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
Firefighters are sounding the alarm over the rapid rise of lithium-ion battery fires. The rechargeable batteries that power cell phones, vapes, e-bikes, scooters and even electric cars can be dangerous when they fail. RELATED: Lithium batteries in golf cart spark fire that destroys E-Town home, firefighters say The battery firesContinue Reading
State investigators are looking for a Jacksonville funeral director accused of grand theft, giving families the wrong ashes, and abandoning a mortuary with bodies inside. Elliott Maurice Graham, 49, is the funeral director at Marion Graham Mortuary in the Lake Forest Hills neighborhood. State agents were at the mortuary ThursdayContinue Reading
The issues being uncovered through the Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS) investigation of the Marion Graham Mortuaries aren’t the first time something like this has happened in Jacksonville. Funeral director Elliot Graham is at the center of the DFS investigation that accuses him of stealing money and mishandling remains.Continue Reading
The Florida Department of Transportation has denied claims from drivers after their cars were damaged while driving on a stretch of I-10 between Chaffee Road and Hammond Boulevard. Angela Wood had her claim denied by F-DOT even though she has nicks and cracks in her windshield. “There was one thatContinue Reading
Just one day after a contentious Senate hearing where lawmakers blamed social media executives for the negative effect their platforms have on teenagers’ mental health — News4JAX has information about a lawsuit filed by a Clay County family against the LGBTQ social networking and dating site Grindr. The parents ofContinue Reading
Love truly can be a scary sight. 13th Floor Haunted House Jacksonville announced the return of Love Bites: A Valentine’s Haunted House which features live performers and a new horrifying theme. The haunted house will be open on Friday, Feb. 16, and Saturday, Feb. 17. Travel back in time to theContinue Reading
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