A Duval County jury has found Vincent Drew-Clark guilty of Grand Theft Auto following a 2024 armed carjacking that led to a police chase and crash. With the verdict, Drew-Clark faces up to five years in Florida State Prison. He was on probation at the time of his arrest andContinue Reading
A Duval County jury found Dominic Williams guilty on January 30, 2025, of one count of First-Degree Murder and two counts of Attempted First-Degree Murder in connection with a 2019 targeted shooting that left one teen dead and two others injured. Williams now faces a mandatory life sentence in FloridaContinue Reading
James Antonio Hunter, 45, has been charged with the murder of 33-year-old Sierra McKenzie and a separate double shooting days later, authorities announced. On January 23, Jacksonville patrol officers responded to a home on College Circle South off Kings Road, where they found McKenzie lying in a pool of bloodContinue Reading
St. Petersburg Detectives are seeking public assistance regarding a fatal shooting that occurred early Sunday, February 9, 2025, at 3:19 a.m. The incident began as a fight broke out in a club located near the corner of 9th Avenue South and Martin Luther King Jr. Street South. The altercation spilledContinue Reading
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at a residence in the Jennings area on Friday, February 7, as part of an ongoing initiative to combat illegal drug activity in the county. The warrant was obtained following an extensive investigation by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Drug TaskContinue Reading
A traffic stop by Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies in Polk City resulted in the recovery of two missing and endangered children from St. Petersburg on Saturday, February 1. Deputies conducted the stop at 5:20 p.m. on a red 2003 Mercury Mountaineer at 1060 Commonwealth Avenue. The driver was identifiedContinue Reading
Southwest Airlines will introduce a new nonstop route between Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) on October 2, 2025. The service will operate six days a week, excluding Saturdays. The outbound flight will depart Jacksonville at 11:55 a.m., arriving in Austin at 12:35 p.m. The return flightContinue Reading
Governor Ron DeSantis has announced the 2025-26 Focus on Fiscal Responsibility Budget, a $14.8 billion investment aimed at improving Florida’s highways, bridges, spaceports, seaports, and aviation infrastructure. The budget includes a $1.7 billion acceleration of congestion relief projects on Interstate-4 and a commitment to reducing federal oversight in state-led infrastructureContinue Reading
A federal judge has sentenced Frank Anthony Acanda, 27, of Jacksonville, to one year and one day in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Acanda was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims he and his co-defendant, Jonathan Benavide Hidalgo, 27, defrauded. According to court documents, Acanda, Hidalgo,Continue Reading
A South Florida federal judge sentenced Sutanga Rex Cypress, 43, a member of the Miccosukee Tribe, to nearly 17 years in federal prison for shooting and seriously injuring an unarmed man on the reservation. During a heated argument, Cypress pulled out a Sig Sauer firearm and threatened the victim, whoContinue Reading