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The names of Nassau County Deputies Joshua Moyers and Jack Gwynes were added to the Sheriff's Office memorial wall, now 11 who died on duty.

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...

The Florida Times-Union 6:05 p.m. | These Jacksonville-area Winn-Dixie stores are offering COVID-19 vaccinations Four Jacksonville Winn-Dixie stores are among 40 across Florida now accepting appointments to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible Floridians, including people 65 and older, health care workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities. Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers — parent company to Winn-Dixie and Harvey's Supermarkets — announced last week that it would be allotted the vaccine through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, which will also supply...

Coronavirus in Jacksonville: What you need to know for Sunday, Feb. 7 3:40 p.m. Duval County adds 28 COVID-19 deaths, second-highest daily toll; 103 deaths in Florida Duval County recorded its second-highest single-day death count to date in the coronavirus pandemic in Sunday's daily report from the Florida Department of Health, as the death toll continued its climb in spite of recent gains in vaccination. The health department recorded 28 more deaths in Duval County, raising the county's COVID-19 toll to 982. Only the report of Jan. 19, which added 40 deaths, showed a larger increase. Becau...

The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office has added one of its own to the growing list of coronavirus casualties. Deputy Bailiff Jack Gwynes, 61, died Wednesday due to complications from COVID-19, according to the Sheriff's Office. He was lovingly called "Grumpy" by fellow deputies and started his law enforcement career with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in 1995. After serving in Jacksonville for several years in different capacities, Gwynes joined the Nassau County Sheriff's Office in April 2019. The Sheriff's Office did not say if it was known how and when he became ill. Funeral arrangem...