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‘Take it down’: Jacksonville apartment residents object to Flock camera by pool

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An apartment complex in North Jacksonville is drawing online attention after residents noticed a Flock Safety camera positioned next to the community swimming pool, prompting concerns about privacy and surveillance. Residents at Mezza Premier Apartments said the camera’s placement is unsettling. “T
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Amazon Bolts Eight Robot Stations Onto Its Pecan Park Warehouse in Jacksonville

Amazon is spending $2.6 million to bolt eight new robotics workstations onto its sprawling JAX2 fulfillment center on Pecan Park Road, part of a permit the city of Jacksonville issued on August 21 for work that will turn stretches of manual conveyor into automated, robot-assisted picking lines. The project, first...
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Police Talk Suicidal Man Off Dames Point Bridge, Snarling I-295 Traffic

A man crossed the barriers atop the Dames Point Bridge Saturday afternoon around 4:30 p.m., prompting Jacksonville police to shut down lanes and talk him back to safety within less than an hour. Traffic cameras first caught officers speaking with the person near the bridge's edge before the Jacksonville Sheriff's Offic
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Jacksonville Coal Ash Terminal Sued Over 2 Billion Pounds of Toxic Waste

A Jacksonville deep-water cargo terminal has handled more than 2 billion pounds of potentially toxic coal combustion ash since 2022, and now a conservation group says much of it ended up somewhere it never should have: the St. Johns River and the groundwater beneath nearby neighborhoods. St. Johns Riverkeeper filed a f
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Man shot by Orange Park homeowner after leading deputies on a chase in stolen...

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – A man and woman were taken into custody Monday after a police chase involving a stolen car ended with a homeowner shooting the intruder in an Orange Park neighborhood, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Michelle Cook said during a news conference...
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LIVE RADAR: Storms fire up late afternoon, evening in Southeast Georgia, Northeast Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Duval, Nassau and Camden counties until 6 p.m. By late Monday afternoon and into the evening, conditions become favorable for scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms to develop across the region. Some of those storms could become strong, with...
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Feds charge 2 with ‘intimidating’ witness in Jacksonville drug gang case

The accused head of a Jacksonville drug gang blamed for four killings is facing new witness-intimidation charges that started the day a racketeering indictment involving the gang went public. Brian Gregory Brightman, 32, was already behind bars on drug charges when U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced the racketeer
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CAVA opens 5th fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant in Jacksonville

Known for its Mediterranean-inspired bowls, pitas, dips, and dressings, a popular Washington, D.C.-based restaurant chain is opening its fifth Jacksonville restaurant. CAVA debuted Monday, Aug. 24, at 9303 Baymeadows Road, Suite 101 in Baymeadows Park just east of Interstate 95 on the city's Southside. “Our mission is
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Support grows for possible cut to $247 million for Skyway conversion

A growing number of Jacksonville City Council members say it's time to reopen an agreement struck in 2021 that commits $247 million in local gas tax money for overhauling the downtown Skyway's elevated structure so self-driving transit shuttles can travel on it. If a review of the agreement between the city and the Jac
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Washington Man Arrested in Nassau County After Nationwide Fraud Scheme Using Fake Checks

NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – A Washington state man accused of using fraudulent checks and aliases to obtain valuable merchandise from victims across the country has been arrested following an investigation by the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office. David Gene Ford, 59, of Lacey, Washington, was booked into the Nassau County Jail

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