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This Flock camera on Hendricks Avenue has a solar panel on top to power it, plus electronics and the actual camera underneath. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
14 hours ago

#AskJAXTDY | Who’s in charge of Flock cameras in Jacksonville?

Flock cameras have created controversy around the country, and a Jacksonville Today reader has questions.…

Featured image for “Jacksonville considers tighter e-bike rules as injuries rise and school nears”
A Jacksonville City Council member is proposing tighter rules for e-bikes like this one. | News4Jax
July 31, 2026

Jacksonville considers tighter e-bike rules as injuries rise and school nears

A proposed ordinance would set a speed limit, traffic rules and a minimum age for e-bikers.…

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Harry Reagan, a former Jacksonville City Council member, has died at age 87. | Harry Reagan, Facebook
July 24, 2026

Harry Reagan, former City Council member and broadcaster, dies at 87

Harry Reagan was known for nightly editorials at WJXT-TV and for his time on the Jacksonville City Council.…

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Detectives Malik Daricaud, left, and Thomas Strickland pilot a drone in a re-creation Wednesday, July 22, 2026. The screen above them shows an officer finding a missing 15-year-old with autism. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
July 22, 2026

JSO’s new drones get to a crime scene before officers do

The Sheriff’s Office is more than doubling the size of its drone fleet to 61, funded by the state.…

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Sheriff T.K. Waters announces the arrest of a Jacksonville police officer on a battery charge on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. | News4Jax
July 15, 2026

Jacksonville police officer charged with punching handcuffed suspect

Patrol Officer Shane Saydek faces termination after he was accused of hitting an extremely intoxicated suspect.…

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A Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department unit is parked at the scene of a traffic crash on Hogan Road. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
July 14, 2026

Fire Rescue unit stolen from Main Street fire station in Jacksonville

Someone walked into the fire station, started up the rescue vehicle and drove off. Police stopped him 5 miles away.…

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Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters speaks with Jacksonville Today on Thursday, July 9, 2026. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
July 10, 2026

Q&A | Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters discusses the jail, police shootings and more

Sheriff T.K. Waters sat down with Jacksonville Today to talk about his department halfway through 2026.…

Featured image for “Cold case solved: 70-year-old man arrested in woman’s 1987 death”
Melissa "Missy" Ellison and her then-baby daughter, Casie, in a photograph taken just before she was murdered in 1987 in her Westside home. | Project Cold Case/Ellison family
July 9, 2026

Cold case solved: 70-year-old man arrested in woman’s 1987 death

Melissa Ellison was clubbed to death with a fire log in her Westside home. Her young daughter was uninjured.…

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Baldwin Middle-Senior High School. | Google
June 30, 2026

Duval Schools principal accused of failing to report child abuse

Principal Michael Aaron Townsend was charged in connection with the arrest of a teacher last month.…

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Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan speaks at a town hall meeting. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
June 18, 2026

Deegan’s city budget could include record spending on police and fire

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is asking Mayor Donna Deegan for a $675.9 million budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year.…

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A Jacksonville Beach Police Department vehicle. | Jacksonville Beach Police
June 10, 2026

Faulty facial recognition leads to lawsuit after Jacksonville Beach arrest

A Fort Myers man says facial recognition wrongly identified him as the person who tried to lure a child.…

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Human remains were found in the backyard of this home in North Jacksonville. | News4Jax
June 5, 2026

Human remains found buried in yard of home in North Jacksonville

The remains were discovered after someone found a human bone lying on Lincrest Drive.…

Featured image for “City Council decides not to rule out redlined neighborhoods for next jail”
Congressional candidate LaShonda Holloway, center, holds a sign outside Jacksonville City Hall on Friday, May 22, 2026, denouncing any plans for a new jail facility in areas that were previously redlined. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
May 27, 2026

City Council decides not to rule out redlined neighborhoods for next jail

Jacksonville lawmakers voted down a bill recommending that the jail planning process exclude redlined areas of the city.…

Featured image for “THE JAXSON | Jax, St. Augustine sites on Florida Trust for Historic Preservation’s ’11 to Save’ list”
Historic photos show Jacksonville's Police Memorial Building under construction and as it looked when finished in the mid-70s.
May 27, 2026

THE JAXSON | Jax, St. Augustine sites on Florida Trust for Historic Preservation’s ’11 to Save’ list

Downtown Jacksonville’s Police Memorial Building and St. Augustine’s Flagler-era railway depots make the 2026 11 to Save list.…

Featured image for “Corrections officer rebuilds memorial to victims of Dollar General murders”
Jacksonville corrections officer Mary Malcolm tends to the memorial she and her family rebuilt that commemorates the three people gunned down in a racially motivated shooting at the Dollar General store on Kings Road. The first memorial was destroyed in late April of 2026. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
May 6, 2026

Corrections officer rebuilds memorial to victims of Dollar General murders

Mary Malcolm was moved to take action after someone destroyed the original memorial to victims of the racial killings.…

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April 28, 2026

Former youth pastor charged with sexual battery on teen

The girl said Joshua Allen Trent abused her for about five years beginning when she was 15.…

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The Clay County Sheriff's Office arrested a Jacksonville teacher on charges of transmitting child sexual material. | File photo
April 17, 2026

Jacksonville teacher charged with child sexual material

Johnny Robinson III, a math teacher at Temple Christian Academy, faces 50 counts. He has been fired.…

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Supporters rally May 28, 2025, after three protesters were arrested at a City Council meeting. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today
April 16, 2026

City Council protester convicted of resisting arrest

A jury convicted Leah Grady in connection with protests last year at a Jacksonville City Council meeting.…

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River City Science Academy Elementary School on Beach Boulevard. | Google Maps
April 15, 2026

Teacher accused of romantic relationship with student

Jackson Jordan Hull, a 25-year-old teacher at River City Science Academy, is no longer affiliated with the school.…

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Sheriff T.K. Waters announces the arrests of three officers on charges of filing false overtime claims. At his sideis Undersheriff Shawn Coursey. | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
April 9, 2026

3 more Jacksonville cops accused of faking overtime

The three officers filed more than $33,000 in false overtime claims, the sheriff said. Another officer was arrested in February.…

Featured image for “Family demands records in Duval County jail death”
Charles Faggart, who died while in the custody of the Duval County jail. | Faggart family/Plata Schott Law
April 7, 2026

Family demands records in Duval County jail death

The family of food truck owner Charles Faggart filed a court complaint exactly one year after his death in jail.…

Featured image for “Attorney Ben Crump protests 2 violent arrests in Jacksonville”
Deonca Gordon speaks during a news conference Friday, April 3, 2026, about the violent arrest of her son. | News4Jax
April 3, 2026

Attorney Ben Crump protests 2 violent arrests in Jacksonville

Crump demanded an investigation into the arrests of two Black men by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.…

Featured image for “Jacksonville firefighter arrested after fight at station”
A Jacksonville firefighter was arrested on a charge of battery after a fight at this fire station on Jones Road. | Google
March 19, 2026

Jacksonville firefighter arrested after fight at station

Joshua Jordan was charged with battery after confronting another firefighter over “some issues they were having.”…

Featured image for “Jacksonville police shoot man pointing gun at them”
Sheriff T.K. Waters, left, and Undersheriff Shawn Coarsey discuss a police shooting on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. | News4Jax
March 17, 2026

Jacksonville police shoot man pointing gun at them

Police say the man raised a gun and walked swiftly toward them, apparently wanting officers to kill him.…