Jacksonville News (Page 279)

The tornado watch has expired.  The Models did a great job with wind and rain.  Cloudy skies tonight with scattered showers through early Friday morning.  Clearing Saturday with a sunny Sunday to follow. Now:  Rain continues from Putnam to St. Johns County.  The line continues to move south and willContinue Reading

White Cane Awareness Day is designed to make roads and sidewalks safer for blind people. It’s typically celebrated on October 15 and throughout Blind Equality Achievement Month. Mayor Donna Deegan was at city hall Thursday to help call attention to White Cane Day. One of the people on hand toContinue Reading

A Jacksonville restaurant owner is glad to be safe after he and a group of other men from Jacksonville went on a trip to Palestine when the war erupted this weekend. Ansar Owais and his family run Hala’s Mideast Eatery and Market on the Southside and Mandarin, which have beenContinue Reading

Hey, Insiders! We hope everyone is having an incredible October thus far! With that being said, we also want you to have an incredible weekend! There are dozens of off-the-charts events happening from Oct. 13 – Oct. 15, and we don’t want you to miss out. There is so muchContinue Reading

One person was transported to a local hospital after a shooting Thursday morning on Central Parkway near the UNF campus, according to an emergency notification from UNF. According to UNF, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a shooting where multiple suspect vehicles were involved. JFRD confirmed theyContinue Reading

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the United States spends $81 billion a year on mass incarceration. These dollars go to staffing the jails and meeting the basic needs of the more than two million Americans incarcerated. But, when they leave prison or jail and return to society, theContinue Reading

Florida State College at Jacksonville has invited the local community to help choose the school’s official mascot. Your vote could be part of history! (You might not know those but the University of North Florida Ospreys were almost the Armadillos — so this is a big decision!) FSCJ has 25Continue Reading

It’s no secret Jacksonville is dealing with a crime problem. Nearly every day, we wake up to news of a shooting, road rage or some other type of violent crime in our communities. Lawmakers and community leaders are working together to try and figure out how to make our cityContinue Reading

Two Jacksonville businesses were damaged after two separate fires broke out overnight and early Thursday morning. One fire — which owners said began after an electrical problem — broke out at Hamburger Mary’s on Beach Boulevard. “We are happy none of our staff or customers were inside at the timeContinue Reading