Jacksonville FL

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The historic Horace Drew Mansion, which has remained vacant and rundown for decades, now has a new owner. Springfield Preservation and Revitalization, also known as SPAR, is now the new owner of the Drew Mansion on West 3rd Street. The previous owners who live overseas racked up more than $2...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Clay County, FL – A quick-thinking bank teller is being credited with stopping a convincing scam Thursday after noticing a customer attempting to withdraw thousands of dollars under suspicious...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A family is asking for the community’s help after their 4-year-old son lost his left ear following a terrifying dog attack in November on Jacksonville’s Westside. On Nov. 20, Tracy Moore said, two dogs approached her and her daughter as they were waiting for...

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said Annie Ruth Jackson has been found safe.

Ready for another round of chilly Christmas weather ? Florida may get hit with two or more cold waves this week thanks to a polar vortex system, AccuWeather forecasters say. "We believe that two to three more rounds of intense cold are possible from the Midwest to much of the East, spanning Dec. 10 to 19,"...

DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – A 58-year-old Baker County man died Monday morning in a crash on I-10 eastbound, west of U.S. 301, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Sources have confirmed that the driver was James Bennett, the chief operating officer of the Jacksonville Port Authority. The crash, which blocked...

When Baptist Health identified food access as part of its core commitment to improving health outcomes in Northeast Florida earlier this year, it could not have envisioned the scope of the problem it would soon become.

Florida isn’t just about beaches and theme parks—it’s also home to some seriously amazing libraries that book lovers dream about. These aren’t your average quiet rooms with a few dusty shelves. We’re talking massive buildings filled with natural light, cozy reading nooks, rare book collections, and spaces so inviting...

NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. — A new parking system means new prices for drivers at Beaches Town Center. Neptune Beach Police recently rolled out new parking meters with the price set at $5 an hour for non-residents. It was $1.35 on the old system, so the increase is more than...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Itiyah Yisrael is just like you: a mother, a wife, and a woman with a career spanning more than 20 years. But everything changed when she got sick—after opting out of her job’s health insurance. “It was too high,” Yisrael explained. “It was almost...