BAKER COUNTY

What started as a reckless driver traffic stop turned into a six-hour manhunt Thursday in Baker County.

It’s the fourth week of the high school football season. We take a look at the top four games, the next four options and the full schedule for teams in north Florida and south Georgia.

High school football season is back. That means our football predictions are back, too.

A 37-year-old Baker County man died Monday afternoon when his van veered into the oncoming lanes on State Road 121 in Union County and side-swiped a semi, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney will reveal his picks for the week each Thursday. All game times are 7 p.m. unless indicated.

The News4JAX Super 10 football rankings will be published Tuesday’s during the regular season. All games at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

Help recognize someone doing impactful work in our local African American communities by nominating them in one of eight categories.

The second week of the high school football season is largely in the books.

Multiple school districts in Northeast Florida counties announced that they are closing this week due to the expected impact of Tropical Storm Idalia.

The News4JAX Super 10 football rankings will be published Tuesday’s during the regular season. All games at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

Hurricane Idalia has strengthened into “an extremely dangerous major hurricane” as it targets the Gulf Coast on Wednesday and is expected to sweep across North Central and Northeast Florida.

Multiple school districts in Northeast Florida counties announced that they are closing this week due to the expected impact of Tropical Storm Idalia.

The parents of baby Ariya attended a rally for their child

It’s the first week of the high school football season. We take a look at the top four games, the next four options and the full schedule for teams in north Florida and south Georgia.

A man died early Thursday morning when he was hit by a semi after getting out of his disabled car on I-10 westbound in Baker County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The News4JAX Super 10 football rankings will be published Tuesday’s during the regular season.

A Macclenny man was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Wednesday for felony and misdemeanor charges related to his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.

A Lake City man is facing a child sex charge after he walked into the Baker County Sheriff’s Office on Monday and confessed to having sex with a 14-year-old multiple times when he lived in Sanderson last year, deputies said.

High school football weekly schedules for the 2023 season. A handful of area teams have yet to finalize their full schedules. Those will be updated as they become available.

The high school football season begins next month. Here are team-by-team schedules for the 2023 season. Some teams have not finalized schedules. They will be updated as they are finalized.

A retired Baker County officer and church youth leader was arrested after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement received a tip about someone uploading child porn to the internet.

A Baker County mother of four is accused of leaving her kids unattended in a car for at least 20 minutes on Friday, which was noted as one of the hottest days of the month, according to a Baker County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post.

A Baker County family is heartbroken after police say their babysitter left their 10-month-old girl in a hot SUV for five hours leading to her death.

A 10-month-old girl from Macclenny died Wednesday after her babysitter left her inside a hot vehicle in a garage for five hours, according to the Baker County Sheriff’s Office.

A grand jury has indicted two teenagers who were accused in the “brutal” double shooting of two men in Baker County last year.

Two Northeast Florida school districts had the highest scores in end-of-year math and English language arts test, according to recently released statewide data.

A helicopter crashed in an attempt to take flight Saturday afternoon in Macclenny, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The Baker County Sheriff’s Office said it killed a man Thursday night after he was accused of holding someone hostage with a knife in Sanderson.

The family of a man shot by Baker County deputies told News4JAX on Thursday that they want answers.

FDLE investigating an officer-involved shooting in Baker County

The SnapJAX Community Challenge will allow all of Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia to show off all of the different ways their hometowns are unique.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced more than $15 million in awards to five rural communities through the Rural Infrastructure Fund (RIF) program to support community economic development projects aimed at strengthening public infrastructure and expanding job opportunities for residents.

Baker County, Baldwin, Episcopal, Providence, Ridgeview and University Christian all took care of business in the regional semifinals on Tuesday night to move into the regional finals.

Police say two Baker County parents confessed to abusing their 6-month-old child. Andrea Southard, 22, and Donald Holland, 23, are both charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse and child neglect.

Monday marked the official first day of spring practice around the state for high school programs.

The Baker County Sheriff's Office arrested two people for the abuse and neglect of their 6-month-old son. Andrea Southard, 22, and Donald Holland, 23, were arrested and the child was taken to Wolfson Children's Hospital.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday through the end of the regular season. Results are through April 26 games.

The Baker County Sheriff’s Office has now adapted and received many tools to help in cases like Peyton Blodgett's. The tools are part of Project Lifesaver and the Bringing the Lost Home campaign.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday through the end of the regular season. Results are through April 19 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday through the end of the regular season. Results are through April 12 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday through the end of the regular season. Results are through April 5 games.

Arrest after a school fight

INSERT-grade from INSERT County now heads to Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday through the end of the regular season. Results are through March 22 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday through the end of the regular season. Results are through March 22 games.

The First Coast Spelling Bee is coming up, giving 14 local students the chance at the local title and a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday through the end of the regular season with the exception of March 16. Results are through March 8 games.

The Sheriff’s Office said he was last seen on Feb. 21 after leaving his father’s house on Myma Street in Macclenny.

According to a new report from the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors (NEFAR), homes are becoming slightly more affordable.

After obtaining the latest inspection report and a letter addressed to President Joe Biden, the News4JAX I-TEAM has learned some major changes are in the works for the Baker County Detention Center, where there have been complaints of inhumane conditions and the mistreatment of immigrants.

In a harsh email sent this past May, the Baker County Sheriff’s Office found the staff at the Northeast Florida State Hospital, or NEFSH, reported crimes late and destroyed or altered evidence in criminal investigations.

New information has come to light in a News4JAX I-TEAM investigation into the beating death of a patient inside the Northeast Florida State Hospital (NEFSH) in Baker County.

