LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – Local restaurants saw their first weekend with indoor dining reopen after coronavirus restrictions were loosened with phase one of Re-Opening Florida.Eateries must keep indoor operations at 25% and for outdoor seating people must be at least six feet apart in groups of ten or less.News4Jax checked in on the Jax Beach restaurant scene where around sundown Saturday it seemed everyone was trying to grab a bite to eat, and there were some pretty crowded spots.There were long lines to get in to some of the...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – Local restaurants saw their first weekend with indoor dining reopen after coronavirus restrictions were loosened with phase one of Re-Opening Florida.Eateries must keep indoor operations at 25% and for outdoor seating people must be at least six feet apart in groups of ten or less.News4Jax checked in on the Jax Beach restaurant scene where around sundown Saturday it seemed everyone was trying to grab a bite to eat, and there were some pretty crowded spots.There were long lines to get in to some of the...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – A man discovered inside a stolen vehicle in Sawgrass was “gravely wounded” after firing shots at a deputy on Wednesday, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.Sheriff David Shoar said deputies were on the lookout for a pickup truck that was recently reported stolen out of Pennsylvania about 12:45 p.m. when they spotted the vehicle in the parking lot of the Sawgrass Village shopping center off A1A.Shoar said one of the deputies performed a stop and a man in his 20s exited the vehicle with a...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – A man discovered inside a stolen vehicle in Sawgrass was “gravely wounded” after firing shots at a deputy on Wednesday, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.Sheriff David Shoar said deputies were on the lookout for a pickup truck that was recently reported stolen out of Pennsylvania about 12:45 p.m. when they spotted the vehicle in the parking lot of the Sawgrass Village shopping center off A1A.Shoar said one of the deputies performed a stop and a man in his 20s exited the vehicle with a...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The coronavirus pandemic and the unprecedented economic shutdown has had a more profound impact in Jacksonville than almost any other city of similar size in the country according to a new study.Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the U.S. Census Bureau, the E-commerce company Volusion found the Jacksonville workforce is the 6th most impacted in the nation during the pandemic among large US metro areas.Among its findings, data shows found that 23.3% of the...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The coronavirus pandemic and the unprecedented economic shutdown has had a more profound impact in Jacksonville than almost any other city of similar size in the country according to a new study.Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the U.S. Census Bureau, the E-commerce company Volusion found the Jacksonville workforce is the 6th most impacted in the nation during the pandemic among large US metro areas.Among its findings, data shows found that 23.3% of the...WW…

BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: COLUMBUS, Ga. – A federal judge ordered local election officials in Georgia to allow voting by more than 4,000 people whose eligibility was being challenged ahead of next week’s runoff elections for the U.S. Senate.U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner blocked election boards in Ben Hill County and Muscogee County, which includes Columbus, from forcing large numbers of voters to prove their residency before casting ballots in the runoffs. The judge ruled that denying so many voters access to the ballot so close to an election...…BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: COLUMBUS, Ga. – A federal judge ordered local election officials in Georgia to allow voting by more than 4,000 people whose eligibility was being challenged ahead of next week’s runoff elections for the U.S. Senate.U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner blocked election boards in Ben Hill County and Muscogee County, which includes Columbus, from forcing large numbers of voters to prove their residency before casting ballots in the runoffs. The judge ruled that denying so many voters access to the ballot so close to an election...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: President Donald Trump late Tuesday threatened to torpedo Congress’ massive COVID-19 relief package in the midst of a raging pandemic and deep economic uncertainty, suddenly demanding changes fellow Republicans have opposed.Trump assailed the bipartisan $900 billion package in a video he tweeted out Tuesday night and suggested he may not sign the legislation. He called on lawmakers to increase direct payments for most Americans from $600 to $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for couples.Railing against a range of provisions in the bill,...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: President Donald Trump late Tuesday threatened to torpedo Congress’ massive COVID-19 relief package in the midst of a raging pandemic and deep economic uncertainty, suddenly demanding changes fellow Republicans have opposed.Trump assailed the bipartisan $900 billion package in a video he tweeted out Tuesday night and suggested he may not sign the legislation. He called on lawmakers to increase direct payments for most Americans from $600 to $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for couples.Railing against a range of provisions in the bill,...WW…

Lisa MascaroAssociated PressPublished: December 14, 2020, 8:34 pmUpdated: December 14, 2020, 9:01 pmTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Sign up for our NewslettersLisa MascaroAssociated PressPublished: December 14, 2020, 8:34 pmUpdated: December 14, 2020, 9:01 pmTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , WASHINGTON – For the first time, a groundswell of leading Republicans said Monday that Democrat is the winner of the presidential election, essentially abandoning President Donald Trump's assault on the outcome after the certified the...…Lisa MascaroAssociated PressPublished: December 14, 2020, 8:34 pmUpdated: December 14, 2020, 9:01 pmTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Sign up for our NewslettersLisa MascaroAssociated PressPublished: December 14, 2020, 8:34 pmUpdated: December 14, 2020, 9:01 pmTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , WASHINGTON – For the first time, a groundswell of leading Republicans said Monday that Democrat is the winner of the presidential election, essentially abandoning President Donald Trump's assault on the outcome after the certified the...WW…

BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: WASHINGTON – Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has agreed to let former primary rival Bernie Sanders keep hundreds of delegates he would otherwise forfeit by in a deal designed to avoid the bitter feelings that marred the party in 2016 and helped lead to Hillary Clinton's defeat. Under party rules, Sanders should lose about one-third of the delegates he’s won in primaries and caucuses as the process moves ahead and states select the people who will attend . The rules say those delegates should be Biden supporters, as he is...…BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: WASHINGTON – Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has agreed to let former primary rival Bernie Sanders keep hundreds of delegates he would otherwise forfeit by in a deal designed to avoid the bitter feelings that marred the party in 2016 and helped lead to Hillary Clinton's defeat. Under party rules, Sanders should lose about one-third of the delegates he’s won in primaries and caucuses as the process moves ahead and states select the people who will attend . The rules say those delegates should be Biden supporters, as he is...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After President Donald Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and leading members of the Republican party in Florida, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, said they are ready to step up to host the convention.Trump said if North Carolina’s Democratic governor doesn’t immediately sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August, despite the ongoing pandemic, the RNC will be held elsewhere.Curry said Jacksonville is ready to step...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After President Donald Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and leading members of the Republican party in Florida, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, said they are ready to step up to host the convention.Trump said if North Carolina’s Democratic governor doesn’t immediately sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August, despite the ongoing pandemic, the RNC will be held elsewhere.Curry said Jacksonville is ready to step...WW…

BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mayor Lenny Curry is encouraged enough by two weeks of data about positive cases of COVID-19 identified in Jacksonville and hospitalizations that he is reasonably confident the curve is flattening. So much so that he announced that Jacksonville’s beaches will reopen for essential activities at 5 p.m. Friday.As defined in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Executive Order, essential activities include the following:“This can be the beginning of the pathway back to normal life,” Curry said in a statement late Thursday. “Please...…BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mayor Lenny Curry is encouraged enough by two weeks of data about positive cases of COVID-19 identified in Jacksonville and hospitalizations that he is reasonably confident the curve is flattening. So much so that he announced that Jacksonville’s beaches will reopen for essential activities at 5 p.m. Friday.As defined in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Executive Order, essential activities include the following:“This can be the beginning of the pathway back to normal life,” Curry said in a statement late Thursday. “Please...WW…