Jacksonville News (Page 151)

With a little more than a week left in the year, News4JAX has learned that at least 30 children have been shot in Jacksonville so far this year, and 11 of those children have died. It’s part of the reason behind a new push between the city and sheriff’s officeContinue Reading

Mayo Clinic is making a major investment in healthcare for an underserved area of Jacksonville. Every Friday, Mayo Clinic sends residents, fellows, students and doctors to Sulzbacher’s Jacksonville clinic downtown to provide healthcare to those who need it. “We see approximately 25,000 patient visits a year, over 7,000 patients,” saidContinue Reading

As many people grab those last-minute gift cards, the FBI is warning that gift card scams are rising at an alarming rate. Scammers are using a “gift card draining” trick to steal money before people can even use it. “Gift card draining is when a scammer thief basically steals theContinue Reading

Vergilio Aguilar-Mendez is set to appear in court on Friday for a hearing as he faces manslaughter accusations in the death of St. Johns County Sergeant Deputy Michael Kunovich. A confrontation between Aguilar-Mendez, an 18-year-old from Guatemala, and Kunovich happened in May when Deputy Kunovich reported a suspicious person standingContinue Reading

A man and woman were arrested and are facing animal cruelty charges after police found several unhealthy dogs inside their home and at least one of 10 puppies believed to be buried in the yard, according to the Glynn County Police Department. Police said its investigation started with a reportContinue Reading

We have an update on some squeaky-clean nuptials that have gotten a lot of attention! On Dec. 3, one of our News4JAX co-workers, Bruce Melvin, married his sweetheart Ingrid of more than five years in a car wash. You read that correctly, a car wash! They said “I do” atContinue Reading

It’s the first day of Winter!  For us, that means sunny skies, sunglasses and flip flop socks. Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies will become cloudy late tonight and continue Friday.  Coastal showers possible along our beaches.  Temperatures will return to near seasonal averages tomorrow and a little above averageContinue Reading

The sanitation workers who collect our trash each week get a much-deserved day off for Christmas. So what does that mean for your county’s garbage collection schedule? We’ve compiled a county-by-county breakdown of how trash service is affected by the holidays to help you plan ahead for when to putContinue Reading

A young mother and her 2-month-old child were found dead on Monday in a Macclenny home, according to the Baker County Sheriff’s Office. According to the investigation, the child and the mother, 24, were found dead in a bed together and the mother was on top of the child whenContinue Reading