Florida Homeowner Shoots Alleged Car Thief After Police Pursuit
A homeowner shot an alleged car thief shortly after 3 p.m. Monday afternoon after the suspect exited the vehicle and ran into a house in Orange Park, Florida. News4Jax reported the Clay County Sheriff’s Office was pursuing a white Volkswagen reported stolen and the driver, 34-year-old William White, would not stop.
State-licensed scams: Florida regulators allow contractors accused of deception to keep licenses
Mary Bennett-Harvey thought she was being clever. The Jacksonville resident found home-repair contractor Lickety Split through a flyer in the mail that included a coupon for an A/C system inspection. Why wait, she thought, until the systems aren’t working to get them checked out. “[They had] fancy trucks all...
Where Florida’s gun violence exacts its biggest toll on Black and Latino children
Just west of the St. Johns River, which divides this sprawling city racially and economically, 2-year-old A’mahri Robinson was murdered in his mother’s arms.
Homeowner shoots man after he breaks into garage while running from Clay County police
Two people are behind bars after the Clay County Sheriff’s Office says they tried to steal a car and run away.
Driver of box truck dies after crashing into semi on I-95 in Jacksonville near...
The box truck driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
‘Take it down’: Jacksonville apartment residents object to Flock camera by pool
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An apartment complex in North Jacksonville is drawing online attention after residents noticed a Flock Safety camera positioned next to the community swimming pool, prompting concerns about privacy and surveillance. Residents at Mezza Premier Apartments said the camera’s placement is unsettling. “T
Amazon Bolts Eight Robot Stations Onto Its Pecan Park Warehouse in Jacksonville
Amazon is spending $2.6 million to bolt eight new robotics workstations onto its sprawling JAX2 fulfillment center on Pecan Park Road, part of a permit the city of Jacksonville issued on August 21 for work that will turn stretches of manual conveyor into automated, robot-assisted picking lines. The project, first...
Police Talk Suicidal Man Off Dames Point Bridge, Snarling I-295 Traffic
A man crossed the barriers atop the Dames Point Bridge Saturday afternoon around 4:30 p.m., prompting Jacksonville police to shut down lanes and talk him back to safety within less than an hour. Traffic cameras first caught officers speaking with the person near the bridge's edge before the Jacksonville Sheriff's Offic
Jacksonville Coal Ash Terminal Sued Over 2 Billion Pounds of Toxic Waste
A Jacksonville deep-water cargo terminal has handled more than 2 billion pounds of potentially toxic coal combustion ash since 2022, and now a conservation group says much of it ended up somewhere it never should have: the St. Johns River and the groundwater beneath nearby neighborhoods. St. Johns Riverkeeper filed a f
Man shot by Orange Park homeowner after leading deputies on a chase in stolen...
ORANGE PARK, Fla. – A man and woman were taken into custody Monday after a police chase involving a stolen car ended with a homeowner shooting the intruder in an Orange Park neighborhood, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Michelle Cook said during a news conference...
