Jacksonville News (Page 216)

On Monday, the Mayport Naval Station will welcome a new ship called the USS Marinette. The ship launched three years ago and is named after Marinette, Wisconsin, which is where it was built. It’s the only Navy vessel built, christened, and commissioned in its namesake city. The ship is alsoContinue Reading

The southbound lanes of Interstate 295 near the Dunn Avenue exit were closed Sunday afternoon due to police activity, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO also closed the northbound lanes of I-295 at New Kings Roads. Both roads have since reopened around 2:16 p.m. Police have not provided aContinue Reading

A driver was sent to the hospital after a Saturday morning crash left a Corvette in pieces in Marion County. According to the Marion County Fire Rescue, just before 8:30 a.m., crews were called to the intersection of State Highway 200 and SW 80th Street for a crash. The FacebookContinue Reading

Popular Jacksonville radio personality known as “Froggy” is hosting a golf tournament on Monday for the third year to raise money for brain aneurysm research. Froggy, who is a radio personality for WQIK and around the county with Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, says he is fortunate to haveContinue Reading

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – 2 people are dead after a 2-vehicle crash late Saturday night. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a pickup truck and an ATV were traveling southbound on County Road 309, approaching the intersection at Browns Fish Camp Road. When the pickup truck went to make a rightContinue Reading

Areas of patchy dense fog along West I-10 corridor and I-295 this morning. Temperatures region wide are from the low 50s in SE GA and mid to upper 50s in NE FL. Mostly sunny skies this afternoon with NE winds from 5-10 MPH becoming east in the afternoon that mayContinue Reading

A man was found fatally shot in Jacksonville’s Avondale neighborhood Saturday night, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. At approximately 8:45 p.m. tonight, officers responded to the 3800 block of St. Johns Avenue after a 911 caller heard gunshots and found a man lying in the street. When officers arrivedContinue Reading

A Middleburg motorcyclist died in a crash Saturday afternoon after running through a stop sign, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the 58-year-old motorcyclist was driving south on Indigo Avenue around 1 p.m. while a truck was traveling with a passenger west on Cattail Street. The report saidContinue Reading

Two men were arrested Saturday after police say they robbed an Ulta Beauty store at a shopping plaza on Third Street in Jacksonville Beach, according to the Jacksonville Beach Police Department. Police said the men went into the Ulta and stole items then one man ran to a Home Depot,Continue Reading