Jacksonville News (Page 116)

The second driver who pleaded guilty to charges of vehicular homicide, racing and reckless driving in a deadly high-speed crash was sentenced Wednesday. Ethan Rainey and Kiari Hill were arrested in July after a street racing crash that killed a woman and left others with injuries on Edgewood Avenue. RaineyContinue Reading

Our brief pause in the rain will end as the weather turns wet Friday afternoon and evening. Not much going on tonight without any showers until after midnight. Early morning light showers will lift northward under mostly skies on Friday. Showers and storms increase in the afternoon behind a warmContinue Reading

One person is dead and two others were arrested after a Coast Guard airborne crew used force to stop a non-compliant boat suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea on New Year’s Day, the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard said it seized around 385 kilograms of cocaine withContinue Reading

A St. Johns County commissioner filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday against her fellow commissioners after they accused her of unlawfully campaigning during a public meeting. In November of last year, St. Johns County Commissioner Krista Joseph railed over things she said were going on in the county, including uncheckedContinue Reading

Gov. Brian Kemp used his State of the State speech to draw contrasts between his Republican philosophy and Democrats in an election year when the presidency and all of Georgia’s state House and Senate seats are on the ballot, but the Republican Kemp himself doesn’t face the voters. Combined withContinue Reading

The body of Annie Ernest was found in an open area of Springfield on Market Street in 1985. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office later determined Ernest had been murdered. Investigators back then had a good idea of who may have been responsible for her death, but the suspected killer slipped away.Continue Reading

Not only is starting a business and AD-venture…Venture capital is critical to getting an idea off the ground. That’s our topic on This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition. Matthew Chang with Chang Industrial and Timothy Gibbons, the editor of the Jacksonville Business Journal, are guests on the podcast. They areContinue Reading

A man who had been reported missing, and was later located by Jacksonville police, was arrested Thursday night in connection with a fatal altercation in the Golden Glades area off Hodges Boulevard. Sources tell News4JAX Nicholas Cuzzort, 41, is being accused of 2nd-degree murder and attempted murder in the TuesdayContinue Reading

“I have a dream.” Those four words changed history more than 60 years ago. Those words gave millions hope for the future, hope for equal opportunity and so much more. On Monday, Jan. 15, the world will celebrate the life, legacy and service of Martin Luther King, Jr. It willContinue Reading