September 11, 2024
The sheriff and school superintendent jointly announced the arrests of five young students on charges of making threats against their…
February 14, 2024
City Council gives officeholders power over lawsuits
Legislation approved Tuesday will make it harder for the city of Jacksonville to settle lawsuits without approval of the office…
February 1, 2024
Lawsuit blames jail for inmate’s death after missing medication
A federal lawsuit against Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters accuses the jail of violating the rights of heart transplant patient Dexter…
November 21, 2023
Corrections officer charged with DUI manslaughter
Corrections Officer Cashius Barry Edwards hit another vehicle and killed the driver, Sheriff T.K. Waters said.…
October 5, 2023
OPINION | Who drew first blood? A Jax election retrospective
Jacksonville’s recent local elections were the nastiest in our city’s history. These campaigns slung first mud.…
September 21, 2023
OPINION | Reading the tea leaves: What poll means for Sheriff Waters, Mayor Deegan
Typically, one poll does not garner this much attention. But the latest University of North Florida Jax Speaks poll gives…
June 14, 2023
OPINION | Invest in safety, not police
We cannot police ourselves out of crime. The JSO budget has been at or above half-a-billion dollars for years, and…
March 5, 2023
Unlike GOP donor Kent Stermon, most of JSO’s ‘Sheriff’s Circle’ barely used special access
All used the special badge access far less frequently than Kent Stermon — the influential Republican donor who died last…
January 19, 2023
Republican donor Kent Stermon had JSO access for nearly a decade as part of “the sheriff’s circle”
Kent Stermon, the donor who was under investigation when he died, was issued 5 separate badges giving him JSO access,…
December 5, 2022
$9K reward offered for tips in 13-year-old’s drive-by shooting death
With anger in his voice, Jacksonville’s new sheriff vowed Monday evening to add more investigators on the Saturday night shooting…
October 23, 2022
OPINION | Molly against the machine
Dozens of endorsements are flying, and most of them are of the “Well, it would be news if they didn’t…
August 18, 2022
Sheriff candidate T.K. Waters says his voter registration is ‘inadvertently’ out of date
Jacksonville sheriff candidate T.K. Waters says he “inadvertently” remained registered to vote at an old address while waiting for his…