Although the total number of homicides in Jacksonville ticked back up over 100 in 2025, including 11 fatal police-involved ...

Jacksonville’s drill rap scene is not what it was five or six years ago. And that’s a good thing. Drill music, a subgenre of hip-hop, originated in Chicago in the early 2010s during violent gang wars ...

Jacksonville is well aware of its gangs — violence and gun crimes hurting the community. A police unit is asking, "How do we get gangs out of Jacksonville?" According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's ...

Two teenagers were arrested Friday in Jacksonville for the death of 7-year-old Breon Allen, bringing the total number of arrests up to six. The young victim’s death has raised questions about the ...

Read full article: Woman dies after crashing into culvert off US 301 near Clay County line High pressure will move into our region on Sunday. Read full article: Columbia County Sheriff’s Office lifts ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Al’Donta Easterling, 26, of Jacksonville, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute over 100 kilograms of marijuana, along with ...

A third murder charge has been added against one of the six arrested in the gang shooting that killed a 7-year-old boy. The victim in this case was rapper Kenneth Glover Jr. in 2023. One of the six ...

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) An officer shot and killed an armed suspect who tried to run away during a gang and drug investigation and also drew his ...

He and Leroy Whitaker Jr., 24, known as “ATK Scotty” are accused of killing Charles McCormick, 23. Hakeem Robinson, Leroy Whitaker Hakeem Robinson (L), and Leroy Whitaker are accused in the 2020 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jury selection begins Monday for the trials of Hakeem Robinson and Leroy Whitaker Jr., two suspected gang members charged with the 2020 murder of Charles McCormick Jr. in ...