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Dan Scanlan is a veteran journalist with 40 years as a radio, television and print reporter in the Jacksonville area, as well as years of broadcast work in the Northeast. After a stint managing a hotel comedy club, Dan began a 34-year career as police and current events reporter at The Florida Times-Union before joining the staff of WJCT News 89.9.
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Workers are seen inside the fire-damaged parking garage at Jacksonville International Airport. | Jacksonville Airport Authority
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60 vehicles still trapped in burned airport parking garage

No one knows when the garage will be safe enough to remove the remaining vehicles.…

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The folding knife confiscated by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. | JSO
4 hours ago

#AskJAXTDY | What is the law about weapons at City Council meetings?

A Jacksonville Today reader asks about the regarding concealed weapons at a City Council meeting.…

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John Thrasher is shown during the 2024 Veteran's Day parade in Jacksonville. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
5 hours ago

Former lawmaker and FSU President John Thrasher dies at 81

Thrasher was lauded as a dedicated and honorable public servant. He died after battling cancer.…

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A magnolia tree hangs over a house on the Southside of Jacksonville. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
1 day ago

#AskJAXTDY | Do I have to trim my tree if it hangs over my neighbor’s house?

A Jacksonville Today reader wonders whether she has to trim her tree if it hangs over her neighbor’s house.…

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Protesters rally Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in support of three people arrested at a City Council meeting the day before. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today
2 days ago

City Hall security under review after arrests at council meeting

Mayor Donna Deegan says officials will review security options after a protester sneaked a knife into a meeting.…

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A man was killed late Monday in a hit-and-run in Arlington. | News4Jax
May 27, 2025

Deaths reach 70 on Jacksonville’s roads this year

Deaths this year are in line with last year’s, but Memorial Day weekend was particularly deadly in Jacksonville.…

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Matthew Driscoll, men's head basketball coach at the University of North Florida, has resigned to take a position with Kansas State. | UNF
May 22, 2025

UNF basketball coach leaves for Kansas State after 16 years

Matthew Driscoll is credited with making the University of North Florida into a perennial contender.…

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Atlantic Beach redesigned the lifeguard station on Ahern Street. | City of Atlantic Beach
May 22, 2025

Atlantic Beach redesigns lifeguard station

The lifeguard station was upgraded for better response, but it maintains the original design from the 1990s.…

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Sheriff T.K. Waters announces 21 arrests in Operation Rescue Our Children. | News4Jax
May 22, 2025

24 men accused of seeking sex with minors on the internet

The men were arrested in a weeklong investigation called Operation Rescue Our Children.…

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The drop box for U.S. flags is on the first floor at City Hall. | City of Jacksonville
May 22, 2025

U.S. flag retirement box set up at Jacksonville City Hall

The drop box is accessible during City Hall business hours — 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.…

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Students from Sandalwood and KIPP Bold City high schools compete in the Minecraft New Jax City Build Challenge Finals on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at WJCT Studios. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
May 21, 2025

Students design a sustainable Jax — with a Minecraft twist

Teams from local schools used an educational version of the Minecraft game to rethink Downtown Jacksonville.…

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A car passes Wicked Barley on Baymeadows Road, where a man and his child were killed on Friday, May 16, 2025. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
May 20, 2025

Councilman pushes safety upgrades on Baymeadows

City Councilman Joe Carlucci is pressing for improvements after a teacher and his son died crossing the street.…

Featured image for “#AskJAXTDY | When will the Northbank Riverwalk reopen?”
A JB Coxwell video about the McCoys Creek project shows part of the Northbank Riverwalk and pedestrian crossover dismantled for the time being. | JB Coxwell
May 20, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | When will the Northbank Riverwalk reopen?

City projects have closed several sections of the Riverwalk, but the work could wrap up before long.…

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A tiger walks in an overhead enclosure at the Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens, where palm trees and ferns are integrated into the design. | Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens
May 19, 2025

Jacksonville zoo is now a botanical garden too

The zoo changed its name to the Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens to reflect its emphasis on plants and animals.…

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Police closed Blackrock Road in Yulee after a plane crash May 10, 2025. | News4Jax
May 19, 2025

Cargo door popped open just before fatal Yulee plane crash

A security camera showed the cargo door open on a Piper aircraft that crashed seconds later.…

Featured image for “Parking garage fire shuts down Jacksonville’s airport”
Smoke billows from the hourly parking garage at Jacksonville International Airport on Friday, May 16, 2025. | News4Jax
May 16, 2025

Parking garage fire shuts down Jacksonville’s airport

The fire began in one vehicle and spread to about 50, causing a partial collapse in the parking garage.…

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Former crew members of the USS Stark lay a wreath in front of a memorial to the 37 men killed in an Iraqi attack on the ship in 1987. The ceremony was part of an annual memorial Friday, May 16, 2025, at Naval Station Mayport, the ship's home port. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
May 16, 2025

37 who died on USS Stark remembered 38 years later

Crew members and family remembered the tragedy Friday during an annual memorial at Naval Station Mayport.…

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City Council member Michael Boylan, left, presents information about a planned 2.3-mile sidewalk project on part of Mandarin Road during a meeting Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at the Mandarin Community Club. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
May 15, 2025

Sidewalk proposal presented to packed Mandarin crowd

More than 200 people gathered Wednesday to learn about a sidewalk plan that some fear will destroy trees.…

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Mayor Donna Deegan, left, listens as Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Chief Keith Powers speaks during a news conference Nov. 30, 2023. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
May 15, 2025

Jacksonville Fire Chief Keith Powers announces retirement

Powers will retire June 30 after 29 years in the department, including six as its leader.…

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The historic Snyder Memorial building is at 226 N. Laura St. in Downtown Jacksonville, next to James Weldon Johnson Park. It appears on a list of the city's most endangered historic properties. | Jacksonville Daily Record
May 14, 2025

History Center lists most endangered historic properties

The Jacksonville History Center released its annual list of the city’s most endangered historic properties.…

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Southside Estates Elementary School. | Google maps
May 14, 2025

Substitute teacher arrested with guns and ammo in car

Abdiel Badillo-Martinez was charged with taking weapons onto the campus of Southside Estates Elementary School.…

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May 14, 2025

SWAT call ends with police killing Westside man

Police said they shot Calixto Beabenutti to prevent him from taking a hostage at a neighboring home.…

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Osprey Racing team captain Nathan Stratton looks over Swoopde13, the team's Formula SAE race car, as it is assembled prior to a race in Michigan. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
May 14, 2025

UNF’s Osprey Racing hopes to fly in international race

The team designed and built a race car that will compete this weekend at Michigan International Speedway.…

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A Duval Schools police officer was arrested. | Duval County Public Schools
May 13, 2025

Duval school police officer accused of domestic battery

Kevens Louis was charged with domestic battery by strangulation and false imprisonment.…