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5 days ago | 
news4jax.com | Kendra Mazeke
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A former 22-year veteran trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol was sentenced to nine years for drug-related charges. Joshua Earrey pleaded guilty in April 2024 to possession of a firearm as an unlawful user of a controlled substance, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., and conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. He faced up to 60 years in prison.
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6 days ago | 
news4jax.com | Kendra Mazeke
Published: April 17, 2025 at 11:30 PMTALLAHASSEE, Fla. – According to a surgeon at Tallahassee Memorial Health, the six people who were injured when a gunman opened fire on the campus of Florida State University are in “fair” condition. “I can tell you all of our victims, although some have serious injuries, are in fair condition. There are various injuries, but overall, in good spirits and doing well,” FSU alum and surgeon Dr. Brett Howard said.
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6 days ago | 
news4jax.com | Kendra Mazeke
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Phones were buzzing with alerts about an active shooter at Florida State University on Thursday. Students were told to shelter in place before law enforcement gave them the clearance to get escorted out of their classrooms with their hands above their heads. The fear of being close to yet another mass shooting at a school became a chilling reality seven years later for some Parkland shooting survivors on Thursday.
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6 days ago | 
news4jax.com | Erik Avanier |Kendra Mazeke
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Grieving Florida State University students poured out their condolences for the victims of a deadly shooting that brought tragedy to their campus on Thursday. Praying on their knees, bringing bouquets of flowers and extending warm embraces, the students gathered as close to the crime scene as officials would allow them to stand in solidarity with the two people who were killed and the six others who were injured.
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1 week ago | 
news4jax.com | Kendra Mazeke
Published: April 16, 2025 at 5:08 PMTags: UNF, Jacksonville, Ron DeSantis, ICEJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of North Florida (UNF) is among the growing list of public colleges and universities in Florida have pending agreements with the federal government to carry out immigration enforcement on campuses. News4JAX obtained the agreement on Wednesday that detailed that the UNF Police Department will work with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), citing Gov.
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1 week ago | 
news4jax.com | Kendra Mazeke
Published: April 15, 2025 at 3:58 PMTags: Jacksonville, JU, Jacksonville University, EducationJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University is headed in a different direction with the elimination of several fine arts programs and the layoffs of nearly 40 faculty members. The university said the changes would save $10 million and give it the opportunity to focus its priorities on other majors like nursing, engineering and computer science.
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1 week ago | 
news4jax.com | Kendra Mazeke
Published: April 14, 2025 at 11:42 PMTags: Crime, Jacksonville, JSOJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A woman and a man were found shot in a car in the Phoenix neighborhood on Monday night. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said just before 7 p.m., a man in his late 30s and a woman in her early 20s were found shot near the intersection of East 10th Street and Phoenix Avenue. The man died from his injuries at the scene. The woman was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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1 week ago | 
news4jax.com | Kendra Mazeke
Published: April 11, 2025 at 11:13 PMTags: Weather, JacksonvilleJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Friday evening thunderstorms brought bouts of hail for some Jacksonville residents. Rains poured down, and lightning lit up the skies. The storms have moved offshore, but that wasn’t without leaving a trace. Many SnapJAX users shared photos of the storm’s aftermath. Look at the hail on the northsideHail off Beauclerc in Mandarin! Quick hail storm in Jacksonville, FL. San Jose and University Blvd area.
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1 week ago | 
news4jax.com | Kendra Mazeke |Ariel Schiller
Published: April 11, 2025 at 4:20 PMTags: City of Jacksonville, Duval CountyJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – News4JAX obtained the official resignation letter from the city of Jacksonville’s planning and development director. Brett James announced his resignation on Friday. “Following up from our discussion earlier today, I’m resigning from the City of Jacksonville effective at the end of the pay period on April 25, 2025.
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1 week ago | 
news4jax.com | Briana Brownlee |Kendra Mazeke |Jacksonville Kendra Mazeke
Published: April 11, 2025 at 6:53 AMTags: Jacksonville, Duval County, Charles Faggart, JSOJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Community advocacy organizations in Jacksonville are voicing concerns after the sheriff announced an unspecified incident this week that led to the death of a Duval County jail inmate. Charles Faggart died on Thursday after suffering critical injuries from the incident. According to his family’s attorney, Belkis Plata, he “was beaten” and had been “brain dead” since Monday.
