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A dozen customers of Staycation Pools & Spas in the Jacksonville area now claim their pool builds were never finished or were abandoned by the company. Some of them have cut their losses and hired another company to finish the job but others, like Ashley Kennedy, are stuck with aContinue Reading

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan joined other city officials and HUD representatives at the Cascade Apartments on Kings Road Tuesday afternoon after the News4JAX I-TEAM reported on the mold, pest and structural problems there on Monday. MORE | Rats, roaches, mold: Grand Park apartment residents complain about ongoing issues, horrid livingContinue Reading

Jacksonville Fire Rescue tells News4JAX two people went to the hospital and one bird died after a fire at Exotic Bird Hospital on Old Kings Road South. The fire caused extensive damage to the building, and is believed to have started when an oxygen tank exploded. The two people whoContinue Reading

Video obtained by News4JAX on Tuesday shows a corrections officer in the Camden County jail pushing an inmate into a glass door before the inmate loses consciousness. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said the officer was arrested after the incident. And it wasn’t the first time a corrections officerContinue Reading

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters and Mayor Donna Deegan held a news conference on Tuesday evening to announce the end of a $98 million contract with Armor Correctional Health Services, which administers healthcare to inmates at the Duval County jail. Waters said the jail will make the switch to NaphCare, anotherContinue Reading

Jacksonville’s quality of life is being questioned on Tuesday night. What issues are important for people living here? The city council worked for months studying those concerns and released a report last year. On Tuesday, that committee passed on those concerns to the new council leadership. In the report, andContinue Reading

A Duval County School Board member is speaking out to News4JAX about Florida’s new controversial educational standards for African American studies and how the new curriculum could be rolled out into local schools. Darryl Willie who reviewed the academic standards doesn’t only have an issue with the new curriculum whichContinue Reading

Isolated thunderstorms with areas of rain will continue through around 8 pm then fade after sunset. Areas of patchy fog can be expected across our inland areas tomorrow morning. Isolated storms return Wednesday afternoon with better chances across our inland areas as the wind turns onshore. Tonight: Isolated thunderstorms withContinue Reading

President Biden delivers remarks on expanding access to mental health care. The White House announced new proposed rules focused on bolstering mental health. Under the rules, health plans would be required to make changes if they are found to be providing “inadequate access” to mental health services, based on whetherContinue Reading