Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis was in Jacksonville on Monday to talk about Hurricane Ian relief. At an afternoon news conference, she announced more than $45 million has been raised so far for the Florida Disaster Fund. She made the announcement at Adamec Harley-Davidson of Baymeadows, which is donating money from T-shirt sales. Read the rest of this story at

Local activist Ben Frazier is opening up about his cancer diagnosis. He released a statement on Facebook saying he’s feeling disbelief, shock, fear and anger about learning he has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Frazier said he’s heading into the hospital Thursday for his third biopsy in three weeks. Read the rest of this story at Jacksonville Today news partner News4Jax.

A man is dead after shooting a Jacksonville police officer and leading law enforcement officers on a 20-mile chase Sunday night before jumping off the Dames Point Bridge, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Officials said it started with an attempted burglary at a home on Old Middleburg Road around 10:50 p.m. When officers arrived, a person fired at them,