Travis Gibson
Digital reporter/editor
Digital reporter who has lived in Jacksonville for more than 25 years and focuses on important local issues like education and the environment.
Digital reporter who has lived in Jacksonville for more than 25 years and focuses on important local issues like education and the environment.
Attorneys for the family of a Jacksonville man whose forceful arrest went viral and prompted accusations of police brutality said they sent a letter to the Department of Justice demanding that the agency investigate the arrest and other issues at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
The truck Le’Keian Woods was riding in was pulled over by police because it was believed to be involved in a drug deal, and Woods tried to run from officers before he was arrested, JSO said.
A powerful political player in Jacksonville who took his own life in an Atlantic Beach parking lot last year was under investigation for a “bizarre and fraudulent scheme” involving the promise of Taylor Swift tickets at the time of his death, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
Jacksonville Jaguars President Mark Lamping was asked a hypothetical question Thursday about the possibility of putting the question of who should fund $2 billion in renovations to the team’s stadium on the ballot.