December 28, 2022
The Jean Ribault faces mandatory maintenance, and it will make the trip across the St. Johns River more difficult. The…
December 28, 2022
Jaguars announce ticket sales for potential playoff game
Jaguars pre-sale tickets for a potential playoff contest at TIAA Bank Field will go live at 10 a.m. Thursday for…
December 28, 2022
HCA Florida opens emergency room in Middleburg
Middleburg residents have a new option for emergency medical care as HCA Florida opens its new ER at 2560 Blanding…
December 28, 2022
Mayo Clinic prepares for Jacksonville expansion
Mayo Clinic has applied for a permit to build the $106.6 million core and shell of its five-story patient tower…
December 28, 2022
New Year’s Eve fireworks: What’s on tap in Jacksonville
Jacksonville sure does love its fireworks displays. You can find the skies over Downtown exploding in colorful sparks on the…
December 28, 2022
San Marco Theatre will close after 84 years
The San Marco Theatre will close its doors permanently Jan. 1. In a Facebook post Wednesday, the theater attributed the…
December 27, 2022
City Council president vows action on Confederate monuments
Jacksonville City Council President Terrance Freeman said that when the calendar flips into 2023, he intends to bring the long-running…
December 27, 2022
Haleigh Cummings’ father jailed on multiple charges
Just two months after his release from 12 years in state prison on multiple drug convictions, the father of a…
December 27, 2022
Flight cancellations persist at Jacksonville International Airport
Southwest Airlines canceled all 18 of its flights out of Jacksonville International Airport on Tuesday. One Delta flight also was…
December 27, 2022
JEA eyes solar farms and new natural gas plant in coming years
As utilities roll out plans for how they will cut back on greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change,…
December 23, 2022
Two more right whale calves discovered
The population of endangered North Atlantic right whales has grown by at least two. Wildlife researchers report seeing a 36-year…
December 23, 2022
Ex-JSO dispatcher gets 60 years for child sex abuse recordings
A former emergency dispatcher for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has been sentenced to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty…
December 23, 2022
Freeze alerts expand ahead of bitterly cold holiday weekend
Cold weather alerts are in place across much of Florida ahead of the arrival of plunging temperatures in time for…
December 23, 2022
Jacksonville will appeal judge’s rejection of election maps
The Jacksonville City Council will appeal a judge’s order requiring the city to implement an election map drawn by civil…
December 22, 2022
Duval Schools to keep 73 ‘diverse, inclusive’ books out of classrooms
Dozens of books the Duval County school district ordered in the summer of 2021 will never hit classroom shelves. That’s…
December 22, 2022
DeSantis seeks grand jury probe into COVID-19 shots
Saying that COVID-19 vaccines have been “pushed on Americans,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to…
December 22, 2022
Senate approves insurance overhaul. Will it help?
The Florida Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at shoring up the troubled property insurance system by curbing…
December 22, 2022
Florida’s insurance commissioner steps down a day after an industry overhaul was approved
After lawmakers this week passed an overhaul of the state’s property-insurance system, Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier on Thursday submitted…
December 22, 2022
Ten big issues addressed during Florida’s insurance overhaul
Florida lawmakers this week held a special session and passed a 105-page bill aimed at stabilizing the state’s troubled property-insurance…
December 22, 2022
DeSantis signs bill to stabilize insurance industry
Anticipating the need for more legislation about the state’s troubled property insurance system, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed bills…
December 22, 2022
A report documents challenges to establishing more affordable housing in Florida
Rents and home prices rose dramatically in Florida over the past few years. In an annual trends report published earlier…
December 22, 2022
Gov. DeSantis takes aim at the union dues of Florida teachers
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signaled that he will make a priority of passing a long-debated proposal that would prevent teachers…
December 22, 2022
On Florida’s Gulf Coast, developers eye properties ravaged by Hurricane Ian
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Hurricane Ian destroyed more than 5,000 homes in Lee County, Fla., and damaged nearly 30,000 more…
December 22, 2022
As anxiety and depression increase, more Floridians turn to medical marijuana
Imagine you are walking home from the last day of school before spring break. You plop on your bed, kick…