- Children are being contacted through social media apps and even video games.
- A private school serving kindergarten through third grade in Northwood Village is offering free scholarships for the first semester.
- The Florida Department of Health in Martin County opened its newest vaccination site Tuesday at a vacant storefront in the Treasure Coast Square Mall.
- Television viewers showed little interest in the pandemic-era Golden Globes.
- Nearly three months after Maria Tritico was tragically killed by a stray bullet on Singer Island, her life continues to live on inside Donna Haskins, a longtime family friend and former prosecutor in Houston, Texas.
- President Joe Biden proposed multiple “free college” measures while on the campaign trail. Do any of them have a real shot? Some experts think so.
- Dolly Parton has received the COVID-19 vaccine. In a post on Twitter, her account had some fun with the moment saying “Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine.”
- For the first time in nearly a year, some students in Green Bay, Wisconsin have returned to the classroom.
- It's been a long and challenging year for Jaclyn Merens, whose 36-year-old son, Daniel, has autism and lives in a group home. COVID-19 kept her from visiting him for months, until visiting restrictions were lifted in September. Merens sits down with Contact 5 and reflects on the past year.
- Republican Representative Madison Cawthorn, the youngest member of Congress at age 25, is facing scrutiny of his time in college after reports of allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct by BuzzFeed News, The Washington Post and CNN.