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Ind. man releases hostages, fatally shoots self
A gunman looking for someone he believed owed him money shot himself inside an Indiana real estate office several hours after releasing hostages Friday, and he died after being rushed to a hospital, police said. Two loud bangs were heard Friday afternoon before SWAT team members rushed into the Prudential ...
Bear watch continues in Mandarin
The Mandarin Black Bear strikes again. Mandarin residents are still on the lookout for a bear roaming through the area since earlier this week. Since Tuesday the bear has been spotted in Julington Creek Plantation, on County Road 210, on Greenland Road in Mandarin where it stumbled on a ...
Connie Mack confident on election
U.S. Representative Connie Mack says he confident in the race for the U.S. Republican Senate nomination. He also says he has a plan that will control spending in five years. The latest poll from Quinnipiac University shows that Mack has 40 percent of the vote, while former Sen. George LeMieux has ...
Environmentalists serve notice on Fla. paper mill
Two environmental groups and a pair of citizens want Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet to block a Palatka paper mill's plan for a pipeline to discharge wastewater into the St. Johns River. They said they served notice Wednesday on the officials, who serve as trustees for state lands ...
Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station on Friday, triumphantly captured by astronauts wielding a giant robot arm. SpaceX is the first private company to accomplish such a feat: a commercial cargo delivery into the cosmos. "There's so much that could have gone ...
Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds
Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm. That was up more than 6 ...
One injured in school bus crash on SR 13 in St. Johns
As we first told you at 8am about a multi-vehicle crash on State Road 13 just south of the Shands Bridge that involved a school bus. The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office tells WOKV News one child from another vehicle was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The child ...
Fatal wreck in front of FSCJ Kent Campus
A woman was killed in a Friday morning crash on Roosevelt and Plymouth on Jacksonville's westside. Two cars were involved in the crash during the peak of morning drive at about 7:15 a.m. Witnesses said a car followed a school bus into the intersection at Plymouth Street and was struck by ...
Man arrested in 1979 disappearance of NYC boy Patz
A former convenience store worker confessed to luring 6-year-old Etan Patz from his school bus stop in 1979 and choking him to death in a basement, police said Thursday, ending a three-decades long investigation into one of the nation's most baffling missing-children cases. Pedro Hernandez, 51, of Maple Shade, N.J., ...
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Teal Town 5/24/2012
On Thursday, Team Teal and the Jaguars were at the World Golf Village Hall of Fame to kick off the pre-season excitement with the fans of St Johns County!
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NJ Official: NYPD Muslim Surveillance Legal
New York City police did not violate New Jersey laws when they conducted surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups, Gov. Chris Christie's administration said Thursday following a three-month review. (May 24)
Anticipation high for Jacksonville's Jazz Festival
If you’re looking for a “smooth” way to commemorate this Memorial Day weekend, you may want to head downtown. Jacksonville’s Jazz Festival will feature music on multiple stages as well as displays of art and food. Some Jacksonville residents were excited to see the stage rising up by City Hall. ...
Food stamp fraud raising concerns in gov't offices
Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist — and then asking the government for replacement cards. The Agriculture Department wants to curb the practice by giving states ...
Jax Attorney arrested for grand theft
Jacksonville Beach attorney and fugitive Jeffrey Martin Hanly was arrested in Washington State on Wednesday. A warrant was issued for his arrest in December 2011. The 36-year-old is charged with one count of Grand Theft. Hanly is accused of misappropriating tens of thousands of dollars in client trust funds between ...
Call for change in sentencing laws
It’s a fight over mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Jacksonville’s NAACP President Isaiah Rumlin says the recent sentencing of Marissa Alexander is proof that laws as they stand are flawed. “A jury who only deliberates for 12 minutes comes back and gives a young lady 20 years in prison,” he says ...
Man shot by officer, family sues JSO
The family of a Jacksonville man who was shot six times by a police officer during a traffic stop in Arlington earlier this month has told the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office that it plans to sue. Family members of 35-year-old Davinian Williams said at a news conference that they feel is ...
Texan gets 20-year prison term for al-Qaida links
A Texas man convicted of trying to sneak out of the U.S. to give al-Qaida restricted military documents, GPS equipment and money was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison — the maximum punishment he could receive. Barry Walter Bujol Jr. was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine ...
Fla gov talks about faux pas with Spain's King
Florida Gov. Rick Scott decided not to ignore the elephant in the room upon returning Thursday from a weeklong trade mission to Spain. Scott told reporters at Miami International Airport he apologized if he had done anything wrong in Madrid earlier this week while meeting the Spanish King Juan Carlos. ...
Fla. unemployment compensation draws complaint
Florida is violating federal law with procedural barriers, depriving thousands of jobless workers from receiving unemployment compensation, two legal organizations say in a complaint to the U.S. Labor Department. The two groups, National Employment Law Project and Florida Legal Services, on Thursday also said Florida has put up more obstacles ...
Trayvoning: Stirs controversy, is it the new fad?
There is a new fad that has appeared on the popular social website Facebook that has stirred controversy across the net. The fad is similar to “planking” but goes much deeper. It imitates the death of Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. In pictures ...
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