Jacksonville police announce arrest in April shooting death; 3 still sought
Jacksonville police announced an arrest Wednesday of one of four men wanted in the shooting death of a man found April 27 in the backyard of a home in the 1000 block of East Westbrook Circle. Chyon...
View ArticleAt pair of vigils Wednesday, community remembers Green Cove Springs victims
GREEN COVE SPRINGS │ By Wednesday night the hair salon where Valorie Short worked and laughed with customers six days a week had been transformed into a tribute to the fallen 30-year-old. Her friends...
View ArticleWeekend gala's goal in Jacksonville is to build facility for...
Rachel White envisions a place in Northeast Florida where human-trafficking victims can live together as they work to regain the ability to function as productive members of society. In order to create...
View ArticleJacksonville corrections officer arrested on aggravated-assault charge after...
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested a corrections officer Thursday after a road-rage incident reported in April involving a family driving near downtown. Andrew J. Futch, 23, was taken into...
View ArticleFormer Episcopal School of Jacksonville administrator held on stalking charge...
A former administrator at the Episcopal School of Jacksonville is facing a stalking charge in Duval County involving a teacher at the school, according to jail and court records. The charge comes after...
View ArticleJacksonville man, 33, sentenced to 40 years for 2012 fatal shooting at...
A 33-year-old Jacksonville man who shot a man to death during an argument with a dancer at a club in 2012 was sentenced to 40 years in prison Friday, according to the State Attorney’s Office. Stanley...
View ArticleEpiscopal School of Jacksonville ups security following arrest of former...
Security efforts at the Episcopal School of Jacksonville have been ramped up as a precaution after the termination and arrest of the head of the high school. But the teacher who filed an injunction for...
View ArticleIn the past year, the UNF campus has been shaken as a dozen students have...
A plane crash, car crashes, a train mishap, drugs, health issues, self-inflicted wounds and a homicide are the ways a dozen University of North Florida students lost their lives in the last year. Their...
View ArticleAnchor with First Coast News leaving for job in Denver at end of month
A First Coast News weeknight co-anchor since 2006 is leaving the station at the end of the month after taking an anchor job in Denver that begins in the middle of June. Shannon Ogden will start working...
View ArticleJacksonville sheriff, community leaders meet to sound alarm on mental health...
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams spoke to a crowd of roughly 50 people about mental health issues during a panel discussion Monday night in an effort to get help for people in the community. He said...
View ArticleClay superintendent to fight Obama order on transgender bathrooms in schools
Charlie Van Zant Jr., Clay County superintendent, announced Monday that his school district will not follow the Obama administration’s directive to allow transgender students to use whatever bathroom...
View ArticleDirector and chief curator at MOCA Jacksonville leaving for new job in Wisconsin
The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville will start a nationwide search to find a new director and chief curator after announcing Tuesday that Marcelle Polednik is leaving in July for another...
View ArticleJacksonville school placed on lockdown after 15-year-old shot in arm nearby
Authorities locked down Northwestern Middle School in Jacksonville as a precaution after a 15-year-old was shot in the area Wednesday afternoon, police said. Officers responded to the 2100 block of...
View ArticleSouth Ponte Vedra Beach has possible shark bite victim
Authorities transported a possible shark bite victim to a hospital Wednesday morning after the incident was reported in South Ponte Vedra Beach, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue. The adult...
View ArticlePutnam County man, 44, indicted on first-degree murder charge after human...
A 44-year-old Putnam County man faces a first-degree murder charge after he was indicted Wednesday in the death of a man who was reported missing in January, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Jerry...
View ArticleAttorney general, Jacksonville sheriff provide details about video store...
Synthetic drugs that look like candy and are oftentimes packaged to appeal to youth are killing teens and adults across the country, according to authorities. Thursday a group of law enforcement...
View ArticleJacksonville man, 24, convicted in 2012 shooting death, robbery
A 24-year-old Jacksonville man faces a mandatory life sentence after he was convicted Thursday night in the 2012 robbery and shooting death of a 16-year-old at an apartment complex on Art Museum Drive,...
View ArticleApparent murder-suicide in Jacksonville leaves 'huge hole' in Cuban family
Yisandra Ross and her sister Yissel Cartaya came to Jacksonville from Cuba with their mother 12 years ago. The girls are now grown and have moved out on their own, but they made it a habit to regularly...
View ArticleAuthorities identify pilot, 20, who was lone occupant in Putnam crash landing
A 20-year-old Daytona Beach pilot survived a crash landing in Putnam County Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Abdulaziz Fawzi Qoutrah told authorities the Cessna 152 fixed-wing...
View ArticleSon doesn't get answers in mother's Jacksonville disappearance
A.J. Jones fathered his first child at 15. He admits he and his wife were too young at the time to take care of the infant girl by themselves, so it was helpful to have his mother around. The little...
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