Honoring our fallen first responders and their families. New street signs are starting to appear in areas of town named in memory of a first responder who died in the line of duty in that location. It’s part of a wider initiative and there’s a push to expand it.

This weekend, three Jacksonville firefighters who died in the line of duty last year were honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

The Dallas Cowboys say former running back Marion Barber III has died.

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation has paid in full the mortgages on homes for four fallen Florida first responders, including JFRD Capt. Thomas Barber.

Fire Capt. Thomas Barber, with the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, was honored Tuesday by the city council, which approved an ordinance that establishes an honorary street in his memory.

A 36-year-old firefighter died after he collapsed while trying to rescue the driver of a U-Haul truck that struck a utility pole early Thursday morning.

Fire Capt. Thomas Barber was remembered Tuesday as a man with a bright smile who committed his life to serving others.

Capt. Thomas Barber, a 21-year veteran of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, died Monday morning in the hospital in Macclenny, JFRD said.

TAMPA, Fla. – It is a federal crime to harass a manatee. As a charter boat captain, David Beede knows this. Beede, the proprietor of Shallow Point Fishing Charters, admitted that months earlier he’d used a fishing rod to touch a manatee off Weedon Island. His voice shaking at times, the beleaguered boat captain struggled to explain himself Tuesday to U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber. From the air, it shows Beede’s 26-foot boat as it drifts into the murky shallows near a dozen manatees.