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news4jax.com | Aydian Ahmad
Published: April 23, 2025 at 2:01 PMTags: Jacksonville, Jaguars, Sports, NFL Draft, Ashton Jeanty, Mason Graham, Tetairoa McMillanJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – NFL fans: The wait is over. After an over-two-month period filled with mock drafts, speculation, and no actual football games, the 2025 NFL Draft is set to kick off on Thursday, with the Tennessee Titans widely expected to use their first overall pick on the quarterback position.
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news4jax.com | Marcela Camargo
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – On Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back against a new report that said last year’s $10 million donation to Hope Florida, a charity spearheaded by his wife, Casey DeSantis, was part of a Medicaid settlement that owed millions of dollars to state and federal taxpayers.
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news4jax.com | Marcela Camargo
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference in Fort Pierce Wednesday morning. The event will take place at Indian River College’s Advanced Workforce Training complex. Press play above to watch the news conference liveCopyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.
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news4jax.com | Justin Barney |Kyle Ashley |Jamal St. Cyr |Alessandra Pontbriand
Published: April 23, 2025 at 9:00 AMTags: Jaguars, News4JAGs, Sports4JAX, Mock draftJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The NFL draft begins on Thursday night and the News4JAX sports staff is rolling out its annual department draft. We alternated picks, with Jamal St. Cyr, Kyle Ashley, Alessandra Pontbriand and Justin Barney alternating picks. We used the mock draft simulator at Pro Football Focus. They’re on the clock! Could Jags hold key to top 10?
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news4jax.com | Aydian Ahmad
Published: April 22, 2025 at 4:44 PMTags: UnitedHealthcare, UF Health, Health, InsuranceJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – UnitedHealthcare and the University of Florida have agreed to terms on a multi-year contract that will restore network access to UHC’s health system.
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news4jax.com | Aleesia Hatcher
Published: April 22, 2025 at 4:26 PMTags: St. Johns County, Ponte VedraST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A St. Johns County family is heartbroken after their puppy was fatally mauled by two loose dogs that got into its home on April 16. Ring camera footage showed the moments leading up to the death of Megan Caico’s 6-month-old microbully named Frank. Two loose German Shepherds can be seen walking through her backyard into her house at 9:35 a.m. that day.
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news4jax.com | Richard Nunn
Cloudy skies have developed as the sea breeze moves inland and the southwesterly flow continues above. Skies will become partly cloudy tonight with patchy fog forming late. Above normal temperatures continue. Partly cloudy skies Wednesday with a steady southeast breeze. A weakening cold front moving in from the north could trigger a few showers and thunderstorms across southeast Georgia Wednesday afternoon and evening. Warm and mainly dry conditions continue through Friday.
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news4jax.com | Francine Frazier
Published: April 22, 2025 at 1:23 PMTags: St. Johns County, St. AugustineST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – St. Johns County has a plan to build a croquet lawn at a 2.3-acre park off U.S. 1 in St. Augustine. The project would include four fields that would each be 28 yards by 38 yards. Side-by-side, they would take up a little more than the length of a football field, according to a map provided by the county.
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news4jax.com | Francine Frazier
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – With all the concerns about Climate Change, you’ve probably heard that cows are major cud-tributors to the problem. According to UC Davis research, cattle are udderly the worst when it comes to greenhouse gases worldwide. Did you know one cow belches 220 pounds of methane every year? That makes them the No. 1 agricultural source of greenhouse gases. Cow methane might moo-ve on faster than carbon dioxide, but it’s 28 times more potent in warming the atmosphere.
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news4jax.com | Ashley Harding
Published: April 22, 2025 at 11:46 AMTags: Jacksonville, Jacksonville Daily Record, UF, EducationSign up for our NewslettersPublished: April 22, 2025 at 11:46 AMTags: Jacksonville, Jacksonville Daily Record, UF, EducationJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Mayor’s Budget Review Committee voted unanimously on Monday to support a proposed land swap between the City of Jacksonville and a downtown developer.