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Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
TRAFFIC ALERT ⚠️: Accident with injuries on Bartram Park Blvd., expect delays
Emergency crews were sent to a traffic crash with serious injuries at Bartram Park Boulevard and Rounded Crown Drive, Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department said after 8 a.m. Monday. Expect delays in the area, JFRD said. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Wife of fallen Jacksonville firefighter working to install memorial sign at his fire station
Ian Church had only lived 41 years by the time he died. His wife, Brittany, believes he spent every second of it in service to others. 'If I had to give one adjective to Ian Church, it would be loyalty,' said Brittany Church, Ian Church's wife, 'He would have ran through a fire to protect anyone, and he just loved the city and wanted to make sure that it was safe.' Running through fires wasn't just part of Church's character, but his calling. He spent three and a half years as an engineer with the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department, after serving both with Clay County Fire Rescue and the U.S. Marine Corps. Action News Jax told you last August when JFRD shared that Church had died after a long-fought battle with cancer. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< During her conversation only with Action News Jax, Brittany Church shared that she still thinks of one of his stories of courage: saving a dog from a burning home in December 2023. 'He always just wanted to make the world a better place and let other people know that they were protected and well taken care of,' Church said. Church has now been without her husband for nine months, working as a single mother to her and Ian's three young kids. Recently, Ian's former fire captain at JFRD Station 60 in Jacksonville Beach inspired her to ask the city for a memorial street sign to be placed outside of the station in his name. Church says it's both a way to honor his legacy and poke fun at his challenge with directions. 'His captain said that we should do a street sign by our house so he'd always find his way home back to us,' said Church. But Church feels her husband has never lost his way back in the months he's been gone. She told Action News Jax she had asked her husband, soon before he died, to return to their family as a crow. She says she sees crows flying by her car, at the playground with their kids, and in other places whenever she's having a rough day or feeling a strong wave of grief. She doesn't just miss celebrating his service fighting flames, but the fire for his family, she can still feel burning. 'He said his favorite time of the day was when he'd get off shift and come home at 7:30 in the morning and all the kids would come running out in their diapers to give him a hug,' said Church, 'that's what I miss, is my kids having their dad.' The Jacksonville Beach City Council is meeting Monday to vote on approval for the street sign to honor Church. If it's passed, it will go up outside the station by South Beach Park. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Atlantic Beach considering cutting contract with Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department
After years of paying millions in taxpayer money to the City of Jacksonville for fire rescue services through the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department, the City of Atlantic Beach is asking whether it should be paying at all. The conversation came up in an Atlantic Beach City Commission meeting on April 28th, when Mayor Curtis Ford brought up his concerns with continuing the city's contract with JFRD. Read: Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department Chief Keith Powers set to retire, city confirms 'Fire services are a county service and, therefore, should be paid by the county,' Ford said during the meeting. City commissioners said Atlantic Beach pays more than $1 million every year to the City of Jacksonville for fire rescue services. The money is used for staffing, equipment, and fire engines inside of Atlantic Beach's fire station, which the city owns. But since Atlantic Beach leaders pointed out Neptune Beach doesn't pay a cent for fire services from the City of Jacksonville, it doesn't believe it should have to do so, either. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< 'We shouldn't have paid last year, that was my thinking, and I don't think we should pay another penny after this year,' said Commissioner Jessica Ring during the April meeting. The contract for fire services between Atlantic Beach and the City of Jacksonville recently expired. Atlantic Beach leaders initially had a plan to slowly stop paying Jacksonville for fire services over the next three years. But Mayor Ford called the plan generous, saying he doesn't believe another dollar should be paid. 'I'm very concerned about this, and this is the time to take action,' said Ford. The City of Jacksonville could not provide an interview with Action News Jax, but did provide a statement: 'Over the past year, the City of Jacksonville and City of Atlantic Beach have been reviewing the interlocal agreement between the two cities. These discussions are ongoing. No decision has been made yet about fire services. Mayors Deegan and Ford will be meeting soon to discuss further.' We asked the city of Atlantic Beach how fires would be managed in the city if it were to cut its contract with JFRD. The city told us it is working on arranging an interview with us to help answer this question. The City of Jacksonville tells us the mayors of the two cities are expected to meet next week to discuss fire services. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Man killed in hit-and-run in parking lot of Arlington pharmacy
A man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle Monday night in the back parking lot of a pharmacy in Arlington. Police said the victim was hit at Walgreens, 7224 Merrill Road, Jacksonville, at about 11:45 p.m. After he was hit, he was dragged a short distance before the driver left the scene, Jacksonville police said. Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department pronounced him dead at the scene, police said. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< The identity of the victim was not released. An arrest was not made. Investigators remained at the scene behind the store early Tuesday looking for clues. Police did not have any vehicle information. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Jacksonville Sheriff's Office at 630-0500 or anonymously through First Coast CrimeStoppers at 866-845-TIPS. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man shot multiple times at apartment complex in Hillcrest
A man was hospitalized early Monday in a shooting outside of an apartment unit in Jacksonville's Hillcrest area. The shooting occurred at about 3:30 a.m. at the Westwood Apartments, 1171 Lane Ave. S. Police said they were called to the area for a report of gunfire. Officers arrived to find a man in his late 20s outside of his apartment suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, police said at a news conference. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department rushed the victim to the hospital where he was listed in critical condition, police said. No arrests were made. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
