Food & Drink

Featured image for “The Block Jax opens with food hall, music, dog park and more”

Customers line up for the opening of Block Jax. | News4Jax

The Block Jax opens with food hall, music, dog park and more

Block Jax, just off Gate Parkway, is a family-oriented entertainment space built from shipping containers.…

By Caleb Yauger - News4Jax

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The Mossfire Grill building.

Restaurant investor buys former Mossfire Grill building

Veteran restaurant and bar owner Scott McAlister bought the Mossfire Grill building for $1.4 million.…

By Dan Macdonald - Jacksonville Daily Record

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An illustration shows the planned Fire Station 22 in St. Johns County, with the Sheriff's Office Operations Center. | St. Johns County

Public safety complex planned in St. Johns County

The complex will combine a fire station with an operations center for the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.…

By Dan Scanlan

Featured image for “Teenage Mexican migrant dies in ICE custody in Florida”

A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York on June 10, 2025. | Yuki Iwamura, AP file

Teenage Mexican migrant dies in ICE custody in Florida

The 19-year-old migrant, held in Glades County, “died of presumed suicide,” ICE said.…

By Gisela Salomon - Associated Press

Featured image for “Buckman Bridge repairs mean more backups this weekend”

Traffic in southbound lanes of the Buckman Bridge will be slowed this weekend during repair work. | Google

Buckman Bridge repairs mean more backups this weekend

An FDOT repair project on the Buckman Bridge could mean traffic delays from Orange Park into Mandarin.…

By Dan Scanlan

Featured image for “NASA hauls repaired moon rocket back to launch pad”

The Orion spacecraft sits on top of the NASA Artemis II rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building before rollout to pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on Thursday, March 19, 2026. | Terry Renna, AP

NASA hauls repaired moon rocket back to launch pad

The Artemis II rocket could blast off as early as April 1 from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.…

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

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Spring in full bloom in Tallahassee. | Florida State University

Astronomical spring arrives across Northern Hemisphere

The 2026 vernal equinox was set to occur at 10:46 a.m. Friday as the amount of daylight grows.…

By Andrew Wulfeck - Storm Center

Featured image for “PolitiFact FL: Is Byron Donalds right that Florida school districts are to blame for property tax increases?”

Houses seen in a neighborhood in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, on Oct. 30, 2025.

PolitiFact FL: Is Byron Donalds right that Florida school districts are to blame for property tax increases?

Florida school districts have control over some property taxes, but all school taxes have some level of state control.…

By Samantha Putterman - PolitiFact

Featured image for “Jacksonville commits $2M to help low-income homebuyers”

LIFT Jax purchased and renovated this home on Spearing Street on the Eastside in 2025 in order to sell it as an affordable housing property. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville commits $2M to help low-income homebuyers

The program will use construction loans and down payment assistance to help low-income homebuyers.…

By Mike Mendenhall

Featured image for “Jacksonville firefighter arrested after fight at station”

A Jacksonville firefighter was arrested on a charge of battery after a fight at this fire station on Jones Road. | Google

Jacksonville firefighter arrested after fight at station

Joshua Jordan was charged with battery after confronting another firefighter over “some issues they were having.”…

By Dan Scanlan

Featured image for “State Black history museum is still a long ways off”

A historical display stands at the future site of the Florida Museum of Black History in West Augustine. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

State Black history museum is still a long ways off

For the second time, a bill regarding the Black history museum in St. Johns County failed to pass the Legislature.…

By Noah Hertz

Featured image for “Florida bill eases Cuba restrictions — if leaders change”

A man rides a tricycle with his leashed dog running alongside him during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 16, 2026.

Florida bill eases Cuba restrictions — if leaders change

Lawmakers passed a bill that could increase business with Cuba if the island gets a new government.…

By Douglas Soule - WUSF

Featured image for “Pulse building demolished, nearly 10 years after massacre”

Excavators demolish the Pulse nightclub building on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. | City of Orlando, orlando.gov

Pulse building demolished, nearly 10 years after massacre

A memorial will replace the Pulse nightclub, where 49 people were killed in a mass shooting in 2016.…

By Marian Summerall - Central Florida Public Media

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The regular 2026 Florida legislative session ended March 13.

