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.

Winter returns just in time for, well... winter. Saturday is the first day of Winter and the shortest day of the year.

Winter is a great time to experiment with new food preparations and flavors to keep your meals nutritious and interesting.

The Cold Continues, Protect those P's

Winter is, apparently, not coming back, as Kit Harington shut down talk of a Jon Snow sequel to HBO’s massive hit “Game of Thrones.”.

Winter isn’t coming to HBO this summer, but fire and blood surely will instead.

Most locations in North Florida have surpassed last year's number of chill hours needed at or below 45 degrees throughout the winter to produce spring growth.

Winter is here, and as any parent knows it’s also “sick kid season.”

Epic Outreach, an organization that uses animals to help people, shared these tips with us on how you can better protect your pets.

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

Getting through winter healthy means trying to protect yourself from respiratory viruses.

A Winter Wardrobe Change is on the Way

Freezing Temperatures and Frost for the 1st Day of Winter

Climate change is driving warmer winters, and several cities in the U.S. South, including Tupelo, Atlanta and Houston, experienced one of their top five warmest meteorological winters this year.

The work is finished, and we have to admit, the entries are even cooler than we imagined.

So, how well do you believe Punxsutawney Phil’s ability to judge whether there will be an early spring?

It may be hard to believe, but we have already cleared the halfway mark of meteorological winter.

We’re here to present the ultimate glass-is-half-full outlook, despite the snow, cold and wind chills.

The first day of Winter brings a wet start to your Wednesday.  For some it’s a soggy start under cloudy skies with less than seasonal temperatures today.  Breezy at times with a spotty chance of showers through the day, this evening.  Warmer with showers continuing Thursday before turning much colder this weekend.

For more than 100 years, Michigan Tech University has staged what’s known as the Winter Carnival.

Maintaining a clean house can go a long way in keeping your allergies in check, but how you clean can make them worse.

A spring storm brought several feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada and rain to parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, with more stormy weather expected this week.

The first so-called modern Olympics were held in 1896 in Athens.

It seems like it’s colder than usual just about everywhere in the country these days, which is obviously making a lot of folks sick and tired of the chilly weather.

We’re not the only ones feeling this warm up. Winter is the fastest warming season, with those who see numerous days below freezing feeling the impacts most.

More than 25,000 residential fires are associated with the use of space heaters every year.

Strong winds knocked out power for hundreds in Northeast Florida on Sunday while Georgians were warned against nonessential travel due to the potential for icy conditions.

The ashes of Winter the dolphin have been returned to the sea, about two months after the beloved marine mammal of movie star fame died at a Florida aquarium.

If you’re dreaming of a white Christmas this year, you’ll have to be ready to pack up the car and travel a few hundred miles.

A Florida aquarium has created a legacy for its famed Winter the Dolphin following her recent death, including virtual reality encounters with the star of the Dolphin Tale movies.

Winter has started out weird in the United States.

Several events are planned this weekend in remembrance of Winter, the marine mammal star of the “Dolphin Tale” movies who died at age 16.

Florida’s most famous dolphin Winter died of twisted intestines.

Amy Carmichael lives more than 4,000 miles from the Florida aquarium that housed Winter, the “Dolphin Tale” movie star with a prosthetic tail who died this week at age 16.

A prosthetic-tailed dolphin named Winter that starred in the “Dolphin Tale” movies has died at a Florida aquarium despite life-saving efforts by animal care experts.

Officials say the prosthetic-tailed dolphin that starred in the "Dolphin Tale" movies may be fighting a gastrointestinal infection.

Winter is on the horizon again with the end of daylight saving time coming Sunday across most of the United States.

The State Department says the Biden administration is consulting with allies about a joint approach to China and its human rights record, including how to handle the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics.

Some isolated showers may develop now through 6 pm mainly across our southern zones south of I-10. Another batch of rain targets southern Georgia tonight after 10pm. Heavier rain will miss JAX but light showers are possible toward dawn with the passage of a cold front. Highs only reach the lower to mid 60s in Georgia and upper 60s to lower 70s from Jax and points south. It will feel like winter Thursday night as lows drop to the upper 30s and lower 40s.

Another freeze/frost event is on the way and if plants are not protected, you could see leaf damage with areas of brown and wilted leaves. Instead, pick up the leaves on the ground and wait until our temperatures begin to warm. But what if your plants aren’t looking their best, what with the dead and brown leaves? But trimming those poor cordylines with wilted leaves and drooping stems now could cause bigger problems as the next cold front moves in. AdJust wait out a couple more weeks of cold fronts before you start pruning and trimming.

Dr. Sunil Joshi with the Duval County Medical Society is glad to see people are still exercising. “Your mental and physical health during this pandemic, and now with colder weather, is very, very important,” Dr. Joshi said. Dr. Joshi says because viruses do better with less humidity, they tend to spread more quickly during winter months. “When you’re waking up in the morning and it’s 29 degrees, this is not the best time of day to be exercising,” Dr. Joshi said. “Almost like wearing a mask,” Dr. Joshi said.

Jacksonville Fire-Rescue Department shared a video of flames and heavy smoke pouring out of a New Town Home. JFRD believes the blaze was sparked by a space heater. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, between 2008 and 2010 there were nearly 1,200 fires caused by portable electric heaters each year. The CPSC says the following safety guidelines should always be followed when using space heaters:Never leave the heater on while unattended or while you’re sleeping. Make sure the heater is placed on a stable, level surface where it cannot be knocked over.

The painting, discovered in an upstate New York museum, was part of a cache of art seized by the Nazis from the Mosse family in Berlin in 1933. (AP Photo/Michael Hill)ALBANY, N.Y. – A painting of two young, 19th-century skaters that was looted by Nazis from a Jewish family in 1933 and recently discovered at a small museum in upstate New York was returned Thursday after 87 years. “The Mosse family lost nearly everything because they were Jews. Hoffmann heads the Mosse Art Research Initiative, a university-based collaboration involving Mosse heirs and German public cultural institutions. Federal authorities were contacted as Mosse Art Restitution Project manager J. Eric Bartko was working to get the painting returned from the museum.

JFRD Chief Keith Powers talks to us about fire safety during the winterPublished: November 9, 2019, 9:14 amAccording to the US Fire Administration, 890 people are killed in house fires during the winter every year.

The next five to seven days generally are going to bring unseasonably low temperatures to the eastern two-thirds of the US, with a first chilly round hitting Friday and a second, colder Arctic blast coming later. Friday's cold snap could bring below-freezing temperatures to some places. Wind gusts in Boston are reaching 25 to 35 mph and will bring wind chills into the 20s as well, the NWS said. "The Great Lakes are no longer ice covered, so here comes the Lake Effect snow again," the National Weather Service said. Temperatures are expected to rebound a bit in the East over the weekend, but colder air will be coming.