We want to hear from you: Do you feel safe going out for the holidays given the recent number of shootings?
Over the weekend, there have been a rash of shootings in Jacksonville. News4JAX wants so hear from you as you either attend holiday events or finish off Christmas shopping. Do you feel safe going out for the holidays? Sound off in the Hearken.
Neighbor relives racist attack at Dollar General, wants permanent memorial as store prepares for reopening
As preparations are underway for the reopening of the Dollar General where three people were killed in August, a nearby resident is giving a new perspective on the brutal attack and how the community is faring now.
Mayor: City plans to buy controversial liquor store next to elementary school
The property where a liquor store was projected to open across from an elementary school in Northwest Jacksonville will be purchased by the City of Jacksonville, according to Mayor Donna Deegan, who made the announcement at one of her most anticipated meetings.
Man charged in ambush murder of Jared Bridegan to be arraigned exactly 1 year after shooting
The 61-year-old man arrested in connection with the targeted ambush shooting of a father of four in Jacksonville Beach last year will be arraigned on the charges Feb. 16 -- a year to the day that Jared Bridegan was gunned down with his toddler daughter in the back seat of his SUV.
Suspect arrested in ambush murder of Jared Bridegan in Jacksonville Beach โdid not act alone,โ state attorney says
Nearly a year after a father of four was gunned down in what police believe was a targeted ambush shooting in Jacksonville Beach, police and the state attorneyโs office announced an arrest in the case Wednesday.
River City split: Deadly violence in Jacksonville clustered on west side of St. Johns
According to News4JAX records, a third of the cityโs homicides in 2022 took place in just three of Jacksonvilleโs 34 ZIP codes. And all three of those โ 32206, 32209 and 32210 โ are west of the St. Johns River.
First Coast Crime Stoppers pleads with public to help solve 13-year-oldโs murder
It has been five days since 13-year-old Prince Holland was gunned down inside an SUV in Northwest Jacksonville while riding home from football tryouts. Since the drive-by shooting, First Coast Crime Stoppers has received only three tips from the public about the investigation.
โItโs very frighteningโ: Northwest Jacksonville residents sound off against violence after teen fatally shot in drive-by
Residents in the Lincoln Villas neighborhood in Northwest Jacksonville where a 13-year-old was killed in a drive-by shooting are sounding off and sharing their concerns about a shooting that has shaken the community.
News4JAX.com users say crime is the biggest issue facing Jacksonville ahead of midterm elections
News4JAX insiders voted crime as the biggest issue facing Jacksonville residents, with 61 percent of over 1,4000 respondents choosing it as the priority over affordable housing, downtown development and growth in a recent informal survey.
Bodycam shows what led to JSO K-9 Huk, men being shot following pursuit & crash
The Jacksonville Sheriffโs Office on Tuesday released body camera footage that recorded the events following a pursuit that began in Northwest Jacksonville and ended near the Jacksonville Zoo, where a police K-9 was shot and wounded.
Florida House District 14
Democrat Kimberly Daniels won the most votes in a four-way August primary in the redrawn Florida House District 14, which covers from Brooklyn and downtown north to include a sliver of Northwest Jacksonville and much of the Northside east of Lem Turner Road and south of Interstate 295 as well as Arlington and part of the Southside north of the Hart Expressway to Beach Boulevard and west of Southside Boulevard.
Detective uses PIT maneuver, halts SUV reportedly stolen during carjacking, police say
Police used a PIT maneuver Wednesday evening to stop an SUV that had been reported stolen during an armed carjacking earlier in the day, which occurred in Northwest Jacksonville, according to the Sheriffโs Office.