Jacksonville FL

Chief Administrative Officer Karen Bowling stepped down from the post she's held since she joined Mayor Donna Deegan's administration in the biggest departure from the team Deegan assembled when she took office in July 2023. Bowling gave written notice of her resignation in an Oct. 1 text message to Deegan. "Mayor...

Former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy was accused of vehicular homicide in a fatal December 2024 crash. New evidence clears his name.

A Florida man who was out on bond has been arrested in connection with an alleged hit-and-run that took the life of a teenage girl. Genesis Webber, 13, was walking on a route on Arlington Road North in Jacksonville, Florida, on Tuesday night when she was hit by a truck that jumped the sidewalk. The Jacksonville...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For the first time, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan brought her River City Readers Bookmobile on Friday morning to the North Florida School of Special Education. The mobile library is part of her citywide literacy initiative, aimed at improving reading skills and making books accessible to every...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Day three of testimony in the trial of Marcel Johnson and Kentrevious Garard, who are accused in the 2022 shooting death of 13-year-old Prince Holland, centered on forensic evidence, crime lab analysis and rap music videos meant to show the two men’s association. The morning...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The man charged in a deadly hit and run on I-10 back in May 2024 will spend the next five years in prison. Twenty-five year old Dante Lawrence was sentenced to prison Thursday after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of a crash involving death. Lawrence...

After weeks of community outcry, a housing development project on Yellow Bluff and Starratt Road has been officially withdrawn.

Raines High School Class of 1970 celebrated their 55th high school reunion weekend with a series of customized events. Reminiscing on the 70’s impact on America, classmates gathered for a reunion weekend of bowling, birthday roll call, a friendly game of golf, and the “Denim & White” social, culminating with church...

Action News Jax has learned new information regarding a story about a Jacksonville firefighter who took a position working for a company contracted to staff Alligator Alcatraz.

Seventeen teenagers were recently inducted into the Duval County chapter of Top Teens of America (TTA) as the chapter was established. The ceremony was held in the banquet hall of First Timothy Baptist Church with members of the Top Ladies of Distinction, Incorporated® Duval County Chapter, National officers of TTA,...