Jacksonville News (Page 396)

Jacksonville Fire Rescue is responding to a car that went over the side of the Trout River Bridge Thursday night into the river. According to JFRD, the driver was rescued and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. There are also power lines down in the area. This is developing.Continue Reading

A Jacksonville mother of one of the teens accused of stealing a Kia that caught fire Wednesday says her son’s arrest was the best thing to happen to him. Surveillance footage shows different angles of the tense moment when a stolen Kia sedan crashed by multiple juveniles at a gasContinue Reading

Now:  Gorgeous sunsets as isolated showers come to an end.  Partly cloudy, warm and calm tonight.  Patchy fog will form late tonight, early Friday morning. Tonight:  A dry night with areas of patchy to dense fog.  Light to calm wind. Friday:  Scattered showers with storms, some will arrive early forContinue Reading

A judge heard arguments Thursday between attorneys for Celebration Church and its former pastors amid an ongoing legal battle that involves allegations of defamation. After a nearly two-hour hearing, Judge Marianne Aho said she would take the arguments under advisement. Stovall and Kerri Weems filed a lawsuit against Celebration ChurchContinue Reading

Terrell Lewis pleaded guilty Thursday to the triple murders of the mother of his son and her siblings and a road rage murder that happened a month before. Lewis was accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend, Johnisha Williams, her brother, Jordan Williams and her sister, Jamonica Williams in anContinue Reading

A Tampa-based pool contractor was ordered Tuesday to pay more than $155,000 in restitution for abandoning his projects and causing financial harm to his clients. The license holder for Staycation Pools & Spas, Jordan Hidalgo, said he was never notified of the Construction Trades and Qualifying Board hearing. He calledContinue Reading

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is calling for an immediate investigation into the Monaco Arms apartments in Jacksonville, following numerous complaints about an active gas leak which he says remain unaddressed. In a letter to Marcia Fudge, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Rubio expressedContinue Reading

Mayor Donna Deegan made promises during her campaign to bring back a popular crime-fighting tool in Jacksonville that was dumped or changed by past administrations: The Jacksonville Journey. It focused on community initiatives. Part of the recommendations for the new mayor to handle public safety is to bring back theContinue Reading

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said Armon Phillips was arrested and charged in connection to the Tuesday morning SWAT standoff at an apartment complex on Atlantic and Hodges boulevards. Police responded to the Woodhollow apartments around 5 a.m. following reports of an altercation between several people. JSO said it learned thatContinue Reading