Jacksonville FL

A ramp off Interstate 295 in North Jacksonville at Alta Drive appears to be the next top stop for travelers looking for gas, food, snacks and convenience items, or just a Slurpee or Chewy Ice. Two popular convenience stores appear to be eying the area for development. City utility JEA...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Police are still searching for the person believed to have intentionally set four vehicles on fire Friday night at a Mandarin apartment complex. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, the fires happened at The One at Mandarin apartments. Investigators say the fires appear to have been...

DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – The driver of a Student Transportation of America school bus has been removed from service after a recent “deeply troubling incident,” the bus company confirmed Wednesday to News4JAX. According to STA, the incident, which Duval County Public Schools said involved an unauthorized adult...

ORANGE PARK, FL — A Ridgeview High School student was arrested Thursday after a loaded firearm was discovered inside a vehicle parked on school property. According to authorities, school administrators and the school resource officer received a tip on March 5, 2026, that a 12th grade male student may have The post...

Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Homelessness and crime are on the decline in Downtown Jacksonville, a trend that local officials hope will keep large employers from leaving the urban core. The City Council’s Duval DOGE committee heard data Tuesday about progress in helping...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man in his 40s was grazed in a Thursday shooting at a bus stop, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Around 11 a.m., JSO said a suspect approached a group of people at a bus stop on University Boulevard near Fort Caroline Road. At some point, the encounter became confrontational, JSO...

Today, diners struggle to find a restaurant along the river in Downtown Jacksonville that is not inside of a hotel. However, riverfront dining was a part of Downtown’s identity for more than a century.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Funeral details have been released for late Jacksonville rapper Lil Poppa. Lil Poppa, born Janarious Wheeler, died in Georgia on Feb. 18. According to the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office, the rapper, who passed at the age of 25, died from a gunshot wound to the head; his death was ruled a...

A Florida Lottery ticket worth more than $125,000 was sold at a Jacksonville convenience store.

On Jacksonville's Northside, the Lem Turner Road Walgreens has turned into a full-on bottleneck. Long lines are stretching through the drive-thru and wrapping inside the store as customers from shuttered locations pour into what has suddenly become the neighborhood's go-to pharmacy. Neighbors say the place is swamped...