Duval County

Police in Jacksonville, Fla., say a man has confessed to using a hammer to bludgeon to death a pastor from Newport News earlier this week. Apostle John Henry Bowser, 76, was found dead in a home at 1625 N. Market St. in Jacksonville just before noon...

TALLAHASSEE — The Republican Party of Florida announced some major staff departures and arrivals Friday, the biggest being that Executive Director Mike Grissom is leaving to take a job as political affairs director with the Florida Chamber of...

When a deputy pulled over a white Chevy Impala for an alleged traffic violation in Clay County, the driver was wearing a 'DEA' (Drug Enforcement Agency) T-shirt and handcuffs in the back of a "duty style" belt, reports WJXX ABC News-25 in Jacksonville....

A Duval County judge sentenced Brian Craig Patterson, 32, to the maximum terms of six months in jail and one year of probation for driving drunk when he ran over a man in his truck while trying to flee from an attack, reports The Florida Times-Union in...

Chivalry is not dead. An officer stopped David James Lee, a 44-year-old Jacksonville transient, dead in his tracks at a cemetery after noticing Lee had some flowers with dirt stuck to them, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, reports...

In case you missed it, here are two stories from yesterday's State Board of Education meeting in Orlando.  The board adopted its strategic plan, which means it endorsed: –Goals to double the number of children attending charter schools and to expand...

It's time to hand over your intruder calling card when you can no longer topple a couple of old geezers. When an intruder using a knife pried open a door, the 33-year-old Jacksonville homeowner fired bird-shot at him, reports The Florida Times-Union in...

JACKSONVILLE — As state officials moved to close a South Florida hospital specializing in tuberculosis treatment, federal health officials were finding a serious outbreak of the disease among the homeless in the northeastern part of the state, a...

Florida Highway Patrol investigators said Akil Khamisi Meade, 28, hurled a hammer through the windshield of a passing trucker as he stood by a disabled vehicle on I-95 in Jacksonville, reports The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. The attacked...

Other counties worry about impacts of Broward Supreme Court term limits ruling The impact of the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding Broward County's term limits for county commissioners is spreading beyond the 954 area code. The counties that had the...

TALLAHASSEE — Much as it has since the beginning, the legal mandate to preserve minority political districts is going to play a central role in the court fight over the Florida Legislature's once-a-decade redistricting process. The Florida Supreme...

The crowded Republican primary of the 6th congressional district — a new coastal district that runs from Daytona Beach north to the Duval County line — has picked up yet another candidate. And unlike the other three who've already announced &#...