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As people around the world watch the horror play out as fighting continues in Israel, there are people from Northeast Florida who were caught in the melee and are making their way home. One of them is Baker County High School graduate Delicia Washington, 26, a professional basketball player fromContinue Reading

Members of the United Auto Workers at the Volvo parts distribution center on Jacksonville’s Westside were on the picket line Tuesday. They walked out Monday amid ongoing contract negotiations with Volvo subsidy Mack Trucks. Workers in Pennsylvania and Maryland are also part of the strike, which came after the UAWContinue Reading

A motorcyclist died Monday night after crashing into a minivan near an intersection on Blanding Boulevard, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. According to the FHP report, a 22-year-old woman was driving a motorcycle south on Blanding Boulevard around 7:30 p.m. when a Dodge minivan was turning right onto the intersectionContinue Reading

As the fighting continues in Israel and Gaza, and the death toll rises, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes. Many have had their apartments and houses destroyed in airstrikes. Like the war in Ukraine, it’s a humanitarian crisis and it raises the question: Could peopleContinue Reading

The University of North Florida’s School of Communication announced it will host a one-day event during the 2023 SMEXPO conference to share best practices across social media through lectures, workshops and panels. The event will allow digital media professionals to network and learn/share information, ideas, insights, and innovations in areasContinue Reading

This Saturday, October 14, it will be possible to see a partial annular solar eclipse over north Florida and Southern Georgia. The moon will pass partially in front of the sun which will obscure 52% of the sun viewed from Jacksonville. Everyone in the contiguous 48 states will have theContinue Reading

It’s a great day for two wheels and tops down.  Rain gear and closed convertibles Wednesday as rain chances increase with widespread, locally heavy, rain expected Thursday and Friday.  Saturday will be our transition day as showers come to an end during the afternoon. Now:  Sunny and warm with aContinue Reading

A Jacksonville woman died in an accidental shooting in May that happened while she was recording TikTok videos with a 20-year-old woman who was using a rifle as a prop, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Aniyah Womack, 19, was shot in the stomach and dropped off at a localContinue Reading

The Lake City Police Department announced Tuesday that a third man has been arrested in connection with a dramatic heist of a bank ATM in July. Devin Lamar Cribbs, 21, of White Springs, was arrested Monday and booked into the Hamilton County Jail on a grand theft charge. In August,Continue Reading