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An illustration shows the interior of the proposed Starbucks in Downtown Jacksonville. | City of Jacksonville
4 minutes ago

Downtown Jacksonville Starbucks wins city incentives

The Starbucks franchise holder now will turn their attention to construction in the Bank of America Tower Downtown.…

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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
46 minutes ago

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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JWB announced that it's distributing $20,000 to eight families to help with down payments for homes. | JWB
3 hours ago

JWB helps renters with down payments during housing crisis

JWB helped eight families buy homes by contributing $20,000 to each of them for down payments.…

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Adventure Landing has operated for 30 years. | News4Jax
5 hours ago

Adventure Landing closes permanently in Jax Beach

Adventure Landing closed its waterpark and arcade after 30 years off providing family entertainment.…

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The Mossfire Grill at 1573 Margaret St. in Five Points. | J. Brooks Terry, Jacksonville Daily Record
7 hours ago

Mossfire Grill closing after 27 years in Five Points

In a post on Facebook, the Mossfire Grill said it would close Nov. 9. It did not give a reason.…

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The Freedom Tower is seen in downtown Miami on Aug. 8, 2025. | Daniel Kozin, AP
7 hours ago

Judge blocks donation of Miami land for Trump library

A Miami activist sued after Miami Dade College donated downtown land to the state.…

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City Hall | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
16 hours ago

City Council doesn’t support Duval School Board’s push for independent attorney

Without the Jacksonville City Council’s endorsement, the Duval School Board’s push for its own attorney is less certain.…

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Books line the shelves of the Brentwood Branch of the Jacksonville Public Library. | Jacksonville Public library
1 day ago

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
1 day ago

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.…

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1 day ago

Proposed law would require teachers to take an oath

Teachers would take an oath pledging to support the Constitution and to act in a “nonpartisan manner.”…

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Protesters gather before the Oct. 7 board meeting to show support for a teacher removed over a social media post | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today
2 days ago

Free speech fight simmers at Duval School Board

Board members are criticized over speech as they vote to settle with a teacher over his alleged free speech violation,…

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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
2 days ago

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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2 days ago

Tropical Storm Lorenzo grows stronger, but no threat to land

Lorenzo, the 12th named storm of the season, is expected to stay out in the ocean and turn back east.…

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2 days ago

Adventure Landing in St. Augustine could be gone soon

Adventure Landing could be demolished and the site redeveloped for commercial use.…

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High tides cause damage and erosion along the coast of Northeast Florida.
2 days ago

Florida communities buy up properties to limit flooding damage

More than a dozen communities, including St. Johns County, have voluntary home buyout programs.…

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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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The Menendez football program won its first district title in 2019. The Falcons hosted Ocala Vanguard on November 8, 2019, in their first home playoff game in school history. | Photo by Will Brown
October 10, 2025

Pedro Menendez field may be named after first principal

The football field at Pedro Menendez High School may be named for Bill Mignon, a longtime School Board member.…

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Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, where the death penalty is carried out in Florida. | Curt Anderson, AP file
October 10, 2025

Why the death penalty is being used more this year

Florida leads the nation in use of the death penalty, with 13 executions this year after just one last year.…

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The U.S. Courthouse in Jacksonville
October 9, 2025

Former Duval teachers union president pleads guilty

Teresa Brady admitted she and another union official conspired to cash in fraudulent leave time.…

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A licensed Starbucks franchise is planned on the ground floor of Bank of America Tower at 50 N. Laura St. | Jacksonville Daily Record
October 9, 2025

Why the city thinks incentives for Downtown Starbucks make sense

Jacksonville officials say a Starbucks in the Bank of America Tower would be a sign of health for Downtown.…

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Rep. Sam Garrison, R-Fleming Island, was formally designated Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, to become the next Florida House speaker. | Tom Urban, News Service of Florida
October 9, 2025

Fleming Island lawmaker designated as House speaker

Republican Rep. Sam Garrison will be the first House speaker from Clay County since John Thrasher in 1999 and 2000.…

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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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Charlie Kirk speaks during a town hall meeting on March 17, 2025, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. | Jeffrey Phelps, AP
October 9, 2025

2 Jacksonville roads would be renamed for Charlie Kirk under proposed bill

A state lawmaker has filed a bill to rename roads for Charlie Kirk at UNF and other colleges and universities.…

Featured image for “#AskJAXTDY | Why do some road projects seem to take forever?”
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?…