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An update to an I-TEAM investigation involving a Tampa-based pool company accused of not finishing contracted work in the Jacksonville area. The license holder of the company, Jordan Hidalgo, was due before the Construction Trades Qualifying Board in Duval County on Tuesday after he was accused of abandoning pool jobsContinue Reading

The legal case between Jacksonville-based Celebration Church and its former pastors will go before a judge Thursday afternoon. Stovall and Kerri Weems filed a lawsuit last year against the church they founded in 1998, alleging the church and its attorneys defamed them and caused irreparable damage to their reputation, followingContinue Reading

A 2019 Kia sedan that was stolen from a Westside home ended up on fire in a ditch next to a Northwest Jacksonville gas station on Wednesday following a suspect chase involving the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The car owner said she woke up this morning and realized her car wasContinue Reading

A woman was taken to the hospital on Wednesday after being shot on Jacksonville’s Westside, according to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Police were called to an empty home on Lowell Avenue in the Woodstock neighborhood. When officers arrived, they found a woman in her 20s who had been shot in theContinue Reading

Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) CEO and majority shareholder Vince McMahon was recently served with a search warrant and subpoena issued by a federal grand jury. The news was released by WWE as part of a quarterly report to the Security Exchange Commission (SEC). The warrant was apparently served JulyContinue Reading

Owners of Kias and Hyundais are having to go the extra mile when it comes to car insurance. Insurance companies are raising rates or dropping coverage altogether for the cars that are at a high risk of being stolen. Some drivers tell News4JAX they’re paying upwards of $800 a monthContinue Reading

As gas prices continue to inch toward $4 a gallon, business owners are telling News4jax they’re feeling the pinch. Jessica Jansen — who owns the home organizing company Jess Organized — told News4JAX she has to drive around Northeast Florida for work. “I go into people’s homes and I’m organizingContinue Reading

Welcome to August, a month that traditionally features heat, storms and a big uptick in Atlantic tropical activity. August is the month that features the biggest increase in tropical development, with a huge ramp-up often occurring in the back end of the month. The Ramp Up August is the monthContinue Reading

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is reminding Floridians about the dangers of the road after clocking a 16-year-old driving 132 mph along the Interstate 4 Express lanes. The footage shows a deputy pulling a teen over after traveling at high speeds. He then tells the teen that if he wereContinue Reading