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The Well shelter is now partially reopening after it closed in April due to an uptick in violence involving homeless people in the area. This is according to The Brunswick News. RELATED: Brunswick homeless shelter shut down for 65 days forced to delay reopening It’s been open for two weeksContinue Reading

Alberts Park in Mandarin has long been the home of the Mandarin Sports Association. Soon it will be home to a new dog park. Work is underway at the park on Orange Picker Road. City Councilman Michael Boylan says it’s projected to be done by the end of the year.Continue Reading

People born in Georgia, and even parts of Florida, may do or say things that make out-of-towners scratch their heads. Whether it’s juicy peaches, pollen, or saying “y’all”— some things Georgians do may seem like they are from a different planet. We asked our News4JAX viewers: What is something thatContinue Reading

Members of the Jacksonville City Council and the Duval County School Board are set to meet Thursday morning to discuss a long list of topics including the current state of public schools and the search for a superintendent. The DCPS Chief of Schools and interim Superintendent Dr. Dana Kriznar willContinue Reading

Firefighters responded to a structure fire on 4700 Philips Highway around 4:30 a.m. Thursday. All lanes of Philips Highway, from Reba to University Boulevard West will be blocked for an hour. The picture shows the fire coming from a pile on the property of the recycling plant. No one wasContinue Reading

Spotty showers will be weak this morning and focus along the coastal areas. From lunchtime through the afternoon, showers will shift inland west of the I-95 corridor. The east breeze will keep highs near 90 with a low rain chance at 30%. The evening should be fairly dry except forContinue Reading

Mayor Donna Deegan will host her first “community conversation” event today. She hopes to cover everything from infrastructure and the economy to arts and entertainment and says it will be a chance for every voice in Jacksonville to be heard. There will be one meeting — all open to theContinue Reading

A father and his two sons from South Florida were rushed to area hospitals on Wednesday night after nearly drowning in a St. Augustine hotel pool. According to St. Augustine Police, exactly what happened at the Rodeway Inn on N. Ponce de Leon Boulevard is still under investigation, but noneContinue Reading

A disturbing video obtained by News4JAX shows a school paraprofessional in Columbia County sitting on a child with autism while he was on the playground. It happened in April at Summers Elementary School in Lake City, and the child was not injured in the incident. The child’s mother said theContinue Reading