JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The @ActionNewsJax Twitter account is a source for breaking news and information. Here are the top 10 most-engaging tweets from the @ActionNewsJax account. To stay up-to-date on Jacksonville news, follow @ActionNewsJax on Twitter.
1. Friends were gathered at William Sheffield Park to remember Johnell John, a First Coast High student who was killed in May, when another student athlete, Jaquon Reeves, was shot and killed.
http://twitter.com/ActionNewsJax/statuses/599423513037033473
2. Donald Trump made controversial comments in early December, calling for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States." In response to the comments, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman tweeted, "I am hereby banning Donald Trump from entering St. Petersburg until we fully understand the dangerous threat posed by all Trumps."
http://twitter.com/ActionNewsJax/statuses/674055350639833088
3. A 14-year-old Jacksonville Beach boy was reunited with his family after being reported missing.
http://twitter.com/ActionNewsJax/statuses/613900141184073729
4. Austen John, the first special needs student to be in the running for Homecoming King at Englewood High School, won the crown in October.
http://twitter.com/ActionNewsJax/statuses/655198621646897152
5. A Florida man said he fired a gun at George Zimmerman during a May road rage incident in self-defense. Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2013.
http://twitter.com/ActionNewsJax/statuses/597822342564290560
6. Action Sports Jax allows students and fans to vote for which local high school matchup should be the Friday Night Blitz Game of the Week.
http://twitter.com/ActionNewsJax/statuses/657377160408244224
7. Two good Samaritans were killed in a crash in January after trying to help a stranded driver on Interstate 295 near the Monument Road off ramp in Arlington.
http://twitter.com/ActionNewsJax/statuses/556144885531959296
8. The Florida State Seminoles beat the University of Florida Gators in a matchup in the Swamp in November.
http://twitter.com/ActionNewsJax/statuses/670820367972352000
9. A First Coast High School football player, Johnnel Johnson, was shot and killed during a prom after-party in April.
http://twitter.com/ActionNewsJax/statuses/592314727717548032
10. Jacksonville Sheriff's Office responded to a reported auto theft and abduction call around 2 a.m. Friday July 24. After an investigation and search for missing toddler Lonzie Barton, the man who reported the child missing, Ruben Ebron, was identified as the main suspect in the child's disappearance.
http://twitter.com/ActionNewsJax/statuses/624707954810441728
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