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Feb 22,2012 at 8:05 AM EST

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A school bus crash with multiple injuries shut down two northbound lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard at Collins Road for nearly two hours.

At least eight students on the bus, which was heading to Chimney Lakes Elementary, are being treated for minor injuries,
...more according to Jacksonville Fire and Rescue spokesperson Tom Francis.

There were originally no injuries reported in this crash, according to District Chief D.K. Hooten, who said JFRD was called to the scene only to clean up fluid from the accident.

Hooten said the Assistant Principal of Chimney Lakes Elementary arrived at the crash site, and after checking with students, called for medical assistance. JFRD then transported the eight students to Shands, Baptist, and Orange Park Medical Center.

The accident happened around 7:30 a.m. and blocked two northbound lanes on Roosevelt Boulevard, which reopened just before 9:15 a.m.
Feb 17,2012 at 5:06 AM EST

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- The Clay County detective shot and killed Thursday night is the first officer killed in the line of duty in almost 100 years.
Detective David White was killed by a suspect while investigating a possible meth lab, sheriff's office spokeswoman Mary Justino
...more said.
SEE ALSO: 
- Body of Slain Clay Detective Move to Jacksonville M.E.'s Office
- Meth: Up Close and Behind the Scenes
- Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler: "Darkest Day in the History of This Agency"
- Clay Detective First Killed in Line of Duty by Suspect Since 1913
- Cleaning Up Meth: What It Takes
- Database: Documented Illegal Drug Labs in Northeast Florida
 
Sheriff Theodore Cherry was the last officer killed by a suspect in Clay County. It happened on July 6, 1913, when Sheriff Cherry was shot by a suspect during an interview.
Sheriff Charles Wilson was shot and killed by a suspect during an arrest attempt aboard a train in 1906. Sheriff Josephus
Feb 16,2012 at 9:24 PM EST

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Ridgeview defeated Columbia 76-53 in the opening round of the boys basketball playoffs on Thursday night.

The Panthers will host Wolfson in the regional semifinals on Tuesday night.

Here are some other scores from Thursday night's
...more games:

Sandalwood 48, Lake Brantley 47

Ocala Forest 65, First Coast 37

Ed White 60, Tallahassee Chiles 42

Wolfson 82, Leon 63

Terry Parker 74, Nease 49

Ponte Vedra 51, Bishop Kenny 50

North Marion 53, Bartram Trail 49

Gainesville Eastside 60, Creekside 43

Raines 44, Fernandina Beach 27

West Nassau 67, Bolles 59 (OT)

Trinity Christian 59, North Florida Christian 45

Providence 63, Maclay 45

FAMU D.R.S. 79, First Coast Christian 52

Father Lopez 77, St. Joseph 43
Feb 14,2012 at 8:57 PM EST

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- On Tuesday night, St. Augustine defeated Orange Park 55-54 in the regional semifinals of the FHSAA girls basketball playoffs.

St. Augustine will host Pensacola in a Class 6A regional final on Saturday night.

In other local games, Bartram Trail defeated
...more Palatka 74-50, Paxon defeated Nease 55-46, Ribault defeated Jackson 40-24, and Hilliard defeated Lafayette 68-43.
Feb 14,2012 at 9:06 AM EST

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The coroner listed Somer's cause of death as asphyxiation with multiple blunt force injuries.

On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, investigators noted it was 84 degrees with 41 percent humidity at the Waste Management Chesser Island Landfill in Charlton County,
...more Georgia.  That afternoon, they made a gruesome discovery.

According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation documents First Coast News just obtained,  Special Agent M.J. Washington was one of the many investigators.

He saw human remains "intermingled in the debris and trash" and "partially covered with dirt, trash and wood."

Mixed in with this massive mountain of debris, those remains were later found to be those of 7-year-old Somer Thompson.

Investigators released pictures of the trash, but redacted pictures of Somer.  The report paints a disturbing picture of a little girl who was put through a living nightmare, all at the hands of the man who confessed to
Feb 14,2012 at 1:54 PM EST

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- A 76-year-old Jacksonville man was killed this afternoon while cutting down a tree.

