Florida News (Page 424)

Mayor Donna Deegan plans to spend over $25 million on a variety of issues that came up during transition meetings with the public. Deegan wants to use federal funds left over from COVID-19 and other city money to pay for programs ranging from housing, public safety, recreation and more. CityContinue Reading

More customers of the Jacksonville office for Honest Abe Roofing are being hit with hefty liens. The News4JAX I-TEAM reported last month that the owner of the Jacksonville office of Honest Abe Roofing laid off all its employees, including some in Southeast Georgia. Since then, customers other customers said theyContinue Reading

After more than two decades of serving and protecting with the Federal Bureau of Investigations all over the world, the Special Agent in Charge of FBI Jacksonville Sherri Onks announced she has made the difficult decision to retire at the end of the year. Onks has led the FBI JacksonvilleContinue Reading

St. Johns County Commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a $6.3 million settlement for a lawsuit that was filed following a 2019 crash involving a St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office deputy. The 2020 lawsuit was filed by Julia “Jenny” Perez. FHP said Deputy Brandon Hetzler was attempting to makeContinue Reading

The previously dark and wooded stretch of Jacksonville Beach where father of four Jared Bridegan was murdered in February 2022 now has bright streetlights to make it safer. Police said someone shot and killed Bridegan, 33, on Sanctuary Boulevard just before the road feeds into J. Turner Butler Boulevard afterContinue Reading

Muggy and grey this afternoon with rain on the way.  Showers and swaths of rain will spread across SE GA tonight and then stretch across NE FL Wednesday.  A few rumbles of thunder will be possible as well as strong wind gusts as the front approaches tomorrow afternoon.  Rainfall totalsContinue Reading

Volunteers with the MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation are preparing to hand-deliver free groceries to more than 100 families’ doors during their annual Thanksgiving Drive Wednesday in Jacksonville. Keeping track and organizing several tons of groceries isn’t an easy task. But Terri Florio — the Executive Director of the MaliVai WashingtonContinue Reading

Picture this: You’re home sweet home, with your family you ADORE, and you get to babysit the newest addition- an 8-month-old girl named Sutton- oh, wait, I don’t have to picture it! I totally lived it this weekend! I am so very close to my family, they’re my best friends-Continue Reading

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