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2024 FWC Lionfish challenge breaks records; 31,773 removed from Florida waters
Read full article: 2024 FWC Lionfish challenge breaks records; 31,773 removed from Florida watersThe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's 2024 Lionfish challenge broke records, removing 1,785 pounds of the invasive fish from Florida’s waters.
DeSantis signs education reform bill that includes limiting ‘book challenges’ in Florida
Read full article: DeSantis signs education reform bill that includes limiting ‘book challenges’ in FloridaDeSantis signed House Bill 1285, which in part, limits challenges on books to one per month for anyone without students in a Florida school.
Florida 19-year-old accidentally killed by woman using rifle as TikTok prop, cops say
Read full article: Florida 19-year-old accidentally killed by woman using rifle as TikTok prop, cops sayA Jacksonville woman died in an accidental shooting in May that happened while she was recording TikTok videos with a 20-year-old woman who was using a rifle as a prop, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff: 3 dead after ‘racially-motivated’ shooting at Jacksonville Dollar General
Read full article: Sheriff: 3 dead after ‘racially-motivated’ shooting at Jacksonville Dollar GeneralJacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan confirmed Saturday that there are a “number of fatalities” in response to the shooting on Kings Road near Canal Street in Northwest Jacksonville, according to Local 10 sister station WJXT.
Florida agencies are accused in a lawsuit of sending confusing Medicaid termination notices
Read full article: Florida agencies are accused in a lawsuit of sending confusing Medicaid termination noticesThree Florida residents filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, alleging that state agencies aren’t adequately notifying low-income and disabled people that their public health insurance is ending.
$36 million Mega Millions ticket sold at Florida Publix
Read full article: $36 million Mega Millions ticket sold at Florida PublixA jackpot-winning Mega Millions ticket worth $36 million was sold somewhere in Jacksonville, just one week after the historic $1.58 billion jackpot was won, Lottery officials confirmed this week.
Slain Florida man’s ex-wife arrested over murder-for-hire plot
Read full article: Slain Florida man’s ex-wife arrested over murder-for-hire plotDetectives arrested Shanna Gardner-Fernandez on Thursday in Washington after a grand jury indicted her for the murder last year in Florida of her ex-husband, who she had been fighting with over the custody of their twins since their divorce in 2015.
Detectives investigating after Florida 9-year-old accidentally shoots, kills 6-year-old
Read full article: Detectives investigating after Florida 9-year-old accidentally shoots, kills 6-year-oldPolice in north Florida are trying to find out how a 9-year-old got a gun and accidentally shot and killed a 6-year-old this week.
Deputies rescue girl after Florida Amber alert activation
Read full article: Deputies rescue girl after Florida Amber alert activationLess than an hour after The Florida Department of Law Enforcement activated an Amber alert on Monday deputies were able to rescue a 12-year-old girl in a kidnapping case out of Duval County.
Florida inmate gets 1 year and 3 months in federal prison for threatening to kill judge
Read full article: Florida inmate gets 1 year and 3 months in federal prison for threatening to kill judgeA Florida state prison inmate already serving a three-decade sentence will serve an additional one year and three months in federal prison for threatening to kill a federal judge and his family.
Investigation launched into Florida jail after former inmate dies just days after release
Read full article: Investigation launched into Florida jail after former inmate dies just days after releaseThe Duval County Jail in Jacksonville is at the center of an investigation after a man died shortly following his release.
Man dies after going days in Florida jail without medication, family says
Read full article: Man dies after going days in Florida jail without medication, family saysThe family of a Jacksonville man says he died in November after going two days in the Duval County jail without the medication he needed to survive.
‘I was scared’: Video shows ‘dust devil’ engulfing catcher at Florida youth baseball game
Read full article: ‘I was scared’: Video shows ‘dust devil’ engulfing catcher at Florida youth baseball gameA dust devil quickly formed during a baseball game Sunday afternoon at the Fort Caroline Athletic Association baseball field in Jacksonville.
Bees swarm Florida highway after semi-truck crashes into pickup carrying beehives
Read full article: Bees swarm Florida highway after semi-truck crashes into pickup carrying beehivesThousands of bees swarmed a highway in Duval County Tuesday after a semi-truck crashed into a pickup truck hauling beehives.
Landlord accused of hiring tenant to kill wife’s ex-husband in Florida, police say
Read full article: Landlord accused of hiring tenant to kill wife’s ex-husband in Florida, police sayA man is being held without bond on Friday after detectives accused him of hiring a man to kill his wife’s ex-husband, a father of four who was shot dead near his daughter just two days after Valentine’s Day last year.
