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Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in Damascus, Va. (Earl Neikirk, AP Photo/Bristol Herald Courier)
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) -- About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.
Police on the hunt for as many as 6 suspects.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Heavy police activity was seen on the Westside off of Lenox and Cassatt Avenues Saturday afternoon.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It's been a little more than a year since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again.
Vantassell is a combat veteran from Iraq and suffers from reported PTSD and other painful injuries.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Police are actively searching for a missing adult who is possibly armed and could be endangered.
Scammers are using online drug sales to target you
PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- The Putnam County Sheriff's Office is joining the list of agencies warning of local phone scams.
JACKSONVILLE Fla.-- You can find them on Craigslist and even right next door; Childcare centers that are operating without a license and the Department of Children and Families in Jacksonville tells Action News they're putting local children at risk.
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. - The school district has a budget shortfall and funs are so low the state might have to take over.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --One year after a CDC official described a North Florida tuberculosis outbreak as the worst in the nation in 20 years, the state's Department of Health has declared the outbreak contained
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- This week, the St. Johns Town Center announced six national and international retailers are about to open new stores or expand.
Gustafo Loli is missing from Jacksonville,
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help finding a local senior who was reported missing today.
bridges closed for fireworks in downtown Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Several local bridges are closed for ongoing road projects.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-- It's a move that could change everything about how we get around Jacksonville. Action News has obtained plans to turn downtown into a major transportation hub.
New management taking over Head Start.
JACKONVILLE, Fla.-- A new push to save Head Start and the 1,500 local children the program helps each week.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - It's a budget blow that local firefighters say could put your safety at risk. JFRD is running out of its budgeted overtime hours.
Project to renovate Flagler College's Dining Hall considered a
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- An annual list, called the "Turkey Watch Report", by the Florida TaxWatch has received backlash from St. Augustine city leaders after three projects were put on the list.
A sinkhole growing on Donnybrook Avenue just feet away from home (Lorena Inclan)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A sinkhole growing in a Northside neighborhood is just feet away from one woman's house.
Larry Jossey Jr.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Jacksonville man was convicted in a February 2012 armed robbery.
Sun just about to go behind clouds in Jacksonville, 05/15/2013. (Joyce Higgerson)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla -- A few afternoon storms
University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The University of Florida and the Gainesville Police Department are warning all in the vicinity of campus to be on the outlook for two armed men.
Rodney Addison, 20, faces several charges after a police shooting at JIA. (Jacksonville Sheriff's Office)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The suspect police say led them to shoot a man at the Jacksonville International Airport parking garage has turned himself in.
Paul Demshar and grandkids
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The drowning of a man at a local park is raising questions about whether more could have been done to save him.
Firefighters will shave their heaqds to raise money for children with cancer.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- About 20 firefighters will participate in the St. Baldrick's head shaving fundraiser to benefit children fighting cancer.
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — The automatic budget cuts that grounded the Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds are taking a toll on performers.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — One of Gov. Rick Scott's top priorities this year is now law.
Father convicted in son's death
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Jacksonville man was convicted Friday of manslaughter and aggravated child neglect in the death of his 5-month-old son.
Mayport Road Robbery Suspects Wanted
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Investigators with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office need help finding the suspects wanted in connection with a robbery on Mayport road.
ABC Liquor Store burglary
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and First Coast Crime Stoppers increased the reward in a series of liquor store burglaries.
Cocoa homes evacuated after police find pipe bombs, guns
COCOA, Fla. (WFTV) -- Several homes have been evacuated in Cocoa after police found several guns and pipe bombs in a home Friday morning.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- A call to a fight at a home in Brunswick led to the discovery of a meth lab.
Amanda Stevenson
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- St. Johns County's oldest inmate is now in the custody of the Department of Children and Families.
FILE - In this June 4, 1999, file photo, NASCAR driver Dick Trickle speaks to fans after qualifying on the pole position the NASCAR Busch series auto race at Dover Downs in Dover, Del. Authorities in North Carolina said Thursday, May 16, 2013, that Trickle has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71.  (AP Photo/The News Journal, Brian Branch-Price, File) NO SALES (BRIAN BRANCH-PRICE)
LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. -- The NASCAR community was shocked and saddened to hear about the loss of a man they call a true legend.
Donald Palmer charged with armed possession of marijuana and alteration of a serial number on a gun.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The man who told police he shot an intruder at his home is now under arrest.
Tracy Collins took one small step, one giant leap (Keith St. Peter)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Anyone who donated $1,000 to the North Florida Council Boy Scouts of America got the opportunity to rappel the side of EverBank Center.
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- A two-car crash backed up traffic on Shands Bridge Friday morning.
Clay County gym teacher, Michael Ford, 42, faces one charge of child abuse
ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- The Clay County School Board decided to fire a teacher accused of choking a student.
Clay County school board (Ryan Smith)
FLEMING ISLAND, Fla. -- School leaders made some major decisions about taxpayer money Thursday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Local veterans fighting a new battle when they return home, trying to get all of the benefits they've earned.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Utility crews worked for hours to restore power to downtown Gainesville after an underground transformer fire that took out power in a six-block area.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Florida's foreclosure crisis may have an end in site. A new state Supreme Court ruling could reduce a huge backlog of homes currently stuck in pre-foreclosure.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Action News took viewer questions to an expert.
Marshall Lee Gore
RAIFORD, Fla -- The murder of two women and the attempted murder of another during the early months of 1988 brings a death warrant for the convicted killer.
Green Cove Springs (Joel Lotz)
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- The three stores in a Green Cove Springs strip mall at the center of last week's raid are open now, but the owner and operator are still behind bars.
Former Jacksonville based group goes to Texas to help victims
GRANBURY, Tex.-- The video is hard to look at. The images are tough to process. In just minutes Wednesday, people in North Texas lost everything. Now, a group with local ties is coming to the rescue.
Jacksonville Skyway
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-- The Skyway is moving on up, or in this case, moving over. If everything falls into place, the downtown transit rail will extend into Riverside.
Sheriff John Rutherford talks about the iWatch program. (Ryan Smith)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Sheriff John Rutherford announced a new crime-fighting tool to prevent terrorist activities.
A cumulus cloud that's going through its last phase of life as it dissipates but probably still producing sprinkles.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla -- Warm and humid through the weekend with a few inland storms.
Jerrold Stewart
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Jacksonville man was convicted Wednesday in the rape of a 17-year-old girl in 2010.
A closer look at bullying.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- With three local girls coming out as victims of bullying, Action News takes a deeper look at what bullying is, and how it can be prevented.
Fishing
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A new smartphone application allows tourists and residents in central Florida to see maps of major lakes in the area while catching up some fishing tips.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's overall crime rate is dropping.
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