida coverage region.

More than 100 players who played high school football locally or list the area as their hometown are in the new EA Sports College Football 25 video game.

It was a strong start at the state track and field championships in Jacksonville for a host of area athletes.

Voters in three Arkansas state House districts are returning to the polls to complete some unfinished business from the March 5 primaries.

The News4JAX flag football team will be published Wednesday’s throughout the regular season.

Wednesday is national signing day when high school athletes can sign national letters of intent with college programs.

Black lawmakers in California are proposing ways to remedy the long-lasting effects of slavery.

A winter weather advisory is in effect for Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida

Chilly under sunny skies today, then round two of freezing temperatures overnight.

Severe weather anticipated Tuesday, including the potential for heavy downpours, tornadoes and small hail, led government and other offices around the area to announce closures for the day.

Good morning and happy Sunday!Patchy dense fog across our southern counties this morning. Morning temperatures region wide are in the upper 50s inland and mid 60s elsewhere. Severe storms will be possible heading into the afternoon where a Marginal risk (level 1 out of 5) for the risk of severe weather exist across the viewing area.Main risks will be damaging winds (65+) and an isolated tornado threat.The tornado threat will be potentially after 2 PM in our area as a line of storms approaches mostly north of 1-10 including Lake City and the tornado threat includes SE GA.Jacksonville and the beaches south are not in the tornado threat zone, but severe storms may roll through our area in the evening hours after 4-5PM with the damaging wind risk.Storms clear out after 9 PM Sunday and cold air starts to funnel in.Rest of the week: Dry and cool conditions will dominate the weather pattern after the cold front moves through. Highs on Monday will be in the upper 50s and cool overnight lows in the upper 30s to 40s so frost conditions may return for Monday and Tuesday morning.Temperatures quickly rebound during the week and rain chances return by next weekend.

Bradford’s defense was as advertised. Cocoa’s was even better.

Cocoa has been on the minds of the Bradford football team for a year. Now, the Tornadoes get a shot at redemption when those teams meet up on Friday night for the Class 2S state championship in Tallahassee.

Bradford, Mandarin and St. Augustine are headed to the state championship games next week in Tallahassee after winning state semifinal clashes on Friday night.

It’s the state semifinal round of the high school football playoffs. Two area teams are still alive in the Suburban classification, Bradford and St. Augustine. A look at the playoff matchups for those teams this week. Games are Friday.

The state semifinals are the next stop for Bradford, Bolles, Mandarin, St. Augustine and Trinity Christian.

It’s the third round of the high school football state playoffs and the area still has five teams standing in the regional finals. Baker County, Bartram Trail, Bradford, St. Augustine and Union County are all chasing berths in the state semifinals in the Suburban and Rural divisions.

The second round of the high school playoffs is here. A glance at playoff games in the Suburban and Rural divisions.

The high school playoff field is set.

The high school football regular season is in the books. While we won’t know the playoff bracket until Sunday morning, quite a few teams made their closing pitch for the postseason.

Bradford linebacker Chason Clark is working to battle against substance abuse, reach youth through sports

After Week, 10 the playoff picture is coming into focus. Eight district champions were crowned this week, with one big one left to go.

It’s Week 7 of the high school football season. We take a look at the top four games, the next four options and the full schedule for teams in north Florida and south Georgia.

Week 6 of the high school football season is in the books, with one notable upset headlining Friday night’s action.

The second week of the high school football season is largely in the books.

It’s the second week of the high school football season. We take a look at the top four games, the next four options and the full schedule for teams in north Florida and south Georgia.

Multiple school districts in Northeast Florida counties announced that they are closing this week due to the expected impact of Tropical Storm Idalia.

The News4JAX Super 10 football rankings will be published Tuesday’s during the regular season. All games at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

Multiple school districts in Northeast Florida counties announced that they are closing this week due to the expected impact of Tropical Storm Idalia.

We’re off and running in the high school football season. Let’s jump in to a busy and exciting Week 1 of the season.

