A 21-year-old Clay County man was identified as the shooter who went into a Dollar General Saturday and senselessly took the lives of three people in the New Town neighborhood, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said at a news conference. The sheriff broke down an extensive timeline of the racially-motivated attackContinue Reading
President Biden penned a statement Sunday in response to the racially motivated mass shooting that left three dead in a Black community in Northwest Jacksonville. Biden said the attack fell on the same day as the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, which is a march that advocates forContinue Reading
The Justice Department announced Sunday that it is investigating a mass shooting at the Dollar General in New Town as a hate crime. Saturday, three victims who were black were murdered. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters says the alleged shooter left three manifestos where he wrote about his hatred for blackContinue Reading
We are watching the tropical system over Cozumel which is expected to bring rain to our area Tuesday afternoon and most of the day Wednesday. Today stays hot and dry with temps in the low to mid 90s. East breezes keep a moderate risk for beach rip currents. Monday seesContinue Reading
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