Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said Thursday that over $44 million in unclaimed property was returned to Floridians during July, with about $3 million of that being returned to Jacksonville residents.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department is on the scene of a fire that broke out at a church Monday night on Yellow Bluff Road.

With the real estate market the way it is, it’s not surprising scammers are trying to take advantage of buyers and renters who are just looking for a place to live. And sometimes of unsuspecting property owners.

If you haven’t checked your name yet in the Holiday Money Hunt, you could be missing out on cash that could be in your pocket in two weeks or less.

North Florida Land Trust is working to preserve 245 acres in the Intracoastal Waterway known as the Small Islands. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida Land Trust has reached an agreement to purchase 245 acres located in the Intracoastal Waterway at J. Turner Butler Boulevard in Jacksonville Beach, known widely as the Small Islands. The owner, the Small Group, LLC, had been marketing the property for $3.9 million to build extravagant houses on the nine small wet flatwood islands in the saltmarsh just north of JTB. “Protecting habitats, like these islands and marshlands, provide hope for the future but we can’t do it alone. We need help from the public to make it possible.”To help NFLT save the Small Islands visit https://www.nflt.org/small-islands/.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and Animal Care and Protective Services were spotted Wednesday removing numerous dogs from a property on the Westside. It all started with a noise complaint from neighbors who long suspected the noise had something to do with dogfighting. Neighbors told News4Jax an animal control officer came out to the property to at one point investigate the complaint. He told News4Jax he’d done nothing wrong. He showed News4Jax a notice that he received in November after an animal control officer showed up to investigate noise complaints.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – More than $39 million was returned to the rightful owners in August, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced Thursday. It was the second-highest monthly amount of unclaimed property recovered and returned to Floridians in the Division of Unclaimed Property’s 59-year history. The most common types of unclaimed property are dormant bank accounts, unclaimed insurance proceeds, stocks, dividends, uncashed checks, deposits, credit balances and refunds. Unclaimed property assets are held by business or government entities for a set period of time, usually five years. RELATED: How to find out if forgotten treasure is waiting for youAugust 2020 unclaimed property returns by region

You or your business may be struggling financially because of COVID-19, but there could be money just waiting for you to claim it. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis says an estimated one in five Floridians have unclaimed property just waiting, and it doesn’t cost you a dime to get it back. “This is another amazing milestone for our Unclaimed Property Team, especially since our staff has been teleworking since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The most common types of unclaimed property are dormant bank accounts, unclaimed insurance proceeds, stocks, dividends, uncashed checks, deposits, credit balances and refunds. Unclaimed property assets are held by business or government entities (holders) for a set period of time, usually five years.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Two victims were found shot Thursday morning at a property off Firestone Road on Jacksonvilles Westside, police said. Another person was at the property and is cooperating with the investigation, police said. Investigators with the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office were awaiting a warrant Thursday morning to go onto the property, which was off Firestone Road, north of Morse Avenue. An officer at the scene said its unclear if the shooting was part of a robbery but both victims were shot multiple times. News4Jax has a crew at the scene and we will update when we learn more information.