Jacksonville News (Page 350)

A Jacksonville organization is helping the community learn to heal after a tragedy following Saturday’s racially-motivated shooting that killed three Black people. At the Jax Community Healing Circle, organizers such as Nubian Roberts, who is a manager with Florida Rising, stressed the importance of talking about what you’re feeling andContinue Reading

Two 4-year-olds died Saturday in a home in the Regency neighborhood, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. According to a report from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), the children were pronounced dead after they were found unresponsive in a “footlocker/toybox” while playing at home. JSO said the childrenContinue Reading

A report published by Rolling Stone on Wednesday sheds new light on the views of the white gunman who killed three Black residents in a racially motivated attack at a Jacksonville Dollar General on Saturday. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said the shooter left behind a racist manifesto that hasn’t beenContinue Reading

A steamy afternoon to rake up leaves, sticks and moss in my yard.  As I stood in the shade of a tree still standing after Hurricane Idalia, I was grateful that I had electricity and minimal damage.  Fallen trees on your home?  I’ve been there.  Is the power still out? Continue Reading

It’s been a much quieter day across the area, but sct’d showers and a few storms will be possible this evening. The best chance will be south of Jacksonville, with temps falling into the upper 70s. A few showers will be possible overnight as a cold front swings through theContinue Reading

A drug made to treat animals is now being used by drug dealers to hook more addicts and it’s killing people. The drug is called Xylazine and it’s being mixed with fentanyl. A deadly combination that has put Duval County at the top of a list no county wants toContinue Reading

The grandmother of one of the three people gunned down in the deadly hate crime attack in Jacksonville’s New Town area spoke with News4JAX. “This was a tragedy that never should have happened,” Eva Mobley said as she sat on a front porch in Nashville. “When is it going toContinue Reading

Columbia County’s emergency management director said Hurricane Idalia destroyed some infrastructure a power company needs to get back online. As of 3 p.m. on Thursday, more than 18,000 customers in the county were still without power, according to the state. The power issues have forced the school district to extendContinue Reading

Jacksonville was spared from a direct hit from Hurricane Idalila, but the storm still left its mark on parts of the city. One of the areas affected was the Riverside neighborhood, where Memorial Park flooded and the river wall was damaged. The same wall was damaged during Hurricane Irma inContinue Reading