Chris Ruffin<\/a><\/p>\nChris Ruffin Jr. joined News4JAX as The Morning Show executive producer in April 2025. Chris is originally from Birmingham, Alabama, and graduated from Stillman College, where his foundation for being a journalist was built. He is thrilled to be in Jacksonville and loves exploring and trying new restaurants across the River City with his wife.<\/p>\n
Clay County Schools job fair draws hundreds of applicants for 200 open positions<\/p>\n
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Clay County Schools job fair draws hundreds of applicants for 200 open positionsHours-long standoff with armed man barricaded in a truck behind Walmart ends in police shooting<\/p>\n
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Hours-long standoff with armed man barricaded in a truck behind Walmart ends in police shooting1A State Track bringing home hardware \ud83c\udfc5 <\/p>\n
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1A State Track bringing home hardware \ud83c\udfc5 Former Bolles and NFL star Hayden Hurst finds strength in giving back,<\/p>\n
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Former Bolles and NFL star Hayden Hurst finds strength in giving back,JU Women’s Lacrosse Headed Back to the Dance. \ud83e\udd4d <\/p>\n
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JU Women’s Lacrosse Headed Back to the Dance. \ud83e\udd4d New seeds, new products and getting ready for round three<\/p>\n
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New seeds, new products and getting ready for round threeSun, fun & May has begun: Weekend Events You\u2019ll Love From May 7 – 10<\/p>\n
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Sun, fun & May has begun: Weekend Events You\u2019ll Love From May 7 – 10Heavy JSO presence near Walmart at San Pablo and Atlantic<\/p>\n
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Heavy JSO presence near Walmart at San Pablo and Atlantic\u2018Everybody needs to calm down\u2019: Neighbor stunned after road rage shooting in Butler Beach<\/p>\n
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\u2018Everybody needs to calm down\u2019: Neighbor stunned after road rage shooting in Butler Beach1 shot in Butler Beach road rage incident; another person in custody<\/p>\n
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1 shot in Butler Beach road rage incident; another person in custodyBolles Boys Lacrosse locked in on the final 4\ud83e\udd4d\ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n
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Bolles Boys Lacrosse locked in on the final 4\ud83e\udd4d\ud83d\udc40Episcopal Girls Lacrosse looking forward to being back in the Final 4 \ud83e\udd4d\ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n
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Episcopal Girls Lacrosse looking forward to being back in the Final 4 \ud83e\udd4d\ud83d\udc40Child dies in Bradford County trailer home fire<\/p>\n
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Child dies in Bradford County trailer home fireNonprofit steps up to help families who lost homes in Brantley County wildfires sift through rubble<\/p>\n
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Nonprofit steps up to help families who lost homes in Brantley County wildfires sift through rubbleResidents react after man shot, killed by police in their neighborhood<\/p>\n
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Residents react after man shot, killed by police in their neighborhoodJacksonville gas prices top $4: Where to find cheapest fuel near you<\/p>\n
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Jacksonville gas prices top $4: Where to find cheapest fuel near youMan armed with gun who kicked in doors of 4 homes shot, killed after confronting officers, JSO says<\/p>\n
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Man armed with gun who kicked in doors of 4 homes shot, killed after confronting officers, JSO saysBolles Flag Football Moving On<\/p>\n
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Bolles Flag Football Moving OnElementary schooler shares message for Brantley County community as students return to school<\/p>\n
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Elementary schooler shares message for Brantley County community as students return to schoolKingsland to reconsider data center rules; two planning and zoning items pulled from agenda<\/p>\n
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Kingsland to reconsider data center rules; two planning and zoning items pulled from agendaSecond week of trial begins for 4 men accused in the murder of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio<\/p>\n
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Second week of trial begins for 4 men accused in the murder of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio10 years in the making JU Men’s Lacrosse going Dancing\ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udc2c\ud83e\udd4d<\/p>\n
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10 years in the making JU Men’s Lacrosse going Dancing\ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udc2c\ud83e\udd4dDonations can be dropped off at area Navy Federal Credit Union locations<\/p>\n
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Donations can be dropped off at area Navy Federal Credit Union locationsYour brain on bargains: Why you\u2019re buying more at the grocery store than you planned<\/p>\n
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Your brain on bargains: Why you\u2019re buying more at the grocery store than you plannedCity Councilmember calls on Jacksonville to enter redistricting fray in wake of Supreme Court ruling<\/p>\n
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City Councilmember calls on Jacksonville to enter redistricting fray in wake of Supreme Court rulingPrevious photoNext photo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people were found dead Wednesday night after Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s officers responded to a reported battery on Crossview…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4424,116,112188,118,117,1415,1872],"class_list":["post-261767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-death-investigation","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-breaking-news","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville-sheriffs-office","tag-jso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}