Jacksonville News (Page 315)

What started as a high-speed chase with a suspected reckless driver turned into a six-hour manhunt Thursday in Baker County. The Florida Highway Patrol said the 35-year-old driver, who had numerous warrants from other states, jumped out of his car and ran off but was eventually found and arrested aroundContinue Reading

The NTSB report in a 2021 plane crash in St. Augustine indicates the cause of the crash was two fuel injector lines improperly installed, and one was cracked and damaged. Three flight instructors were onboard the Beechcraft when it went down in the marsh off the runway of Northeast FloridaContinue Reading

At 2:00 p.m., the disturbance was centered near latitude 29.0 North, longitude 75.9 West. The system is moving toward the north near 9 mph and this general motion is expected to continue through early Friday. A north-northwestward to northward motion is forecast by late Friday and that motion should continueContinue Reading

PTC 16 and Mother Nature’s windy kisses are blowing leaves and pine needles off the trees with occasional showers and isolated thunderstorms.  Incidentally, the trees losing their leaves are Sycamore and Hickory, both native and deciduous. Now:  Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms.  Most are westContinue Reading

The State of Georgia and FEMA opened a Disaster Recovery Center to assist Hurricane Idalia survivors from Cook, Glynn and Lowndes counties. This center is designed to help survivors through the recovery process by having highly trained specialists who can walk them through the process and explain the types ofContinue Reading

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will be hosting an Honor Cordon and a wreath-laying ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday in Washington for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The wreath-laying ceremony will be held at the 9/11 Memorial. Press play above to watch the ceremony live. The Ukrainian president returned to WashingtonContinue Reading

A woman died Thursday after she was found unresponsive in a pool at her apartment complex on San Jose Boulevard, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. JSO Sgt. Ray Reeves said first responders arrived at Woodlake Park Apartments at around 6:45 a.m. and pulled the woman out of the water. TheyContinue Reading

Citizens Property Insurance, the state’s “insurer of last resort,” is sending policyholders letters in the mail that says they’ve received an offer of coverage from another private market insurance company. The letter states that the policyholder must reply and register their choice by October 5, 2023 or Citizens will makeContinue Reading

After five days of prosecution testimony, the defense will begin calling witnesses Thursday in the murder trial of a Jacksonville man accused of raping, impregnating and killing his niece in 2018. Johnathan Quiles was indicted for the first-degree murder of his niece by marriage, 16-year-old Iyana Sawyer, who was fiveContinue Reading