Jacksonville News (Page 317)

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

The family of Iyana Sawyer expressed gratitude and relief following the guilty verdict Thursday against Johnathan Quiles, the man who was accused of killing the pregnant 16-year-old in 2018. In a statement through their attorney, the family called Quiles a “predator” and asked everyone to keep their family in theirContinue Reading

A young man who was lost at sea for about 30 hours in early August was reunited Thursday with the crews who helped rescue him. Charles Gregory, 25, was swept out to the ocean while fishing in the Salt Run area early on the morning of Friday, Aug. 4. HeContinue Reading

Hundreds of students in Gainesville are living out of suitcases after being told the apartment complex they were supposed to move into is not ready to be occupied. The students were supposed to move into the luxury apartment complex, called UFORA, on Aug. 5. However, a month before move-in day,Continue Reading

Citizens property insurance policyholders are getting letters in the mail asking them to switch to private insurance companies. The state-backed “insurer of last resort” is switching 300,000 policies. Citizens currently has more than 1.4 million insurance policies. Sean Way from We Insure offered some advice on how to avoid anyContinue Reading

Lopez Vazquez appeared for an arraignment Thursday morning on three counts of DUI manslaughter and a fourth count of DUI with property damage. A not guilty plea was entered through an interpreter. Police say Vazquez, 40, was driving an F-250 on Aug. 24 when it slammed into a Honda FitContinue Reading

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