The family of a 12-year-old boy who was hit by a car Friday and later died has identified him as Brighton Penkacik. Police say the boy and his brother were being chased by a dog around 7 Friday morning. The brother stopped, but 12-year-old, Brighton continued trying to get awayContinue Reading

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a woman. In a news release, the Sheriff’s Office says it was called to a field in the area of SW Haltiwanger Road Sunday morning where a body was located. The Sheriff’s Office says the body is an adult whiteContinue Reading

After the glancing blow from Hurricane Idalia, this is not the time to let your guard down. There are a couple of areas to keep an eye on in the Caribbean and tropical Atlantic. In the Central Tropical Atlantic the Invest known as AL95 Continues to produce showers and thunderstormsContinue Reading

The Labor Day holiday rolls on with sunny skies and seasonal temperatures. Now: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies.  A bone dry Radar and cooler evening temperatures will make for a nice night. Tonight:  Mostly clear skies with light to calm wind.  Patchy fog for inland areas.  Temperatures in theContinue Reading

JEA Wastewater crews left Sunday for the Big Bend area for a mutual aid request for Taylor Coastal Utilities. Idalia made landfall in Keaton Beach, Taylor County, as a Category 3 hurricane on Aug. 30, causing damage throughout the region and flooding the utility’s extensive wastewater system network. A six-memberContinue Reading

September is blood cancer awareness month, and it is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. That includes leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and Hodgkin’s disease. But a new treatment is helping them live longer. While more than a third of blood cancer patients still do not survive five yearsContinue Reading

A Flagler County Detention deputy was arrested Saturday by Florida Fish and Wildlife on boating under the influence. Colin Haggerty was arrested after his boat was stopped in the Intracoastal waterway near the Hammock Dunes Bridge. Because of his role in law enforcement, his mugshot is not made public. HaggertyContinue Reading

A slight chance of showers possible early this morning but then mostly sunny skies. Highs in the upper 80s with breezy conditions. Winds from the northeast at 10-15 mph. Tonight, mostly clear skies with temperatures dropping into the low 70s. For the Labor Day holiday, mostly sunny skies and hotContinue Reading

A man was killed in a shooting Saturday evening on Old Kings Road, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. JSO said when they arrived to the area around 7:50 p.m., they found a man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital where he later died. JSO is speakingContinue Reading