Jacksonville’s surfing community gathered on Tuesday to commemorate the life of Joe Roland, a 73-year-old surfing legend who grew up in Atlantic Beach, pulled off an incredible upset win at the 1968 East Coast Surfing Championships at just 17 years old, and was elected to the East Coast Surf Legends Hall of Fame in 1998.

Family, friends and law enforcement will pay respects Friday morning to Sergeant Michael Kunovich who died after detaining a man.

There was long line of law enforcement vehicles from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and other agencies, stretched across town as a procession honoring the late Assistant Chief James Judge, better known as “Jimmy.”

Family, friends and community members met Friday night to remember the life of a 13-year-old Jacksonville boy, who was killed in a drive-by shooting last weekend.

Family, friends and community members came together in song and prayer on Tuesday to remember former Raines High School principal and longtime football coach Jimmie Johnson.

UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr. was honored Saturday with a funeral service in Pittsburgh, a week after a fatal WaveRunner accident in Palm Beach County.

Grant D. Haley, the son of UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr., paid tribute to his father on Thursday, remembering him as a “hero.”

Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, but it might not be an obvious fact to many that Oswald and Kennedy actually had their respective funerals on the same day.

Veteran police lieutenant who died with COVID-19 honored at servicePublished: August 15, 2020, 11:21 pmA celebration of life was held Saturday for Lt. Chris Cunningham, a 22-year veteran of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office who died after weeks in the hospital battling the coronavirus.