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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Dozens of folders containing people’s personal information and medical records -- including social security numbers, copies of driver’s licenses and other critical information -- were found scattered along Kernan Boulevard by a Jacksonville landscaper. The paperwork that could be used to steal someone’s identity...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A woman was wounded Friday in a shooting that sent police to multiple scenes in Northwest Jacksonville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Around 7:15 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office said, police responded to an apartment complex on Cleveland Road after ShotSpotter went off, notifying them...

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. — The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department has reported a traffic accident with serious injuries involving four young patients on by Walmart on Normandy Blvd. and La Marche. Two people in the accident have only sustained bruising and non-traumatic. At least one traumatic pediatric injury has been...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mixed reactions came pouring in from Jacksonville residents about a new noise ordinance that went into law on Friday. Florida statue 316.3045 prohibits loud music that’s plainly audible within 25 feet. This law will allow law enforcement officers to give tickets to drivers playing music too loudly in their cars. The law will also allow officers to ticket drivers for playing music too loudly in areas around churches, schools or hospitals.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Shortly after midnight Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office sent officers to the Eastside after a shooting was reported at two nearby locations. In a briefing by JSO, gunfire at 1100 Palmetto Street and a person shot at 1300 Ionia Street were reported around the same time. >>>...

A high-speed crash that severely injured six people has landed a former Jacksonville firefighter in the Broward County Jail. Ladarius Antonio Lane-Berry, 32, of Miami Gardens, was arrested Thursday on 30 charges that include DUI, child neglect, evidence tampering and reckless driving, court records show. According to the arrest records...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Four young people were hospitalized after a crash Friday night on Jacksonville’s Westside, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. JFRD said of the pediatric patients, one had serious injuries and the other three were stable. The crash was at Normandy Boulevard at La Marche Drive.

After 16 years, the screens at Regal River City Marketplace are set to go dark and the multiplex demolished, making way for a new wholesale club at the North Jacksonville site.  According to plans submitted to the St. Johns Water Management District this month, River City Marketplace owner RPT Realty wants to raze...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — At least a dozen people were taken to the hospital after multiple crashes on I-95 southbound near the Florida Welcome Center. The most major of the crashes involved an overturned semi-truck on I-95 southbound. That crash has all lanes blocked as of 6:39 p.m. There's also...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Parts of Jacksonville Beach are underwater Friday afternoon after heavy rains caused widespread flooding. Parts of Beach Boulevard east of Penman Road are also reportedly flooded. Elizabeth Smith shared photos with First Coast News of the flooding along First Street. She says she just moved to...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A young woman killed in a crash in the Murray Hill area early Saturday morning has been identified by her family. The mother of A’Ryshanae McTear, 26, confirmed she was the one walking within the outside travel lane of I-10 westbound when she was struck by a car.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Over 60 pounds of marijuana and more than 20 guns were seized from inside a luxury apartment on the Southside off Gate Parkway, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Investigators said Trevyn Howard, 21, and Gabriela Dominguez, 19, were arrested as part of a narcotics...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Near the intersection of Atlantic and Kernan Boulevards, a landscaper found what he describes as a disturbing discovery. "I didn't think anything of it and I started picking them up and got curious and said, 'Well, these kinds of look like medical documents,'" said Mike, who did not want us to use his last name.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jordan Hall knows that it doesn’t happen often around here. Big time college football recruiters don’t typically frequent the campus of Westside High School and haven’t for quite some time. Hall has changed that in a big, big way this year, and he’s...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Around 7:15 this morning Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was alerted by ShotSpotter of a shooting. Officers were sent to the Vista Landing Apartments (once known as the Cleveland Arms Apartments) at 5020 Cleveland Road. After searching the complex, police found nothing. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Questions arise about whether Bret Michaels or Poison will perform in Jacksonville this weekend. The band is set to perform at TIAA Bank Field on Saturday. They’re on a stadium tour with Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Michaels was hospitalized...

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne has the potential to be one of the most exciting players on the roster this fall for many reasons. One of the primary reasons to believe into the hype? The comfort and smoothness Etienne has shown this spring and summer following his Lisfranc injury and surgery last fall.

Control Southern intends to build a manufacturing plant, offices and storage space in North Jacksonville at a cost of at least $8 million. The city is reviewing a permit for Jacksonville-based Ladson Construction Co. to build the 39,800-square-foot building at 11865 Industry Drive, south of Interstate 295 and west of North Main Street.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Former Duval County Emergency Preparedness Director Steven Woodard has died, the city of Jacksonville announced Friday. He was 64. Woodard joined the city in 2013 and led the Emergency Preparedness Divison until this March, when he retired. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said he was “deeply saddened...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department has reported a person was killed in a flipped vehicle crash in the 8200 block of Arlington Expressway Thursday afternoon. At around 4:00 p.m., the Florida Highway Patrol reported that a 2004 Jeep Wrangler was traveling west along Arlington Expressway...