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Teen accused in deadly downtown Orlando mass shooting to be charged as adult

Read full article: Teen accused in deadly downtown Orlando mass shooting to be charged as adult

A 17-year-old accused of firing into a crowd early Friday in downtown Orlando will be prosecuted as an adult, the State Attorney’s Office for the Ninth Judicial Circuit announced Monday.

Orlando police respond to reports of mass shooting in downtown

Police identify 2 killed in downtown Orlando mass shooting

Read full article: Police identify 2 killed in downtown Orlando mass shooting

The Orlando Police Department on Saturday confirmed the identities of the two people killed in a mass shooting early Friday in downtown.

NICU baby at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital in Gainesville

NICU babies across Florida get dressed up for their first Halloween

Read full article: NICU babies across Florida get dressed up for their first Halloween

You won’t boo-lieve how cute these NICU babies were on Thursday!

Bringing back the hands-on sewing experience

It’s ‘sew’ easy: Sew Fun Jax Sewing Classes is Jacksonville

Read full article: It’s ‘sew’ easy: Sew Fun Jax Sewing Classes is Jacksonville

Sew Fun Jax Sewing Classes is Jacksonville's only sewing/ cricut studio. We accept new students weekly. We offer classes for Ages 6 & Up. We also host Sip & Sew Parties & Sew Sassy Birthday Parties. Follow us on all social media platforms @sewfunjax. Bringing back the hands-on Sewing experience.

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River City Plus: The Great Pumpkin Showdown

Read full article: River City Plus: The Great Pumpkin Showdown

In The Great Pumpkin Showdown, WJXT employees competed for the best pumpkin designs.

Spoiler alert! News4JAX goes room-by-room through Daniel’s Dungeon of Haunted Horrors

11 years of fear: Behind-the-scenes look at one of Northeast Florida’s largest and best free haunted houses

Read full article: 11 years of fear: Behind-the-scenes look at one of Northeast Florida’s largest and best free haunted houses

Daniel’s Dungeons of Haunted Horrors is celebrating its 11th year of screams and scares and gave News4JAX a behind-the-scenes look at the haunted attraction which is attended by thousands of visitors each year.

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Mom inspired, ghoul approved- DIY Witches Hat Cookies

Read full article: Mom inspired, ghoul approved- DIY Witches Hat Cookies

Enjoy this fun and easy Halloween treat that Jana has been making with her mom since grade school! 🍬🎃

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How To Halloween “Bubbling Brew” cocktail

Read full article: How To Halloween “Bubbling Brew” cocktail

Mix up the Bubbling Brew for a Halloween treat that’s as eerie as it is delicious!

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Why you’ll be howling at the dark side of the moon on Halloween

Read full article: Why you’ll be howling at the dark side of the moon on Halloween

Once a month, the sky is as bright as a spotlight when the moon is full. But there‘s another time during the month when the sky is dark.

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Halloween is one of the deadliest days for pedestrians. What you need to know to have a safe spooky season

Read full article: Halloween is one of the deadliest days for pedestrians. What you need to know to have a safe spooky season

Did you know that Halloween is one of the deadliest days of the year for pedestrians, especially children?

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Three pumpkins are raising awareness for food allergies, epilepsy and autism this Halloween season

Read full article: Three pumpkins are raising awareness for food allergies, epilepsy and autism this Halloween season

Trick-or-treating has been a long-time tradition, celebrated by taking part in carving and coloring pumpkins into your favorite scary Halloween decor and placing them in homes and businesses.

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Warm Temperatures for Trick or Treat and Touchdowns

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Warm Temperatures and a Few Showers, Halloween and your Game Day Forecast

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Shining a light on safety: Apps, tips for safe trick-or-treating

Read full article: Shining a light on safety: Apps, tips for safe trick-or-treating

With Halloween being one of the deadliest nights of the year for child pedestrians, News4JAX wants to give trick-or-treaters the tools to have the safest night of frights possible.

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Showers will end. Warm Temperatures Continue

Read full article: Showers will end. Warm Temperatures Continue

Warm temperatures for Halloween and this Weekend. What about the showers?

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Trick or trigger? Managing mental health during Halloween

Read full article: Trick or trigger? Managing mental health during Halloween

While dressing up and getting candy is fun, some people see Halloween as a time when their mental health is in jeopardy because it is a trigger for stress and fear.

