December 12, 2022
The famed Budweiser Clydesdales are coming to Northeast Florida. Two of the giant horses will appear at five Winn-Dixie stores:…
December 12, 2022
Sugar Factory sets opening date at Markets at Town Center
There’s now a date for Jacksonville customers looking for $46 tropical cocktails, Instagrammable walls and couture lollipops. Sugar Factory American…
December 12, 2022
Gas prices plunging as holiday travel arrives
As the busy holiday travel season begins, gas prices are now 11 cents lower than a year ago, and they…
December 12, 2022
Jacksonville redistricting process raises questions of Sunshine Law violations
According to the version of events that Jacksonville’s city lawyers told a federal court, the City Council passed a redistricting…
December 12, 2022
Final Hurricane Nicole cleanup begins in St. Johns County
Scraps of wood and other materials are still scattered along St. Johns County’s beaches about a month after Hurricane Nicole…
December 12, 2022
Whole Foods design approved despite traffic concerns
Traffic concerns again led Downtown Development Review Board debate Dec. 8 over the design of the Whole Foods Market-anchored retail…
December 12, 2022
Maple Street Biscuit Co. adding locations with caution
Maple Street Biscuit Co. opened three new restaurants during parent company Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.’s first quarter. However,…
December 11, 2022
How should Jax address housing and health care? Ideas head to City Council
Jacksonville could soon take steps to address homelessness, a lack of affordable housing and inequitable access to healthcare. That’s after…
December 9, 2022
A bill would provide tax relief for property owners affected by Hurricanes Ian and Nicole
Nearly 50,000 property owners forced from their homes for more than a month by Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole could…
December 9, 2022
JSO was investigating prominent local political donor found dead
A prominent Northeast Florida businessman and political donor has died. Atlantic Beach police said they found Kent Stermon, 50, late…
December 9, 2022
Florida legislator, who sponsored ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, resigns amid federal fraud charges
A Republican Florida lawmaker, who authored the controversial law dubbed “Don’t Say Gay,” resigned Thursday, the day after he was…
December 8, 2022
USS Orleck causes riverfront hotel ‘significant’ financial hit; Council poised to move it
Efforts to move an historic warship parked on Jacksonville’s Downtown waterfront to its permanent home accelerated during City Council committee…
December 8, 2022
Jacksonville city shelter stops taking dogs after virus case
Jacksonville’s city-run shelter is refusing most new dogs for at least two weeks after pneumovirus was detected. While just one…
December 8, 2022
Is your kid’s teacher a Duval Teacher of the Year finalist?
The Jacksonville Public Education Fund on Thursday announced the finalists for the VyStar Duval County Teacher of the Year for…
December 8, 2022
Disagreements surface over the training of public school librarians in Florida
With a Jan. 1 deadline looming, a state Department of Education workgroup is crafting a training that all school-library workers…
December 8, 2022
A Florida state representative has been indicted on federal fraud charges
State Rep. Joe Harding has been indicted on charges of wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements in an…
December 8, 2022
Jacksonville Beach Elementary evacuated because of bomb threat
Jacksonville Beach Elementary is cleared after a bomb threat caused an evacuation Thursday morning. “All students and staff are safe,…
December 7, 2022
20th annual Jacksonville Gingerbread Extravaganza brings builders from far and wide
The aroma of gingerbread fills the air inside the historic sanctuary of Old St. Andrews Church as Paisley Engram looks…
December 7, 2022
Legal drama in Florida court hearing over Marsy’s Law and whether police names can be kept secret
Florida’s Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled during a hearing in Tallahassee over questions about whether a new law protecting the…
December 7, 2022
Jacksonville airport opens military lounge 2 months after USO shut center there
Bob Henning smiled as he looked around the comfortable living room-like lounge on Wednesday morning, a Christmas tree and fake…
December 7, 2022
A study finds more kids struggling with suicidal thoughts. Florida hospitals see it firsthand
More children and teens are visiting emergency rooms for mental health crises, according to a study recently published in the…
December 6, 2022
Florida high court to consider: Are police officers victims when they shoot someone in line of duty?
The Florida Supreme Court will consider arguments Wednesday in a case over whether the identities of police officers who kill…
December 6, 2022
Jacksonville’s Changing Homelessness gets $2.5M Bezos grant to ‘double down on our work’
Jacksonville-based Changing Homelessness has received a $2.5 million grant — the largest in the agency’s nearly 50-year history of serving…
December 6, 2022
Plane flies Confederate flag and message to Mayor Curry after his window is apparently shot
A bullet appears to have been shot at Mayor Lenny Curry’s office window at City Hall this week. As the…