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An illustration shows the Jacksonville Armada soccer stadium in Downtown Jacksonville. The team plans to break ground on the stadium this year and begin play there in 2025. | Jacksonville Daily Record
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#AskJAXTDY | Will the Jacksonville Armada ever have a stadium?

The Jacksonville Armada promised a new stadium in Downtown Jacksonville, but it has not been built yet.…

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Murray Bros. Caddyshack restaurant at World Golf Village closed Saturday after 25 years in business. | J. Brooks Terry. Jacksonville Daily Record
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Murray Bros. Caddyshack closes after 25 years at World Golf Village

The Caddyshack restaurant was the longest continously operated tenant at World Golf Village.…

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A pair of rainbows (the left one is faint, but it's there) appeared in the sky over VyStar Ballpark Saturday night after a thunderstorm. | Heather Henderson
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BIT OF JOY | Double rainbow

A rainbow appeared over a Jumbo Shrimp game on Saturday.…

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Satellite photo of Tropical Storm Elsa on July 7, 2021.
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Tropics likely to remain calm as hurricane season moves into July

July typically produces about one to two named storms, with a hurricane once every three years.…

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JEA headquarters is at 225 N. Pearl St. | Jacksonville Daily Record
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JEA set to raise water and electric rates; hearing and vote Tuesday

The average customer’s combined water, sewer and electric bill would rise about $8 per month.…

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Clay County parents press School Board after arrest of wrestling coach

Parents questioned whether procedures for screening coaches and other volunteers are adequate.…

Featured image for “Some Buckman Bridge lanes will close this weekend, but only overnight”
Traffic moves across the Buckman Bridge. | Google Maps
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Some Buckman Bridge lanes will close this weekend, but only overnight

Single southbound lanes of the Buckman will close from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.…

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An aerial image shows the next segment of the First Coast Expressway from U.S. 17 to Leonard C. Taylor Parkway south of Green Cove Springs. | Florida Department of Transportation
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Next segment of First Coast Expressway opens Monday in Clay County

The latest section of the expressway stretches from U.S. 17 to south of Green Cove Springs.…

Featured image for “DeSantis vetoes e-bike regulations, warning about government surveillance”
Two e-bike riders talk with a police officer. | News4Jax
June 26, 2026

DeSantis vetoes e-bike regulations, warning about government surveillance

The bill would have limited e-bikes to a 10 mph speed limit on paths shared with pedestrians.…

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Students from Kreative Minds Academy received books about a secret seahorse, birds, and a moose and 20 mice as part of a literacy initiative from Mayor Donna Deegan’s administration on Jan. 9, 2026. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
June 26, 2026

Jacksonville leaders identify solutions in early childcare gaps

The Jacksonville Early Learning Task Force suggested several steps to increase childcare access.…

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Sarah Bailey during the Saving Julington-Durbin Creek Peninsula Celebration in 2018. | Bailey Family
June 26, 2026

St. Johns environmentalist Sarah Bailey celebrates 100th birthday

Sarah Bailey is an environmental activist, a past county commissioner and a St. Johns County icon.…

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The Duval County Supervisor of Elections office l Steven Ponson, Jacksonville Today
June 26, 2026

Duval changes some voting sites for August and November elections

Ten Duval County voting sites are changing. Two of them are temporary and the rest permanent.…

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June 25, 2026

Unredacted texts tie Carrico’s JEA board pick to Nassau teen center project

The State Attorney’s Office provided previously redacted text message in a response to a public records request for subpoenaed documents.…

Featured image for “‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center shuts down a year after opening”
An immigration detension center in the Everglades has been dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." | Rebecca Blackwell, AP
June 25, 2026

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center shuts down a year after opening

Gov. Ron DeSantis said the detention center served its purpose, but immigration advocates called the center inhumane.…

Featured image for “#AskJAXTDY | Why are there so many gnats this year?”
An illustration of a gnat from the 1863 publication "Lessons from Insect Life" | Biodiversity Heritage Library
June 25, 2026

#AskJAXTDY | Why are there so many gnats this year?

