Florida News (Page 582)

A local church is giving back to one of Jacksonville’s most vulnerable communities. Bethel Church hosted a Body and Soul event to help people experiencing homelessness get back on their feet. Jason Smith got to experience a treatment today that some people take for granted, a fresh haircut. “It feelsContinue Reading

A woman was just seconds away from possibly being struck by a lightning bolt that came close to hitting her Interlachen home Friday. That’s according to the woman’s daughter-in-law, Missy White. White said the family is still in shock after the near encounter. White’s mother-in-law was grabbing her mail andContinue Reading

100 plus degrees for feels like temperatures remain for Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida into Sunday afternoon. Isolated storms will help cool down the atmosphere but not before releasing heavy downpours, strong gusts and lightning. By late Sunday evening, temperatures will remain in the low 80s, upper 70s with aContinue Reading

A Clay County Fire Rescue unit was involved in a crash Sunday afternoon resulting in several people being taken to the hospital. The crash happened around 2:20 p.m. Officials have not said what caused the crash but it appears that the ambulance hit a light pole and at least oneContinue Reading

A man who was arrested for firing a gun in a Mandarin neighborhood had a medical emergency on the way to jail. Fire Rescue responded and took the man identified as Anthony Ball, 33. JSO says it was called to an incident on English Colony Drive. When patrol units arrivedContinue Reading

A Fernandina Beach house literally moved from South Fletcher Avenue to North 13th Street Sunday morning. it was quite the site to see as several people filmed the house on the bed of large trucks rolling down several city streets. Marc and Pat Gruber have owned the house affectionately known aroundContinue Reading

Storms won’t fire up until the evening which leads to a hotter afternoon with highs around 97. Tremendous moisture in the air will lead to a feels-like temp near 109. This humidity will lead to a rainy night. Storms should be delayed during the day with most activity developing afterContinue Reading

A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater aircrew rescued a man Saturday night, after he became ill while diving from a boat 12 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders were told that the 57-year-old man aboard the boat began experiencing symptoms of decompression sickness. TheContinue Reading

A production company put together a fundraiser Saturday to help out five survivors of the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash that left them still dealing with health problems 40 years later. In October 1977, six people died and 20 people were severely injured in a plane crash in Mississippi. Among thoseContinue Reading