Jacksonville

Racial and ethnic minority groups are most likely to live in impoverished areas, where homicide and suicide rates are highest. Mental health leaders hope the 988 phone number will be so easy to remember that they'll get help before it's too late.

Every three years, the Jacksonville Nonprofit Hospital Partnership studies the most critical health needs affecting the region. The group just recently released its latest report.

Reports of harassment, disturbance and violence outside the state’s clinics are skyrocketing, while the federal law meant to protect clinics doesn’t cover the kind of tactics common today.

A physician at the new centers will direct patients to the level of care they need — a concept new to Northeast Florida.

The money will pay for a new trauma center in the next four years. Hospital administrators say the current center is outdated, overcrowded and in dire need of renovations.

Crews in Atlantic Beach are putting up traps that were created by a University of Florida professor for the military.

Court records show 35-year-old Monique Carter of Middleburg pleaded guilty Wednesday in Jacksonville federal court to tampering with a consumer product. She faces up to 10 years in prison.

The six-story tower will include 124 rooms at the UF North campus. It is expected to open in early 2024.

The health system says the facility, nearly four decades old, is in dire need of renovation. Legislators included the money in the state budget they will vote on Monday.

The rebranding is intended to show that the two hospitals are part of a large statewide network of health care providers.