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Howl-O-Ween: Holiday can be scary for pets. Heres how to protect them

Read full article: Howl-O-Ween: Holiday can be scary for pets. Heres how to protect them

Halloween is a fun time of year for children and adults. But all the decorations, costumes and candy can make it a scary holiday for dogs and cats.

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Campers hang out before closing campfire, Thursday, June 20, 2024, at YMCA Camp Kern in Oregonia, Ohio. As the first heat wave of the season ripples across the U.S., summer camps are working to keep their children cool while still letting the kids enjoy being outside with nature. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
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2025 summer camps list: Art, animal, STEM, and outdoor programs across Northeast Florida

Read full article: 2025 summer camps list: Art, animal, STEM, and outdoor programs across Northeast Florida
Tacos, Tequila & Baseball Collide for a Flavor-Packed Fiesta at VyStar Ballpark

Tacos, tequila & baseball collide for a flavor-packed Tuesday fiesta at VyStar Ballpark

Read full article: Tacos, tequila & baseball collide for a flavor-packed Tuesday fiesta at VyStar Ballpark
Operation Lifeline Inc. is a group that helps provide safe, affordable housing for veterans and low-income families

Positively JAX: A Marine vet’s St. Augustine home was falling apart. This group stepped in to help him rebuild

Read full article: Positively JAX: A Marine vet’s St. Augustine home was falling apart. This group stepped in to help him rebuild
Jumbo Shrimp players to don Lilo and Stitch themed jerseys in May
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Jumbo Shrimp to wear ‘Lilo & Stitch’ jerseys for special game day in May

Read full article: Jumbo Shrimp to wear ‘Lilo & Stitch’ jerseys for special game day in May
Halloween trick-or-treating safety

Do any sex offenders, predators live along your trick-or-treating route? Here's how to find out

Read full article: Do any sex offenders, predators live along your trick-or-treating route? Here's how to find out

Sex offenders also have specific rules about what they can and can't do around Halloween, depending on what county they live in. We've compiled a county-by-county breakdown of those rules and regulations.

Show off your Halloween costumes, decorations and carved pumpkins on SnapJAX (2024)

Show off your Halloween costumes, decorations and carved pumpkins on SnapJAX 🎃📸

Read full article: Show off your Halloween costumes, decorations and carved pumpkins on SnapJAX 🎃📸

As we approach the weekend before Halloween, we know many individuals will be taking part in events, parties and more to get into the spooky spirit.

Mandarin United Methodist Church Pumpkin Patch

County-by-county fall events list: 2024 pumpkin patches, haunted houses, hayrides and events around Northeast Florida

Read full article: County-by-county fall events list: 2024 pumpkin patches, haunted houses, hayrides and events around Northeast Florida

It’s nearly fall and the pumpkin patches, hayrides, haunted houses, and more spooktacular events are back!

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Feeling brave? These are the most haunted places in St. Augustine

Read full article: Feeling brave? These are the most haunted places in St. Augustine

We are less than 10 days away from Halloween, but if you're adventurous and love a good ghost story, there are haunted places nearby that you can visit 365 days a year.

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Feeling brave? These are the most haunted places in St. Augustine

Read full article: Feeling brave? These are the most haunted places in St. Augustine

We are less than 30 days away from Halloween, but if you're adventurous and love a good ghost story, there are haunted places nearby that you can visit 365 days a year.

EPIC Outreach takes in abandoned, neglected farm animals

‘Bridge that connection’: EPIC Outreach volunteers learn compassion through helping rescued farm animals

Read full article: ‘Bridge that connection’: EPIC Outreach volunteers learn compassion through helping rescued farm animals

Halloween will be here before we know it, and EPIC Outreach Farm Rescue is getting ready to celebrate with its upcoming Fall-O-Ween event.

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7-year-old girl honoring late cousin with unique Halloween costume; 2 Jacksonville groups helping make it happen

Read full article: 7-year-old girl honoring late cousin with unique Halloween costume; 2 Jacksonville groups helping make it happen

RS&H and Centers of Independent Living Jacksonville are presenting 10 kids, who rely on using wheelchairs, with custom Halloween costumes on October 23.

Daniel’s Dungeon of Haunted Horrors is back, back, back again!

Daniel’s Dungeon returns: 3 nights of free haunted horrors

Read full article: Daniel’s Dungeon returns: 3 nights of free haunted horrors

One Clay County home has built an entire haunted house for those brave enough to enter. Daniel’s Dungeon of Haunted Horrors is located off Blanding Boulevard and is said to be one of the best local scares in our area!

