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Children in the United States are more likely to die at the hands of a gun than in a car crash, from a drug overdose or cancer. That’s just one of the troubling statistics in a new Centers for Disease Control study that found firearms killed a record number ofContinue Reading

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released body cam video of a deadly officer involved shooting in the Lake Forest neighborhood Sunday, August 6. In the video, you can see the officer driving up to the scene, he’s immediately met by a man and woman who tell him their friend and dogContinue Reading

Community members in a Nocatee community are outraged about having little to no water inside their homes. Residents at the Reserve at Nocatee told News4JAX they have been dealing with the issue for over a year and are paying a lot of money to not be getting a basic necessity.Continue Reading

A warning to anyone who purchases items through sites like Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist; be careful and be safe when meeting up with a stranger you are buying or selling an item. The warning followed an incident on the westside Sunday where a man was shot while trying to sellContinue Reading

A 1-year-old child was taken last Thursday when their mother left the toddler alone in a car that was running in the parking lot of a store in Tallahassee, according to Kids and Car Safety, citing recent news reports. Police chased the vehicle and arrested the female driver after sheContinue Reading

A personal injury law firm has filed a lawsuit against Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly and Co., the manufacturers of Ozempic and Mounjaro, over claims that the diabetes drugs, which are popular for aiding weight loss, can cause gastroparesis, a paralysis of the stomach, according to CBS News. We wantContinue Reading

I just wanted to say it is great to be back and — might I add — way ahead of schedule! I’m feeling great after open heart surgery. Here’s the back story: My cardiologist and good friend, Dr. Majdi Ashchi, has been following a leaking aortic valve in my heartContinue Reading

The Duval County School Board hopes to have a permanent superintendent in place by January after the early retirement of Dr. Diana Greene in July. Dr. Dana Kriznar is currently serving as interim superintendent. But before school board members move forward in their search for a superintendent to lead theContinue Reading

Duval County Public Schools teachers are now receiving supplemental pay to boost their salaries, funded by a one-mill property tax increase that voters approved in 2022. The supplemental pay varies based on a teacher’s base salary with teachers who have higher salaries receiving more money. The supplemental pay, which isContinue Reading