Jacksonville FL

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Gainesville man was sentenced to nearly 15 years in federal prison for a string of armed robberies targeting jewelry stores and a pawn shop across Florida. U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Michael Woulard, 50, to 14 years and 10 months in federal prison...

Jacksonville could be the next city to regulate e-bikes, with a new bill filed that aims to set age and speed limits for e-bike riders.

Cook Out has officially established its first Northeast Florida location and it is ready to serve! Located at 14016 Beach Boulevard, east of Hodges Boulevard in the Beach Haven area, the new Cook Out takes the spot formerly held by Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers. If you’re familiar with Cook Out , many location

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Duval County Tax Collector Jim Overton announced Monday that a new full-service branch will open Aug. 10 at 11160 Beach Blvd., Suite 121, in the St. Johns Square shopping center. The office replaces the former Kernan location, which closed July 24, and will replace the Hogan...

Jacksonville residents will have a new place to handle driver’s licenses, vehicle tags, property taxes and more when Duval County’s tax collector opens a larger branch at St. Johns Square next Monday. The move folds services from the recently shuttered Kernan office into a modern facility, with Hogan set to follow afte

Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Bellwether restaurant in Downtown Jacksonville will be revived under new ownership and management by Pearl Hospitality Group, the company announced. In a news release, the group said it would reopen the restaurant at 117 W. Forsyth St. with...

A Jacksonville-based healthcare company is set to pay $14.1 million to resolve federal allegations that unsupported mental-health and substance-use diagnoses were used to inflate Medicare Advantage payments. The case puts a local senior-care provider at the center of a growing national fight over how medical coding dri

Plans for a contested Daily’s convenience store, gas station and car wash in the Fruit Cove area of St. Johns County are off the table, at least for now. Daily’s owner and operator First Coast Energy has withdrawn its request to amend the St. Johns County Comprehensive Plan, removing their application for the project f

What began as a routine rideshare trip turned into a highway nightmare for a local Uber driver, who is now recovering after being shot on Interstate 295 late Sunday evening.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville social justice group is rallying behind the family of a 14-year-old boy who was arrested and charged with armed burglary and possession of a firearm by a minor. In a social media post last week, Jax Community Action Committee (JCAC) said the teen and...