Jacksonville News (Page 253)

While the first primaries and caucuses in the 2024 presidential nominating cycle are still several months away, some northeast Florida and southeast Georgia voters will be heading to the polls for Election Day on Nov. 7. In Florida and Georgia, there are no statewide elections in the 2023 election cycle.Continue Reading

The price to park in St. Augustine’s Historic Downtown parking garage is going up — depending on what time you arrive. As part of the city’s recently approved budget, rates for the parking garage will increase from $15 to $20 per vehicle, per entry, during peak parking times.  The peakContinue Reading

One of the most memorable parts of the Florida vs. Georgia football tradition is the tailgating. Pockets of Gators and ‘Dawgs fans mix together on neutral ground (semi-neutral if you ask some Georgia fans) and celebrate side-by-side. The most clear-cut example of that unusual fan experience is the annual RVContinue Reading

The City of Jacksonville hosted the first of two informational sessions for faith leaders and their communities on Monday night. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, along with the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security were there to offer information on religious hate crimes and laws and how to deal withContinue Reading

Body camera video released on Monday shows the moments when Jacksonville police shot and killed a man outside a Jacksonville shopping plaza. Family members identified the man who died as Randy Sharpe, 30. RELATED: Man shot, killed by Jacksonville police after they say he fired gun in parking lot, thenContinue Reading

A large sailboat ran aground in Jacksonville Beach on Monday. The Coast Guard said the captain of the 40-foot sailboat called and said the vessel was disabled and he was grounded in the shallows of Jacksonville Beach. The owner called a private tow company but it will have to waitContinue Reading

A year after an unresponsive four-month-old baby was pronounced dead at Flagler Hospital, a woman presumed to be the child’s mother has been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter. Sherrell Proctor, 34, was booked into the St. Johns County Jail early Monday morning after she was arrested on a first-degreeContinue Reading

Temperatures this afternoon are topping out in the upper 70s to 80s inland with breeze easterly winds. Rip current risk has increased to a  ‘high risk’ due to the gusty easterly winds between 10-15 gusting at 25. Tomorrow: Morning temperatures will drop to the mid-60s under mostly to partly cloudyContinue Reading

Luckily, no one was hurt when a parking garage at Ascension St. Vincent’s hospital in Riverside partially collapsed last month. But in the minutes after the disaster, rescue crews didn’t know that. First responders who showed up after the collapse of the top floor of a three-story parking garage didn’tContinue Reading