Florida News (Page 473)

Halloween night you’ll see ghouls, goblins — and a few Barbies and Kens — creeping around your neighborhood. While children are thinking about candy, parents need to keep safety in mind. Whether trick-or-treating on their own or in a group, parents now have high tech ways to keep track ofContinue Reading

A 71-year-old Crescent City man was killed Wednesday afternoon when the golf cart he was in was struck by an SUV as he was crossing U.S. 17 at Euclid Avenue in Putnam County, troopers said. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, just before 3 p.m. the man in the golfContinue Reading

Jump… or die. That was the choice Krystal King faced Oct. 11 when she awoke to find her apartment building ablaze. King said the flames were not what woke her. She said she heard a lot of noise and commotion outside and when she got up to find out whatContinue Reading

Mild conditions today with mainly dry weather. A brief sprinkle may ride the east breeze with partly cloudy skies. Highs top out in the low 80s today and they stay in this range through the weekend. Winds decrease tomorrow and more so this weekend leading to increasing sunshine and dryContinue Reading

The Florida Highway Patrol said a female suspect was shot by a trooper following a pursuit and crash in Flagler County on Wednesday evening. According to FHP, the trooper tried to pull the woman over around 5:40 p.m. in the Palm Coast but she drove off. After a brief pursuit,Continue Reading

Emotions are high for Stevie Conway. Her brother, Dalton Conway, along with Tyler Barlow and Caleb Wilkinson left for a fishing trip out of Brunswick, Georgia on the Carol Ann on Oct. 14. They were scheduled to return on Oct. 18, but they disappeared. RELATED: Coast Guard searching for 3Continue Reading

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating the city’s 102nd murder of the year that happened Wednesday morning inside the Valencia Way apartment complex on the Westside. Friends of the victim, identified as Londun Mungin, have already started a memorial at the spot where he died. It was in the area ofContinue Reading

Sixteen months after being exposed by the News4JAX I-TEAM for ripping off customers who paid for fence work that was never done, the owner of Father and Sons Fence Company in Jacksonville has been sentenced to one year in jail. Glen Northrup, 65, was in a Duval County courtroom lateContinue Reading

There are plans in St. Johns County to open five new schools over the next three years as the school district tries to keep up with student population growth. The district added another 1,400 students this year and Superintendent Tim Forson told News4JAX on Wednesday that growth means new schoolsContinue Reading