Jacksonville News (Page 323)

A pesky front has been wafting across the area today leading to clusters of showers. The NE winds have increased and will push rain south and westward into the evening as drier conditions set in before sundown. Tonight only isolated showers are expected with temps in the upper 70s. TomorrowContinue Reading

A bicyclist is dead after being hit by two vehicles early Friday while traveling on County Road 302 in Flagler County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. According to FHP, the bicyclist was traveling ahead of two vehicles in the westbound travel lane of CR-302 when one of the vehicles struckContinue Reading

Duval County Public Schools said it is expecting widespread afternoon delays for bus riders on Friday due to an abnormally high number of driver absences. According to the DCPS website that tracks bus delays, more than 100 school buses were running at least 30 minutes late and some were upContinue Reading

A 35-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a woman found strangled to death in a Southside apartment in November, according to the State Attorney’s Office. Otis Tucker pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and tampering with evidence after 23-year-old Ashley Fowler was found dead atContinue Reading

Varshan Brown was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday after he was found guilty of two counts of aggravated assault against a police officer and other charges following a controversial 2021 drug raid in Camden County. But Brown was found not guilty by a jury for the charge ofContinue Reading

In this week’s SnapJAX stories, we ended up at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. One of our snappers was sending pictures of animals at the zoo. It turned out he was a volunteer and he has quite the story about the zoo and how it started a lifelong love inContinue Reading

An equipment failure at JEA’s Skinner Parkway lift station on Thursday led to a “sanitary sewer overflow” into Pottsburg Creek. JEA said the estimated size of the spill was 509,000 gallons. JEA said it cleaned up at the lift station and finished recovery efforts from Pottsburg Creek by Thursday evening,Continue Reading

With more than 2,200 entries, Corkie Reid emerged as the winner of the News4JAX Insider Jaguars Tickets Sweepstakes, securing two tickets to see the Jaguars square off against the Texans on Sunday, September 24. The exciting news was delivered to Corkie Wednesday morning via a surprise phone call, leaving herContinue Reading

Some fans worried that the Jacksonville Jaguars might have to lock down “The Blank” when the team hosted the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. That’s because the west side of the stadium was recently left with a gaping void after the “TIAA Bank Field” sign came down in anticipation ofContinue Reading