Jacksonville News (Page 260)

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

The City of Jacksonville is taking legal action against the owner of Colonial Forest Apartments on the Westside for maintaining a public nuisance. 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, and residentsContinue Reading

The onshore wind has returned and will stick around all week long.  For coastal counties this means, one minute it’s partly cloudy and pleasant, five minutes later it’s cloudy with a slight chance of a shower.  Inland areas will be breezy under partly cloudy skies. Now:  For the moment itContinue Reading

In this episode of First Coast Gems, we introduce you to a very special couple who live in Riverside with their beautiful dog. They put up Halloween decorations not only for themselves, but for the kids who beg for it every year! “Last year I promised this was the lastContinue Reading

President Biden is hosting a ceremony in the East Room to award National Medals to high achievers in the fields of science and technology. Press play above to watch the ceremony liveContinue Reading