How did Duval Schools’ 7 legislative priorities fare?

Most of the district’s legislative priorities went unanswered this session.…

By Megan Mallicoat

Featured image for “City Council panel seeks testimony from ex-JEA lawyer”

City Council member Ron Salem speaks to news reporters after a meeting Feb. 3, 2026. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

City Council panel seeks testimony from ex-JEA lawyer

JEA says it will conduct its own independent investigation of workplace culture and alleged racism.…

By Mike Mendenhall

Featured image for “WHAT TO DO | ‘The Mikado’; Coffee with the Curators; ‘The Sauce Boss’ Bill Wharton”

The Mikado, the classic Gilbert and Sullivan opera, comes to St. Augustine this weekend.

WHAT TO DO | ‘The Mikado’; Coffee with the Curators; ‘The Sauce Boss’ Bill Wharton

The Mikado opera in St. Augustine, an art talk in Mandarin, and an evening of music and cooking in Fernandina…

By Amy Garrett

Featured image for “Fernandina commissioners fight recall drive over parking”

One of the new signs in downtown Fernandina Beach alerts drivers to the paid parking system now in place. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Fernandina commissioners fight recall drive over parking

A recall drive targets Commissioners Tim Poynter and Genece Minshew for their support of paid parking.…

By Dan Scanlan

Featured image for “Lawmakers pass bill to round cash charges to nearest nickel”

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has stopped making pennies. | tethysimagingllc, AdobeStock

Lawmakers pass bill to round cash charges to nearest nickel

The nearest-nickel bill will take effect if and when Gov. Ron DeSantis signs it.…

By Douglas Soule - WUSF

Featured image for “THE JAXSON | Ranking the 6 Skyway alternatives, from best to worst”

Skyway tracks, seen from ground level | Ennis Davis

THE JAXSON | Ranking the 6 Skyway alternatives, from best to worst

As Jacksonville revisits the future of its Skyway, this moment presents a broader opportunity to consider how the Skyway fits…

By Ennis Davis

Featured image for “Two Harveys in Jacksonville will become Winn-Dixies”

A customer checks out at a Winn-Dixie store. | The Winn-Dixie Co.

Two Harveys in Jacksonville will become Winn-Dixies

The Jacksonville stores are among seven in Florida and southern Georgia that will take on the Winn-Dixie brand.…

By Randy Roguski

Featured image for “PHOTO ESSAY | FHSAA basketball’s triumphant return to Jacksonville”

Bishop Kenny won the 2026 FHSAA Class 4A girls basketball title. The Crusaders (28-4) beat Orlando Bishop Moore 58-48 on March 12 at UNF Arena to clinch their first state basketball title in 34 years. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

PHOTO ESSAY | FHSAA basketball’s triumphant return to Jacksonville

The FHSAA basketball tournament returned to Jacksonville for the first time in 50 years when UNF Arena hosted 64 games…

By Will Brown

Featured image for “Jacksonville police shoot man pointing gun at them”

Sheriff T.K. Waters, left, and Undersheriff Shawn Coarsey discuss a police shooting on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. | News4Jax

Jacksonville police shoot man pointing gun at them

Police say the man raised a gun and walked swiftly toward them, apparently wanting officers to kill him.…

By Scott Johnson - News4Jax and Carlos Acevedo - News4Jax

Featured image for “Harry’s Seafood buys 63-year-old Whitey’s Fish Camp”

Whitey's Fish Camp sits on Swimming Pen Creek, down from Doctors Lake in Fleming Island. | Whitey's Fish Camp

Harry’s Seafood buys 63-year-old Whitey’s Fish Camp

The new owners say they won’t make major changes at Whitey’s, the oldest restaurant in Clay County.…

By Dan Scanlan

Featured image for “Sing Out Loud festival will scale back this fall, with a big move coming”

Sing Out Loud headliner Hozier performs during the 2025 event. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Sing Out Loud festival will scale back this fall, with a big move coming

This year’s Sing Out Loud music festival will offer a smaller presence that still promises lots of performances.…

By Noah Hertz