Mining company to lay off 75 employees in March
STARKE, Fla. (WCJB) - Dozens of people are preparing for layoffs at a mining company in North Central Florida. Officials from Chemours say 75 employees are being laid off in early March. They listed “economic competitiveness” as a reason for the layoffs. Employees at their locations in Starke...
JSO arrests man accused of killing 18-year-old in June shooting
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a man after he was accused of killing an 18-year-old over the past summer.
Mayors Deegan and Peyton empower Garden City preschoolers with books
Two Jacksonville mayors walked into a Garden City preschool on Friday morning to tout the benefits of early literacy. The 4-year olds from Kreative Minds Academy sat quietly, as long as they could, as they received books about a secret seahorse, birds, and a moose and 20 mice.
JSO: Inmate dies after being in hospital for over a year, investigation underway
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said Friday that it is investigating two separate in-custody deaths that occurred on Thursday and Friday morning. JSO said one of the incidents under investigation involved 41-year-old Matthew Jason Hutchins, who police say was originally being held in state...
JTA says it’s not discontinuing its Connexion paratransit services, but combining them for efficiency
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Transit Authority stated that it’s not discontinuing its Connexion paratransit services, but is combining them for efficiency starting Feb. 1. Multiple viewers reached out to News4JAX, concerned that the services for people with disabilities were being discontinued on Feb. 1 as...
Ghost Towns Near Jacksonville Florida
You’ll find Yukon, Jacksonville’s most accessible ghost town, just miles from downtown—a community of 200+ homes bulldozed in 1963 when the U.S. Navy declared it a flight hazard to NAS Jacksonville. Today, brick culverts, concrete pumphouses, and foundation slabs hide beneath palmetto scrub where Dewey Park once...
Thomas Foods starting first phase to convert former Tyson plant
The city issued a construction permit Jan. 8 to The Haskell Co. for the first phase to convert the former Tyson Foods Inc. plant in Northwest Jacksonville into a facility for Thomas Foods International USA at a project cost of almost $2.77 million. The scope of work for the project...
A federal grant may bring San Marco drivers relief from long-time train delays
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – For years, drivers in San Marco have dealt with long delays caused by trains stopping or passing through the middle of the community. The Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) tracks cut directly through the neighborhood, sometimes backing up traffic multiple times a day — and occasionally for...
Food manufacturer and bottler explored sites in Jacksonville in 2023
No identity has surfaced for the “significant industrial user” exploring a 300-acre site in AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center, but previous interest in the property indicates the potential size and type of user. A food manufacturer was exploring the site about three years ago. There also was a...
Top commercial sales of the week
Type: Creekside Manufactured Housing & RV Community. Type: 18 residential homes in Oak Leaf Village Phase 1. Seller: Meritage Homes of Florida Inc.
