How the Decision to Plead or Go to Trial Gets Made
Sooner or later in most criminal cases, an offer shows up, and everything shrinks down to one question. Take it, or don’t. People bring a lot of baggage to that moment. That saying yes means admitting you’re the kind of person who does this sort of thing. That saying no proves you’re willing to fight. Neither one gets
Crash causing major delays on I-10 near McDuff Avenue | FIRST ALERT TRAFFIC
A crash is causing major delays Wednesday morning on Interstate 10 eastbound near McDuff Avenue.
Jacksonville Officer Honored After Talking Woman Down From Bridge During Hourlong Crisis
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer who spent about an hour talking with a woman threatening to take her own life on a bridge has been recognized as the agency’s Police Officer of the Month. Officer Lindsey Shaw responded April 26 to a report of...
Action Sports Jax TV is launching Thursday: Here’s what you need to know
After much anticipation and excitement, the Action Sports Jax TV channel will be on the air Thursday.
Expert: ‘Crisis poverty’ is pushing more women and families onto Jacksonville streets
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The emails started coming in — women on the verge of homelessness, many with children, not knowing where to turn. They had reached out to social service agencies, but shelters were full or no one followed up. News4JAX wanted to know if this was an isolated trend — and an expert says it’s not.
Sheriff says JSO will seek to fire officer charged with domestic battery
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has been stripped of his police authority after he was charged with domestic battery, Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Wednesday. Michael Schrum had worked with JSO for 6 years and 10 months before his arrest this week, Waters said.
People Drive Across Florida For The Garlic Crabs At This Laid-Back Jacksonville Seafood Joint
Some families happily drive three hours each way for one meal at a weathered fish camp on the edge of Jacksonville, and then wish out loud that they lived closer. The draw is a plain waterside shack with a long history, a riverside deck, and crab on the menu that people plan whole road trips around.
Deputies Say He Pushed Carts of High-Priced LEGO Sets Through Target Fire Exits. An...
A Florida retail-theft investigation that began with repeated thefts of high-priced LEGO sets from a Target now spans two open felony cases after deputies arrested ... Read More
Nassau County commissioners adopt budget with library cuts, delay Wards Creek vote
Nassau County commissioners adopted a $453.3 million budget Sept. 28 that closes the Bryceville library and keeps reduced hours in Yulee and Fernandina Beach, during a packed meeting that ran more than three hours and required an overflow room. Later in the evening, commissioners postponed a vote on Wards Creek, a prop
‘Serious questions to answer’: City leaders react to news of state investigation into JTA
City Council members are demanding answers from JTA following news that the agency was issued a subpoena by the Attorney General’s Office.
