Jacksonville FL

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After months of back-and-forth, the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee could be changing how $40 million in community benefits funding tied to the Jaguars’ stadium deal would be managed. The key vote moved the tens of millions of dollars promised to Jacksonville’s Eastside closer to...

Fort Clinch sits at the far end of Florida’s First Coast, where the land narrows, the wind sharpens, and history stops trying to entertain you. This is not a park that eases you in. You arrive and immediately feel the Atlantic pushing back—salt air, open sky, and the sense that whatever happens here happens on...

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A man died from stab injuries after an altercation at an Orange Park apartment complex, later seeking help at a nearby Winn-Dixie parking lot, where Clay County deputies found him. Deputies with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office found Billy Clark Foster, 38, suffering from multiple...

Specialty “trend-right” retailer Five Below plans to move into the closed Party City store in Claire Lane Center in Mandarin. The city is reviewing a building-permit application for Five Below to build-out 8,063 square feet of space that Party City vacated at 11112 San Jose Blvd., Unit 12.

When fighter fighters made entry into the house, they encountered mass amounts of clutter and debris, JFRD said adding that it was likely a hoarding situation.

The Jacksonville Bahama Breeze restaurant in Town Center will close April 5, according to a Feb. 3 news release. Orlando-based Darden Restaurants Inc., which operates Bahama Breeze and other chain concepts, announced it is discontinuing the brand. Darden said the Jacksonville location, which opened in 2000, is...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Crews with Jacksonville Fire Rescue said a “pediatric patient” has life-threatening injuries after responding to a call of a drowning on the city’s Northside. Around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, JFRD said the incident occurred at 5532 Wandering Trail. This is a developing story...

The Winn-Dixie Co. has cut headquarters or operations jobs as it evolves from its multistate Southeastern Grocers reach into a Florida-focused supermarket, with a few stores in Southeast Georgia. The Jacksonville-based company has fewer than half of the stores, and possibly just a third, of the number it controlled...

The City of Jacksonville says Mayor Donna Deegan will host a new round of town halls.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Plumbers across Northeast Florida were responding to calls regarding burst pipes after the Arctic blast that passed through the area. Over the weekend, the cold snap brought temperatures to the teens, accompanied by even colder wind gusts. For Westside resident Cynthia Hyde, the weekend turned...