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Man shot multiple times outside Westside mobile home
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says they found a 26 year-old man shot multiple times when their aggravated battery unit responded to the 9800 block of 103rd Street on the Westside around 4:30 Tuesday morning. Police say the shots were fired around 3:30 a.m. Detective Jessica Shouse with JSO says the ...
New Jax Chamber President focuses on port deepening
The new president and CEO of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce is holding a morning forum on Tuesday to talk transportation and logistics, and he says he's looking for input from community leaders. “The first 90 days I’m going to go out into the community and listen to community leaders ...
Need more time? Yellow lights to get longer
Florida has started resetting the length of yellow lights at intersections across the state in an effort to make roads safer. Here in Jacksonville, the Florida Department of Transportation says intersections with red light cameras are first to be recalculated. They plan to have those done by the end of ...
Car slams into St. Augustine store following car chase
The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office confirms they have arrested the second teen accused of multiple car burglaries in St. Augustine which resulted in a car slamming into a tree Police confirm they arrested Sergio Demario Morgan-Wideman, 13, without incident Friday afternoon. A fifteen year-old is in the hospital following ...
Community, police trying to ensure safety at Jax Beach
About a week after a videotaped brawl in Jacksonville Beach made national headlines, some community members and the police department are trying to ensure beach safety so it doesn’t happen again. This Sunday, a group of people including Ron Davis and Jacksonville Beach Police Chief Pat Dooley joined together for ...
Are you preparing? Or waiting?
What if news broke today that a hurricane was heading towards Jacksonville? Would you have everything you need? Or would need to run to the store before supplies sell out? I went out to the beaches on May 22 to ask people if they prepare ahead of Hurricane Season, or ...
Suspected Orange Park meth trafficker wanted
The Clay County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help finding a man wanted for meth-charges. Brian Jeffrey Glover, 33, is one of the Clay County's most wanted. He's accused of trafficking more than 200 grams of meth and manufacturing the drug within 1,000 feet of a school. His ...
New Jax ordinance will affect all dog owners
A newly passed city ordinance will change the way Jacksonville residents can tie up their pets outside. Starting October of next year, dogs must be tethered on a line that moves between two points, like trees, rather than a stationary pole. Animal activists say it will make dogs less aggressive. ...
PICTURE: JSO seeks ATM card thief
Police are looking for a man accused of beating up another man and stealing his ATM card. It happened at 4229 W. Moncrief Road. Police say the attacker then used the victim's card to withdraw money a short time later. Take a look at his picture attached to this article. ...
Man critical after Northside gas station shooting
A shooting at a Northside gas station puts a man in the hospital with critical injuries. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says a man was shot inside a vehicle at the Pipeline gas station on Moncrief Road near 33rd Street. The man was taken to UF & Shands where police say ...
Oklahoma fire chief updates WOKV on recovery
WOKV listener Heath Williams was able to get us in touch with his brother, an Oklahoma fire chief who’s part of the search, rescue and recovery effort in Moore. “We’ve got a lot of recovery to do,” says Chief Jared Williams. “Not only physical recovery but mental recovery as well.” ...
Jax homes gaining value and selling quicker
WOKV’s real estate expert tells us that Jacksonville’s home prices are on the rise, and homes are selling quicker. Paul Gruenther, a realtor with The Moves Brothers at Watson Realty Corp. in Jacksonville Beach, says inventories are becoming depleted, and there are a lot of active buyers who are qualified ...
Victim of accused serial bully says she tried overdosing
A Clay County teen claims she’s the victim of bullying, saying she was tormented by the same person who allegedly attacked a current Middleburg High School student last week. Haley Napieracz, 17, says the rumors, teasing and threats pushed her to try overdosing. “I took some medicine just to try ...
$500,000 in marijuana plants found in Putnam Cty
Several agencies found and destroyed about 500 marijuana plants valued around $500,000 during a joint sting operation in Putnam County on Tuesday. They were discovered in a rural area south of Crescent City, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. The operation was a joint effort between the Putnam County ...
PICTURES: Man wanted in multiple Clay car burglaries
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office has new leads on a string of auto burglaries of unlocked cars in the Eagle Harbor area. Detective Layne tells WOKV the suspect or suspects are targeting vehicles parked in large parking lots around 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. “At youth sports venues, football fields, tennis ...
JSO ranked one of the friendliest in the nation
A new survey ranks the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office as the fifth friendliest police units out of America's 100 largest cities. MPHProgamlist.com ranked departments based on their use of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. JSO scoring an 89 out of 100 - falling only behind Dallas (96), Boston (92.3), Portland (Ore. - ...
Blue VW Beetle sought in JTB hit & run
The Florida Highway Patrol says the two cars at the center of a hit-and-run crash on JTB Sunday night might have been racing each other. “Based on witness testimony from the scene: two vehicles, a blue and a green car, were traveling at a high rate of speed, weaving in ...
Video: Teen beaten in school bus fight, parents concerned
The parents of a 13 year-old girl attacked in a First Student bus are concerned over the school’s handling of the incident. (CLICK HERE to watch the video) Robert and Ruth Monigold say that Eugene Butler Middle School told them that they could not guarantee their daughter’s security. “We put ...
Orlando car chase ends in St. Johns Cty, meth found
A car chase that started in Orlando ends all the way in St. Johns County after 11 p.m. on Wednesday night. The Flagler Sheriff's Office tells WOKV that three of the silver BMW's tires were blown out by stop sticks placed on U-S 1, but it continued driving on three ...
Jax Chamber Pres names companies bringing jobs
The Interim President of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce says “there is a lot going on” for the city’s economy right now. “You know it gets pretty exciting,” Jerry Mallot tells us. “We have got an exciting economy going. Our unemployment rate keeps coming down. We’re right around the seven ...
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