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Fatboy Fried Rice grew in about five years from feeding a neighborhood to setting up food trucks to opening its first conventional brick-and-mortar location. Owners Joshua Valencia and J.M. Quinones and managing partner Sammy Masamayor, all 28 years old, started selling food to family and neighbors out of Valencia’s pa

In 1966, I worked for the U.S. Army before my senior year at the University of Texas in Austin. That was the summer when 14 people were killed and 31 injured in the Texas Tower Murders , widely considered the first mass shooting of the modern era. We watched from the roof of a downtown building with binoculars as helic

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville-area medical device sales representative was sentenced to four years in Florida state prison on June 25, after being convicted of organized fraud connected to a years-long theft scheme at a Northeast Florida hospital. Scott Michael Weller, 56, of St. Johns, was adjudicated guilty on.

In the shade of one of Jacksonville’s most iconic landmarks, a living piece of history is now connected to the story of America’s founding.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A large police presence reported in Arlington ended after a wanted man surrendered to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office following an apparent standoff. JSO advised people to avoid University Boulevard near Arlington Road as the intersection was closed due to an ongoing investigation around 8 p.m.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man faces multiple felony charges after authorities say he stole 34 gold coins worth nearly a quarter-million dollars from a local FedEx distribution center. Victor Lagrane Owens Sr., 50, was arrested June 24 by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. He faces charges of grand theft...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man from Georgia has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison, up to life, the U.S. attorney’s office said. According to...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Florida man was arrested after deputies say he fled near the perimeter of Washington State Prison while carrying contraband. Deputies responded around 5:35 a.m. on June 22 to a report of a suspicious vehicle on private property near the rear perimeter of the prison, according to the Washingto

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A reported armed robbery at a Jacksonville apartment complex Monday night turned out to be a prank between two relatives, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office incident report. Officers say they were dispatched around 10 p.m. to The Station apartments on Hendricks Ave. after witnesses...

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported person shot on the Northside.