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
A bicyclist is dead following a crash Wednesday morning on Emerson Street around 9 a.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials said a sedan was heading eastbound on Emerson Street when a bicyclist traveling on the sidewalk crossed into the road. The sedan hit the bicyclist. The driver wasContinue Reading
The attorneys for a man who pleaded guilty to killing a Nassau County deputy in 2021 are set to argue in court that Florida’s newest death penalty law is unconstitutional. Patrick McDowell, who admitted to shooting Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers, is set for trial in the penalty phase inContinue Reading
The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. Wednesday on “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security Public Safety and Government Transparency.” Witnesses include Ryan Graves, Executive Director, Americans for Safe Aerospace; Commander David Fravor (Ret.), formerContinue Reading