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Jacksonville's Hodges Stadium has served as the site of U.S. Open Cup matches as well as USL Championship and Gainbridge Super League contests amid the city's post-pandemic commitment to men's and women's professional soccer. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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Jacksonville’s soccer culture grows alongside World Cup return

Jacksonville soccer clubs will host World Cup watch parties Friday as USMNT faces Paraguay in 2026 World Cup.…

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Local developers still want to buy Duval Schools’ headquarters

Three companies have submitted bids for the school district’s headquarters, which has been for sale for about a year.…

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A fake tree with lit butterflies graces the main gathering area of the new Dorion Family Pediatric Center at Community Hospice & Palliative Care in Mandarin. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
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Community Hospice opens pediatric center at Mandarin headquarters

The hospice assembled all of its pediatric services in a new facility built inside the main center.…

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Susan King, president and CEO of Feeding Northeast Florida, helps during the regional food bank's 2024 Thanksgiving food giveaway. | Feeding Northeast Florida
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Leader of Feeding Northeast Florida announces her retirement

Susan King plans to stay on until Feeding Northeast Florida finds a replacement later this year.…

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The Riverview Collective Community organization, as well as other groups, installed more than a dozen oyster reefs into the shore at Riverview Park on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. The installation could allow for an additional 300 gallons of water filtration in the Trout River on a daily basis. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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Volunteers plant oyster shell habitats in effort to help clean waterways

More than 30 people carried 84 of the 30-pound oyster habitats into the Trout River at Riverview Park.…

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The air traffic control tower at Cecil Airport on Jacksonville's Westside | Jacksonville Daily Record
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DeSantis signs bills involving Duval Schools and Cecil Airport

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two Jacksonville-centric bills this week: one that will affect how the Duval School Board handles legal…

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State Senators listen to debate on SB 8-D, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Florida Legislature on April 29, 2026, in Tallahassee. | Mike Stewart, AP file
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Florida Supreme Court allows new election maps to remain in place

The decision was a victory for the national GOP as it seeks to retain its slim House majority in midterm…

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Sea surface temperatures as of mid-June.
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El Niño officially emerges, shaping weather patterns for rest of 2026

Since reliable records began in the 1950s, Earth’s warmest years have occurred during El Niño events.…

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Florida Highway Patrol officers watch Gov. Ron DeSantis arrive at a news conference about a recent immigration enforcement operation, at the South Florida office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Enforcement and Removal Operations, May 1, 2025, in Miramar. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP
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Florida immigration arrests surge; state and local agencies at the forefront

The surge has largely remained under the radar, with many immigration arrests starting as police traffic stops.…

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Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico listens to JEA Board Chair Joe DiSalvo during an Special Investigatory Committee meeting on April 13, 2026. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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More details emerge in JEA texts from City Council president

Texts from council President Kevin Carrico reveal his involvement with JEA and a former executive.…

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A Jacksonville Beach Police Department vehicle. | Jacksonville Beach Police
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Faulty facial recognition leads to lawsuit after Jacksonville Beach arrest

A Fort Myers man says facial recognition wrongly identified him as the person who tried to lure a child.…

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St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President Scott Maynard talks business with young professionals. | St. Johns County
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St. Johns County announces new program for young professionals

The county and chamber of commerce hope to increase networking and educational opportunities for young professionals.…

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People march in the 2025 St. Augustine Pride Parade. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
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WHAT TO DO | ‘Violet’; GOALS 2.0 World Cup watch party; St. Augustine Pride

A musical in Jacksonville Beach, a World Cup watch party in the Rail Yard District, and St. Augustine’s LGBTQ pride…

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Plans for The Jewel at 21 West, the former JEA headquarters campus in Downtown Jacksonville, include street-level retail space. | Jacksonville Daily Record
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Former JEA headquarters sold for $1M; 180 residences planned

Live Oak Contracting will convert the JEA building into residences, rooftop amenities and retail space.…

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Trout Creek Academy Principal Katie O’Connell speaks to the School Board. | News4Jax
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Trout Creek Academy principal gets delay over yearbook controversy

Principal Katie O’Connell says she’s not responsible for a Fetty Wap rap lyric that appeared in the school’s yearbook.…

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Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Cabinet on Tuesday approved $90 million in grants for local law enforcement agencies for items related to enforcement of illegal immigration.
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DeSantis and Cabinet greenlight $90M for immigration enforcement

Fifty-six city county police departments will receive money for radios, body cameras and other gear.…

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City Council member Raul Arias motioned to bring the school tax referendum for a vote on June 9, 2026. | City of Jacksonville/screenshot
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City Council votes to put school tax extension on the ballot

Duval County voters will decide whether to renew a property tax levied by the Duval school district that, in part,…

Featured image for “Public records delay: City releases council prez’s subpoena response after more than 100 days”
Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico speaks in August 2025 at City Hall. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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Public records delay: City releases council prez’s subpoena response after more than 100 days

Jacksonville Today first requested copies of records Carrico gathered to comply with the subpoena more than 100 days ago, on…

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City Councilman Nick Howland during a Finance Committee budget hearing. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
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Incoming City Council president questions grant for Downtown Publix

Incoming Jacksonville City Council President Nick Howland supports a Downtown Publix, but he questioned a cash incentive.…

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Demolition begins at MOSH as museum continues move to Northbank

MOSH’s walls have been partly demolished, windows removed and portions of the interior gutted.…

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A homeless camp in LaVilla. | Sydney Boles, Jacksonville Today
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More people are homeless in Northeast Florida since last year

The annual Point in Time Count found 1,146 people experiencing homelessness, 14% more than last year.…

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A map shows the epicenter of the Cuban earthquake. | National Weather Service Miami, Facebook
June 8, 2026

Earthquake off Cuba shakes people across Northeast Florida

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck near western Cuba on Monday, shaking buildings in Havana and rattling people across the Sunshine State, from…

Featured image for “Smoke ’em: New Callahan drag strip inaugurated with burnouts”
Hundreds of fans watched dozens of cars, truck and motorcycles do the first test at Callahan's Hicken Power Dragstrip on Sunday, June 7, 2026. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
June 8, 2026

Smoke ’em: New Callahan drag strip inaugurated with burnouts

Hundreds of people came out to christen Hicken Power Dragstrip, the region’s first drag strip since 2017.…

Featured image for “State CFO attacks Jacksonville spending; city calls the criticism politics”
Florida's chief financial officer, Blaise Ingoglia, speaks at a news conference in Jacksonville Beach on Monday, June 8, 2026. | News4Jax
June 8, 2026

State CFO attacks Jacksonville spending; city calls the criticism politics

Appearing in Jacksonville Beach, CFO Blaise Ingoglia said Jacksonville wasted $275.7 million in its current budget…