October 3, 2022
St. Johns and Putnam counties have been added to the list of counties where residents and businesses affected by Tropical…
October 3, 2022
Hurricane Ian could cost all insurance customers
Northeast Florida was spared the devastation wrought by Category 4 Hurricane Ian in other parts of the state, but that…
October 3, 2022
College Park project behind schedule at Town & Country mall
Previously undiscovered structural deterioration has slowed construction for the revitalization of the nearly 70-year-old former Town & Country outdoor shopping…
September 30, 2022
Vilano Beach house declared unsafe after Ian washes away sea wall
A two-story house is perched precariously over Vilano Beach after storm surge and tide during Tropical Storm Ian washed away…
September 30, 2022
Ex-Jacksonville teacher Thomas Hazouri Jr., son of late mayor, sentenced in child porn case
A former Mayport Elementary School teacher and son of a past mayor was sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty…
September 30, 2022
Devastated Southwest Florida calls for volunteers after Ian
Florida emergency management is calling on volunteers from across the state who can donate their time to hurricane cleanup in…
September 29, 2022
UPDATED: School closures announced during Hurricane Ian
As Hurricane Ian gains strength and approaches Florida, school districts and colleges are announcing school closures for this week. Duval,…
September 29, 2022
Jacksonville City Council approves Mayor Curry’s $1.55 billion budget
The Jacksonville City Council has approved Mayor Lenny Curry’s eighth and final budget — a $1.55 billion plan that includes…
September 27, 2022
#AskJAXTDY | Answering your local Hurricane Ian questions
The Jacksonville Today team is answering storm prep questions ahead of Hurricane Ian making landfall on Florida’s west coast tomorrow.…
September 26, 2022
Taking a page from Orlando’s book, Jax advocates call for a housing emergency declaration
Jacksonville’s $1.5 billion budget is going to be finalized on Tuesday night. Though it will include funding aimed at helping…
September 26, 2022
ADAPT | A Q&A with Jay Stowe, CEO of JEA
Stowe fills us in on skyrocketing electricity bills, a failed solar project, JEA’s future energy mix and the status of…
September 21, 2022
State law should protect Nassau Gullah/Geechee cemeteries, but lawmakers didn’t close loopholes
This is Part 2 of a two-part Jacksonville Today series. Read Part 1. For decades, Madelyn Dinkins-Smith’s family members have…
September 20, 2022
Gullah/Geechee families fight to protect burial sites in Nassau County’s Wildlight development
This is Part 1 of a two-part Jacksonville Today series. Read Part 2. Deep in the woods of Nassau County, on…
September 16, 2022
First Coast Hispanic Chamber of Commerce kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month
Celebrate. Appreciate. Educate. The First Coast Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and numerous others in the region, will do all three…
September 15, 2022
Jacksonville Sheriff debate: Waters highlights experience and Burton champions change
Jacksonville sheriff candidates Lakesha Burton (D) and T.K. Waters (R) answered questions about crime, police misconduct, money and more during…
September 8, 2022
Jaguars, NFL kick off with newfound commitment to coaching diversity
The NFL realizes it has a coaching diversity problem and the Jaguars are actively addressing it. When the Jaguars kick…
September 8, 2022
What’s next for the vacant MedMen in Five Points?
The vacant MedMen building in Five Points could be on the verge of sparking back to life, ending years of…
September 5, 2022
UNF alum leads Diversity in Business program to recruit more Black students
A Jax Today Q&A with Audrieanna Burgin Audrieanna Burgin could not resist coming home. Burgin is a Jacksonville native and…
August 31, 2022
Eastside gearing up for renaissance on its terms
Bobby Graham doesn’t trust the city of Jacksonville. The lifelong Eastside resident has seen too many promises go unfulfilled to…
August 28, 2022
Civil rights conference faces Jacksonville’s past, present and future: ‘It’s in your hands’
The inaugural Jacksonville Civil Rights Conference this past weekend explored how the city can move beyond its segregated history and…
August 26, 2022
#AskJAXTDY | Why wasn’t the school tax referendum during the general election when more people vote?
With the August primary in the books, and most races going to runoff elections November 8, the Jacksonville Today team…
August 25, 2022
5 takeaways from Tuesday’s elections in Jacksonville
Voters across Florida cast ballots Tuesday in the state’s first primary elections after redistricting changed the lines for Congress and…
August 23, 2022
Rutherford, Cammack, Bean roll in Republican primaries; Holloway leads by tiny margin in D4 Dem contest
John Rutherford will return to Congress for a fourth term in the House of Representatives. The Jacksonville congressman defeated challengers…
August 23, 2022
Jax councilmen defeated in bids for Legislature, as House and Senate races all but decided in several local districts
Two Jacksonville City Council members fell short in their bids to springboard to seats in the state Legislature in Tuesday’s…