Nathan Bedford Forrest High School, Palm Coast, and guns are in the headlines today.Welcome to WJCT First Read, your daily weekday morning round-up of stories from the First Coast, around Florida, and across the country. We'll also preview some of WJCT's upcoming news programming.
Forrest High to be renamed following vote: The class of 2014 will be the last to graduate from Nathan B. Forrest High School following a unanimous school board vote to rename the school. (WJCT)
Palm Coast enters state of emergency following tornado: Palm Coast has declared a state of emergency after a tornado touched down this weekend, damaging more than 160 homes. (News4Jax)
Jacksonville misses college football championship games: The NCAA selection committee announced Geldale, Ariz. and Tampa Bay will host the2016 and 2017 college football national championship games respectively. (Jacksonville Business Journal)
Gun background checks near 1 million for 2013: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says it is on track to conduct nearly 1 million background checks this year on private firearm purchases. (The News Service of Florida via Pensacola News Journal)
Florida missing sales tax from online sales: The state is not collecting between $450 million and $800 million in sales tax by not enforcing sales tax law on online sales. (WFTV)
Today on First Coast Connect, WJCT reporter Cyd Hoskinson and WLRN StateImpact Florida reporter Sammy Mack were at last night's Duval County School Board vote to rename Forrest High School. They'll join us for a recap and tell us the next steps in the renaming process.
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