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The piercing radio tone echoed across the lawn in front of the Nassau County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday morning, then a dispatcher read the "end of watch" roll call for the nine names on a brick wall memorializing those who died on duty there. The terse dictation included Deputy Joseph Robinson, killed in 1891, and Bailiff Deputy Jack Gwynes, felled by COVID-19 just three months ago and not yet added. "Rest in peace, job well-done," the dispatcher ended. Fallen Nassau County sheriff's deputies, plus a Florida Highway Patrol trooper, Hilliard constable and Fernandina Beach were all re...

An argument outside J.T. Tires Shop on Arlington Road ended with the owner James Lamar Taylor fatally shot and his son arrested.

A 47-year-old Jacksonville woman who was shot and killed Sunday by apparent accidental gunfire from nearby will be buried Monday, according to family friends. The shooting comes on the heels of multiple other accidental discharges of firearms that have left children and adults dead or critically injured. Jacksonville has seen at least 15 victims of accidental shootings since the beginning of 2020 and three in four days this month, according to Times-Union records. Jennifer Edelen's funeral will be at noon at Crystal Springs Baptist Church at 1320 S. Chaffee Road, followed by burial at Jac...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.12.21 Good Monday morning. I wrote a little something about the race to be Speaker of the Florida House in 2026. I believe it’s worthy of your time. Stephanie Cardozo, external affairs director to Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried. Spotted: Brian Crowley, former member of the Florida Capitol Press Corps and publisher of The Crowley Report, at the Vinoy Renaissance in St. Petersburg. Brian Crowley was seen hanging out in The Burg. Spotted: — SITUATIONAL AWARENESS — — Joe] — @JimSciutto...

Biden administration won't surge vaccines to virus hotspots; Alabama, Utah lift mask mandates. Latest COVID-19 updates Steve Kiggins and Kaanita Iyer, USA TODAY Can the traumas of COVID-19 make us stronger? Replay Video UP NEXT President Joe Biden's administration said Friday additional vaccine doses will not be delivered to states seeing surges in COVID-19 cases, despite appeals from local leaders and some health experts. The administration says its current rollout plan, based on state adult population, is "fair and equitable." "We're not even halfway through our vaccina...