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.
7 Florida Towns Now Offering Down Payment Assistance to Home Shoppers
Buying a home in Florida has become a math problem that many families can’t solve. Between insurance premiums and high interest rates, the monthly payments often don’t make sense. But there’s a solution that doesn’t involve waiting for rates to drop. Many local governments in Florida...
Waymo car drives on train tracks; passenger runs from vehicle
A Waymo autonomous car got itself on a dangerous path when it decided to drive down a set of train tracks in Phoenix.
Jacksonville joins national protests after ICE killing in Minneapolis
A wave of outrage is spreading across the country after a Minneapolis mother, Renee Nicole Good, was shot and killed during a federal immigration operation.
