Jacksonville News (Page 253)

Crews plan to begin demolition Wednesday on an iconic Jacksonville restaurant. Beach Road Fish House and Chicken Dinners, which had been a fixture on Atlantic Boulevard for more than 80 years, closed in February. An apartment complex is set to take its place. Crews are supposed to start tearing downContinue Reading

Spooky pirates, ghost stories, the nation’s oldest city. Sounds like the perfect recipe for a creepy — but fun — way to celebrate Halloween! This year, Black Raven Adventures in St. Augustine launched its first ghost ship tour, giving guests a chance to hear creepy tales out on the openContinue Reading

A Jacksonville family is speaking out after they say their loved one was aggressively taken to the ground and injured during an arrest. Kim Cobb, 54, was arrested during a traffic stop in August and accused of possession of a controlled substance. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said as they wereContinue Reading

It’s something that’s rarely seen on Jacksonville Beach: a large, shipwrecked sailboat stuck in the sand. The spectacle over the past 24 hours has had beachgoers and even the owner of the boat thinking about the television show “Gilligan’s Island.” Luke Rehberg, the owner of the sailboat, told News4JAX onContinue Reading

Two more new schools are planned for St. Johns County as the student population in the area continues to grow. The St. Johns County School District has started planning a designing two K-8 schools in the northern part of the county where much of the growth is focused. One schoolContinue Reading

Detectives are currently investigating several shootings in Northeast Florida that show an alarming pattern on local roads: bullets flying on highways and byways in broad daylight. Many of these shootings have happened on busy roads with other cars around. However, there is no reason to believe any are connected, accordingContinue Reading

Lakesha Burton, Jacksonville’s Director of Community Initiatives, has stepped down from her role. The city said she is leaving her post to focus on the health of her husband. “I thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve in your administration. I genuinely felt that I had a greatContinue Reading

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has once again recorded 100 murders in this city, according to the JSO’s Transparency page. So far, there have been 101 murder cases, and of those, 62 cases are still open and have not been cleared by arrest. Mary Rose Veneziale told News4JAX she reaches outContinue Reading

A former St. Johns County fire chief wants to be rehired in another position after he said he was asked to resign, but the county said on Tuesday it is not going to bring him back to the department. The interim St. Johns County administrator and the president of theContinue Reading