It’s the first week of the high school football season. We take a look at the top four games, the next four options and the full schedule for teams in north Florida and south Georgia.

High school football season is here. We get you up to speed quickly on all you need to know about the 2023 season.

The high school football season begins next month. Here are team-by-team schedules for the 2023 season. Some teams have not finalized schedules. They will be updated as they are finalized.

Bookstore owner said she hired a contractor to renovate space in a building on Main street, but the work has not been finished within the time it was promised.

The girls high school basketball playoff brackets out and area teams are ready to roll.

In addition to the potential for isolated severe storms today, you will feel an increase in winds.

The biggest week of the high school football regular season is in the books, headlined by an upset decades in the making.

Early voting in the Nov. 8 general election starts Monday in Jacksonville as well as Alachua, Bradford, Flagler and Putnam counties.

It’s Week 9 of the high school football season. We take a look at the top four games, the next four options and the full schedule for teams in north Florida and south Georgia.

On the first of five days of high school football this week, nearly a dozen area teams picked up district victories.

University Christian, Trinity Christian and Bradford are among the state’s top 10 teams in the initial release of Florida High School football power rankings.

Hurricane Ian is scrambling the high school football schedule.

Rulings from six North Florida judicial circuits, including the Fourth Circuit (Clay, Duval and Nassau counties) and the Eight Circuit (Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist Levy and Union counties), are appealed to the First District Court of Appeals.

The National Weather Service on Friday issued a tornado warning for Bradford, Clay and Duval counties until 9:45 p.m.

It's the opening week of the high school football season in Florida. We look at the top four games in the area this week, the next four and the full schedule.

The high school football season begins on Aug. 19 in Georgia and Aug. 26 in Florida. A glance at schedules for the 2022 high school football season.

News4JAX wants to see pictures of your student’s first day of school!

Of four candidates seeking election to an open seat on the bench in Florida’s Judicial Circuit, which includes Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Levy, Gilchrist and Union counties, Sean Brewer and AuBroncee Martin received the most votes in the August primary. But since neither received more than 50% of the vote, they will face each other in November.

Bradford won its first state championship in program history, leading wire-to-wire and routing Paxton 64-44 in the Class 1A title game at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland on Friday night.

Bradford is headed to a place it’s never been before — the boys basketball state championship game.

The boys basketball state semifinals begin this week in Lakeland and four teams from the area are headed down there. A glance at Bradford, which plays in the Class 1A final four on Tuesday.

Only four boys basketball teams remain standing.

Bradford, Clay and Suwannee reeled in girls weightlifting team state championships, while individual lifters won 18 titles in Port St. Joe, including Bradford’s record-setting Mahailya Reeves.

The final signing period for high school football athletes begins Wednesday when players can sign letters of intent with colleges.

A glance at team-by-team schedules for area teams in Florida and southeast Georgia.

A Flood Warning has bee issued for Baker, Bradford and Union County until 2 a.m. Thursday morning.

The Weather Authority is keeping a close eye on a line of thunderstorms just to the west of the I-75 corridor where a severe thunderstorms warning has been issued for Hamilton, Suwannee, and Clinch County until 3:00 PM EDT. These storms have a history on strong winds and hail.

Pete Bradford is playing a critical role in the U.S. Navy’s efforts to maintain a healthy and ready fighting force in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. As a member of the nurse corps serving with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville, this Jacksonville resident is one of the 139 service members assigned to Task Force Southeast - Jacksonville, the primary Department of Defense support organization for the Federal Emergency Management Agency response to COVID-19. “I serve as the assistant officer-in-charge for the medical staff,” Bradford said. David Barrows, medical officer-in-charge of Task Force Southeast - Jacksonville. Our team is honored to serve a stateside mission to serve our own citizens in the battle against a global pandemic.”

