The scammers offer to "register" children for the AMBER Alert system, ask for confidential information and try to meet at victims' homes, officials said.

Authorities in SC issued an Amber Alert Friday morning after a young child was allegedly abducted. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division sent out the alert at 5:48 Friday morning and noted that a 1-year-old girl named Dylan Saige Cooper was missing. Authorities allege that Cooper was abducted by Macie Eaddy, 32.

A winter storm watch has been issued for Greater Cincinnati as a potentially harsh system is forecast to make its way into the area on Sunday. The new year is here, and that generally means colder temperatures — even in Jacksonville.