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News4Jax honors Class of 2020 with ‘Brightest and Best’
Read full article: News4Jax honors Class of 2020 with ‘Brightest and Best’JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With our high school schools holding non-traditional or delayed graduations, News4Jax is proud to host virtual ceremonies for Jacksonville’s class of 2020. In partnership with High School 9:12, we are hosting a series of tributes called “Brightest and Best” presented by Community First Credit Union. We saluted the Class of 2020 at five more schools on May 30: Westside High School, Terry Parker High School, Stanton College Preparatory Academy, Andrew Jackson High School and Sandalwood High School. The weekend of June 20-21, we begin broadcasting St. Johns County school programs, with Creekside High School featured Saturday and St. Johns Virtual School and St. Johns Technical School on Sunday. The final weekend of June, WJXT will broadcast Brightest and Best programs featuring Bartram Trail High School on Saturday and Ponte Vedra High School on Sunday.
Man accused in credit union hostage case can now stand trial
Read full article: Man accused in credit union hostage case can now stand trialJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A man facing 13 counts of kidnapping in a credit union hostage case from 2016 is now competent to stand trial, a judge ordered in May. Nicholas Humphrey, who is charged with holding hostages at gunpoint inside a Jacksonville credit union in December 2016, was found not fit for trial four times in mental evaluations ordered by the court. But on May 30, a psychologist submitted a report that Humphrey is now competent to assist in his own defense, and a judge entered an order to have him stand trial. The hostages -- seven of whom were employees at the credit union -- were freed when a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office SWAT team made entry. I took out about three rows of chairs -- boom boom boom.