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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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Vianca Grullon wears a life preserver in a photo taken before she was injured. Vianca suffered traumatic brain injuries when her family's Sea-Doo switch capsized in 2004. | Photo courtesy of family and attorney Judd Rosen
2 hours ago

Sea-Doo recalls pontoon boats after Jacksonville capsizing

A 15-month-old girl suffered traumatic brain injuries when the family’s Sea-Doo Switch capsized on the Black Creek.…

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Lisa Sutherland has been appointed as interim president of Jacksonville University. | JU
2 days ago

Lisa Sutherland appointed as JU’s interim president

Sutherland will take over when current President Tim Cost becomes school chancellor July 1…

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The Florida and Georgia fans are split at EverBank Stadium during a recent game. | City of Jacksonville
2 days ago

It’s Florida-Georgia week. The commotion has already begun.

Expect the usual traffic and crowds as the Florida-Georgia game approaches on Saturday.…

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Holon plans to produce this autonomous vehicle at a new plant in Jacksonville by 2027. | Holon
3 days ago

Holon signs agreement to build autonomous vehicles in Jax

Holon, a German manfacturer, plans to build a factory and produce the autonomous vehicles by 2027.…

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The Blue Angels will not participate in the Sea and Sky Air Show this weekend.
October 24, 2025

Blue Angels grounded for Jax Beach air show

The U.S. government shutdown forced the Blue Angels to back out of this weekend’s Sea and Sky Air Show.…

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Contractors place a tree and American flag atop the last girder of Concourse B at Jacksonville International Airport.
October 24, 2025

Jacksonville’s airport expansion hits a milestone

The last girder was put in place for the new Concourse B at Jacksonville International Airport.…

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Pills spill out of a bottle in an arrangement photo of prescription Oxycodone. | Mark Lennihan, AP file
October 24, 2025

Drug-related deaths fall in Northeast Florida

Drug-related deaths locally and statewide decreased dramatically last year for a variety of reasons.…

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Green Cove Springs drivers may see a Clay County deputy doing driver's licence checkd Friday.
October 23, 2025

Immigrant rights group blasts Clay County driver checkpoints

The Jacksonville Immigrant Rights Alliance says driver’s license checkpoints on Friday could be a tactic to round up immigrants.…

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JEA crews replace a pipe in Jacksonville. | JEA
October 23, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | Why is JEA replacing pipes near me again?

A Jacksonville Today reader wonders whether pipe replacement in San Jose duplicates work done earlier.…

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The Rev. Adam Gray stands inside the sanctuary of his historic church in Riverside. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
October 22, 2025

Historic Riverside church gets answer to renovation prayer

Riverside Church at Park and King received a $359,534 national grant to rehabilitate its 99-year-old sanctuary.…

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Jacksonville University President Tim Cost speaks at commencement in May 2025. He has announced that he will retire as president. | Jacksonville University
October 21, 2025

JU President Tim Cost moves on to become chancellor

Tim Cost has led Jacksonville University for 14 years and will become chancellor in June or July.…

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The collapsed gangway at the Sapelo Island Visitors center is shown just after seven people died there. | Lewis M. Levine, AP
October 20, 2025

Honoring the 7 who died on Sapelo Island gangway

Four Jacksonville residents were among those killed during a Gullah Geechee celebration at Sapelo Island one year ago.…

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Palatka City Manager Marcia Carty is sworn in in September 2024. | City of Palatka
October 17, 2025

Palatka officials continue to discuss embattled city manager

City commissioners will meet again Monday to consider complaints about City Manager Marcia Carty.…

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Brunswick Judge Robert Guy has resigned after he was charged with DUI in Jacksonville. | Judicial Council of Georgia
October 17, 2025

Brunswick judge resigns after DUI at Jacksonville club

Judge Robert W. Guy was charged after a truck was hit outside Wacko’s Gentlemen’s Club on the Southside.…

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The Florida Department of Transportation is warning about more Buckman Bridge backups, like this one in 2022. | FDOT via News4Jax
October 17, 2025

Buckman Bridge backups could continue until spring

FDOT crews are closing lanes on the Buckman Bridge on weekends to replace metal joints.…

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A view of the new roundabout in Murray Hill. | Florida Department of Transportation
October 16, 2025

Unusual roundabout opens after 4 months in Murray Hill

FDOT says the roundabout at Post Street and Old Roosevelt Boulevard will alleviate traffic congestion.…

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Orange Park Mall says teens under 18 will need an adult with them to enter the shopping center on Fridays and Saturdays. | Orange Park Mall, Facebook
October 15, 2025

Orange Park Mall restricts teens on Fridays and Saturdays

Anyone younger than 18 will need a parent or guardian with them to enter Orange Park Mall on those days.…

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Books line the shelves of the Brentwood Branch of the Jacksonville Public Library. | Jacksonville Public library
October 14, 2025

New books may be slower to reach library shelves

Baker & Taylor, the primary supplier of wholesale books to the Jacksonville Public Library, is shutting down.…

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Attorney Ben Crump speaks at a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, with Erika McGriff of Jacksonville, a week after her arrest in a confrontation with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. | News4Jax
October 14, 2025

Attorney Ben Crump decries Jax police for violent arrests

The civil rights attorney defended a woman who was arrested after struggling with police outside her daughter’s school.…

Featured image for “Widow pleads for tips in husband’s cold case killing”
Deborah Parrish joins First Coast Crime Stoppers on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, to seek tips in her husband's slaying 13 years ago. With her are Crime Stoppers Executive Director Chase Robinson, left, and cold case homicide Detective Travis Oliver Sr. | First Coast Crime Stoppers
October 13, 2025

Widow pleads for tips in husband’s cold case killing

Julius Richardo Parrish died in a drive-by shooting 13 years ago — a cold case that remains unsolved today.…

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WWII pilot J.G. Ralph Cornelius Dupont was finally identified after 81 years of missing in action. | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
October 10, 2025

WWII pilot, missing since 1944, comes home for Hastings burial

The remains of pilot J.G. Ralph Cornelius DuPont were finally identified after he was missing in action for 81 years.…

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City crews and volunteers move the deteriorated Peg Leg Pete statue early Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, to the Amelia Island Museum of History. | City of Fernandina Beach
October 9, 2025

Peg Leg Pete moves to new home and uncertain future

The deteriorated Peg Leg Pete statue was moved from the Fernandina waterfront to the Amelia Island history museum.…

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Barrels line a road project at Southside and Deerwood Park boulevards. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
October 9, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | Why do some road projects seem to take forever?

It sometimes seems that road projects begin and then no one works on them for long periods. Why is that?…

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JTA's new NAVI, an autonomous downtown shuttle service, moves down East Bay Street. The service has low ridership three months after it began. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
October 7, 2025

Driverless Downtown shuttles are drawing few riders

Just over 100 people a day have used the NAVI shuttles, but the mayor and JTA predict the number will…