Jacksonville News (Page 315)

News4JAX got a sneak peek at the new “Animation Academy” exhibit that opens Saturday at the Museum of Science and History. The fun, interactive exhibit will give families a chance to see up close how animation is made, and how it has evolved. Stepping into the exhibit might feel somethingContinue Reading

The Jacksonville Armada, the city’s professional soccer club, revealed the team Thursday that will help get the club’s stadium built. That new property would be on A. Philip Randolph Boulevard, around Albert and Georgia streets, just north of EverBank Stadium. The development team includes: Stewart Green of Colt-Green Construction |Continue Reading

The Jags will host their third community “huddle” outside of Duval County Friday night to get feedback on the team’s proposed “stadium of the future.” The meeting starts at 6:15 p.m. at Yulee High School in Nassau County. The team has held almost 20 of the stadium huddles so farContinue Reading

After a jury convicted Johnathan Quiles of first-degree murder in the 2018 death of his pregnant 16-year-old niece, the trial now moves to the penalty phase on Monday. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Following about an hour of deliberations Thursday evening, the jury found Quiles guilty of the murderContinue Reading

Good FriYAY Morning! Currently seeing a few showers across the area, but the showers will end around mid morning with improving conditions through the day. Still breezy. Wake up temperatures in the 60s to low 70s for NE FL and SE GA. Afternoon highs in the 80s. Hazards: Coastal withContinue Reading

Aaron Lewis, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Staind, will headline the Rock the Box 3 Concert, presented by St. Michael’s Soldiers. We are giving our News4JAX Insiders a chance to win a 4-pack of tickets to the concert. You must be an Insider to enter andContinue Reading

A man is dead after a crash on Philips Highway on Thursday afternoon. It happened in Jacksonville’s Spring Park neighborhood around 4 p.m. Video from the scene showed a mangled white BMW. Police said the man who died was driving that BMW when it pulled out in front of aContinue Reading

A juvenile was killed and a man was injured in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the Hogan’s Creek neighborhood. According to JSO, just before 3 p.m., patrol officers responded to North Davis Street near UF Health Jacksonville after someone called to report someone had been shot. When officers arrived, theyContinue Reading

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan will be traveling to Washington on Friday to meet with President Joe Biden to discuss gun violence. The news comes 26 days after Jacksonville witnessed one of its worst hate crimes in recent history when a white man who hated Black people, according to the sheriff,Continue Reading