Baker County Sheriff Scotty Rhoden on Friday night announced charges against three people in the deadly shootings of two men that in August of 2022 he described as an “execution-style murder.”

Civil rights activists, attorneys and supporters of detainees gathered Friday on the footsteps of the federal courthouse in Jacksonville, calling for the Baker County Detention Center to be shut down over the alleged mistreatment of immigrants detained at the jail.

An employee of the Baker County Sheriff’s Office was arrested after an investigation found that she had a relationship with an inmate and was providing the inmate contraband and privileged information, authorities announced Tuesday.

Florida Highway Patrol is investigating how a semi-truck carrying green bell peppers caught fire.

A dozen teams are still standing in the high school football state playoffs with some major all-local showdowns heading our way.

It’s the second round of the high school football state playoffs. A glance at the matchups in the Suburban and Rural divisions. All games are Friday at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

Among the playoff games on Friday, Baldwin hosts Baker County in the 2S regional semi-final. The meeting is a rematch of a game won by the Indians 30-7 earlier in the season. That game was part of a historic season for Baldwin, who had not beaten Baker County since 1968 and had never won a district championship in football. They accomplished both feats this season.

The second night of the state playoffs proved a forgettable one for area teams.

Baker County’s offense entered the playoffs on a tear, but with the defense the Wildcats flashed Friday night, high-point games won’t always be a necessity.

The opening night of the state playoffs in the area are done and what a night it was.

The high school football playoffs begin on Friday night, with games on Saturday and Monday night, too, due to Hurricane Nicole. A glance at the matchups in the Suburban and Rural divisions.

The Florida Highway Patrol is currently monitoring a Saturday night wildfire in Baker County.

The News4JAX high school football Super 10 will be published on Tuesdays throughout the high school football regular season.

Sex offenders also have specific rules about what they can and can't do around Halloween, depending on what county they live in. We've compiled a county-by-county breakdown of those rules and regulations.

The high school football regular season is down to the final two weeks.

A woman who ran a Baker County nonprofit is now accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from it.

It’s officially fall and the pumpkin patches, hayrides, haunted houses, and more spooktacular events are back!

Residents living along the St. Marys River in Baker County are accustomed to flooding during heavy rain events, and they’re preparing this week for Ian.

Here are the Northeast Florida counties that have announced plans to distribute sandbags as Hurrican Ian tracks toward Florida.

Week 4 of the high school football season is in the books, and what a week it was.

Each Thursday during the season, News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney will reveal his picks for the week.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida and other groups are calling for the end to an agreement that allows the Baker County Sheriff’s Office to house immigrants at its detention facility.

Baker County closed the Border Classic with an unforgettable finish.

The Border Classic presented by Baker’s Sports puts high school football in the spotlight this week, with seven games over three days.

How did area teams do in Week 1 of the high school football season? Check out scores, television coverage and our Game of the Week recap here.

It's the opening week of the high school football season in Florida. We look at the top four games in the area this week, the next four and the full schedule.

A 37-year-old man from Macclenny was hit and killed in Baker County Tuesday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The only local contested races in Baker County this year were either nonpartisan offices or were Republicans with no opposition from Democrats or anyone else, so only state and federal offices will appear on Baker County ballots in November.

Crime Stoppers contacted the Baker County Sheriff’s Office this week to add an additional $3,000 to the current $5,000 Florida Sheriffs’ Association Criminal Apprehension Assistance Program (FSA CAAP) reward.

High school football season is right around the corner. Here's the weekly schedule for teams from the North Florida and South Georgia coverage area.

Two soldiers, one of whom was from Baker County, were killed in a weather-related incident Tuesday during training on a mountain in the northern part of Georgia, U.S. Army officials at Fort Benning said.

News4JAX wants to see pictures of your student’s first day of school!

The Baker County Sheriff’s Office continues its investigation into the deaths of two men who Sheriff Scotty Rhoden said were found “brutally murdered” at a home in Macclenny.

The News4JAX I-TEAM was granted unprecedented access this week to the federal wing of the Baker County Detention Center that houses more than a hundred immigrant detainees.

The Baker County Sheriff’s Office continues its investigation into the deaths of two men who Sheriff Scotty Rhoden said were found “brutally murdered” at a home in Macclenny.

Sheriff Scotty Rhoden of the Baker County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday revealed new information about the deaths of two men, who he said were found “brutally murdered” at a home in Macclenny.

Two men were found dead in a Baker County home, authorities said Monday.

Jack Baker Jr. won 64% of the vote in the August primary and was elected to Baker County School Board’s District 2.

The News4JAX I-TEAM obtained an inspection report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the federal wing of the Baker County Detention Center, which was described in a federal complaint as a “living hell.”

Civil rights groups have filed a complaint over what they describe as “inhumane conditions” at the federal wing of the Baker County Detention Center.

A 72-year-old Macclenny man was killed in a crash Thursday afternoon on U.S. 301 in Duval County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Multiple law enforcement agencies in Florida on Tuesday were working to track down a missing 71-year-old Baker County woman who hasn’t been seen since June 29.

How does a $260,000 annual salary over the next 25 years sound?

The daughter of a man killed inside the Northeast Florida State Hospital in Macclenny turned to the News4JAX I-TEAM, asking for help in getting answers about her father’s death.

Locally, mental health experts just completed a study called the Community Health Needs Assessment, which identifies the key health needs and issues in North Florida.

A 35-year-old woman was hospitalized for treatment of critical injuries following an ATV crash Thursday afternoon in Baker County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A crash Wednesday evening involving a Baker County Sheriff’s Office patrol cruiser that was responding to a call for service and another SUV is under investigation, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol.