Jacksonville starts its first ever pet supply drive today. "Lend a Helping Paw" is a supply drive to help support Jacksonville Animal Care and Control

A JSO Review board clears officers of wrong doing in two seperate cases.

Despite a budget shortfall of more than 3 billion dollars lawmakers are still considering two tax break holidays.

Jacksonville Animal Care and Control is asking you to lend a hand, to help a paw.

Now that a master site plan is done the Jacksonville Aviation Authority is looking forward to finding developers for Cecil Commerce Center.  Their goal is to promote it as a global logistics commerce center.

What that land will be used for is still not official yet, but JaxPort Spokesperson Nancy Rubin says they're keeping their options open.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office pegs two suspects to a pair of homicide cases with the help of DNA evidence.

The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce says crime is not having much of an impact on their ability to recruit businesses to the area.

With the institution of the Jacksonville Journey crime is a concern in the mayor's office.

"I think no doubt that the crime challenge we have in Jacksonville is a threat to our economy," says Mayor John Peyton.

Mayor Peyton says businesses don't want to move into or grow in an area that's considered to be unsafe.

However, John Haley, VP of the Chamber's Business Recruitment says they have not encountered that problem.

"They're not looking at the particular stories that appear on a daily or weekly basis in the Jacksonville area, they looking at the overall statistics," says Haley.

Haley says Jacksonville and competitor cities are similar in terms of crime.

A young girl says she was molested by a DCF employee. Years after the crime, a jury says he violated her civil rights and the state owes the girl money. But the state says they shouldn't have to pay

You will get the chance to vote on a plan that would swap some of your property taxes with a one cent sales tax increase.

No new ships and no additional manpower, but 100 staff members at Naval Station Mayport will now have increased responsibilities.

WOKV has confirmed through the city's office of military affairs that the Navy is announcing the re-establishment of the 4th Fleet at Mayport.

We're not getting any ships, and just a handful of new people, but the announcement raises the profile of Naval Station Mayport.

Florida's Road Rangers are around another year to help you out on the roadways with things like gas, congestion relief and incident managment.

An early morning housefire claims three lives, killing a Dunn Creek homeowner and his two pet dogs early this morning.

With the Jacksonville Journey proposing millions of dollars in new spending on programs aimed at wiping out youth violence in the city, Mayor John Peyton went straight to the source Tuesday and hosted a forum at the Jacksonville Children's Commission.

How long does it take for a woman to earn as much as a man does in a year?

Hundreds of volunteers are rehabbing homes in a Westside neighborhood this week.

The survey from the Florida Office of Drug Control Policy shows declines in the use of some of the more well known drugs. However, some say teen drug use remains a serious problem.

Local, state and federal officials are announcing plan to ease the impact of all that cargo being dropped off at Jaxport.

Congresswoman Corrine Brown, Mayor John Peyton, Council President Daniel Davis, Council Member Ray Holt and representatives from JAXPORT joined CSX Corporation officials today to announce the company's intention to invest $40 million in rail infrastructure on Jacksonville's northside.

One person is dead and several injured in a nursing home fire in Clay County.

It was a deadly weekend across Northeast Florida.

Several people were killed in crashes on our roads.

Florida voters will now have the chance to vote on whether or not to add an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state constitution. But it has picked up resistance from some retirees.

Twenty-six-year-old Jonathon Tave is already awaiting trial for murder and weapons charges.

Jacksonville's Sheriff again finds himself defending the use of deadly force.

Police are trying to figure out how a registered sex offender was able to slip away without anyone noticing.

28 year-old Michael Glenn was working at the Duval County pre-trial detention facility as a trustee on Tuesday when he walked away.

A warm reception for the Navy brass who are studying the future of Naval Station Mayport, including homeporting a nuclear-powered carrier.

At a public hearing last night, the Navy's environmental impact team presented several options that are being considered...

One economist says a gas tax holiday would save you 20 to 30 cents a gallon, creating a minimal impact because gas prices are so "high and out of line".

The Supreme Court is expected to make their judgement on lethal injections in Florida.

Jacksonville Police catch up with a man wanted in connection with the shooting of a 17 year-old girl.

Edward Haney was just arrested on a charge of attempted murder...they're still looking for Donnell Carter.

Tonight is your chance to weigh in on the proposed plan to homeport a nuclear carrier at Naval Station Mayport.

The Navy is hosting a public hearing on the Southside to talk about the economic and environmental impact of adding additional ships at Mayport...

The plan that allows you to vote on whether government leaders can raise/create taxes and fees could come back up.  The Taxation and Budget Reform Commission voted the measure down Monday.

Clay County police have one man in custody that's suspected in a string of school break-ins.  Authorities say $80,000 in electronics have been recovered. 

A former Clay County Commissioner is cleared of all charges against her, and now, might try to get her seat back.

A member of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is caught up in some dirty business.

A 51 year old man from Ponte Vedra is behind bars after police say he drove across the state to have sex with what he thought was a 14 year old girl.

It's tax day so that means Americans for Fair Taxation are pushing to get rid of what's pushing you to the post office today, income taxes.  A fair tax would replace the current income tax systemas we know it.

New information in a deadly weekend crash that landed a car into a house.

Jacksonville Police say a 14 year-old was behind the wheel of a stolen car that crashed into a house in St. Nicholas Saturday.

A day of fun nearly turned deadly as two teenage brothers are shot outside the Wet and Wild Water Park in Orlando.

A former Clay County official is facing more corruption charges today.

Prominent local officials press for work to begin on the new courthouse.

The fight to put a local-and-state tax cap on the November ballot comes to a vote in Tallahassee this morning.

The Florida Department of Transportation is making changes for everyone traveling from I-10 eastbound to I-95 northbound.  The shift is scheduled to take place Sunday, April 13.

We've learned that a soldier from Jacksonville died in Iraq yesterday.

Navy brass are detailing their plans to replace a retiring group of planes at N.A.S. Jax. 

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida residents would be able to keep guns in their cars while at work under a bill that will likely be signed by the governor.

Recent rains threaten to wash away some homes in St. Johns County.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office say the number of complaints into local businesses hiring illegal aliens have increased.  However, officials would not give a definite yes or no answer to whether local businesses definitely employ undocumented workers.

The sounds of tree cutting and concrete pouring at H Trent Elson Landscaping on Van Gundy Road have been replaced by generators and paint brushes, cleaning up after a fire early Wednesday morning.

First Coast lawmakers hit a stumbling block in an attempt to keep a central Florida county from siphoning millions of gallons a day from the St. Johns River.

An administrative law judge is dismissing arguments from Duval and St. Johns counties that the Seminole County plan could devestate the water supply downstream.

One man is dead and another in critical condition after a late night shooting in northwest Jacksonville.

Police are still looking for clues in what led up to the Monday night shooting in the Lake Forest neighborhood.