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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is asking who recognizes the person who walked into a gas station storage room on Normandy Boulevard in Jacksonville and left with more than $200 in cigarettes. The theft dates to Sunday, May 3. In a "Wanted Wednesday" post, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. said an employee...

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Florida Highway Patrol, recently shut down an unpermitted car meet-up involving approximately 75 vehicles on Blanding Boulevard.

The NCAA fall signing period opened Nov. 11 for sports other than football. Here are Northeast Florida signings reported to the Times-Union by the respective high school athletic departments or announced by their colleges. Atlantic Coast: Morgan Brown, softball, Jacksonville University; Abbey Miller, women's soccer, Greensboro. Bartram Trail: Esa Brenneman, women's lacrosse, South Florida. Bolles : Sophia Albaugh, volleyball, Boston College; William Beaty, men's lacrosse, Embry-Riddle; Aidan Cha

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that four jurisdictions will receive a combined $300 million in federal funding over the next three years to fight violent crime. St. Louis, Missouri; Jackson, Mississippi; Jacksonville, Florida; and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, will receive the funding through the Model Cities Initiative (MCI). The four were selected from nearly 60 applications.

YULEE, Fla. – Neighbors in the Pirates Wood neighborhood said they were shaken after a family shooting left a father and his adult son dead Thursday morning, including the son’s fatal exchange of gunfire with deputies. The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to a reported...

Get ready to shop, sell and explore Florida’s scenic east coast as the Super Scenic 150 Mile Garage Sale returns Saturday, Nov. 21, for its 18th year. Organized by the Friends of A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway, Inc., the popular annual event brings thousands of bargain hunters to participating homes, businesses and community locations stretching from Fernandina Beach to Ponce Inlet.

Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. The Jacksonville Housing Authority has been subpoenaed by the State’s Attorney Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit as questions about the agency’s finances continue after its CEO’s recent firing. The criminal prosecutor’s subpoena is seeking...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Court TV) — One by one, relatives of a Microsoft executive who was gunned down in a murder-for-hire took the witness stand to remember a “one-of-a-kind” man and to dismiss his killer as a “yappy little dog.” Mario Fernandez Saldana, 38, was convicted of first-degree murder and solicitation to commit a capital felony […] The post Widow calls Microsoft exec’s killer who funded murder-for-hire ‘a yappy little dog who had to pay someone else to bite’ appeared first on Court TV .

A Jacksonville pharmacy owner faces federal charges in an alleged $51 million health care fraud scheme that started with offers of free cellphones. Prosecutors said Thursday that Charlie Griffin III used insurance information collected through the promotions to bill for HIV medications backed by fake diagnoses.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Federal prosecutors announced charges against two men accused of taking part in a Jacksonville health care fraud scheme involving more than 20,000 claims for HIV medication and about $51 million in alleged losses. U.S. Attorney Gregory Kehoe said the scheme targeted Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers...