Jacksonville News (Page 156)

A Duval County judge denied a bond reduction motion on Thursday for the driver accused of killing an 18-year-old Creekside High School grad in a wrong-way head-on crash in May. Ariel Monteagudo is accused of slamming his Mercedes head-on into Trenton Stewart’s trailblazer on Old St. Augustine Road. RELATED |Continue Reading

Just days before Christmas, a local mother and her young son remain in the hospital after being involved in a crash in Baldwin on Tuesday morning. The crash happened on U.S. 90 and Yellow Water Road. Five people were taken to the hospital, and three of them were children. AContinue Reading

Duval County voters should be on the lookout for changes on updated voter information cards as the 2024 election season approaches. The Duval County Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland announced precinct location changes for over 245,000 voters and all 638,098 registered voters will receive new voter information cards. The precinct/boundaryContinue Reading

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