Jacksonville News (Page 417)

America celebrates National Intern Day on the last Thursday in July. This year, it’s happening on July 27. We are taking this opportunity to introduce you to our amazing summer interns. BRENDAN BROWN Brendan is an intern from Tallahassee, Florida, currently in his fourth year at Florida A&M University. BrendanContinue Reading

Mayor Donna Deegan will host her first “community conversation” event next Thursday. She hopes to cover everything from infrastructure and the economy to arts and entertainment and says it will be a chance for every voice in Jacksonville to be heard. There will be one meeting — all open toContinue Reading

Two young St. Johns County men accused in connection with the shooting death of a man in downtown Jacksonville in May have been indicted. Ryan Nichols, who was 19 years old at the time of his arrest, was charged with first-degree murder while Daniel DeGuardia, 18, was charged with accessoryContinue Reading

A St. Augustine doctor accused of running a pill mill operation has been found guilty on 19 federal charges. Dr. Scott Hollington was found guilty of 14 counts of unlawful distribution of drugs not for legitimate medical purposes and five counts of obstruction of justice following a week-long trial inContinue Reading

The return of the onshore flow sends showers and storms inland with cooler afternoon highs along the beaches.  Showers and isolated storms will develop near and along the River around 1 p.m. and then move inland with the sea breeze.  This will keep most areas from I-95 to the beachesContinue Reading

Residents in Lake Asbury continue to remain frustrated over a major road closure. This closure is on Sandridge Road right in front of Lake Asbury Junior High. MORE: Clay County road project causes uproar; some residents say they’re basically trapped in their neighborhoods The road closure has rerouted several largeContinue Reading

Major auto insurers like Allstate, State Farm and Progressive are refusing to write policies for Kia and Hyundai vehicles in certain cities. New York City has just filed a lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia, joining a host of other cities because of a wave of car thefts. The reason isContinue Reading

It was just another day at Exotic Bird Hospital off Old Kings Road South on Tuesday until a routine task went wrong. “We could hear hissing and ‘bam, bam, bam.’ It sounded like metal cages were falling which sometimes happens here. So, it didn’t like set our radar off yet.Continue Reading

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