In a statement to Action News Jax, a spokesperson for UNF said two UNF Police Department officers are currently enrolled in online ICE training. As part of ICE’s 287(g) Program, trained officers will be authorized to carry out immigration enforcement on campus.

One of six suspects in the murder of 7-year-old Breon Allen has since been charged for two other murders. 21-year-old Dannel Larkins is now accused in deadly shootings from 2023, 2024, and 2025.

A woman who was being held in the Duval County Jail died Friday, one week after being hospitalized following a confrontation with another inmate, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Jema Schunke was 47 years old.

Edward Waters University announced that it now has more than 1200 enrolled students for the first time in 20 years.

An advisory was issued Wednesday after several local sentinel chickens tested positive for West Nile virus. A human infection was reported in Clay County in the week of August 10-16.

The Lake City Humane Society will not receive county funding following the end of its contract at the end of September. The decision by the county was prompted by the Humane Society’s new mission to maintain no-kill status.

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office had James A. Long Elementary in Palatka placed on a modified lockdown for around ten minutes Thursday afternoon while it executed a warrant on a woman accused of running a drug house just blocks away.

A judge ordered one Clay County inmate's bond set at about $1500 for a petit theft charge, but an extra zero appeared to have been added in the system. The error may have wrongfully prevented her release.

The Jacksonville homeless shelter and resource organization City Rescue Mission is seeking help after it says three of its transitional housing units were severely damaged in a sudden storm.

Officials report that hatchlings in one area were again exposed to artificial light, causing them to travel away from the ocean. “This simple mistake can be the difference between life and death for them," said the City of Atlantic Beach.

The shelter announced a goal of getting 100 dogs adopted or in foster care by the end of the week.

Clay County Animal Services was celebrated Tuesday night for maintaining its 'no-kill' status. Not every shelter in Northeast Florida meets that benchmark, but the community can help them get there.

In a meeting Tuesday night, the Board of County Commissioners in Clay County voted to shut down a proposed increase in utility taxes, instead hoping to find possible budget cuts in other places first.

Benjamin Kubi was sentenced to decades in prison after stabbing a construction worker and later being shot by JSO officers in November 2024.

Recently released data from the Florida Department of Education is providing a better idea of how school students across the state are faring in core subjects. Nassau and St. Johns County had some of the best results in the state.