The tornado watch has been canceled in the Georgia counties of Brantley, Camden, Charlton and Glynn. The tornado watch continues until 6 p.m. in the Florida counties of Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Gilchrist, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns and Union. The National Weather Service has canceled a tornado warning for Clay and Duval counties. The watch continues for Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns and Union counties in Georgia. Tornado Warning including La Crosse FL, Brooker FL, Worthington Springs FL until 3:30 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/qcJrcaIkP1 — NWS Jacksonville (@NWSJacksonville) March 18, 2021This comes as a Tornado Watch continues across Southeast Georgia and Northeast Georgia until 6 p.m.

The tornado watch remains in effect for the following counties through 10 p.m.:Northeast Florida:Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Columbia County through 4:45 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee counties through 4:15 p.m.🌪 Tornado warning issued for supercell moving into Suwannee county. UPDATE 2:37 p.m.: The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Putnam County through 3:15 p.m. Here's a closer look at the area affect by the Tornado Warning just issued for Putnam county.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Area girls weightlifters brought home eight individual championships at the high school state tournament. Tyler Bauer (Bartram Trail) 335. Bartram Trail 16. Mahailya Reeves (Union County) 390; 4. Union County 19; 4.

Wednesday’s rain chances represent a situation that could be confusing, it’s a numerically low chance- 30%, but only because the showers tomorrow will be confined to a certain area, not because we won’t see showers. Not all of our counties have a chance for showers, but the counties in Southeastern Georgia can expect passing showers throughout the day. Expect cloudy skies and mild temperatures climbing into the low 70s. Thursday will be the best day this week, expect partly sunny skies and mild temperatures topping out around 77 degrees. There is only an isolated chance for a stray shower.

Travis Lowe, second from right, pastor of Crossroads Church in Bluefield, W.Va., raises his arm during services Sunday Jan. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – If you’re Christian in Bluefield — and most everyone is, in this small city tucked into the Appalachian Mountains — you have your choice. Or you can venture up East River Mountain to Crossroads Church, where Pastor Travis Lowe eschews Bradford’s fiery political rhetoric, seeking paths to Christian unity. AdJoe Biden carried parts of Bluefield itself, small splotches of blue in the sea of red that is West Virginia. But Mercer County gave more than three-quarters of its votes to Trump, and Bradford and his pronouncements are very much in line with that.

After a damp and foggy start we are starting to see some sunshine peek through the clouds. Afternoon highs will climb into the mid 60s across SE GA and mid to upper 60s even low 70s across portions of NE FL. If you’re planning on firing up the grill for Super Bowl Sunday you can expect some sunshine with seasonal comfortable conditions. Overnight lows will drop into the seasonal upper 40s with clear skies. The next round of potentially disruptive weather starts next Friday and spills over into the weekend.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Education has signed off on the Duval County and Clay County school districts’ plans for spring reopening. Under the state’s COVID-19 emergency order, school districts have to continue offering in-person classes five days a week. The reopening plans allow the districts in Duval and Clay counties to continue receiving state COVID-19 relief funds. School districts in Nassau, St. Johns and Bradford counties have not had their plans approved yet. Click here for the list of approved plans.

RB Erric Smith (1,011 rushing yards, 7 TDs) and QB Dae’jon Shanks (1,075 passing yards, 390 rushing yards, 15 total TDs) lead Bradford. South Sumter (3-4) at Palatka (1-9)Winner gets: Palatka would host either Bradford or Keystone Heights in the regional semifinals on Nov. 20. RBs Conner Nobles (783 rushing yards, 10 TDs) and Jesse Rochay (483 yards, TD) lead the Warriors rushing attack. Dual-threat QB Cam Miller (910 rushing yards, 845 passing yards, 23 total TDs) and RB Khamari Barksdale (750 rushing yards, 10 TDs) are two big reasons why the Pirates hit six wins for the first time since 2008. RB Ershod Jasey (900 rushing yards, 15 TDs) is poised to crack the 1,000-yard rushing barrier for the second straight season.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Of the 147 additional deaths from COVID-19 the Florida Department of Health reported Thursday, nine were of Jacksonville residents, there were two additional deaths each in Alachua and Clay counties and one each in Bradford, Flagler and St. Johns counties. In the 11 Northeast Florida counties News4Jax has tracked through the pandemic, 718 total deaths have been reported since COVID-19 hit the state at the beginning of March. Alachua’s positivity rate for Wednesday was 11.22%. Duval County’s positivity rate was 3.79% and has remained below 5% for a week. The Florida Department of Health said Wednesday the state’s positivity rate Wednesday was 4.46%.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After a long delay to start the season due to a global pandemic, high school football season kicks off on Sept. 4 around Florida and Georgia. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced quite a few adjustments to schedules in 2020 and many teams have yet to finalize their schedules. Teams that don’t have opponents for a certain date or their schedules have not been provided are marked with a TBA. FLORIDAAll games start at 7 p.m. unless indicated. There will be no district champions declared in 2020, so district games are not identified.