According to Mary Justino, Public Information Officer for the Clay County Sheriff's Office, the accident happened at Awakenings Church on Blanding Blvd in Orange
...more Park.

76-year-old Alfred Ansley and his 66-year-old brother were using a Bobcat tractor to brace a tree Alfred was cutting down.

The tree shifted, causing Alfred to be pinned beneath the tractor.

The victim was taken to Orange Park Medical Center where he died.
Feb 9,2012 at 1:34 PM EST

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- A Jacksonville court ruled Tuesday to uphold Clay County ordinances restricting alcohol sales.

Those ordinances prevent venues that sell alcohol from opening on Wells Road and requiring lounges already there to close by 2016.

The court granted the summary
...more judgement  two establishments located on the road in question brought two federal constitutional challenges.

The court ruled in favor of Clay County, saying the ordinances "did not violate Plaintiffs' procedural or substantive due process rights."

One of the ordinances will restrict the hours lounges can sell alcohol on Wells Road, cutting sales off at 11 p.m.

The second ordinance will prevent any new lounges from popping up on Wells Road.  Additionally all existing lounges will have to cease operations in May of 2016.

The court cited the "commercial character" of Wells Road and the high cost of maintaining a police presence in the area as the reasoning
Feb 9,2012 at 3:49 AM EST
It's the first round of the FHSAA girls basketball playoffs and the Lady Panthers of Palatka High School will be taking center stage on First Coast News.
Feb 8,2012 at 8:20 AM EST

NEW YORK -- Diena Thompson, mother of slain 7-year-old Somer Thompson, was interviewed by Matt Lauer on this morning's Today Show. 

Thompson was there to discuss the recent guilty plea of murderer Jarred Harrell.
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Feb 6,2012 at 3:24 PM EST

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Now that Jarred Harrell plead guilty to Somer Thompson's assault and murder, court documents in the case have finally been released.

The pages detail the last moments of Somer's life.

"You're not even a human being. Your name is not Jared Harrell. Your
...more name is monster," Somer's sister, Abigail told Harrell.  

After Harrell entered his plea, her family finally had the chance to face him in open court.

"I hope you have to suffer just like me and my family did," she said.  

Newly released court documents detail the last moment's of Somer's life on October 19, 2009.

One of the last people to see Somer was a contractor who told police Somer stopped to talk to him, and told him he was doing a nice job on a house.

Then classmates saw her in front of Harrell's home with her head in her hands after getting in an argument with another child.

According to the Clay County Sheriff's Office, Somer
Feb 3,2012 at 9:12 PM EST

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- The Fleming Island High School girls soccer team came up a little short against a nationally ranked team from George Jenkins High School in Lakeland.

George Jenkins won the game 1-0 to advance to the Class 4A state championship game next weekend in Tampa.
Feb 3,2012 at 9:12 PM EST

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- The Fleming Island High School boys soccer team has advanced to the Class 4A regional finals thanks to a 4-0 win over Springstead on Friday night.

The Golden Eagles will visit Tallahassee Chiles on Tuesday night.
Feb 2,2012 at 8:48 PM EST

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Imagine waking up one morning and never seeing a loved one again.  That's what inspired a First Coast family to help others.

Michael Austin Davis disappeared on the Westside of Jacksonville in June of 2007.  He was 26.

The last time anyone saw him, he
...more was buying a gun at a pawn shop. 

"Then walked to a Walmart very nearby and purchased ammunition and duffle bag went back to the pawn shop to retrieve the gun he just purchased and walked off, and that's the last we know," Anita Sullivan of Finder's Hope described.

Sullivan is Davis's sister.  Her life has not been the same since he vanished. 

"We've never been able to grieve his loss, because we've really never known for sure," she said. 

Sullivan has dedicated her life to finding her brother, and other missing people.  Her family started Finder's Hope. 

"The mission of Finder's Hope is to help families with a missing loved one, to connect
Jan 31,2012 at 7:03 AM EST

The Clay County Sheriff's Office is actively investigating the "flim flam," or swindle, of an 84-year-old Orange park woman that occurred earlier this month.