An 8-year-old is dead, and two others are seriously injured after a crash on I-95 on Thursday night, according to Florida Highway Patrol. An SUV was traveling North on Interstate 95, as a semi-truck was stopped because of traffic congestion. Another vehicle was also stopped behind the semi-truck, according toContinue Reading
The Telugu Association of Jacksonville Area (TAJA) is helping a family of a man and his son who were caught in a rip current at Micklers Beach Saturday. The 44-year-old father Rajesh Potti was trying to save his 12-year-old son from drowning, according to onlookers at the beach. Both wereContinue Reading
Rainy days have returned, with a focus across NE FL. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop along the afternoon sea breeze with rounds of wet weather expected north of I-10 and across SE GA on Friday. These will linger past sunset before weakening late in the evening. Patchy fog andContinue Reading
Many of the city’s pools have been closed to start the summer, but there might be some hope ahead. Five more pools are set to reopen by the end of July. On Thursday, Mayor Donna Deegan and the head of the parks department spoke about the pool problems and the steps theyContinue Reading
The State Attorneys Office says Zakariya Clarke, 29, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempted murder and human trafficking. Clarke was accused of pimping multiple young women into prostitution, getting them addicted to drugs. Clarke pled guilty to the charges. In January, Clarke was served a warrant outContinue Reading
The body of a man was found Thursday afternoon on Gilligan’s Island off of GA Highway 40, police said. Police said the body was about 150 yards from the main shoreline. Fire rescue was called and confirmed that the man was dead. Law enforcement, including the Camden County Sheriff’s Office,Continue Reading
While a Jacksonville woman hit the poker table last week, police said she left three children in the parking lot in a hot car. The police report suggests the children weren’t seriously hurt. Rhondiesha Miller, 36, was arrested at the bestbet in Regency last Tuesday and charged with child neglectContinue Reading
A teenage girl who was stabbed 15 times outside a Ponte Vedra Beach restaurant met the bystander who stepped in to help during the incident. The update comes more than a month after the incident that left the teen, her mother, and that bystander hurt. The girl’s mother made theContinue Reading
A local Jacksonville man is missing in Mexico. 62-year-old Robert Cantrell was last seen June 20 at the Cancun International Airport according to a law enforcement agency in Mexico. Shortly after he arrived, his family says he made a very panicked phone call to his ex-wife saying his belongings wereContinue Reading
A 68-year-old Jacksonville man turned $50 into a $1 million prize when he bought a scratch-off lottery ticket, the Florida Lottery announced Thursday. The man claimed the prize from the 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at the Florida Lottery’s Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sumContinue Reading
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