Jacksonville News (Page 220)

As you prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, it is important to know which stores will be open and which will be closed. Many popular stores, such as Walmart and Target, announced their stores will again be closed on Thanksgiving Day. We wanted to save you a trip and share whereContinue Reading

Only a handful of holidays affect trash collection in nearly every area county, including Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Most counties also do not have garbage pickup on New Year’s Day, but Duval County does. What the delay means for when your garbage will be picked up varies by county. We’veContinue Reading

Thanksgiving is next week and Farm Share wants to make sure that no family goes without a meal during this holiday season. Farm Share, the state’s largest food bank, will host a free food distribution to food-insecure Floridians in the Jacksonville area on Saturday. Related: Chef Harvey Foundation giving awayContinue Reading

Good Thursday Morning!! Oh my GOSH there are some fabulous events happening this weekend! I’ve got my eyes all over The Strides For Sight Awareness Walk! It’s a FREE, fun, family-friendly event, that raises awareness and cash to improve vision health and access to vision care in Northeast Florida. AllContinue Reading

AAA expects to rescue over 360,000 stranded motorists nationwide over Thanksgiving weekend. The three most common reasons expected for service calls are flat tires, dead batteries and lockouts. In Florida, AAA expects nearly 2.8 million drivers to take a Thanksgiving road trip, and the auto club urges them to haveContinue Reading

A Jacksonville chef who wants to make sure hundreds of people will have a meal for Thanksgiving is hosting a turkey giveaway event Saturday morning in Brentwood. Chef Alvin Harvey plans to give away at least 500 turkeys at the Bridge the Gap headquarters at 561 W. 25th St. starting atContinue Reading

It’s money time! Every year, News4JAX teams up with Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis and his staff for The Holiday Money Hunt – to help you get extra cash in your pocket around the holidays. And boy, this couldn’t come at a better time. This year has been hard on aContinue Reading

Periods of showers continue today with gray skies and gusty onshore winds That may reach 25-30 mph at the coast. An area of low pressure off the coast of South Florida will move away from the state pulling in drier air tomorrow. This will help diminish showers tonight. Rain accumulationsContinue Reading

A St. Johns County mother is pleading for information as her son’s and his friend’s unsolved murders mark seven years on Thursday. The remains of Annette Durden’s son, 27-year-old Charles Durden and his friend 26-year-old Staffon Larry were both found inside an SUV in November 2016 at the intersection ofContinue Reading