Jacksonville News (Page 318)

A Clay County family is desperately looking for answers about a man who has been missing for two years, fearing the worst has happened. Loved ones of Paul Akridge, 50, said he feared for his life days before his disappearance in May 2021, when he was last seen at hisContinue Reading

The owner of Three Seasons Mobile Home Village — a mobile home community on the Westside where residents complained about receiving water bills as high as $1,700 for one month — was previously investigated by the Ohio Department of Commerce after tenants there also complained of outrageous water bills. TheContinue Reading

A Lakeshore couple is lucky to be alive after a massive tree fell on their property and destroyed priceless belongings and condemned their home of nearly five years. Now, the homeowners are asking: Who’s responsible for the damage? Property records show the tree sits on a city-owned easement connecting LakeContinue Reading

It was a cool, or shall we say cold, way to raise money: Jacksonville leaders took an icy dip to raise money for the ALS Association. Government and business leaders took part in the ALS Association’s CEO Soak Tuesday evening, dunking into ice baths in a spinoff of the group’sContinue Reading

Save the date! Veterans with questions about benefits, claims, PACT Act, and more, can get the answers next week in person. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the North Florida / South Georgia Veterans Health System will host a PACT Act VetFest event on Thursday, Sept. 28 from 2:00Continue Reading

President Joe Biden’s busy agenda for his time at the annual U.N. General Assembly this week includes meetings with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Biden is set to meet with the Brazilian president on Wednesday at 1:45 p.m. and the two areContinue Reading

Partly cloudy, warm and so far, we’re dry.  That will change tonight for our southern counties and mainly south of I-10 through midnight.  INcreasing wind with raounds of rain and storms Thursday. Now:  Partly cloudy and warm. Tonight:  Partly to mostly cloudy with showers developing along our southern zone, GainesvilleContinue Reading

A Jacksonville woman, 29, died early Wednesday when she lost control of her vehicle while traveling north on Interstate 295, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). Officials said the woman was traveling north on I-295, north of State Road 9B, when she veered northwest across the express lanes andContinue Reading

More than 900 sailors assigned to the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales arrived at Naval Station Mayport Wednesday morning. This is the ship’s first visit to Naval Station Mayport and it’s expected to be in port five days. It’s the Royal Navy’s newest and largest aircraft carrier. ItContinue Reading