McDonalds brings back Halloween buckets

McDonald's Halloween buckets return for spooky season

Read full article: McDonald's Halloween buckets return for spooky season

Trick-or-Treat season hits McDonalds restaurants before Oct. 31.

Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens announces dates for 37th Annual Spooktacular

A fang-tastic event! Jacksonville Zoo announces 2024 Spooktacular dates

Read full article: A fang-tastic event! Jacksonville Zoo announces 2024 Spooktacular dates

Hip-hop skeletons and friendly ghost guides will be ready to welcome families from Northeast Florida and beyond to the Jacksonville Zoo in October.

The 1998 Halloween classic is getting a sequel

‘Practical Magic’ sequel is in the works with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman

Read full article: ‘Practical Magic’ sequel is in the works with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman

Spooky season may be coming a little earlier this year!

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First Coast Gems: Riverside Halloween House

Read full article: First Coast Gems: Riverside Halloween House

In this episode of First Coast Gems, we introduce you to a very special couple who live in Riverside with their beautiful dog. They put up Halloween decorations not only for themselves, but for the kids who beg for it every year!

Just one of the chilis at the chili cook-off.

Sorry turkey, but chili cook-offs are the new Friendsgiving

Read full article: Sorry turkey, but chili cook-offs are the new Friendsgiving

There are so many things to love about this time of year, including Friendsgiving, which is when a group of friends gathers together to celebrate Thanksgiving.

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What types of Halloween candy do you most try to get rid of?

Read full article: What types of Halloween candy do you most try to get rid of?

Let us know below what types of candy you try to dispose of once it makes its way into the pile from trick-or-treating.

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5 things to do with Halloween candy you don’t want to eat

Read full article: 5 things to do with Halloween candy you don’t want to eat

There are other options to reducing or getting rid of all that candy now that the fun of dressing up in a costume and going trick-or-treating with friends is over.

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Photos: Here are some of the best Halloween costumes in Jacksonville

Read full article: Photos: Here are some of the best Halloween costumes in Jacksonville

News4JAX has seen hundreds of fall-related photos, but we are only sharing the cream of the crop!

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These were the best celebrity Halloween costumes we saw

Read full article: These were the best celebrity Halloween costumes we saw

Celebrities...they’re just like us! Especially on Halloween.

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Stay alert while trick-or-treating: Halloween is one of deadliest days for pedestrians

Read full article: Stay alert while trick-or-treating: Halloween is one of deadliest days for pedestrians

Halloween is historically one of the deadliest nights for pedestrians, according to state data.

If you love watching scary movies, going on ghost tours or visiting haunted houses, you’re not alone. Many people enjoy that feeling of fear.

Have you ever wondered why some people enjoy the spooky and scary?

Read full article: Have you ever wondered why some people enjoy the spooky and scary?

If you love watching scary movies, going on ghost tours or visiting haunted houses, you’re not alone. Many people enjoy that feeling of fear. But, why is that?

A child trick-or-treating on Halloween.

With rule changes about yard signs, here’s how to check your trick-or-treating route for sex offenders, predators

Read full article: With rule changes about yard signs, here’s how to check your trick-or-treating route for sex offenders, predators

Sex offenders also have specific rules about what they can and can't do around Halloween, depending on what county they live in. We've compiled a county-by-county breakdown of those rules and regulations.

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Keeping your little ones safe while they’re trick-or-treating

Read full article: Keeping your little ones safe while they’re trick-or-treating

Before heading out to go trick-or-treating, there are a few things to keep in mind.

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The ultimate trick-or-treat treasure: 15 children claim their new homes just before Halloween at adoption event

Read full article: The ultimate trick-or-treat treasure: 15 children claim their new homes just before Halloween at adoption event

It was a family celebration on the eve of Halloween at the Duval County Courthouse as it was transformed into a trick-or-treat treasure trove.

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Fog Expected Tonight, Temperatures will be a Treat for Halloween

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Fog Expected Again Tonight, Temperatures are a Treat for Halloween

For 28 years, certified divers have battled to see who can carve best pumpkin while wet.

Underwater pumpkin carving? This annual event takes Halloween to new depths

Read full article: Underwater pumpkin carving? This annual event takes Halloween to new depths

Participants — who must be certified divers — draw the design of their pumpkins on the surface, then take them anywhere from 5 to 10 feet underwater to carve them.

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