A Jacksonville Today reader wonders whether there are more gnats this year and why that would be.…

Featured image for “Toxic Tides: Rising seas increase risk of contaminants in Jacksonville’s waterfront communities”
Onlookers wave to a family fishing on the banks of the Ribault River, a Northside waterway identified by the St. Johns River Keeper as in need of remediation due to the presence of fecal coliform bacteria and heavy metals. | Amanda Rosenblatt for The Florida Trib
June 25, 2026

Toxic Tides: Rising seas increase risk of contaminants in Jacksonville’s waterfront communities

Industrial sites more susceptible to flooding are often in or near historically marginalized neighborhoods.…

Featured image for “Jacksonville among first cities to push Trump’s housing aid cuts”
Tewanna Jones (aka Pink Diamond) walks in front of the entrance to a public housing community in Jacksonville on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. | Elizabeth Caldwell, Jacksonville Today
June 25, 2026

Jacksonville among first cities to push Trump’s housing aid cuts

The Jacksonville Housing Authority could require tenants to have jobs or lose their housing benefits after two years.…

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June 24, 2026

WHAT TO DO | Filipino Barrio Fiesta; Battle of Bloody Mose reenactment; Sunset concert

A celebration of Filipino culture in College Park, a reenactment of a Fort Mose battle in St. Augustine, and a…

Featured image for “Jacksonville sets aside 14 more sites to develop affordable housing”
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan announces the city's down payment assistance program for home ownership. Joining her March 7, 2026, are, from left, Joshua Hicks, the city's director of affordable housing; City Council member Ju'Coby Pittman; Adam Rigel, chief financial officer of JWB Real Estate Cos.; and city Housing and Community Development Chief Travis Jeffrey. They gathered in front of a house for sale in the 1400 block of 25th Street East. | David Bauerlein, Florida Times-Union
June 24, 2026

Jacksonville sets aside 14 more sites to develop affordable housing

Applications will open this summer for nonprofits to pitch affordable housing projects on the properties.…

Featured image for “A tribute to Edgewood Bakery: Credit union brings another baker to site”
Arble Baking Co. co-founder Alonza Anderson talks about the business' part in the new credit union in the former Edgewood Bakery. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
June 24, 2026

A tribute to Edgewood Bakery: Credit union brings another baker to site

Community First Credit Union and Arble Baking Co. will be operate at the former Edgewood Bakery site.…

Featured image for “Elon Musk buys Jacksonville energy company, FTC filing shows”
Elon Musk departs after a welcome ceremony with President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026, in Beijing. | Mark Schiefelbein, AP file
June 24, 2026

Elon Musk buys Jacksonville energy company, FTC filing shows

Musk bought the assets of APR Energy, which deploys fast-track power plants at sites around the world.…

Featured image for “Hardcore venue Hard Love ready to reopen after permit problems”
The Murray Hill music venue Hard Love first opened its doors last year. Now, after a monthslong closure due to permitting problems, the venue is set to reopen with a bang. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
June 24, 2026

Hardcore venue Hard Love ready to reopen after permit problems

Hard Love in Murray Hill was closed for months, but it is set to reopen this weekend with a bang.…

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The Church of Immaculate Conception after the Great Fire of 1901
June 24, 2026

THE JAXSON | Jacksonville’s 4 disasters (and recoveries)   

This is the story of Jacksonville’s recovery from four major disasters. In James Weldon Johnson’s lifetime, Jacksonville suffered three major…

Featured image for “How the Christobel sewer project improves community connections”
U.S. Rep. John Rutherford, R-Jacksonville, says connections between his office, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan's office and the federal Environmental Protection Agency helped secure $6.7 million in funding to remove septic tanks from the Christobel community in Northwest Jacksonville. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
June 23, 2026

How the Christobel sewer project improves community connections

The Christobel Septic Tank Phase Out Project fulfills a longstanding infrastructure promise to Northwest Jacksonville.…