Neighbors told Action News Jax that shooter Christopher Rowell exhibited unusual behavior and had advised their children to avoid him. It was claimed that he pointed a gun at a neighborhood child on July 4, but the sheriff's office said it could not find evidence.

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office revealed Friday that the adoptions were all conducted privately in Arizona prior to the family of 13 moving to Fort White. Five of the children were biological, while four were adopted. A tenth foster child was discovered living in Arizona.

A new safety study from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is recommending a major upgrade to a busy stretch of Baymeadows Road following the death of a local teacher and his one-year-old son earlier this year.

An Action News Jax investigation found that only one of the city’s five major downtown parking garages — the Duval Street Garage — has sprinklers. The Water Street, Ed Ball, Yates, and Bay & Ocean Lot garages do not.

Following this week’s Fernandina Beach City Commission meeting, crews began cutting down trees on a controversial development site, despite two court rulings that appear to block the project from moving forward.

The victim was riding her bike late Thursday northbound on Chester Road approaching Sweetbriar Lane when she was hit by a vehicle described as a white 2020-2022 Kia Telluride.

An 18-year-old is being praised for fighting off a man who deputies say tried to kidnap her outside a St. Johns County smoke shop where she worked.

A Jacksonville mother says it took months of asking and a federal lawsuit for her two disabled daughters to finally gain access to their own apartment. Days after the filing, construction finally began on a ramp.

A Jacksonville woman living with a traumatic brain injury says she’s being charged extra, simply because she needs paper billing statements to manage her finances.

A Brunswick daycare teacher is facing two counts of child cruelty after disturbing surveillance video allegedly showed her throwing a cardboard box at an 8-year-old boy, and it was an accidental voicemail that tipped off her boss.

A Jacksonville police officer is recovering after being shot during a gun fight with an armed robbery suspect Wednesday morning. The suspect died at the hospital.

A flood control project in San Marco, costing tens of millions of dollars, is turning into a nightmare for one small business caught in the middle of the construction zone.

A quiet Arlington neighborhood is stunned after an elderly couple was found shot to death.

An overseas learning trip meant to build bridges and deepen understanding has been put on hold once again, this time because of deadly conflict in the Middle East.

Local activists are urging supporters to boycott businesses owned by Jacksonville City Council members who voted in favor of a new immigration ordinance passed Tuesday night.