Jacksonville News (Page 415)

A status conference will be held Monday at 10 a.m. on Donald Smith’s appeal of his conviction and death sentence in the 2013 murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle. Smith will not be there in person, just his lawyers. Back in May, the State Attorney’s Office filed a response to theContinue Reading

Get your lists together for what you need to buy to prepare for the start of the new school year because for two weeks Floridians be able to shop for back-to-school essentials tax-free. Florida’s back-to-school sales tax holiday runs Monday, July 24 through Sunday, Aug. 6. It’s your chance toContinue Reading

It’s a warm start to the workweek, with scattered showers in southern areas. More showers are likely south of I-10 this morning, with higher rain and storm chances heading into the afternoon. Highs for Monday will be in the low 90s. The rain and storms will subside later this evening,Continue Reading

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is asking for help to find a man who has not been seen since 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning. Johnny Ray Dove, 68, is showing signs of dementia which is why police are asking for help finding him. He was last seen wearing a t-shirt with theContinue Reading

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting on the intersection of Southside and Atlantic Boulevard. Officers found a man dead inside a vehicle when they arrived at the intersection at around 11:30 p.m. Sunday night, according to police. Another man was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was takenContinue Reading

The lawyer for a man accused of resisting arrest that led to the death of a St. Johns County deputy filed a motion suggesting her client is not competent to stand trial. Virjilio Aguilar-Mendez was arrested and charged with resisting arrest with violence and felony murder after a struggle betweenContinue Reading

Sheriff T.K. Waters and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office held another crime prevention safety walk Saturday morning. Waters and dozens of officers spoke with residents about concerns they may have in the city and plans in place to make it safer. JSO officers, city councilman Reginald Gaffney Jr. and other crimeContinue Reading

More kids are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, according to a report by the American Association of Journal Diabetes Care. Researchers found that young people who are Black, Hispanic, and Native American are more likely to have a higher burden of Type 2 diabetes than White children. Parents haveContinue Reading

A motorcyclist was killed and a woman was seriously injured in a rainy Saturday afternoon crash on Interstate 95. The Florida Highway Patrol said a 39-year-old man, of Savannah, was traveling south with a 24-year-old woman, of Chicago, on I-95 at Lem Turner Road. Storms were moving across the cityContinue Reading