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A 57-year-old semi-truck driver from Hialeah was seriously injured Wednesday when his semi collided with another semi and ended up wedged under the trailer, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP said a 35-year-old driver from Clermont was stopped in the gore area — the triangular grassy median — toContinue Reading

A Jacksonville Beach woman accused of orchestrating the death of her ex-husband in a murder-for-hire plot is scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning in Washington state. Shanna Gardner is set to be sent back to Florida to face charges connected to Jared Bridegan’s death, but her attorneys are fightingContinue Reading

After days of jury selection, the trial of a Jacksonville man accused of raping, impregnating and killing his niece will get underway Thursday in Duval County with opening statements. Johnathan Quiles was indicted for the first-degree murder of his niece, 16-year-old Iyana Sawyer, and her unborn baby, believed to beContinue Reading

Rebecca Bowman is an engineering expert with the National Society of Professional Engineers. She used to live in Jacksonville and is now in Pennsylvania and one of her areas of expertise is forensic engineering, where she helps determine what happened during disasters like the partial parking garage collapse that happenedContinue Reading

A jury was selected Wednesday in the trial of the man accused of raping, impregnating and killing his niece. Johnathan Quiles could face the death penalty if he is convicted. He’s charged with first-degree murder for the death of Iyana Sawyer, 16, who was five months pregnant when she wentContinue Reading

At least four people called 911 to report the partial parking garage collapse at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside that happened at around 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday. News4JAX received some of the 911 calls made to report what happened. Call 1 Caller: “The third floor of the parking garage at theContinue Reading

A 15-year-old boy went missing Wednesday afternoon and two more swimmers were taken to a local hospital after they were pulled from the waters off a Nassau County beach. Fernandina Beach Fire Rescue said it happened at North Beach Park, access six north, around 3 p.m. Officials said they wereContinue Reading

Nearly a dozen tenants of a local mobile home park are sharing their concerns over unusually high water bills after the News4JAX I-TEAM reported the case of a disabled veteran who was being threatened with eviction if she didn’t pay a $2,200 water bill. Several residents at the Three SeasonsContinue Reading

The builder of the parking garage at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside hospital that partially collapsed on Tuesday said it stands by its work on the garage and plans to assist in the investigation into what happened. “Batson-Cook has not worked on this project since 2007 and, as Jacksonville Fire andContinue Reading