August 18, 2023
The Downtown Development Review Board is scheduled next week to review a request to change the signs from TIAA Bank…
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August 18, 2023
Beekeepers huddle as their vital insects face threats
Bees are critical to the world’s food supply, but they are threatened with parasites, pesticides and climate change. …
August 17, 2023
Homelessness panel lays a plan — and looks for ways to fund it
Jacksonville’s homelessness subcommittee must make recommendations to Mayor Donna Deegan by Sept. 5.…
August 17, 2023
Ex-wife indicted in Jared Bridegan’s ambush killing
Businessman Jared Bridegan was shot to death in Jacksonville Beach in February 2022 as he drove his young daughter home.…
August 17, 2023
Infamous ‘blue house’ in Vilano Beach finally torn down
The demolition was delayed after a sea turtle nest was found under the home on State Road A1A.…
August 17, 2023
$4.97 million loan approved for Greenleaf & Crosby Building
Jacksonville’s Downtown Investment Authority approved a forgivable loan package to finance improvements at the historic landmark.…
August 17, 2023
Committee gets organized to study need for new jail
A special Jacksonville City Council committee created five subcommittees to study short-term needs for the jail and police headquarters Downtown.…
August 17, 2023
Fewer tourists are coming to Florida as other states recover
The number of people traveling to Florida during the second quarter of 2023 decreased compared with a year earlier.…
August 16, 2023
Jacksonville promises to tame those overgrown lots
Mayor Donna Deegan is proposing a 95% increase in the amount of money allocated to the city’s Mowing and Landscaping…
August 16, 2023
More mental health teams hit Jacksonville’s streets with cops
The “co-responder” teams at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office try to get help for mentally ill people rather than send them…
August 16, 2023
Forecasters watch three areas in the tropics
Two tropical waves in the central and eastern Atlantic have become more organized today.…
August 16, 2023
William may need a form for his teacher to call him Bill
A new Florida law requires a parent’s permission for students to use alternative names and pronouns. In some districts, that…
August 16, 2023
Aldi to buy Jacksonville-based Winn-Dixie and Harveys
The discount grocer is buying all shares of Winn-Dixie’s parent company, Southeastern Grocers Inc. Some stores could be converted to…
August 16, 2023
#AskJAXTDY | Why are machines running 24/7 on San Pablo Road?
Why are pumps running 24 hours a day during road construction on San Pablo Road, a reader asks. JTA and…
August 16, 2023
Mom says 4-year-old wandered away from Clay County school
Dariel Stockman said her daughter wandered miles away from Argyle Elementary School in Orange Park before a good Samaritan found…
August 15, 2023
Here’s how you can help Duval Schools pick its next superintendent
The school district will hold community meetings starting next week and will post a survey online to solicit the community’s…
August 15, 2023
City picks Chicago law firm for stadium negotiations
The Sidley Austin LLP law firm recently represented the state of New York in stadium negotiations with the Buffalo Bills.…
August 15, 2023
AP Psych is back for Duval Schools
The turnaround follows two weeks of confusion about Florida’s new rules on gender identity and sexual orientation.…
August 15, 2023
Boy, 9, accidentally shoots 6-year-old to death
Investigators were trying determine how the 9-year-old got the gun and whether it had been stored securely.…
August 15, 2023
$13,000 reward offered in San Marco slayings
Police say they have no suspects or a motive for shootings that killed two women in San Marco.…
August 15, 2023
Lululemon more than doubling size at St. Johns Town Center
Lululemon will renovate and occupy the corner space at St. Johns Town Center where designer Michael Kors closed…
August 15, 2023
Heat warning stickers are going up on Florida gas pumps
Motorists fueling up across Florida will soon see stickers on gas pumps warning against leaving children and pets in vehicles.…
August 15, 2023
PolitiFact FL: DeSantis says he removed critical race theory from schools. Districts say it wasn’t taught.
DeSantis’ claim contains an element of truth, but it ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate…
August 14, 2023
Clay County school police officer dies while scuba diving
Anthony “Tony” Reno, the school resource officer at Plantation Oaks Elementary School, died during a recreational dive in South Carolina.…