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• Deadly wreck in Northwest Jacksonville renews traffic concerns A deadly crash in Northwest Jacksonville over the weekend is renewing concerns about traffic near the intersection of New Kings Road and Soutel Drive. The crash happened about 12:30 p.m. Sunday. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, a U-Haul truck was heading south on New Kings Road when it veered off the road and struck a pedestrian. The unnamed man, who died of his injuries, marks the 127th traffic fatality in Jacksonville this year. While a News4Jax crew followed up…
• Parents sound off on shorts in St. Johns County school dress code survey Earlier this month, the St. Johns County School District sent parents a survey seeking input on a dress code that has been a source of controversy for months and is now the subject of a federal investigation. News4Jax learned Tuesday the district received more than 12,000 responses to the nine-question survey, and although it wasn’t one of the questions, parents used the survey to weigh in on the issue of shorts, which mainly affects female students. The survey asked parents…
• Contractor cleans up, removes pump during investigation into creek runoff The I-TEAM on Monday learned that local and state agencies are investigating complaints of illegal dumping into a Jacksonville waterway, and on Tuesday, a city councilman told News4Jax he’s following the situation closely. Video from a neighbor’s drone shows what appears to be runoff from a nearby construction site entering Pottsburg Creek near Beach Boulevard and Hogan Road on the city’s Southside. On Tuesday, the I-TEAM didn’t see any dump trucks coming or going -- much different than Monday when…
• City leaders, colleagues mourn sudden loss of UF Health Jacksonville CEO As news began to spread Saturday of the unexpected death of UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr., messages poured in on social media from those who knew Haley and were shocked by the sudden loss. According to an internal UF Health email obtained by News4Jax, Haley died after an accident Saturday in South Florida. After learning the news, president and CEO of Edward Waters University A. Zachary Faison Jr. wrote: Life is not promised. Lord, have mercy at…
• Police: Convicted felon with gun evades capture after aggravated assault in Jacksonville Police in Jacksonville said they are looking for 59-year-old James David Child White after he shot at two people Sunday night. White was arguing with the two adults before he fired a gun at either one of both of them near Bulls Bay Highway and Hendewees Street, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. When police arrived, they had SWAT surround a home where they suspected White was, but after a search, police learned he was not. A JSO spokesperson said…
• Health coach who was in ICU with COVID-19 encourages others to get vaccinated Frue McAvoy is a 33-year-old health coach who used to run up to 10 miles a day and has no underlying health conditions. But he’s unvaccinated and currently fighting for his life with a severe case of COVID-19 -- which doctors believe is the delta variant. “Never in a million years did I think I would get it or that it would affect me,” McAvoy told News4Jax on Monday. On June 24, McAvoy said, he and his girlfriend went to…
• Man barricaded in home surrenders, Jacksonville police say As SWAT units were responding to a Westside home Tuesday on Cezanne Drive, a man who had barricaded himself inside surrendered to authorities, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO said the incident was domestic in nature and no injuries were reported. A neighbor told News4Jax police first showed up around 11 a.m. and told residents in the area to go inside. “My fiancé was outside earlier and they told him to get inside,” said Olivia Worley, who lives in…
• Lake Butler woman shares her near-death experience after contracting COVID-19 A Lake Butler woman has returned home following her near-death experience after she contracted COVID-19. “I am 43 years old. Never in my life have I ever felt so close to death,” Ganeene Starling told News4Jax on Tuesday about her time in the hospital. Starling said her family got COVID-19 because her husband, who is a captain at a prison in Lake Butler, was infected at work. She was treated at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville. She said the…
• Gov. DeSantis: Florida to fight appeals court ruling in cruise ship case A day after a federal appeals court sided with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in imposing COVID-19 restrictions on cruise ships, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that he will fight the ruling. While taking questions from reporters in Poinciana, Florida, on Monday morning, DeSantis vowed to take the fight to a higher court. ″I think most courts at this point have had their limit with the CDC issuing these dictates without a firm statutory basis, so I’m…
• Crash that killed mother happened just block from home, daughter says Days after a woman was killed and her daughter was injured in a crash, a teddy bear and roses lied at the scene Tuesday on Edgewood Avenue. Witnesses told Jacksonville police Friday morning the car that struck the mother and daughter’s car appeared to have been racing another vehicle. Nikita Cook, the woman’s daughter, identified her mother as Pamela Stone. She said her sister was also in the car and taken to a hospital. Chastyne Dominguez, 17, and Pamela Stone,…