This week, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced it is terminating a $98 million contract with inmate healthcare provider Armor Health less than a year into the five-year contract. The termination letter obtained by News4JAX details the reasons why. In the termination letter signed Monday, an undersheriff said Armor breached itsContinue Reading
We’ve been watching a tropical wave move across the open Atlantic over the past several days, and it is now organizing. According to the National Hurricane Center, the system now has a medium chance of development and could be a tropical depression early next week. This complex could be anContinue Reading
In my humble opinion, this week we had some sunsets for the record. The sun filled the sky with purple, red, orange and yellow for just a few minutes several days before it was swallowed by the night. We don’t get a show like that every day, but when weContinue Reading
Caught in the act and now posted online. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detectives are using the agency’s website to post pictures of suspects in local crimes big and small. There are dozens of pictures online right now. Investigators are hoping the public steps in to help identify wanted suspects, using securityContinue Reading
The demand for tickets to see legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd perform at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre in the fall is so high the band has added another concert date. Lynyrd Skynyrd will now perform two concerts — one at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, and one at 7:30Continue Reading
A local activist who was unlike any other, the Rev. Davette Turk, died last week at age 87, after a long battle with dementia. She was a Catholic nun who left the church to marry and become the first woman Episcopal priest in Florida. Turk was a lifetime champion ofContinue Reading
Clay County health officials have issued another alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Doctors Lake. The original alert for the Pace Island Dock area of the lake remains in effect but there is also now an alert for the Salt Myrtle Lane area of the lake.Continue Reading
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in an armed robbery of a mail carrier in the Murray Hill area earlier this month. RELATED: Mail carrier robbed at gunpoint in Murray Hill, packagesContinue Reading
An 18-year-old charged with stabbing his ex-girlfriend and injuring her mother and a good Samaritan outside a Ponte Vedra Beach restaurant early last month will be arraigned Friday. Spencer Pearson is charged with multiple counts of attempted murder and aggravated battery in the attack that left 17-year-old Madison Schemitz paralyzedContinue Reading
The plan to make it easier to get from downtown Jacksonville to St. Augustine is in the works. Last year, JTA unveiled a proposal to build a commuter rail service, known as the First Coast commuter rail. Public presentations will be held next month to let people weigh in onContinue Reading
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