A Georgia girl with spina bifida, a condition causing her to be paralyzed from the knees down, got the chance to meet a paralyzed sea turtle named Bandit. As soon as she laid eyes on Bandit, 12-year-old Kendall Barfield was mesmerized by the turtle’s size. “Oh my gosh, she’s huge!”Continue Reading
A relatively new nonprofit is developing some of Jacksonville’s most challenged neighborhoods and is making progress one property at a time. Right now, Fruit of Barren Trees (FOBT) is cleaning up two abandoned and crumbling houses and making them livable again at affordable prices. The two areas are a mileContinue Reading
Newly released bodycam footage from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office gives a closer look at the events that led to the arrest of a man now facing felony charges. Camden County patrol deputy Christopher Hanley was parked on the side of southbound lanes of Interstate 95 early Wednesday morning whenContinue Reading
After reports showed the 17-year-old Iowa school shooter made several social media posts around the time of the shooting, some people are questioning the role of social media in preventing tragedies like this. According to a TikTok posted on Dylan Butler’s page, he was believed to be inside a schoolContinue Reading
Tonight skies will be dry until rain moves in after 3 am over the western zones. Temps will be milder in the mid 50s. Rain increases before sunrise with steady rainfall through 8 am in Jacksonville. Rain passes south of our area by 10 am with sun breaks shining throughContinue Reading
The USS Thomas Hudner changed commanding officers on Friday after an eight-month deployment to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area of operations. Cameron Ingram is going to serve as the ship’s commander, relieving Cmdr. Shelby Nikitin, who previously held the position. Nikitin was also presented with a Bronze Star MedalContinue Reading
A local man is looking for answers and claims he didn’t get what was advertised online when he bought tickets to a New Year’s Eve bar crawl event. Steven Hubbard, and dozens of others, bought tickets for the “New Year’s Eve Bar Crawl – Jacksonville” event on Eventbrite, an onlineContinue Reading
This year will be an election year like no other. From the candidates to the issues, from voter integrity to election analysis, we’ll discuss debates, trends, patterns, election laws and more in our new streaming series, Vote 2024: Path to the Polls. News4JAX anchor of The Morning Show, Bruce Hamilton,Continue Reading
It will be an important game for the Jacksonville Jaguars this weekend as the team fights to make the playoffs, but there are also some important talks happening about the future of the team in the city. The stadium lease agreement, along with negotiations for $2 billion worth of upgradesContinue Reading
High and low-pressure systems basically even out the unequal heating from the sun. They influence common weather patterns that your News4JAX meteorologists talk about all the time. As meteorologists, we know the ins and outs of the “highs” and “lows” of weather on Earth, thanks to changes in atmospheric pressure.Continue Reading
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