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Home Insurance premiums are shooting through the roof for all of us! Some of you have been dropped by companies leaving the state of Florida — forcing you to find new insurance. Others have said your premiums have more than doubled. The good news: the experts at Consumer Reports sayContinue Reading

Community members raised concerns and asked questions Monday to city leaders about plans to expand Old Middleburg Road from 103rd Street to Argyle Forest Boulevard. The city wants to expand the road into four lanes with medians and ponds in certain areas. Westside residents were hopeful that newly-elected District 14Continue Reading

The Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing a warning about the latest drug that has made its way to Northeast Florida streets. N, N-Dimethylpentylone Hydrochloride is categorized as a Cathinone. Cathinone is a natural stimulant that comes from a plant, but this Cathinone is synthetic, meaning it’s a concoction of dangerousContinue Reading

Today was the first day since June 24 where we did not hit at least 93 degrees.  The cloudy skies held our temperatures to less than seasonal levels today as rounds of rain, soaked our yards.  Hot temperatures return with decreasing rain chances through the rest of the week. Tonight: Continue Reading

A couple traveling home to Pennsylvania from the Jacksonville International Airport on Monday morning was surprised to be told they could be charged $50 by American Airlines for speaking to an agent. It’s called an “External Reservation Handling Fee” and if you book with a third-party like Expedia or Travelocity,Continue Reading

Bringing artificial intelligence to Jacksonville is one of the goals of a proposed $200 million University of Florida graduate school that would focus on innovating programs in medicine, business and engineering. “Society needs to be prepared for disruption, for changes in the workplace,” said Joe Glover, who is the provostContinue Reading

The Gainesville Police Department (GPD) said it has arrested a man accused of inappropriately touching multiple children who attended an overnight camp at a Gainesville church two years ago. In February, GPD said its Special Victims Unit (SVU) began investigating a sexual abuse report that happened at Ignite Life Center,Continue Reading

A local mother said her two sons and their friend were in a boat returning from fishing off the coast of Fernandina Beach on Sunday afternoon when they got caught in a violent storm. She said one of her sons was knocked unconscious during the ordeal, but, thankfully the threeContinue Reading

Video from this weekend shows WWE legend “The Undertaker” standing just feet away from a swimming shark, and his wife said he was doing it to protect her. Michelle McCool, who’s originally from Palatka, posted the video of The Undertaker squaring off with the shark on social media and sharedContinue Reading