Florida Is Prepping for Alligator Alcatraz 2.0, Records Show
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DCPS audit discovers Jacksonville’s General Counsel double-billed $334,000 in legal fees
The Duval County School Board is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a pivotal resolution that would allow the district to hire its own in-house legal counsel, following a discovery of double-billing by the Office of General Counsel.
Woman pleads guilty to killing girlfriend after body was found in ‘advanced state of...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (TCN) -- A woman will spend three decades behind bars for fatally shooting her girlfriend and hiding the victim's body under a tarp. The Florida State Attorney's Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit announced July 31 that Shannon McCarthy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, tampering with...
‘He’s not a monster’ | Sister of teen accused of killing parents in Middleburg...
“Did he make a mistake? Yes. He made a big mistake. A huge one. My little brother, he is not a monster.” - Ayanna Russell
JSO disrupts ‘teen takeovers’; recovers guns, drugs, several arrests made
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has disrupted several “teen takeovers” over the last few weeks, resulting in the recovery of guns, drugs and several arrests made. The teen takeovers are large gatherings of juveniles at public locations organized through social media. JSO said the...
‘Mommy’s ship’: Family says goodbye to USS St. Louis as it deploys to fight...
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. – Four-year-old Ricky stands at Naval Station Mayport, his eyes fixed on the USS St. Louis. The 378-foot Freedom-variant littoral combat ship rests against the dock. It is the biggest vessel Ricky says he has ever seen. He calls it “Mommy’s ship.”. His...
It took a $100K price cut and 67 days on the market to sell...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville is seeing one of the biggest drops in home prices in the country, ranking third among major metro areas for the biggest year-over-year decrease. The median home-sale price fell by 3.1% in Jacksonville last week, according to a new report from Redfin. In fact, according...
Jacksonville gets CSX’s first rail hazmat training center
Jacksonville soon will have the first training center operated by a railroad company to teach firefighters how to handle railway hazardous material spills. Railroad company CSX will partner with Florida State College at Jacksonville on the facility. The center will expand the existing academy at FSCJ’s south campus...
FHSMV reveals numer of Jacksonville drivers caught going 50+ mph over the limit in...
In Jacksonville and across Florida, state troopers are stepping up enforcement as the new “Super Speeder” law enters its second month. The Florida Highway Patrol is cracking down on speeding — a persistent and deadly issue on the state’s roads — as part of a broader push to reduce traffic fatalities and serious...
Skeletal remains of man, 24, are found weeks after he met stranger from dating...
A man was found dead after traveling to meet someone he had just met on a dating app, according to relatives. The 24-year-old Atlanta resident had gone missing earlier this year after never boarding his bus back home. His aunt, Monica Tucker, told WXIA that the family had gone looking for the mystery man after […]
