Jacksonville News (Page 387)

More than one thousand people made their way to Oceanway Middle School on Saturday for a school supply and food distribution. Lisa Hamilton was among the crowd with her grandkids who are starting first grade and kindergarten. She considers all of this a blessing. “Whatever the needs are, they fulfillContinue Reading

There are several back-to-school supply giveaways happening around Jacksonville on Saturday. One event honored a Jacksonville native who was killed by a former police officer in Illinois. Marcellis Stinnette grew up in Jacksonville and graduated from Terry Parker High School before moving to Illinois. Stinnette was shot and killed whileContinue Reading

A man was found dead near Sago Road on the Northside. Around 430 Saturday morning, officers were patrolling around the area which is normal routine of patrolling parks and closed businesses. During that patrol, they found a man in his 30s dead in the road. They found a car nearContinue Reading

It’s yet another warm start to the day, and more heat is ahead to kick off the weekend. Just an isolated PM shower is expected, with highs today soaring into the upper 90s and feel like temps above 105°. It stays quiet and warm tonight with just a few passingContinue Reading

A man riding a motorcycle was killed Friday night in a crash on the 6200 block of Powers Avenue in the San Jose area, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. JSO said around 10:47 p.m., a motorist was going at a high-speed rate down Powers Avenue. Another man driving an AcuraContinue Reading

Seven horses are now in Putnam County recovering after being removed from a property in Georgia, following an animal welfare check. Daniela Catana, the owner of Hope’s Dream Rescue and Sanctuary, said she rescued the animals Sunday. According to the Glynn County Police Department, 12 horses were removed from aContinue Reading

A chilling body camera video shows a local deputy’s encounter with fentanyl, as he asks another deputy for an ambulance. This close call Thursday was one of many topics of conversation at a fentanyl roundtable in Clay County Friday morning. Over a dozen top law enforcement officials from the region,Continue Reading

It’s just after one in the morning Wednesday, when Paige Pringle left her co-workers at Dos Gatos. About two miles away on Hendricks at railroad tracks, not far from Nira Street, a gunman or gunmen, shot Pringle and another woman before leaving the area. At around 1:38 AM Wednesday aContinue Reading

Fix the problems by Saturday or don’t get paid. That’s the message Jacksonville housing officials have for the landlords of a troubled apartment complex that the News4JAX I-TEAM first exposed last month. City leaders tell the I-TEAM that management at the Cascade Apartments in Grand Park has been told toContinue Reading