Jacksonville News (Page 270)

A retired officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is weighing in on a deadly encounter between a 53-year-old man being pulled over for reckless driving and a Camden County sergeant. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office released body and dash cam footage on its YouTube page Wednesday of the Monday morningContinue Reading

The community gathered Wednesday night to raise money for Hamburger Mary’s employees affected by the devastating fire that destroyed the well-known Jacksonville restaurant. An early Thursday morning electrical fire broke out one hour after closing and caused significant damage to the 11-year-old restaurant. Karrissa T. Wade organized the bingo fundraiserContinue Reading

As the Monday morning traffic stop death of Leonard Cure, 53, in Camden County remains under investigation, News4JAX is looking at what happens during a traffic stop, what officers and deputies know when they pull behind someone, and what can be done to minimize danger on both sides. The GeorgiaContinue Reading

A 51-year-old motorcyclist from St. Augustine died Wednesday afternoon after crashing into an RV that was being towed by a van on U.S. 1 in the area of Smith Grade Road in St. Johns County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP said the motorcyclist and the 71-year-old man whoContinue Reading

After 10 units were condemned at Colonial Forest Apartments on Jacksonville’s Westside, some residents are scrambling to find a new place to live and are saying the city’s help is not enough. Displaced tenants have two options: they can move into a different unit on the property, or they canContinue Reading

East of the Windward Islands, visible satellite images indicate that the circulation with an area of low pressure located about 700 miles east of the Windward Islands is gradually becoming better defined. In addition, the associated shower and thunderstorm activity has become more organized and satellite-derived wind data indicates theContinue Reading

The Pulse Nightclub property, the site of one of the country’s worst mass shootings, will be sold to the city of Orlando, as confirmed by News 6, News4JAX’s sister station, Wednesday. Seven years ago a gunman went into the Pulse nightclub, killing 49 people and injuring dozens more. Orlando CityContinue Reading

A Florida lawmaker called for Gov. Ron DeSantis last week to push officials to enforce laws that stop protests at the state’s universities that he said support “Jewish genocide.” The call from Rep. Randy Fine of Palm Bay, the only Jewish Republican member of the Florida legislature, came after aContinue Reading

It’s a deal she’d rather see get done sooner than later. That’s the sentiment from Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan regarding negotiations for the Jacksonville Jaguars stadium deal with team owner Shad Khan as negotiations enter the early stages. Mayor Deegan said she wants the new stadium to make sense forContinue Reading