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New nonprofit would mete out Eastside community benefits funds

The nonprofit would manage the $40 million in public funds the Eastside will receive under the stadium community benefits agreement.…

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Kids Hope Alliance CEO Saralyn Grass served as a local celebrity during the 2025 I'm A Star Foundation Celebrity Basketball Classic. The game raised money for unhoused students in Duval County on July 26, 2025, at Riverside High School. |Photo by Will Brown
5 hours ago

Saralyn Grass dismissed as CEO of Kids Hope Alliance

Grass had faced questions about whether her private consulting business conflicted with the Kids Hope Alliance.…

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The Rev. Adam Gray stands inside the sanctuary of his historic church in Riverside. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
6 hours ago

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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Cars park on Centre Street, the historic main artery of Fernandina Beach. | News4Jax
11 hours ago

Parking issue heads to the ballot in Fernandina Beach

City commissioners declined to kill a plan for paid parking downtown. Instead, voters will decide next year.…

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Richard Barry Randolph, 63, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Nov. 20 for a murder in Palatka. |
12 hours ago

Execution set in convenience store killing in Palatka

Richard Barry Randolph is scheduled for execution Nov. 20 for raping and killing his former boss.…

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A map shows the next five days of Tropical Storm Melissa.
1 day ago

Tropical Storm Melissa crawls across the Caribbean

Melissa could become a hurricane by the end of the week, but will it pose a threat to Florida?…

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St. Johns County's entryway on State Road A1A. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
1 day ago

St. Johns County will not join lawsuit over development law

More than 20 municipalities are suing Florida over a new law that restricts local development.…

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Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia delivered reimbursements checks from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to sheriffs from Northeast Florida Wednesday afternoon. From left are Putnam County Sheriff H.D. "Gator" DeLoach, Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook, St. Johns County Sheriff Rob Hardwick, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters, Ingoglia and Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
1 day ago

State CFO visits First Coast to reimburse police for ICE costs

Local law enforcement received payments for the costs of helping ICE arrest illegal immigrants.…

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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
1 day ago

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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Southeastern Grocers is rebranding itself as The Winn-Dixie Co. | Jessica Palombo, Jacksonville Today
1 day ago

Winn-Dixie scales back to focus on Florida

Southeastern Grocers is rebranding as The Winn-Dixie Co. and selling stores in several states.…

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UNF President Moez Limayem visits WJCT News in August 2022. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
1 day ago

UNF President Moez Limayem is leaving for USF

Limayem served as dean of the business school at the University of South Florida before coming to Jacksonville.…

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Bakery manager Linda Holfinger consults her Pie Chart in the kitchen of The Pie Heaven Bakery Cafe in Atlantic Beach. The bakery is offering free chicken pot pies to those working without pay during the government shutdown. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
2 days ago

Bakery helps federal workers weather the shutdown

The Pie Heaven Bakery Cafe in Atlantic Beach is offering free pot pies for unpaid workers during the shutdown.…

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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
2 days ago

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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Jacksonville City Council members Ron Salem, Raul Arias and Jimmy Peluso are members of the city of Jacksonville’s Special Committee on the Community Benefits Agreement 2.0, which will determine the governance structure of the city's $40 million investment in the Eastside. A town hall meeting about Eastside Community Benefits Agreement funding featured bickering and disagreement among Eastside residents and members of the Jacksonville City Council on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville
2 days ago

Eastside benefits agreement structure set for City Hall vote

Eastside investment through Jacksonville’s Community Benefits Agreement funding will be considered in an on Oct. 22 meeting at City Hall.…

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Hurricane Kate satellite image (1985)
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When does Florida typically get its last tropical threat?

Hurricane Kate struck the Florida Panhandle on Nov. 21, 1985, a rare tropical threat in November.…

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One of JEA's chilled water compressors at its Downtown plant. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today
October 17, 2025

A chill in the air at EverBank Stadium … literally

JEA says chilled water is a growing method of cooling buildings, including the stadium and the Four Seasons.…

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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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More than 1,000 parents have participated in the Brigher Beginnings program that Ascension St. Vincent's has held on the campus of Edward Waters University on the second Saturday of each month. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
October 17, 2025

Ascension St. Vincent’s will expand maternal telehealth

Ascension received a telehealth grant that could help address infant mortality in Duval County.…

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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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Some Floridians report wanting to sell their homes due to high property taxes. Others say the local government services they fund make them worth it.
October 17, 2025

Lawmakers unveil ideas to reduce property taxes

Floridians may see these property tax proposals on the 2026 ballot.…

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Storm clouds hang on the horizon during rainy season.
October 17, 2025

Goodbye rainy season; hello cold fronts

As rainy season ends, some areas of North Florida are still dealing with a worsening drought.…

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October 16, 2025

2 Putnam County cops fired over double-dipping

Putnam sheriff’s Lt. Michael Wells and Detective Elias Rivera are accused of stealing $8,000 for unworked hours.…

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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.…