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Drivers using an electric vehicle will have a new tool to help them get around during what AAA is predicting will be a record travel weekend. It’s an interactive road-trip planning tool from Florida Power & Light called EV Expressway that helps you find hundreds of fast charging stations alongContinue Reading

AAA is preparing to rescue more than 393,000 drivers nationwide with car trouble this Fourth of July weekend. The auto group also unfortunately expects there to be impaired drivers on the road. To keep everyone safe this weekend, AAA is activating its Tow to Go program in Florida, which offersContinue Reading

Friday is expected to be the busiest travel day ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. AAA predicts over 4 million people will catch a flight this weekend, which is an 11% increase from last year. Dozens of flights were canceled at JAX earlier this week, but things have beenContinue Reading

More than 200 new laws will go into effect in Florida on Saturday. We’re highlighting what you need to know about some of the most high-profile changes: Permit-less carry One of the new laws will allow guns to be carried almost anywhere in the state, without a permit. Police agenciesContinue Reading

AAA expects to rescue more than 393,000 drivers over the Fourth of July weekend. The group also predicts that Friday will be the busiest day on the road. More than 2.4 million Floridians will take a road trip over the holiday weekend ,and thousands will experience car trouble. The threeContinue Reading

It is hot in summer but it is odd to have so many clear dry days when afternoon storms are typically the rule. Look for another dry day with temps kicking up to the low to mid 90s. No rain cools us today but isolated showers are possible inland tomorrowContinue Reading

Latino truck drivers are encouraging truckers to suspend all deliveries to and from Florida on Saturday to protest the state’s latest immigration law that creates new penalties and restrictions on workers who are in the country illegally. The protest is set for Saturday because that’s the day the law (SBContinue Reading

A 53-year-old man from St. Augustine is dead, and a woman is seriously injured after a three-vehicle crash on A1A and Bay Drive on Thursday night, according to Florida Highway Patrol. A pick-up truck and an SUV were driving south on A1A, one in front of the other, when theContinue Reading

The second time around proved to be the right time for David James. The big man with the big voice took home the title of 2023 ‘Oh Say Can You Sing’ champion Thursday night, during the show’s 10th-anniversary celebration at Underbelly on Bay Street in Downtown Jacksonville. Just minutes afterContinue Reading