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A drug made to treat animals is now being used by drug dealers to hook more addicts and it’s killing people. The drug is called Xylazine and it’s being mixed with fentanyl. A deadly combination that has put Duval County at the top of a list no county wants toContinue Reading

The grandmother of one of the three people gunned down in the deadly hate crime attack in Jacksonville’s New Town area spoke with News4JAX. “This was a tragedy that never should have happened,” Eva Mobley said as she sat on a front porch in Nashville. “When is it going toContinue Reading

Columbia County’s emergency management director said Hurricane Idalia destroyed some infrastructure a power company needs to get back online. As of 3 p.m. on Thursday, more than 18,000 customers in the county were still without power, according to the state. The power issues have forced the school district to extendContinue Reading

Jacksonville was spared from a direct hit from Hurricane Idalila, but the storm still left its mark on parts of the city. One of the areas affected was the Riverside neighborhood, where Memorial Park flooded and the river wall was damaged. The same wall was damaged during Hurricane Irma inContinue Reading

Hurricane Idalia is a storm that is destined for the record books in Florida. While major hurricane strikes in the state have happened before, Idalia is special in many ways. First Big Bend Strike in over 125 years Idalia is the first major hurricane to strike the Big Bend regionContinue Reading

More than 700,000 vehicles are stolen in any given year, but not all cars are equal targets. News4JAX takes a look at the biggest targets and the cars least likely to be stolen. Two Dodge muscle cars top a new list of the most stolen cars in the US, accordingContinue Reading

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said so far there have been no reported deaths in the state attributed to Hurricane Idalia that slammed into the Big Bend region on Wednesday. But there was still widespread damage and more than 146,000 utility customers were still without power Thursday morning, mostly concentrated inContinue Reading

A police presence was spotted along Golfair Boulevard at I-95 where all lanes of Golfair, east of the interstate, are blocked. The incident happened at the intersection of Golfair and Brentwood. All lanes of Golfair Boulevard east of the interstate were blocked Thursday morning. It appears a Jacksonville Sheriff’s OfficeContinue Reading

Members of Flagler County’s Emergency Response Team are on their way to the Big Bend region in Suwannee County to assist other crews in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Idalia. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office is taking the Mobile Command Center, ERT Bunk House trailer, Emergency Restaurant Team trailer,Continue Reading