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Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico, left, listens to Vice President Nick Howland on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at City Hall. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today
September 26, 2025

Deeper dive: What’s in Jacksonville’s $2B budget?

City Council approved the largest operating budget in its history, including a modest property tax cut.…

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The Emerald Trail's next phase will add walking and biking lanes along Hogan Street through Downtown. | Groundwork Jacksonville
September 25, 2025

Emerald Trail breaks ground on segment through Downtown

The Emerald Trail’s next phase kicks off in the heart of Downtown Jacksonville.…

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State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces an arrest in the 1994 murder of Tina Heins. Heins' image is shown on the TV screen at right. | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
September 25, 2025

DNA solves fatal Mayport stabbing — 31 years later

DNA preserved since 1994 led to an arrest in the murder of pregnant newlywed Tina Heins.…

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Amazon has begun home delivery of Winn-Dixie groceries in Jacksonville. | Winn-Dixie/Amazon
September 25, 2025

Amazon now delivers Winn-Dixie groceries in Jax area

People can shop for Winn Dixie groceries through the Amazon app and get same-day delivery.…

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Experience the GTM Reserve with Estuary Fest
September 24, 2025

WHAT TO DO | Jacksonville Symphony opens; Mandarin Fall Festival; Estuary Fest

The Jacksonville Symphony’s season opener, a fall festival in Mandarin and Estuary Fest in Ponte Vedra Beach are What to…

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UF Health Jacksonville broke ground Wednesday on its fourth emergency and urgent care center. | UF Health
September 24, 2025

UF Health begins construction of 4th urgent care center

The UF Health facility will open in just over a year on Atlantic Boulevard near the Intracoastal Waterway.…

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Part of an office chair and other garbage litter the Fuller Warren Bridge, next to the bridge's mixed-use path. | Google
September 24, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | How can we stop litter blowing off the Fuller Warren Bridge?

A Jacksonville Today reader says litter blows off the bridge into the river and onto roads down below.…

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Hundreds of people crowd downtown St. Augustine in November 2024 to see the annual Nights of Lights. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
September 24, 2025

Porta-potties flushed at Nights of Lights

The City Commission is reducing the number of portable bathrooms it had hoped to provide at Nights of Lights.…

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The vote to pass the city budget was 15 in favor, two opposed, with two abstained from voting. | City of Jacksonville
September 24, 2025

City Council passes tax cut, ends budget battle by cutting divisive amendment

Jacksonville city lawmakers stripped a divisive amendment from the proposed city budget early Wednesday morning to break a stalemate and…

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The Maceo Elks Lodge No. 8 at 712 W. Duval St.
September 23, 2025

THE JAXSON | The Maceo Elks Lodge No. 8: LaVilla’s Jewish and Black history link

The Maceo Elks Lodge No. 8 is the last surviving institution in LaVilla connected to Jacksonville’s early Jewish community.…

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Florida East Coast rail lines as seen from the Baymeadows Road overpass. | Google
September 23, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | Does the city regulate noise near rail lines?

A neighbor of the Florida East Coast rail line hears constant beeping every morning. She’s not sure where it comes…

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Duval Schools considered the Suddath Building at 815 S. Main St. under a land swap offer that the superintendent rejected. | Google Maps
September 22, 2025

Southbank building swap was among offers in Duval Schools’ HQ sale

One of the 10 offers for the sale of the Duval Schools headquarters was a trade for the Suddath building…

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Odille Thomas is a nurse with Ascension St. Vincent's who helped new and expectant parents understand a PURPLE cry during a Brighter Beginnings workshop on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. Brighter Beginnings is a program that was created in 2009 to help reduce Duval County's infant mortality rate. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
September 21, 2025

Infant mortality efforts in Jacksonville face local funding cut, federal policy changes

The Jacksonville City Council is cutting funding to fight the city’s high infant mortality rate, as doctors also bemoan federal…

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The Deerwood Country Club, with its clubhouse. | Deerwood Country Club
September 19, 2025

Deerwood Country Club plans golf course renovation

Among the changes, Deerwood Country Club will add a six-hole short course called “The Approach.”…

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A police car blocks the road where several people were shot in Oakleaf on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. | News4Jax
September 18, 2025

Details begin to emerge in baffling Oakleaf shootings

Sheriff’s officials say a 16-year-old boy shot and killed a gunman who burst into an Oakleaf home.…

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One factor fueling St. Johns County's budget for the 2026 fiscal year is the need to keep the county's fire rescue services out of the red. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
September 18, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | Making sense of billion-dollar budgets

Jacksonville and St. Johns County officials both talk about their $2 billion budgets, but what do the numbers mean?…

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Bazar À La Carte takes over the Phoenix Arts & Innovation District on Saturday.
September 18, 2025

WHAT TO DO | Quiltfest; Stories & Songs with Mark Winters; Bazar À La Carte

Quiltfest in Downtown Jax, an evening of stories and songs in Fernandina Beach, and a block party that’s also an…

Featured image for “Florida DOGE claims Jacksonville is overspending by $200M”
Florida chief financial officer, Blaise Ingoglia, says the city of Jacksonville has $200 million in wasteful spending during a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today
September 17, 2025

Florida DOGE claims Jacksonville is overspending by $200M

Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia says a DOGE audit shows residents are being overtaxed.…

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Samantha Vance is executive director of the Jacksonville Sports Foundation. The foundation announced that the FHSAA boys and girls basketball tournament will be held in Jacksonville on the campus of the University of North Florida. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
September 17, 2025

FHSAA moves basketball tournament to Jacksonville

The FHSAA state basketball championships will take place in Jacksonville for the first time in 50 years.…

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September 17, 2025

Tax rate falls in St. Johns County, but bills could rise

The St. Johns County Commission approved a budget Wednesday that has a lower tax rate than last year.…

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Lots of Duval County residents got this result from their at-home COVID tests in in August 2025. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
September 17, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | Should I report my positive COVID test so it can be tracked?

A Jacksonville Today reader took a COVID test and found she had the disease. Should she report the result somewhere?…

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A rendering shows the towers that Fleet Landing envisions for its proposed senior community on Jacksonville's Southbank, on the site of the current Duval Schools headquarters. | Fleet Landing, submitted
September 16, 2025

School Board members express doubts about HQ move 

One sticking point for some board members is whether choosing a nonprofit as the buyer would cheat taxpayers out of…

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José Huau’s cigar store at the corner of Bay and Pine ( now Main) street in Jacksonville
September 16, 2025

THE JAXSON | Viva Jax: Jacksonville’s Hispanic heritage

Though less well known than those in South Florida or Tampa Bay, Jacksonville’s Hispanic community has roots that are hundreds…

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This aerial view shows the World Golf Hall of Fame at World Golf Village in St. Augustine. | Visit St. Augustine
September 16, 2025

Two companies vie for World Golf Village development

The two companies have distinct visions of what to do with World Golf Village, and St. Johns County wants to…