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A corrections officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was arrested Monday and accused of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide following a crash on the Westside earlier this month. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters on Tuesday said the employee, Cashius Edwards, has been with JSO for seven years. According to Waters, EdwardsContinue Reading

The body of a man was found in a retention pond Tuesday morning in Grand Park, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO Sgt. Rudlaff said officers responded to the scene on Nancy Street at around 9:30 a.m. after someone spotted what appeared to be a body floating in theContinue Reading

In this episode of This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition, we tackle the topic of Artificial Intelligence. Jacksonville Business Professionals hosted an event at a fall educational gathering and pointed to AI. “We’re just hearing a lot about AI, in you know, in our daily emails that we get throughContinue Reading

Taylor Hundley was around 10 years old when she first dreamed of being an investigator. It was 1998, and Hundley was living in Waycross, Georgia. There, in the small Ware County city where she spent most of her childhood, she vividly remembers watching the tragic and chilling story of MaddieContinue Reading

St. Johns County officials launched a new rental assistance program to help low-income renters catch up on past-due rent and utilities. According to the county, this program is possible thanks to the U.S. Department of Treasury which provided $2,150,000 of emergency rental assistance. Apart from helping residents cover past-due payments,Continue Reading

Families can now complete the 2023 Federal Impact Aid Survey, Duval County Public Schools announced. This survey – which takes five minutes to complete – can generate thousands of dollars in federal funding for the purchase of education-related materials, textbooks, and additional staff. All parents who have children enrolled inContinue Reading

The two worst days to travel by plane are here. Tuesday, Nov. 21 and Wednesday, Nov. 22 are historically the busiest in airports. AAA expects nearly 210,000 Floridians to fly for the holiday, which is up six percent from last year. Most of the people we’ve talked with have beenContinue Reading

if you’re one of the MANY planning on traveling ahead of the holiday in the East, buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. Let’s break down your Forecast day by day- and yes you will see I’m not just talking about Jacksonville, because as you travel I wantContinue Reading

A woman was shot while inside her apartment on Bert Road Monday night, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Police said around 7 p.m., an unknown suspect shot through the open door of the apartment and ran off. The woman was hit in the torso and taken to the hospitalContinue Reading