Jacksonville News (Page 419)

Residents at a Grand Park apartment complex are begging for help. They said they’ve endured horrid living conditions without any repairs for years. “We are having to live with the roaches, the rats, the holes in the wall, the water leaking,” said resident April Sizemore, a mother of two. TheContinue Reading

Two local Jacksonville pool companies are stepping up to help a veteran couple who said their pool build was abandoned. After paying over $100,000 to the company, Derand and Deltria Lees’ pool is still a concrete shell almost two years after Staycation Pools & Spas started construction. Blue Haven PoolsContinue Reading

On Tuesday, the Jacksonville City Council will start considering the future of the Duval County jail’s healthcare contractor for the first time since the I-TEAM exposed the company’s criminal history. That company, Armor Health, is now under investigation by the state after it failed to report its past felony convictions,Continue Reading

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jacksonville received hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government to help people. It was all part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which was passed in 2021 and was signed by President Joe Biden. The city has spent most of that money butContinue Reading

The one we have been watching is a few hundred miles east of the Windward Islands. Although this system has not become any better organized since yesterday, some slow development remains possible during the next couple of days. Regardless of development, locally heavy rains and strong gusty winds are possibleContinue Reading

Seasonal summer temperatures with daily showers and storms this week.  Afternoon highs in the low to mid 90s with showers and storms developing with the afternoon heat and the Atlantic sea breeze.  Models are hinting at hotter temperatures this weekend. Tonight:  Scattered showers with storms mainly south of I-10 tonight,Continue Reading

We’ve never seen so much pink in our entire lives! SnapJAX users are pinging all over Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia with uploads from theatres, limos, photo ops and more that are all things Barbie! The Barbie movie premiered in theatres last week and had fans racing to be someContinue Reading

A Baker County mother of four is accused of leaving her kids unattended in a car for at least 20 minutes on Friday, which was noted as one of the hottest days of the month, according to a Baker County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post. BCSO said Tiffany Dillman, 26, wasContinue Reading

A 30-year-old man jumped off a Carnival cruise ship Sunday off Florida, prompting a search by the U.S. Coast Guard, officials said. WKMG in Orlando is reporting that the Coast Guard said the man was on the Carnival Elation and went overboard about 95 miles east of Melbourne. Carnival CruiseContinue Reading