Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier is proposing legislation aimed at cracking down on spam calls. It’s called the Florida Anti-Spam Communications Act. The bill would try to tackle these calls by upping criminal charges for fraudsters and scammers — elevating the misdemeanor charge to a felony with mandatory jail time.

Florida’s Department of Children and Families is being sued after several civil rights groups claim the agency is failing to transfer county inmates deemed incompetent to stand trial to state hospitals within the legal timeframe.

Some Baldwin Middle-Senior High School parents tell Action News Jax they’re fed up with the scandals.

St. Johns residents and deputies are still looking for an endangered 16-year-old with autism and schizophrenia who went missing over the weekend.

It appears that several schools are showing their support for Andrew Jackson’s volleyball team after an alleged racist incident earlier this week. The incident happened during Thursday’s varsity game against Fernandina Beach High School.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that happened on the city’s Westside.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office headquarters has officially closed its downtown location to the public. In a news release, a JSO spokeswoman said Thursday was its last day open to the public before it reopens on Sept. 28 at its new facility in Brooklyn.

Fernandina Beach city commissioners filed a motion to revisit their initial vote on paid parking during Tuesday’s meeting. The measure failed in a 2-2 vote, but it raised the question of whether the city’s controversial parking policy is really dead.

A St. Johns mother is speaking out after she says a man who preached at her church sexually abused her son. Action News Jax confirmed 25-year-old Deshawn Keith Collier was arrested Sunday morning after that mother went to police.

The family of a woman murdered almost 40 years ago is coming together to celebrate her life. Melissa Taylor Ellison, more commonly known as Missy, was found beaten to death in her Westside home back in 1987.

Wednesday marked three years since a racially motivated shooting took three lives at a Dollar General in New Town. The families of 52-year-old Angela Carr, 29-year-old Jerrald Gallion and 19-year-old A.J. Laguerre Jr., the three victims shot and killed that day, gathered at Kings Road Memorial Park on Wednesday to honor the lives taken by one man’s hatred.

The daughter of a resident of The Blake at St. Johns senior living center in St. Johns County is speaking out about how the last week after a fire has been handled.

In a 4-1 vote, Fernandina Beach City Commissioners voted to rescind its paid parking contract with a vendor as soon as possible during Wednesday night’s meeting.

Orange Park residents are cleaning up their yards after a storm brought strong winds and hail around 4:30 Tuesday afternoon.

Fire crews from St. Johns County and Jacksonville responded about 9 p.m. to a fire at The Blake at St. Johns, a senior living facility on County Road 210 in St. Johns County.