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A pedestrian was hit by a semi and killed Tuesday morning on State Road 16 near I-95, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue.

A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office patrol officer has been arrested and faces termination after bodycam footage captured him punching a handcuffed, intoxicated suspect during an arrest, Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Tuesday.

In truly “Florida man” fashion, a passenger was caught on camera by a sheriff’s office helicopter launching fireworks at passing cars on I-95 in St. Johns County on July 4.

A Jacksonville social media influencer says she’s being forced out of the home her late father left her after a homeowners association in an Oakleaf 55-and-older community sued to remove her from the neighborhood and proposed charging residents a $155,000 special assessment to help pay legal fees.

A 32-year-old man was arrested after a child was injured in a shooting inside an apartment at the Village of San Jose Apartments on July 11, according to an arrest report released by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

After receiving complaints from residents about broken windows, apartment doors left wide open and concerns about squatters, the News4JAX I-TEAM found that an apartment complex near Westside High School is tied to a landlord with a history of code enforcement complaints and properties facing foreclosure.

On Monday, the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office arrested three motorcyclists caught driving around 100 miles per hour on State Road 200 before fleeing from deputies.

A GoFundMe set up for the family of a woman and her 3-year-old son had raised about $6,000 by Friday to help the three surviving children after the pair were killed in a fiery crash on I-295, according to the fundraiser and local reports.

The world’s largest women’s surf event and music festival paddles its way back to Jacksonville Beach this Fall.

A man faces theft and burglary charges after he was accused of stealing an ambulance from the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department Fire Station 9 on Main Street Friday.

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday morning for a swimmer who went missing Saturday near Huguenot Memorial Park, officials said.

A Jacksonville firefighter was arrested July 9 on multiple felony drug and related charges stemming from a 2023 undercover narcotics investigation, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, challenges Catholics — and the world — to think carefully about how artificial intelligence is reshaping human life. Catholic leaders across the Archdiocese of Baltimore and beyond say the message is clear: technology must always serve people, not the other way around.

They’re one of the greatest tag teams in history but Road Dogg (Brian James) and Bad A** Billy Gunn have been separated for years as they were in different companies.

Hurricane season is here, and FPL spokesperson Kam Eppinger says preparation is a year-round effort focused on reliability: hardening poles and equipment, aggressive vegetation management, and a data-driven push to underground neighborhood lines. Eppinger explains how smart grid devices can “self-heal” the system to avoid broader outages, why undergrounding helps but isn’t a silver bullet (flooding can delay repairs), and why residents and businesses should write down a plan and be ready to act—because there’s no 100% stormproof grid.

Season two of “Voices of the 904″ has come to a close, and we can’t say it enough: Thank you, Jacksonville.