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Firefighters in Orange Park responded to a house fire on James Street Monday afternoon. A couple sent News4JAX video of the house fire, where large flames could be seen coming out of the roof. One neighbor tells us lightning struck the house. Everyone inside the home did managed to getContinue Reading

Jacksonville local pastor and teacher who recently stepped down from his job after the State Board of Education approved new standards for African American Studies and other community activist plan to hire multiple attorneys to see what options they have to fight against the latest changes. Pastor R.L. Gundy hostedContinue Reading

In a tweet Monday night, Jeremy Redfern, who is Gov. Ron Desantis’ press secretary, posted a letter that DeSantis sent to Vice President Kamal Harris. In the letter, DeSantis writes, “In Florida, we are unafraid to have an open and honest dialogue about the issues. And you clearly have noContinue Reading

A cyber watchdog company wants to keep kids safe from online predators, especially if kids are using an app called Wizz. Ricardo Servin, 20, was arrested and accused of portraying himself on the app as a 14-year-old kid before allegedly raping a 13-year-old Clay County girl he met through theContinue Reading

Now:  Thunderstorms are weakening in SE GA, light rain ends over NE FL. Tonight:  Light rain with storms will end around 10 p.m.  Patchy to areas of dense fog and wet roads overnight. Tuesday:  The onshore flow returns.  Partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon showers and storms, 40-60 percent.  PatchyContinue Reading

A 14-year-old Volusia County girl was reported missing Monday after an Amber Alert was issued for her disappearance. Barbora Zdanska was last seen in the 100th block of Boynton Boulevard in Daytona Beach. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said the teen has been missing since Saturday. She was lastContinue Reading

July 2023 was the warmest month on record set at the Jacksonville Airport. The average temperature for the month was 84.7 degrees. This ranked as not only the warmest July on record, but also the warmest month since record keeping began in 1956. This breaks the previous record of 84.4Continue Reading

Whitney Davis leased her vehicle just days before the Memphis-based American Car Care Center closed shop at multiple locations across the country, including three in Jacksonville, in February. Five months later, she is still trying to get permanent license plates for her Chevrolet SUV from Westlake Portfolio Management, which boughtContinue Reading

A Jacksonville nonprofit and a developer plan to buy and renovate two troubled apartment complexes on the Eastside the I-TEAM first exposed back in 2021 for unsanitary and unsafe conditions. It’s a deal that’s years in the making. The Eastside Terrace and Eastside Gardens Apartments are privately owned but manyContinue Reading