A racially-motivated shooting at a Dollar General store on Kings Road has left three people dead, prompting a heavy police and SWAT response in Northwest Jacksonville. The FBI has classified the incident as a hate crime. According to Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters, the shooter, armed with an AR-15 rifle adornedContinue Reading
The Northwest Jacksonville community is shaken and trying to figure out how to move forward after a shooter walked into a Dollar General store on Kings Road and fired several shots, killing three people. As news broke about what law enforcement called a “racially-driven” attack, city leaders gathered expressing anguishContinue Reading
Good Evening: The Heat Advisory will expire at 6:00 p.m. After a hot and dry afternoon, we are expecting a dry and warm night under mostly clear skies. Tonight: Partly cloudy to mostly clear skies and warm. Dry conditions through the night. Temperatures in the 80s through around midnight. Sunday: Continue Reading
On August 25, 2023, a distressing incident unfolded in the Regency neighborhood as two 4-year-old children were discovered lifeless in a residence, as confirmed by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO). The children were found unresponsive around noon when an adult visited a home on Cromwell Road. Emergency responders made attemptsContinue Reading
At 400 p.m. the center of Tropical Depression Ten was located near latitude 21.1 North, longitude 86.2 West. The depression is nearly stationary and little overall movement is expected through Sunday. A slow, generally northward, motion is expected to begin on Monday. On the forecast track, the center will moveContinue Reading
News4JAX has received numerous calls and emails regarding heavy Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office presence Saturday on Kings Road near Canal Street. There are few details to provide about the situation, but JSO has a helicopter searching the area, and a SWAT team has been called to the scene. Jacksonville Fire andContinue Reading
Even though it’s still summer, health officials are encouraging people to get their flu shot early. The C-D-C released its annual recommendations ahead of flu season this week. September and October are still the best times to get the shot, according to the CDC’s latest guidance. Data from last seasonContinue Reading
Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order as the state prepares for invest 93L. The governor declared a state of emergency for 33 counties. Alachua and Columbia are the only counties in Northeast, Florida in the state of emergency. The forecast currently places a tropical storm or hurricane making landfallContinue Reading
For the first time, News4Jax is hearing from the parents of a baby girl who died after being left in a hot car last month in Baker County. “Every time you do get into a hot car, just remember that that was my daughter in that car for five hours,”Continue Reading
Four people are dead, and one person is in the hospital after a car crashed into a utility pole on University Boulevard South, to the left of Firehouse Subs, before bursting into flames early Saturday morning, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. Five people were in a 2-door Audi heading eastboundContinue Reading