Republican State Rep. Bobby Payne is being challenged by Democrat Kimberly Dugger in this district that includes all of Putnam County, southern Clay County and west through Bradford and Union counties. Because there are no primary challenges, this race only appears on the general election ballot in November. Scroll down to read each candidate’s responses to News4Jax’s questionnaire, presented verbatim as submitted. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATEKimberly DuggerParty affiliation: DemocraticCampaign website: (none found)This candidate has not responded to the News4Jax candidate survey. REPUBLICAN CANDIDATEBobby PayneParty affiliation: RepublicanCampaign website: bobbypayne.netThis candidate has not responded to the News4Jax candidate survey.

A police K-9 walks outside the Merrimack County correctional facility, Friday, July 3, 2020 , in Boscowen N.H., where Ghislaine Maxwell was being held after her arrest Thursday at a wooded estate in Bradford, N.H. The British socialite faces charges she helped lure at least three girls one as young as 14 to be sexually abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

NEW YORK Prosecutors on Sunday asked a judge to schedule a Friday court appearance in New York for Jeffrey Epsteins associate to face charges she helped him recruit women to sexually abuse. British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, 58, was arrested Thursday at a Bradford, New Hampshire, $1 million estate. She has been detained without bail after agreeing to be moved to New York. Maxwell has been charged with conspiring to entice girls as young as 14 to engage in illegal sex acts with Epstein from 1994 through 1997. Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail last August while he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges.

The British socialite faces charges she helped lure at least three girls one as young as 14 to be sexually abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred Monday to New York to face charges that she recruited women and girls, one as young as 14, for him to sexually abuse, the Bureau of Prisons confirmed. Maxwell, the daughter of British publishing magnate Robert Maxwell, was the former girlfriend and longtime close associate of Epstein, who killed himself in a Manhattan jail last August while he awaited trial on federal sex trafficking charges. Maxwell has been indicted on multiple charges, including that she conspired to entice girls as young as 14 to engage in illegal sex acts with Epstein from 1994 through 1997. Several of Epstein's victims have described Maxwell as his chief enabler, recruiting and grooming young girls for abuse.

A police K-9 walks outside the Merrimack County correctional facility, Friday, July 3, 2020 , in Boscowen N.H., where Ghislaine Maxwell was being held after her arrest Thursday at a wooded estate in Bradford, N.H. The British socialite faces charges she helped lure at least three girls one as young as 14 to be sexually abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Were off to a mild start in the upper 60s low 70s with some scattered showers moving on shore and staying east of the I-95 corridor. Our chance for scattered storms will increase later this morning into the afternoon. Ahead of the rain the National Weather Service has issued at Flash Flood Watch starting at 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. tonight. Sunday will bring another below average day in the 80s with a 50% chance for scattered showers. Rain sticks around Monday before we start to dry out on Tuesday through the rest of the week.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory until 9 a.m. Tuesday for Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, and Union counties. Quiet weather patterns, with consistent broad swings in temperature make for fog prone mornings. Fog dissipates when temperatures warm up. Many times, fog will be more persistent and linger over large bodies of water, like the ocean or the river. The two most important safety measures when you driving in fog are to slow down and turn on your low-beam headlights.