May 30, 2025
Our Number of the Week is the median price for a home in the Jacksonville metro area: about $392,000.…
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May 29, 2025
Next council president seeks new approach to Downtown development
Kevin Carrico wants to give City Council more say over the CEO of the Downtown Investment Authority.…
May 29, 2025
#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.…
May 29, 2025
PHOTO ESSAY | Jacksonville schools mark closures with smiles amid somber celebrations
Jacksonville Today captured the final gatherings at five Duval County elementary schools that will close or consolidate after the 2025…
May 29, 2025
BIT OF JOY | Ladies of the ’80s
When you think of a night at the symphony, you might immediately start humming classical works from men who have been…
May 28, 2025
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.…
May 28, 2025
WHAT TO DO | Summer at the Cummer; ‘Heavyweight;’ Night Under the Stars
Summer at the Cummer, the closing weekend of the Heavyweight art exhibit, and a night under the stars in St.…
May 28, 2025
Black history museum hits hurdle in Legislature, but it isn’t dead
A measure to back a state-run Black history museum in St. Augustine got sidetracked during budget discussions.…
May 28, 2025
BIT OF JOY | Summer at the Cummer
The Cummer Museum will have free admission and entertainment on four Friday nights in May and June.…
May 27, 2025
Jax Council finalizes city’s first garbage fee increase since 2010
City lawmakers’ move to increase Jacksonville’s garbage fee for the first time in 15 years is meant to tackle a…
May 27, 2025
Jax library board nominee Elizabeth Andersen voted down
Andersen, the former Duval School Board chair, couldn’t shake a years-old controversy over comments she made about Moms for Liberty…
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.…
May 27, 2025
As St. Johns County grows, house fires are increasing
House fires, including one on Memorial Day, have grown 6.5% this year in St. Johns County.…
May 27, 2025
Eastside park rededicated as symbol of community commitment
Residents, community leaders, nonprofits and even the Jaguars Foundation helped restore Buster Ford Checkerboard Park.…
May 27, 2025
THE JAXSON | Milldale: A long-forgotten early Jacksonville mill town
Five facts about Milldale. a long-forgotten industrial mill town born from Panama Park’s Cummer Lumber Co.…
May 26, 2025
OPINION | In the ‘Free State of Florida,’ doctors have freedom to kill
The governor was asked about what has been called the “Free Kill” bill (HB 6017). The legislation was sponsored by…
May 23, 2025
MOSH opens its archives before crossing the river
MOSH is exhibiting part of its 40,000-piece collection before moving to a new, larger building on the Northbank.…
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
Former School Board chair won’t give up on library nomination
Elizabeth Andersen has run into political headwinds for a role on the library board of trustees.…
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
‘Honey Dripper Lady’ eager to bring smiles to VyStar Ballpark
The Jumbo Shrimp will pay homage to the Eastside treat by playing as the Honey Drippers this weekend.…
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
In UF land-swap debate, city lawmaker pushes Gateway Jax to reveal investors
City Council began debate Wednesday on competing bills to acquire the former Interline Building in LaVilla for the University of…