Jacksonville News (Page 321)

It’s officially fall and the pumpkin patches, hayrides, haunted houses, and more spooktacular events are back! News4JAX has compiled a 2023 list — including multiple Florida counties and Georgia — of the best pumpkin patches and events in your area! Check them out below. (Want to add your event orContinue Reading

The New Georgia Project (NGP) is celebrating National Voter Registration Day by hosting over 20 voter registration actions across the state starting Tuesday and throughout the week. NPG announced this day of action with the recent achievement of having helped more than 40,000 Georgians register to vote in 2023, exceedingContinue Reading

Zip lining, alligators, AND an obstacle course?! All in one place?! I didn’t believe it until I saw it first hand! “I don’t know if I can do this, it may be a little high for me hahaha.” Ok, well we had to train first–the St. Augustine Alligator Farm ZoologicalContinue Reading

Attorneys for a man who pleaded guilty to killing a Nassau County deputy in 2021 want to have scans of his brain done by the end of October. Patrick McDowell, who admitted to shooting Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers, was in court with his lawyer via Zoom Tuesday from theContinue Reading

The St. Johns County Commission is holding its regular meeting Tuesday. During the all-day meeting, commissioners are expected to discuss and approve a bid for the completion of the beach renourishment project. They will also conduct a second reading of proposed amendments to the current sexual offenders and sexual predatorsContinue Reading

A 41-year-old woman died Monday night when she was hit by a van while walking down U.S. 301 in Bradford County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers said the woman, who is from Clearwater, was walking north on U.S. 301 in the right lane when a van headed north onContinue Reading

A man was shot at Tuesday morning while driving south on I-295 on Jacksonville’s Westside, police said. According to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Karen Dukes, officers responded around 6 a.m. to reports of a shooting on I-295, about a mile south of 103rd Street, and found a man with aContinue Reading

Testimony will continue Tuesday in the trial of a Jacksonville man accused of impregnating and killing his niece in 2018. Quiles, 38, was indicted for the first-degree murder of his niece, 16-year-old Iyana Sawyer, and her unborn baby, believed to be his child, in addition to having sex with aContinue Reading

Attorneys for former Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (DA) teacher Jeffrey Clayton, who is accused of inappropriately touching an underage student in March, will appear in court Tuesday for a disposition. There’s a chance the case could be resolved soon. Clayton, who has pleaded not guilty, is not expectedContinue Reading