Jacksonville News (Page 115)

On Friday, after years of division between the city of Jacksonville and local organizations, the 37th Annunal Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast will be held at the Prime Osborn Convention Center. For the past five years, the city and local organizations such as the NAACP Jacksonville Branch, Jacksonville UrbanContinue Reading

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue is responding to a vehicle crash with injuries Thursday night on Interstate 95 North just before Fuller Warren Bridge, and all northbound lanes are blocked as of 8:59 p.m. JFRD said that one person is trapped and a hazmat crew is on the scene for aContinue Reading

In a pretrial hearing for the father of HaLeigh Cummings, the 5-year-old Putnam County girl who disappeared in 2009, the defense asked for a motion to dismiss two of the seven charges he is facing after his 2022 Christmas Day arrest. Two months after he was released from prison, RonaldContinue Reading

Brent Brown, the former owner of Jacksonville entertainment complex Latitude 360, pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal tax evasion charge. Brown was indicted in 2022 and charged with 17 counts of failing to remit to the IRS payroll taxes withheld from employees of Latitude 360, but under the pleaContinue Reading

Florida lawmakers will be pushing this session to keep children younger than 16 years old off social media. Bills are being considered in the House and Senate that would require social media companies to verify a user’s age. Lawmakers say something needs to be done to combat what they sayContinue Reading

Presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis sparred on several topics during a GOP debate in Iowa Wednesday night, and News4JAX is running two of the statements made through the Trust Index. The wide-ranging debate included foreign policy, abortion, and aid to Ukraine, but it was the topics of immigration,Continue Reading

Members of the Serenata Beach Club in Ponte Vedra Beach are feeling more confused than ever after receiving a note from the owner saying the club is temporarily closing due to financial issues. “Chaotic. Just frustrating more than anything else,” Serenata Beach Club member Kevin Stitt said. Money is onContinue Reading

The Jacksonville Dollar General store where three people were killed in a racially motivated shooting will reopen Friday morning, representatives from the store confirmed to News4JAX. The store has had a “coming soon” sign on the wall and out front for several weeks now. A memorial also stands for theContinue Reading

River Region Human Services, which suddenly closed a long-standing residential substance abuse facility in December, has received close to half a million dollars from the city of Jacksonville over the past three months. But according to an email obtained by the I-TEAM, River Region employees were still waiting for lastContinue Reading