Riley Phillips

2 weeks ago | firstcoastnews.com | Riley Phillips

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Investigators are continuing to piece together what caused a BMW to catch fire Friday inside a parking garage at the Jacksonville International Airport Friday. The fire damaged dozens of cars and caused a partial collapse of two floors in the hourly parking garage. There are still hundreds of cars stuck in the garage while crews deem which areas are structurally safe for people to enter. The hourly garage is connected to the daily garage which was also impacted by the fire.

3 weeks ago | firstcoastnews.com | Riley Phillips

JESUP, Ga. — Friends and family of an 8-year-old boy who was found dead in a construction pit in Jesup, Georgia are honoring his life one year later. Noah Bush was first reported missing on May 15th, 2024. His body was found hours later. Noah's family held a memorial service Thursday at Unity Church of God in Jesup. Noah's mother, Demetrice Fuller, said this has been a difficult year. "My family and I have struggled this entire year. Some days are better than others.

3 weeks ago | firstcoastnews.com | Riley Phillips

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — While the fate of Florida’s ‘Free Kill’ law remains up in the air, a St. Johns County mother is making her final push for Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign a bill that would repeal it. Cindy Jenkins put up a billboard in Tallahassee in honor of her daughter, Taylor, who died at a Florida hospital two years ago. "I was in the deepest grief of my life. I'm a single mom. They killed half my heart that day," Jenkins said.

1 month ago | firstcoastnews.com | Riley Phillips

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A more than two-year-long battle over a building in Jacksonville’s Brentwood neighborhood has come to an end--at least for now. The City of Jacksonville held a ribbon-cutting Wednesday for a new Entrepreneurship Workforce Development Center off Golfair Boulevard. The building was originally going to be a liquor store before community members protested, and the city stepped in to buy it.

1 month ago | firstcoastnews.com | Riley Phillips

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — As the weather heats up, city leaders are reminding people of the dangers of leaving children in hot cars. Florida ranks second in the country for the most child hot car deaths. Georgia has the fifth most deaths. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, along with city leaders and advocacy groups, held a demonstration Thursday showing just how hot it can get inside a car. A thermometer was hooked up to the inside of a car, and at one point, it read 125 degrees.