You may have seen the headlines earlier this week of water temperatures in the Florida Keys hitting triple digits. If verified, this would be the warmest water temperature ever recorded on Earth. But did it really happen? And how would we know? The answers are a bit complicated. The triple-digitContinue Reading
Clark’s Fish Camp & Seafood Restaurant, a staple in the Mandarin and Julington Creek area, has been sold for $1.4 million. The restaurant was sold on June 28, the Jax Daily Record reports. Clark’s Fish Camp had been around for almost half a century before closing its doors last September.Continue Reading
More fallout over Florida’s New Academic Standards that require educators to teach about the personal benefits African Americans received during slavery. A Duval County history teacher resigned from his job – over this new curriculum. The education controversy is happening in the midst of one of the worst teacher shortagesContinue Reading
Members of U.S. Senator Rubio’s team started sounding the alarm last month about a Jacksonville apartment complex after getting a complaint from a resident. The Cascade Apartment complex, formerly known as Kings Ridge, is now part of a News4JAX I-TEAM investigation. MORE: Mayor, city leaders descend on Jacksonville apartments afterContinue Reading
You might not even notice it looking at certain shorelines along Kingsley Plantation on Fort George Island, south of Amelia Island, but salt marsh erosion is a glaring problem to ecological experts, some of whom, have spent the last two years designing a solution to reverse erosion in parts ofContinue Reading
Is it a helpful tool to solve crime, or an encroachment on civil liberties? Surveillance and doorbell cameras seem to be everywhere, and now local sheriffs are asking homeowners and business owners who have them to essentially — connect. The law From tracking down porch pirates to keeping an eyeContinue Reading
A Florida woman pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return. According to court documents, Iona Coates of Orange Park, Florida, owned and operated Bits & Bytes Accounting Services Inc., a tax preparation and bookkeeping services company located in Jacksonville. Between 2015 andContinue Reading
Authorities arrested and charged a 16-year-old girl who allegedly set fire to a couch at a hotel in central Florida around 3:24 a.m. on Tuesday, police said. Multiple fire engines responded to the fire at the Hilton Ocala on 3600 SW 36th Avenue and — with help from the OcalaContinue Reading
Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to deliver remarks at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday at the American Legislative Exchange Council Annual Meeting in Orlando. ALEC is a lobbying group that focuses on issues including taxes and budgets, climate change and the environment, workers’ rights and collective bargaining, health care, telecommunications policy, electionContinue Reading
Part of the ocean circulation system that regulates the planet’s weather and temperature is slowing down at a rate that may be faster than anticipated. This could result in a tipping point that would result in severe weather changes. The Gulf Stream is part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning CirculationContinue Reading