Jacksonville News (Page 72)

The remodeled Friendship Fountain will be reopening very soon. Thursday night, News4JAX captured video of workers testing the fountain — the lights, dancing water and music were spectacular! We’ve learned the attraction will reopen to the public on February 15, as part of the third Thursday Sip and Stroll eventContinue Reading

According to a new study out of the University of Michigan, Americans are feeling more upbeat about the economy this month, as inflation continues to soften. The consumer sentiment was up 13% in January, that’s the highest level since July 2021. WATCH: This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition The JanuaryContinue Reading

A Jacksonville artist is creating a special piece for the family of a soldier killed in Jordan earlier this week. United States Army Specialist Kennedy Sanders was one of three soldiers killed in a drone strike Sunday. She was 24 years old. News4JAX interviewed Jodesha Baldwin a few times before, but this wasContinue Reading

Naval Station Mayport sailors and their families took a dip Friday morning in the frigid base beach waters for a “Polar Plunge” with “Mayport Mitch,” the famed base groundhog. The fun-filled event celebrates Groundhog Day, and Mitch’s prediction was for six more weeks of winter. That was also his predictionContinue Reading

Today is off to a very cool and cloudy start, followed by partly cloudy skies with highs near 70! Morning lows in the 40s. Highs in the 60s to near 70 degrees. Partly cloudy skies, patchy fog and cool overnight. You have a very, very sunny Saturday ahead, with rainContinue Reading

Heavy equipment moved into place Friday morning and crews began what will likely be a weekslong process to tear down the RISE Doro apartment building. Anywhere from 35 to 60 workers a day will use excavators and a crane with a boom or arm of more than 100 feet toContinue Reading

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office issued a warning Thursday about a potentially dangerous game that teenagers and younger adults are playing that could put them at risk. The game is called Assassins, and it’s not to be confused with a video game. Instead, the sheriff’s office calls it a “social role-playing”Continue Reading

Several families are pouring in with stories to News4JAX about their experiences with a Jacksonville funeral home at the center of a state investigation. Ola Jackson passed away in September 2023. Since her death, her family had to fight to receive what they thought were her ashes from Marion GrahamContinue Reading

A satellite photographed a rare type of high-altitude cloud over Antarctica on Jan. 17, 2024. You see them as thin clouds streaming across the black space in the middle of the animation. These are rare mesospheric clouds occupying part of the sky that typically can’t form clouds. Their altitude aroundContinue Reading