May 27, 2025
Deaths this year are in line with last year’s, but Memorial Day weekend was particularly deadly in Jacksonville.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
May 13, 2025
Duval school police officer accused of domestic battery
Kevens Louis was charged with domestic battery by strangulation and false imprisonment.…
May 13, 2025
FIVE music venue replaces Sun-Ray Cinema in Five Points
FIVE’s grand opening was originally planned for January, but issues with construction and permits delayed it.…
May 12, 2025
Mandarin residents fear loss of trees for sidewalk project
A $4.5 million project that would add 2.3 miles of sidewalk to an oak-shaded part of historic Mandarin is coming…
May 12, 2025
Three die in mobile home fire in East Palatka
Firefighters rescued several people. The cause of the fire has not been determined.…
May 9, 2025
DeSantis wants ‘accountability’ on City Hall gun registry
Florida’s governor says there needs to be accountability as the controversy deepens into Jacksonville gun registry issue.…
May 9, 2025
Strobes and horns alert Atlantic beachgoers to lightning risk
Two new lighting alert systems on Atlantic Beach predict when lightning strikes are imminent.…