A retired Lake City officer and church youth leader was arrested after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement received a tip about someone uploading child porn to the internet. Kevin Michael Morrison, 68, was arrested and charged with eight counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. Morrison is retiredContinue Reading
As part of her campaign promises, Mayor Donna Deegan called for changes in how Jacksonville handles public safety. Now, members of her transition committee are working to make that happen. On Friday, members of that committee met and discussed possible changes to programs helping ex-offenders return to society and notContinue Reading
Attorneys for the city of Jacksonville have now responded to a request by the Jacksonville Branch of the NAACP and other civil rights groups, which asked a federal judge to set special elections for two Duval County school board seats in 2024. The organizations filed their motion last month, followingContinue Reading
Central Tropical Atlantic: Keep an eye on this tropical wave located midway between the Cabo Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles continues to produce disorganized cloudiness and showers. Environmental conditions are expected to be favorable for further development during the next few days and a tropical depression could form earlyContinue Reading
This week, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced it is terminating a $98 million contract with inmate healthcare provider Armor Health less than a year into the five-year contract. The termination letter obtained by News4JAX details the reasons why. In the termination letter signed Monday, an undersheriff said Armor breached itsContinue Reading
We’ve been watching a tropical wave move across the open Atlantic over the past several days, and it is now organizing. According to the National Hurricane Center, the system now has a medium chance of development and could be a tropical depression early next week. This complex could be anContinue Reading
In my humble opinion, this week we had some sunsets for the record. The sun filled the sky with purple, red, orange and yellow for just a few minutes several days before it was swallowed by the night. We don’t get a show like that every day, but when weContinue Reading
If you raise $1 per person from one million people, you’ll have $1 million. If one million people give $10, you’ll have $10 million. That’s true – but what will it take to make that happen? Online giving in response to emergencies or political campaigns catch fire because they areContinue Reading
Caught in the act and now posted online. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detectives are using the agency’s website to post pictures of suspects in local crimes big and small. There are dozens of pictures online right now. Investigators are hoping the public steps in to help identify wanted suspects, using securityContinue Reading
The demand for tickets to see legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd perform at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre in the fall is so high the band has added another concert date. Lynyrd Skynyrd will now perform two concerts — one at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, and one at 7:30Continue Reading
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