An hours-long standoff between Jacksonville police and an armed man barricaded in a truck behind a Walmart on San Pablo Road ended Wednesday night when SWAT officers used gas to force him out, resulting in police shooting the suspect after he came out holding weapons.

A crash with injuries shut down San Pablo Road in both directions on Monday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Jacksonville Today reader Audrey M. has a question about the work on San Pablo Road. She says that new street lights on San Pablo at Drakes Point Drive — the entrance to the Villages of Pablo neighborhood — are still not working.

According to JTA, now that the San Pablo Road project is done, there are almost 5 miles of new sidewalks, nine new pedestrian crosswalks with flashing beacons, nearly 90 new streetlights and new drainage and utility pipes.

One person was killed and three others were injured in a Thursday night crash on Beach Boulevard, according to Jacksonville Fire Rescue.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority provided San Pablo Road residents with an update Wednesday on a construction project that neighbors said has caused traffic nightmares and safety concerns.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority held a meeting Wednesday to address the ongoing construction that residents along San Pablo Road are calling a headache.

Ongoing construction on San Pablo Road has parents growing concerned about their children’s safety because of the dangers they face in getting their kids to and from school each day.

A man was arrested Wednesday after he was seen walking with a long gun in the San Pablo Road area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

One man is dead and another is in critical condition after a driver crashed into a tree at high speed on San Pablo Road, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Two children are recovering after they got their hands on a gun and one accidentally shot himself and his brother Sunday night.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority will break ground on a new project that will ease traffic jams on San Pablo Road.

The Clinic informed unvaccinated staff that they must get a COVID-19 vaccine, or apply for a religious or medical exemption by Nov. 8.

A semi-tractor trailer crash is causing severe delays on J. Butler Boulevard after it crashed before San Pablo Road.

Drivers along San Pablo Road are seeing traffic backups now that school is back in session.

Florida Highway Patrol is on-scene of a crash on the westbound side of J. Turner Butler Boulevard (JTB) after San Pablo Drive.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man who crashed into a median while driving in the wrong direction on Beach Boulevard near San Pablo Road early Saturday morning has died, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Around 1:40 a.m., a 38-year-old man was driving east in the westbound lanes when he lost control and slammed into a tree located in the median. When News4Jax crews arrived, the sedan was sitting on a tow truck, mangled with shattered windows. Troopers said the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. The crash was cleared and all lanes have reopened.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla – Three cars were heading east on Butler Boulevard when one of them was hit and lost control. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, one of the cars, a red Lexus coupe, hit a gray Ford pickup while trying to pass it. The Lexus lost control and overturned multiple times. The BMW also lost control causing it to drive across three lanes of traffic before hitting a concrete barrier. Luckily, the driver of the Ford pickup managed to pull over into the emergency lane safely.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Five days after a woman stabbed to death inside a San Pablo Road apartment, Jacksonville police have charged a man taken from the scene to the hospital with injuries with murder. People at the Coquina Bay Apartments who heard the woman screaming called the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office just after 5 p.m. Saturday. Officers said they forced their way into the apartment and found both the man and woman suffering from stab wounds. The woman, who police will not identify, died at the scene. Nabil Abdel-Majid, 49, who police have now charged with second-degree murder, was taken to a local hospital.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Several lanes of San Pablo Parkway were closed after a water main break Friday afternoon. According to JEA, crews were called to repair the 24-inch water main break caused by a contractor at San Pablo Parkway and San Pablo Road, just south of Beach Boulevard. As of about 2:15 p.m., both southbound lanes and the inside northbound lane of San Pablo Parkway were closed in the area of the water main break, JEA said. TRAFFIC ALERT: JEA crews are repairing 24" water main break caused by comm contractor at San Pablo Pkwy & San Pablo Rd S (just S of Beach). Both SB lanes & inside NB lane on San Pablo Pkwy CLOSED at break location.

The Florida Highway Department of Transportation said contractors are on schedule to complete the Northeast Florida-regions first diverging diamond interchange in Spring 2022. Diverging diamond roads have been used in France since the 1970s, but the use of the pattern exploded in recent decades. The diverging diamond interchange was listed by Popular Science magazine as one of the best innovations in 2009 in the engineering category. The intersection at J. Turner Butler Boulevard and San Pablo Road sees 150,000 vehicles travel through it every day, according to FDOT estimates. In another district, FDOT is also constructing diverging diamond interchanges at Interstate 95 and State Road A1A (State Road 200) in Nassau County, First Coast Expressway and Henley Road in Clay County, and First Coast Expressway, and State Road 16 in Clay County.

When determining fire risk, there are multiple variables that come together, including precipitation, relative humidity and wind and drought conditions. The Fire Danger Index map is a quick way for Florida residents to check the risk in their county. The first thing that weve got to look at is how many days since significant rainfall, so what is significant rainfall to us? Chase says that the Fire Danger Index is a quick reference guide to determine if you should burn or not. Burn bans across the state of Florida from the Florida Forest Service (Florida Forest Service)Both human elements and lightning are the main contributors to wildfires in the state of Florida.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. After the first brush fire of the season on Thursday, first responders are reminding residents of Duval Countys burn ban going into Memorial Day weekend. Fire Rescue was there through the night to make sure there were no flare-ups and no homes were in danger. Going into Memorial Day weekend, firefighters have a message:It can happen anywhere. Jacksonvilles Memorial Day weekend forecast looks hot and mostly dry, according to News4Jax meteorologist Rebecca Barry. Duval County has a burn ban year-round, and firefighters asked residents to not do any outdoor burning, especially with the upcoming Memorial Day weekend when people are known to shoot off fireworks.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Looking for the perfect pumpkin this holiday season? You'll want to head to Isle of Faith Pumpkin Patch, the JaxBest choice for the best local pumpkin patch. You'll find the pumpkin patch just outside the Isle of Faith United Methodist Church on San Pablo Road. RELATED: JaxBest winners: The spots that make Jacksonville shineThe pumpkins are shipped by a grower in New Mexico. According to the church, in cooperation with the Navajo Nation, they grow 1,200 acres of pumpkins during our harvest months of September and October.

The crash, which happened about 7:40 p.m., destroyed the living room of the home on Port Arthur Road and left the driver and a woman inside the house injured. So he hit the curb and pretty much went airborne and went right through their backyard and went right through their house," said Robert Mills, who lives next door. The woman inside the house told News4Jax that she was sitting in the living room when the car plowed through the house right in front of her. "It (has) to be God because there is no way that car went through there without hitting her." According to JSO records, Monday nights crash of the car through the house on Port Arthur Road was the 13th at that intersection of San Pablo Road South since 2016.

One person was seriously injured Monday evening when a car crashed through a house off San Pablo Road, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.