FBI: Florida deputy, trooper with DEA ties involved in drugs
Read full article: FBI: Florida deputy, trooper with DEA ties involved in drugsThe FBI has arrested two Florida law enforcement officers on charges of involvement with illegal drugs after both had worked together on a Drug Enforcement Administration task force.
Gov. DeSantis rolls out new initiatives aimed at cracking down on undocumented migrants
Read full article: Gov. DeSantis rolls out new initiatives aimed at cracking down on undocumented migrantsGov. Ron DeSantis was in Jacksonville on Thursday morning to speak about what he calls an ongoing crisis when it comes to migrants coming into the United States illegally.
DeSantis reacts to district’s removal of Roberto Clemente book, says controversy ‘manufactured’
Read full article: DeSantis reacts to district’s removal of Roberto Clemente book, says controversy ‘manufactured’During a news conference in Jacksonville Tuesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis forcefully defended his administration’s education policies, especially as they relate to the review and removal of “inappropriate” content from schools.
Florida man claims $1 million prize playing Lottery scratch-off game
Read full article: Florida man claims $1 million prize playing Lottery scratch-off gameA 31-year-old man claimed his $1 million winnings this week after playing the 500X The Cash scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials confirmed Thursday.
New law to protect newborns from specific birth defect goes into effect Jan. 1
Read full article: New law to protect newborns from specific birth defect goes into effect Jan. 1All Florida hospitals and birthing facilities must test newborns for congenital cytomegalovirus, also known as CMV, according to a new Florida law.
Police: Fla. zookeeper ‘viciously’ attacked by bear suffered lacerations on head, back, thighs
Read full article: Police: Fla. zookeeper ‘viciously’ attacked by bear suffered lacerations on head, back, thighsThe 35-year-old zookeeper who was “viciously” attacked Wednesday by a 5-year-old North American black bear at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens suffered many lacerations on her head, back and thighs, according to a police report obtained Thursday by Local 10′s Jacksonville news partner, WJXT.
Bear fatally shot after escaping exhibit, injuring keeper at Florida zoo
Read full article: Bear fatally shot after escaping exhibit, injuring keeper at Florida zooA 5-year-old North American black bear that escaped an exhibit behind the scenes at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Wednesday evening and “engaged” with a zookeeper was fatally shot by the zoo’s lethal weapons team, officials told Local 10′s Jacksonville news partner WJXT.
FHP: Wrong-way driver causes I-95 crash, carjacks FedEx truck, ends up diving in river
Read full article: FHP: Wrong-way driver causes I-95 crash, carjacks FedEx truck, ends up diving in riverAccording to the Florida Highway Patrol, a wrong-way driver caused a crash on I-95 Friday night before she carjacked a FedEx truck, crashed it downtown and jumped into the St. Johns River in Jacksonville.
Girl, 12, talks to Florida official about ‘need’ for face masks in schools
Read full article: Girl, 12, talks to Florida official about ‘need’ for face masks in schoolsA 12-year-old girl met with a Florida official on Monday to tell her why she thinks there is a need for face mask mandates in schools.
In Florida's Old South, a new political battleground emerges
Read full article: In Florida's Old South, a new political battleground emerges“Black voters in this part of the state are critical to winning statewide,” said Adrianne Shropshire, the executive director of BlackPAC. Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly 40,000 registered voters in Duval County, and more than half of the county's Democrats are African American. That was not the case when Hillary Clinton lost in Duval County to Trump in 2016. The area has also been a proving ground for Trump's attempt to peel off some Black voters — especially Black men — from Democrats. In Duval County, she won by a margin of fewer than 3,000 votes.
Governors who quickly reopened backpedal as virus surges
Read full article: Governors who quickly reopened backpedal as virus surges(Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)AUSTIN, Texas When Texas began lifting coronavirus restrictions, Republican Gov. He pointed out that the White House backed his plan and gave assurances there were safe ways to go out again. Doug Ducey, also a Republican, did the same, declaring the state on pause as hospitals accelerate toward capacity. But the Republican governor has resisted calls to require them, arguing that it would be difficult to enforce in a rural state. Hutchinson also says hes concerned such a mandate could spark a backlash, with people refusing to wear masks.
Pastor working in Florida prison faces charges over inmate’s rape
Read full article: Pastor working in Florida prison faces charges over inmate’s rapeJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As a Florida Department of Corrections’ education supervisor, Rev. The inmate reported Carlisle was pretending to help him when he moved to overpower him and rape him on Aug. 6 at the Florida State Prison in Bradford County. The sexual assault forensic exam was performed the next day. Investigators collected Carlisle’s DNA on Jan. 29 and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported it was a match and issued a warrant for his arrest on Wednesday. He is facing charges of sexual battery and sexual misconduct in Bradford County.