Nassau County held an open house on June 20th at the Callahan Community Center to discuss plans to manage and reduce flooding in the Thomas Creek area. This effort is part of the Thomas Creek Implementation Plan, funded by the Resilient Florida Program, which was created to protect Florida’s coastlines and waterways from sea level […]
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Nassau County Sheriff helps launch playing cards to solve cold cases
Nassau County Sheriff and Florida Sheriffs Association President Bill Leeper, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, the Florida Association of Crime Stoppers, and others teamed up to release Cold Case Homicide Playing Cards. Because of their collaboration, decks of playing cards featuring unsolved homicide cases will be distributed across county jails and correctional facilities in Florida. […]
With busy hurricane season expected, FPL, Council on Aging give Nassau seniors meal kits
Florida Power & Light and the Nassau County Council on Aging recently delivered 450 hurricane meal kits to about 150 local seniors for the 2024 storm season, which is predicted to be particularly aggressive. “For local seniors who may not be able to leave their homes or receive home-delivered meals post-storm, hurricane meal kits help […]
Attorneys fight to keep Nassau County cop killer off death row
Attorneys defending Patrick McDowell will work to keep him off death row on Monday. What’s called a Spencer hearing is scheduled at 9 a.m. at the Nassau County Courthouse. A Spencer hearing allows McDowell’s defense team to present more evidence in hopes the judge will not uphold a jury’s recommendation that McDowell be sentenced to […]
Nassau County tourism topped $1.2 billion in 2023, according to Amelia Island tourism report
Tourism in Nassau County is booming with revenue generated by visitors now exceeding $1 billion. That is according to the area’s latest tourism report. Tourist spending on Amelia Island brought in roughly $1.2 billion. The 2023 Value of Tourism Report also states visitors spent almost $900 million on the area’s local restaurants, shops and other […]
Man dies while standing in parking lot when car overturns off road in Nassau County
Florida Highway Patrol said a man is dead after a car flipped off U.S.-1 and hit a pedestrian in a Nassau County parking lot. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
Reaction from Nassau Sheriff and defense team to jury verdict for Patrick McDowell
After nearly three hours, Nassau County jurors recommended death for Patrick McDowell, the man who pleaded guilty to shooting and killing a Nassau County Deputy in 2021. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
Nassau County Republicans want an armed civilian militia. And they’re not alone.
Despite facing backlash from civil rights activists and Democratic lawmakers, Republicans in conservative-leaning Nassau County, New York, are moving forward with a plan to form an armed, civilian militia that the local government could operate as a de facto police force during “emergencies.” The plan, proposed by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, has local opponents […]
Jury selection to begin in penalty phase for man who killed Nassau County deputy
Jury selection to begin in penalty phase for man who killed Nassau County deputy Jury selection begins Friday morning for the man who killed a Nassau County deputy. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
Two beauty stores in Nassau County robbed within an hour, suspects on the loose
Two Ulta beauty stores were robbed in the span of an hour and the suspects are still on the loose. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
New York AG sends cease-and-desist over transgender sports ban in Nassau County
The New York Attorney General’s Office sent a cease-and-desist letter to Nassau County over its recent anti-transgender sports ban. “The Order’s immediate effect is to force sports leagues to make an impossible choice: discriminate against transgender women and girls, in violation of New York law, or find somewhere else to play,” said the letter addressed […]
Suicidal 19-year-old fatally shot outside Nassau County home after pointing gun at police
A suicidal 19-year-old was fatally shot outside his Long Island home by police, who said he was armed at the time with three handguns, one of which was allegedly aimed in their direction. Officers with the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Massapequa home on Stone Boulevard Friday night, said Nassau County Police commissioner […]