Police looking for 2 men after robbery at Jacksonville motel; 1 had shotgun...
A pair of armed robbers, including one with shotgun and bullet-proof vest, terrorized a couple of victims Friday night at a Jacksonville motel on Golfair Boulevard. The two forced their way into a room...
View ArticleBody pulled from Jacksonville pond near University Blvd. and St. Augustine Rd.
The Sheriff’s Office dive team recovered a body from a Lakewood retention pond Wednesday afternoon in Jacksonville, but the man’s identity and how long he was in the water are unclear. Foul play is not...
View ArticleJacksonville police investigating Wednesday death in neighborhood near Trout...
Police are investigating a body that was found Wednesday afternoon in the backyard of an abandoned house in a Jacksonville neighborhood just south of the Trout River. A neighbor noticed the body behind...
View ArticleClay County husband and wife arrested after body found in burned van in...
Authorities arrested a married Clay County couple Thursday after an investigation into a body found Tuesday morning in a badly burned van in a stretch of Jennings State Forest, according to the...
View ArticleMan who was beaten in jail wins $13,000 after Jacksonville trial of...
A man who said he suffers from mental illness and was beaten by a corrections officer in 2012 while two other officers watched when he was an inmate in the Duval County jail was awarded compensation...
View ArticleJacksonville man, 34, sentenced to 35 years in prison for stabbing man to...
A 34-year-old Jacksonville man who stabbed an acquaintance to death at an apartment complex in 2013 and tried to leave the scene in a taxi was sentenced to 35 years in prison Friday, according to the...
View ArticleCourt extends deadline for claims against TOTE Maritime in El Faro case
A court-ordered deadline has been extended two months for anyone hoping to make claims for compensation against TOTE Maritime for losses related to the sunken cargo ship El Faro. The United States...
View ArticleTRAFFIC ALERT: Crews working to repair new hole on I-95 near downtown...
For the second time in a week a hole in the center lane of northbound Interstate 95 near downtown Jacksonville has delayed traffic Friday night while crews make emergency repairs, according to the...
View ArticleUNF student dies in Thursday plane crash in Florida Panhandle
An 18-year-old University of North Florida student was one of two people who died in a small plane crash in the Florida Panhandle on Thursday night, authorities said. The RV-4, two-person aircraft was...
View ArticleMan shot and killed in front of daughter, grandson and ex-wife in...
Anatoliy Glavnik used to remind his daughter to make sure the front door to their Jacksonville house was always locked. The door was locked Monday night but that didn’t stop an armed man who wanted...
View ArticleJacksonville police identify body found in backyard of abandoned house in...
Police have identified a body that was found Dec. 16 in the backyard of an abandoned house in the Sherwood Forest area of Jacksonville as 27-year-old Antreenio Hardwick of Fernway Street. A neighbor...
View ArticleFire Marshal's Office looking for man who set string of fires in...
A man who set a string of fires in Jacksonville’s Avondale neighborhood in the early hours of Dec. 8 — including a house, a tree and two vehicles — is wanted by the state Fire Marshal’s Office. The man...
View ArticleJFRD Explorers have new leader, big expectations for program's future
Dominique Bartley knew she wanted to be a firefighter when she was little. She’s accomplished that and now works to guide youth who share the same dream through the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue...
View ArticlePedestrian dies after getting hit by Jeep Wrangler in St. Augustine on Wednesday
A 34-year-old pedestrian died Wednesday after he was hit by a Jeep Wrangler in St. Augustine, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The man’s identity has not been released but he was hit about 5:45...
View ArticleGunfire on Christmas Eve leaves two men injured in Jacksonville
Authorities located two men with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds Thursday afternoon after an incident in Arlington involving people in two vehicles firing guns at each other. Officers responded to...
View ArticleMan dies after hit-and-run crash, pursuit on Jacksonville's Westside
A man died after a hit-and-run crash on Jacksonville's Westside on Thursday night as he was pursued by the driver who he crashed into, police said. The driver was followed after the initial crash at...
View ArticleBody of Georgia boater missing since Monday found in river near I-95 on...
Search crews located the body of a Georgia boater Saturday morning after he was reported missing in the St. Marys River on Monday, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Jessie “Sam”...
View Article3 people die Saturday in fiery crash on I-10 in Baker County; driver...
Three people died and a driver was hospitalized in serious conditions Saturday after a fiery, single-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in Baker County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Robert...
View ArticleJacksonville man who rammed patrol car in DUI arrest gets year in jail
A 63-year-old Jacksonville man who fled two separate crashes in 2014 while under the influence of alcohol before ramming an occupied patrol car and then resisting arrest was sentenced to a year,...
View ArticleJacksonville man faces charges after woman is beaten and left with...
A 28-year-old Jacksonville man is being held without bond after a day of arguments with his father and a woman turned violent over the weekend, leaving the woman with life-threatening head injuries...
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