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• I-TEAM: Documents show 78 flights carrying migrants landed in Jacksonville over last 6 months New documents shed light on dozens of flights that came through Jacksonville which Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says are carrying migrants. Photos appear to show one of those flights landing last month with migrants getting off the plane. DeSantis has been trying to stop the planes from landing claiming they’re dangerous. The story has garnered national attention and lots of questions, so the News4Jax I-TEAM worked to obtain records about those flights. News4Jax found these charter flights have been coming…
• Origin of mysterious Jacksonville odor still unclear, city says Jacksonville has a history of being known as the city that stinks. In the 1990s that problem was corrected but on Wednesday morning thousands in the city were reminded just how bad it can smell. An unidentified stench blanketed Jacksonville and the surrounding areas as the sun rose over the River City. News4Jax tried to find out where the smell was coming from and what is being done about it. Some local manufacturers who were suspected of being the culprit…
• Commission to vote on plan to redevelop St. Augustine Outlet Mall, add housing and movie theater Part of the St. Augustine Outlets could soon close and be replaced with new homes, retail space and a movie theatre if St. Johns County commissioners vote in favor of redevelopment during a Tuesday meeting. The property’s owner wants to redevelop the existing property into a mixed-used space on 31 acres of land. This would affect the indoor outlets on the northeast side of I-95 and state road 16, not the strip-mall style Premium Outlets on the southbound side. Commissioner…
• Group calls for justice after teen girl shot in red-light ambush escapes with minor injury The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is still searching for a shooter that unloaded 20 bullets into a car that was stopped at a traffic light on the Northside early Sunday morning. The shooting injured a 16-year-old girl who was a passenger in a car with four others. All of the passengers were under 21 years old. According to a JSO report, the girl was shot in the thumb but miraculously no one else in the car was hurt. The JSO report…
• Georgia man accused of selling over 2 dozen guns, cocaine to undercover officer A three-month investigation disrupted a Georgia-to-New York gun trafficking pipeline and resulted in the seizure of 25 guns, including five assault weapons, according to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, which said the guns and a quantity of cocaine were sold to an undercover officer. According to the DEA, the sales of 25 guns occurred in Manhattan on four dates between Sept. 3 and Nov. 12. It said that before each sale, Yamil Torres-Rincon, 24, traveled from Georgia to New…
• Animals saved from Clay County home get adopted A major adoption event all spawned from a massive animal seizure off a Clay County Property, where 266 animals were seized in deplorable conditions from a home on Old Jennings Road. The community came out to adopt many of those animals and give them a new home. A new chance on life for dogs, cats, and all sorts of animals.  Many of the animals were seized off this property on Old Jennings Road.  News4Jax has been following the case and…
• ‘Strong diversion. Weak case,’ Rev. Jackson says of controversial comments by defense attorney in Arbery case The Rev. Jesse Jackson traveled from Brunswick to a church in Jacksonville on Tuesday, speaking with supporters of the family of Ahmaud Arbery. Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the trial of the men who are accused of chasing and killing Arbery. Jackson’s presence inside the courtroom has come under fire, notably by attorney Kevin Gough, who represents William “Roddie” Bryan. He made comments in the courtroom last week that sparked controversy. “We don’t want any more Black pastors coming…
• Some stores struggling to hire staff for holiday season Companies that would typically hire seasonal workers are heading into the holidays during what consumer experts say is one of the tightest job markets in decades. Many stores are struggling to hire the new employees they need to handle the anticipated crowds, which usually begin around Black Friday. At Men’s Warehouse in the St. Johns Town Center, store manager Selena Morales says business is booming -- especially when it comes to dressing men for weddings. “I feel like we have…
• CPSC received over 700 complaints of oven doors shattering or ‘exploding’ from 2015 to 2018 We have new information in our investigation involving glass oven doors literally shattering. Since our story aired last week, we’ve heard similar situations from other viewers and found out about hundreds of cases being reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. New pictures of ovens left in pieces were sent to us from viewers around Northeast Florida. One viewer explained that her mother “just turned the oven on to preheat, then BOOM! the oven door and oven were no more.” Alicia Baker…
• Boston museum workers on 1-day strike over pay, COVID safety Pandemic-weary workers at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts went on a one-day strike Wednesday over stalled contract negotiations with management, the latest strike amid an monthslong uptick in labor action nationwide. Members of the Museum of Fine Arts Union that represents about 200 workers picketed outside the museum starting at around 8:30 a.m. More than 100 people at one point were out holding signs saying “No curation without representation” and urging people not to cross the picket line to enter…