Florida News (Page 646)

Roughly 57,000 Florida residents paying student loans for decades are on track to walk away from those loans, provided they have been paying on time for 20 or 25 years, according to the Department of Education. The discharges were announced via email on Friday, July 14, to an estimated 800,000Continue Reading

According to data from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, in the first 206 days of the year, 100 people were killed in traffic crashes in Jacksonville — that’s about one every other day in Duval County alone. The 100th traffic homicide was around 9 a.m. Wednesday on Emerson Street when aContinue Reading

Today, the onshore wind continues! A southeast breeze will help the beaches stay a bit cooler than it will be inland. A few pop up showers throughout the day will occur, alongside partly cloudy skies during the afternoon with afternoon showers, storms possible. Morning lows in the low 70s inland,Continue Reading

A man was found shot to death Thursday morning inside a home on Winthrop Street on Jacksonville’s Eastside, police said. Sgt. Robert Hinson said investigators were called to the home about 3:30 a.m. by someone who had dialed 911. That person is speaking with investigators, but Hinson would not elaborateContinue Reading

A man was found dead with a gunshot wound early Thursday morning in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the Hyde Park area of Jacksonville’s Westside, police said. Investigators believe the shooting at the Cross Creek apartments on Manotak Avenue stemmed from a domestic altercation between two menContinue Reading

America celebrates National Intern Day on the last Thursday in July. This year, it’s happening on July 27. We are taking this opportunity to introduce you to our amazing summer interns. BRENDAN BROWN Brendan is an intern from Tallahassee, Florida, currently in his fourth year at Florida A&M University. BrendanContinue Reading

Mayor Donna Deegan will host her first “community conversation” event next Thursday. 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 toContinue Reading

Two young St. Johns County men accused in connection with the shooting death of a man in downtown Jacksonville in May have been indicted. Ryan Nichols, who was 19 years old at the time of his arrest, was charged with first-degree murder while Daniel DeGuardia, 18, was charged with accessoryContinue Reading

A St. Augustine doctor accused of running a pill mill operation has been found guilty on 19 federal charges. Dr. Scott Hollington was found guilty of 14 counts of unlawful distribution of drugs not for legitimate medical purposes and five counts of obstruction of justice following a week-long trial inContinue Reading