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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Civil rights attorney Ben Crump will join the family of a 22-year-old woman on Thursday to demand that the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office release video from the Aug. 11 fatal officer-involved shooting. Crump is holding a news conference at 11:30 a.m. Southside Church of God in...

Crown Point Elementary School was evacuated Thursday morning due to smoke in the building.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Federal cuts to food assistance are being felt right here in Jacksonville. Millions of Americans have lost access to SNAP benefits following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and local nonprofits said the need in their community continues to grow. The One Big...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A city-wide street racing deployment on San Jose Boulevard ended with at least five arrests Saturday night, as Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officers and Florida Highway Patrol units fanned out across the corridor after social media posts flagged the area as the site of a planned car meet, accordin

Two suspects allegedly worked together to steal $1,500 worth of merchandise from a department store on Atlantic Boulevard, with one distracting the store's door greeter while the other slipped out with hidden goods, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. The theft happened on July 12, and investigators are now

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – A Clay County crossing guard who spent more than two decades helping children safely cross the street outside Grove Park Elementary School is fighting for her life after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning while on duty. Sheri Hamilton was wearing a high-visibility traffic...

Some places in Florida hold onto their history like a well-worn map, and there is one riverside spot near Jacksonville that has been doing things its own way for decades. Diners walk in expecting a plate of fried fish and instead find themselves surrounded by hundreds of preserved animals staring down from every wall a

Jacksonville is starting Wednesday, August 19, with mostly clear skies and temperatures around 80 degrees, but dangerous heat is building quickly. A Heat Advisory will be in effect from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., with heat index values reaching as high as 112 degrees before thunderstorms move in later today.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Attorneys engaged in another heated courtroom debate on Wednesday morning over a motion from Shanna Gardner’s defense team to get material from the phone of Jared Bridegan’s widow. Kristen Bridegan was ordered to produce certain material from her cellphone and social media accounts, and...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A new workforce education center from the Northeast Florida Builders Association opened this week on Sunbeam Road. It will train carpenters, electricians, plumbers and HVAC technicians to meet growing demand across the region. The Northeast Florida Builders Association, or NEFBA, has been connectin