Florida News (Page 199)

Several members of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office attended a Tuesday city council meeting to support a bill that the law enforcement agency said would give officers a seat at the table for legal settlements involving JSO. The officers sat at the meeting as critics spoke during public comment, urging cityContinue Reading

Special Olympics Florida will host its annual Polar Plunge fundraiser on Feb. 18 at Beachwalk Club Crystal Lagoon in St. Johns County, according to a release. The St. Johns event is one of three plunges that Special Olympics Florida holds annually, with the other two taking place in Tampa andContinue Reading

Nicole Devilbiss, 35, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to create and distribute animal-crushing videos, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. According to the press release, animal crushing is defined under federal criminal law as “actual conduct in which one or more living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians, is purposely crushed,Continue Reading

A video that has gone viral shows the moment when an officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office appears to slap a 29-year-old man during a traffic stop. News4JAX viewers sent us the video clip dozens of times. According to an arrest report obtained by News4JAX, on Friday around 9 p.m.,Continue Reading

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will hold public hearings next week to determine if two private insurance companies can increase their premiums by more than 53%. RELATED: Homeowners fed up with property insurance rates continuously sky-rocketing Despite Florida’s legislature doing a tremendous amount of property insurance reform over theContinue Reading

It’s pollen season in Northeast Florida and that has a lot of people sneezing, coughing, rubbing their eyes and blowing their nose. Pollen season also means a local researcher at Edward Waters University starts his work with a pollen counter to learn what pollen is triggering us and who isContinue Reading

Reality TV Star Captain Sandy Yawn is one of the homeowners who were left behind by the Pineapple Corporation, a Jacksonville homebuilder accused of abandoning projects in Nocatee’s Twenty Mile subdivision. Yawn is the star of the hit Bravo show “Below Deck Mediterranean” where she leads a crew on aContinue Reading

Following our I-TEAM investigation on apartment safety, the director of a company who conducts safety assessments on apartments shared his thoughts on the law that’s designed to make apartments safer. Many attorneys and law groups say Florida landlords were required to provide a “reasonably safe” premises for tenants. But whatContinue Reading

A day after parents were stunned when six students at Twin Lakes Academy Middle School became sick after eating a gummy substance, the Florida Poison Information Center (FPIC) said marijuana-based and Kratom gummies can pose a health risk for young people. RELATED: 6 Twin Lakes students become sick after eatingContinue Reading