Gov. Scott appoints St. Johns County Clerk of Court, 2 JTA members
Gov. Rick Scott made the decision to appoint a St. Augustine man to the vacant position of St. Johns County Clerk of Courts as well as assigning two people to the Jacksonville Transportation Authority,...
View ArticleDriver of van full of people cited for improper lane change after Friday...
A three-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 sent more than 10 people to hospitals Friday afternoon, including two in critical condition, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Pah Kyar, 46, of...
View ArticleBaker County man arrested with Lonzie Barton's parents found dead inside...
A man arrested on drug charges with the parents of Lonzie Barton in September was found dead in his grandmother’s home in Baker County on Friday night after he was released from jail on bond earlier in...
View ArticleWreckage found Saturday is believed to be missing cargo ship El Faro
Wreckage found on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday near the last know location of the El Faro cargo ship is believed to be the vessel that sank Oct. 1 in Hurricane Joaquin, according the...
View ArticleJacksonville police investigating fatal drive-by shooting Tuesday night near...
A man died and three others were injured in a drive-by shooting in Jacksonville on Tuesday a few blocks from Edward Waters College, police said. Authorities found the body of a man who appeared to be...
View ArticleCourt order caps damages against El Faro owners, sets deadline for filing suits
Anyone hoping to make claims for compensation against TOTE Maritime for losses related to the sunken cargo ship El Faro will have to file their complaints by Dec. 21 after an order was approved...
View ArticlePair of Clay County deputies resign amid investigation after one crashes his...
A pair of deputies with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office resigned this week amid a State Attorney’s Office investigation after one crashed an agency vehicle into his own home Friday night while the...
View ArticlePedestrian dies in crash Wednesday in St. Johns County
A pedestrian died Wednesday night after getting hit by a vehicle in St. Johns County, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The person was hit on Florida 16 west of Interstate 95 but very little else is...
View ArticleMarines and veterans gather together at Penney Retirement community in honor...
Ann Tillou always dusts off the hat she wore as part of her Marine uniform at the end of World War II any time she attends a military function. The 102-year-old resident of the Penney Retirement...
View ArticleVintage military aircraft lands in Jacksonville on Veterans Day as first...
Chris Black hoisted his 4-year-old son Connor on top of his shoulders Wednesday so the boy could get a better look at an airplane straight out of the pages of military history books. The Northrop...
View ArticleJacksonville corrections officers arrested in jail contraband case
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested one of its corrections officers Thursday after an investigation that started in August into the smuggling of cigarettes and pornography into the jail for an...
View ArticleBoy, 12, flown to hospital in life-threatening condition after getting hit by...
A 12-year-old Middleburg boy was airlifted to a hospital in life-threatening condition after he was struck by a car Thursday afternoon on County Road 218 in Clay County, according to the Florida...
View ArticleJacksonville father's charges upgraded to murder of toddler son
The father of a 2-year-old child who was unresponsive Wednesday morning and later pronounced dead at a hospital has been charged with murder after the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide...
View Article4 dead in apparent murder-suicide on Jacksonville's Northside that involves...
Police responding to a call of shots fired in a quiet subdivision on Jacksonville’s Northside found four people dead — including children — and another seriously injured after an apparent...
View ArticlePolice identify victims in Jacksonville murder-suicide that left 4 dead, 1 in...
Six months ago, a pregnant Megan Hiatt posted this message on Facebook about the father of the twins she was about to have: “He’s my rock, my heart, my love, my ride or die, my handsome man, my one and...
View ArticleMary Helen Hoff, POW/MIA flag pioneer: 1931-2015
Mary Helen Hoff, an Orange Park woman who inspired the creation of a flag honoring military personnel taken as prisoners of war or listed as missing in action, died Tuesday. She was 84. In 1970, Mrs....
View ArticleDriver in fatal crash where woman dragged behind tractor-trailer in...
Charges will not be filed against a truck driver after an investigation into a traffic fatality in October where a woman was hit by the back of a tractor-trailer in the parking lot of a gas station and...
View Article'Walking Dead' star Emily Kinney set to play live music at Jack Rabbits in...
Emily Kinney is starting to see more and more people in the crowd who know the words to her songs when she performs. That wasn’t always the case for the 30-year-old songwriter whose major fan base is...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Central Command general speaks in Jacksonville about the ISIS threat
Following the terror attack in Paris over the weekend, a previously planned lecture on Middle East strategy by retired U.S. Army General John Abizaid took on added importance Tuesday night. A crowd of...
View ArticlePolice identify man shot to death during apparent robbery in Jacksonville...
A man who was shot to death Saturday morning during an apparent robbery in Jacksonville was identified by police Wednesday afternoon. Curtis Young Jr., 54, of the 2600 block of North Market Street was...
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