Hot and dry weather today and tomorrow before rain and thunderstorms this weekend.

We're still tracking the remnants of Tropical Storm Gert. It's become a post-tropical low in the central Caribbean.  It will not be a threat to us.

Breaking news while you were sleeping, a man is shot outside a store in northwest Jacksonville.  Cops say the victim is in critical condition at Shands.  One man is in custody, and police are talking to witnesses.

Our Top Local Story:  Toll roads return to the First Coast--we think.  Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll and the state transportation secretary are hosting a news conference this morning at Branan Field and Oak Leaf Plantation in Clay County, part of what's expected to eventually become the First Coast Outer Beltway.  Hear the Lt. Governor from our 8:53am interview.  It's been talked about for years but the project was put on hold because the state couldn't find a private partner.  We haven't seen toll roads in Jacksonville since the 80's.   Hear Kevin Rincon's 7:53 update with what you're saying about the proposed toll road. 

A huge boost in Jacksonville's job market.  Convergys  Corporation is adding 900 new jobs.  These are specifically customer service and sales positions for a new Convergys client in the telecommunications industry. If you're interested in learning more about the opportunity--Convergys is hosting two information sessions this Saturday at 10am and Noon on Baymeadows Way.

A decade of cover-ups at a Clay County Church has been brought to light, but won't face any prosecution. Investigators say they just received evidence that Pastor Greg Neal secretly filmed women undressing at Berean Baptist Church.  Detectives say the video clearly shows Pastor Neal was spying on the women, but because they received the tape ten years later, the statute of limitations prevents them from prosecuting. 

It appears more people are visiting Florida this year.  The state's tourism group says numbers for the second quarter were up nearly 7% over the same period last year.

Residents displaced from Park Place Apartments on the Southside are back home. They were forced out Monday night after a meth lab exploded in one of the units. Residents say as many as three people may have been inside the meth lab when it exploded and all survived.

Another local football player is rushed to a hospital.  Pedro Menendez High School senior Cody Bockheim experienced numbness in his neck and feet after being hit.  Bockheim was alert and talking as he was being taken to Shands.

Another high school sport in Duval County is saved, thanks to a successful fundraising drive.  Private donations are being credited with saving cross country for this upcoming school year.  That was one of several sports on the Duval County Schools' chopping block due to budget cuts.

Our Top National Story is the latest from You Decide 2012:  President Obama is venturing from Iowa into politically familiar territory, taking his bus motorcade into his home state of Illinois as he wraps up a three-state tour through the Midwest. Obama has used the trip to criticize his presidential and congressional opponents.

One of the newest opponents in Texas Governor Rick Perry, who spent much of yesterday shadowing Obama in Iowa.  Hear Jamie Dupree update where Perry is today.  Hear Jamie Dupree explain why Perry's early strategy is focused exclusively on Obama. 

New labels for the tea party being used on the campaign trail by Democrats and even the White House.  President Obama and his Democrats are linking the entire GOP field to the tea party. A new video by the Democratic National Committee says Republican lawmakers and presidential candidates areembracing extreme tea party policies.

His critics say Warren Buffett should write a big check today.  Buffett and his political group are renewing their push to pressure Congress to raise taxes on the rich.  He says the mega-rich continue to get extraordinary tax breaks.

Big tobacco is fighting back against new labels on the packs of cigarettes.  The new labels include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker and pictures of diseased lungs.  Four of the five largest U-S tobacco companies are  suing the federal government, saying the warnings violate their free speech rights.

It's back to class for students in Joplin, Missouri, less than three months after the country's single deadliest tornado in six decades.  Many classes are being held in makeshift locations that include an industrial park and a converted big-box retail store at the city's mall.