Jacksonville News (Page 257)

Mild conditions today with mainly dry weather. A brief sprinkle may ride the east breeze with partly cloudy skies. Highs top out in the low 80s today and they stay in this range through the weekend. Winds decrease tomorrow and more so this weekend leading to increasing sunshine and dryContinue Reading

The Florida Highway Patrol said a female suspect was shot by a trooper following a pursuit and crash in Flagler County on Wednesday evening. According to FHP, the trooper tried to pull the woman over around 5:40 p.m. in the Palm Coast but she drove off. After a brief pursuit,Continue Reading

Emotions are high for Stevie Conway. Her brother, Dalton Conway, along with Tyler Barlow and Caleb Wilkinson left for a fishing trip out of Brunswick, Georgia on the Carol Ann on Oct. 14. They were scheduled to return on Oct. 18, but they disappeared. RELATED: Coast Guard searching for 3Continue Reading

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating the city’s 102nd murder of the year that happened Wednesday morning inside the Valencia Way apartment complex on the Westside. Friends of the victim, identified as Londun Mungin, have already started a memorial at the spot where he died. It was in the area ofContinue Reading

There are plans in St. Johns County to open five new schools over the next three years as the school district tries to keep up with student population growth. The district added another 1,400 students this year and Superintendent Tim Forson told News4JAX on Wednesday that growth means new schoolsContinue Reading

Sixteen months after being exposed by the News4JAX I-TEAM for ripping off customers who paid for fence work that was never done, the owner of Father and Sons Fence Company in Jacksonville has been sentenced to one year in jail. Glen Northrup, 65, was in a Duval County courtroom lateContinue Reading

A judge has granted the City of Jacksonville a temporary injunction requiring the owner of Colonial Forest Apartments to take immediate action at the property. The News4JAX I-TEAM has been reporting on the deteriorating conditions at the property on Firestone Road with trash piling up, balconies and stairwells falling apart,Continue Reading

A new affordable housing apartment complex opened in St. Augustine on Wednesday morning. With a ribbon-cutting ceremony, St. Johns County officially opened the Victoria Crossing Apartments on Stephanie Lane, adjacent to County Road 207. The complex has 96 units, and people must qualify to live there. “This is the placeContinue Reading

Imagine having a breathtaking national wildlife refuge right in your backyard, where nature thrives and ecosystems flourish. That’s the story of the Okefenokee Swamp, stretching across the Florida-Georgia line. The water from the Okefenokee ultimately connects to the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico through rivers and tributaries. Environmentalists,Continue Reading