Jacksonville FL

Jacksonville area businesses reduced their payrolls in March for the third straight month, the Florida Department of Commerce reported May 1. The unemployment rate for the Jacksonville metropolitan area of Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties declined even as the number of jobs fell, due to people leaving the labor force.

This year, the Jacksonville community has two participating shelters in the nationwide effort.

Ascension St. Vincent’s is joining with PathPoint Health to open a new clinic aimed at treating and managing metabolic conditions such as diabetes and obesity. The center, at Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside Hospital, 4201 Belfort Road, in the Joe Adams Building, Suite 4030, is expected to open in October, according to a May 1 news release.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A Florida man currently in jail in Lincoln for reportedly attacking a police officer at a Lincoln Arby’s has waived his right for extradition to face a murder charge in Iowa, according to court records. Joseph Edward Bertolino, 36, of Jacksonville, Florida, appeared in Lancaster...

Highs today will be in the mid to upper 80s inland in NE Florida and near 80 along the coast.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is asking drivers to avoid the intersection of Lem Turner Road and Edgewood Avenue West after a vehicle crashed into a light pole. JSO says the crash caused the lights at the intersection to completely go out. At this time, the timeframe...

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – The Clay County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday arrested a 38-year-old man in connection with a vehicle fire that left a man dead. Investigators took Kareem Robinson Johnson into custody in the death of Reginald Eldridge Gantt, the sheriff’s office said. Johnson was arrested...

The developer of the Rise Doro apartments in Downtown Jacksonville signaled that the resurrected project is nearing completion after being destroyed by fire in January 2024. On May 1, Rise: A Real Estate Co. sent invitations for a private opening scheduled for June 4 at the project at 960 E. Adams St.

It has been nearly seven months since the Florida Attorney General sued Jacksonville-based Florida Roof Specialists, alleging a scheme that violates the state’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.

Located at Nocatee Town Center in Ponte Vedra Beach, M Shack serves up a menu featuring “burgers, shakes and more”—and soon, it’ll be doing it in a second St. Johns County location. According to coverage by the Jacksonville Business Journal, M Shack, which had previously shuttered three locations in Duval County, is planning to open at Silverleaf Market this fall.