Jacksonville News (Page 441)

A weekend in the Duval County on a misdemeanor was a death sentence for Dexter Barry, his family says. The 54-year-old died in November after he didn’t receive his medication at the jail that kept his body from rejecting his heart transplant. Records show questions about whether inmates were gettingContinue Reading

Two children and a teen were killed and several others suffered severe injuries after a Saturday morning crash on Interstate 95 in Nassau County. The Florida Highway Patrol said a car and an SUV were driving south around 7 a.m. on I-95 near mile marker 381, close to the GeorgiaContinue Reading

Duval County Public Schools released a video on its social media accounts Monday of Highlands Elementary School being demolished. A new school will open in 2024 thanks to the half-penny sales tax. Students are temporarily attending school on the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School campus for the 2023-24 schoolContinue Reading

Two Northeast Florida school districts had the highest scores in the state on end-of-year math and English language arts tests, according to recently released statewide data. Last week, the Florida Department of Education published standardized test results for every county around the state. It was the first year the standardizedContinue Reading

Fireworks are fun to watch on the Fourth of July and a yearly tradition for many. But if you plan on lighting them off yourself, Dr. Purva Grover, an emergency medicine physician for Cleveland Clinic Children’s, urges you to keep a few things in mind. “You have to be veryContinue Reading

A 51-year-old Palm Coast man is facing multiple child sex charges related to a victim younger than 12 years old, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said. Michael Wayne Jennelle was arrested Friday on charges of sexual batter on a victim younger than 12 and two counts of lewd and lasciviousContinue Reading

The July 4 holiday is here and it’s one of the best days of the year to show off how you and your family celebrated. Fun 4 All: Where to see fireworks in Jacksonville this Fourth of July | List: Here’s what’s open, closed on 4th of July | FourthContinue Reading

Body-worn camera video obtained by News4JAX sister station WKMG in Orlando shows the growth of complaints and issues over the course of a year that led to the fatal shooting of an Ocala mother in June. Susan Lorincz, 58, is charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Ajike OwensContinue Reading

If you have student loan debt, you may be wondering how the Supreme Court ruling affects you. The Court ruled the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loan debt. It effectively killed the $400 billion plan that would have canceled up to $20,000 inContinue Reading