Remembering 8-year-old boy killed in house fire in Jacksonville

A close family friends says they’re planning a celebration of life for 8-year-old Duncan Thomas who died last Thursday. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Family and friends are grieving the Jacksonville boy…

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8-year-old boy dies after grease fire engulfs Westside home: JSO

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Thursday afternoon fire that broke out while an 8-year-old boy and his grandparents were cooking at a home in the Commonwealth neighborhood has claimed the life…

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Evidentiary hearing begins for Donald Smith as he appeals conviction for 2013 rape, murder of 8-year-old girl

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The man convicted and sentenced to death in the 2013 murder of an 8-year-old Jacksonville girl will be back in court Tuesday morning for an evidentiary hearing…

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Man appealing murder conviction of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle back in court Tuesday for evidentiary hearing

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Donald Smith, the man convicted and sentenced to death in the murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle, will be back in court Tuesday morning for an evidentiary hearing…

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Tom Coughlin Jay Fund helps Jacksonville family pay its bills as 8-year-old girl battles rare form of cancer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sometimes the Grinch is not a green being who steals Christmas, but an illness with far more negative effects. And sometimes, Santa Claus is not a jolly…

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Attorneys for man convicted of raping, killing 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle argue for new trial

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The man convicted and sentenced to death in 2018 for the rape and murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle will be back in court Monday as his attorneys…

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8-year-old struck by gunfire that erupted from burning trash: JSO

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An 8-year-old was shot in the leg Monday after a gun that was hidden in a barrel was set off by burning trash, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office…

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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office needs help locating missing 8-year-old girl

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is currently searching for an 8-year-old girl who went missing from the city’s Westside. Danika Egler was reported missing by family members after…

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