Vaping in Northeast Florida schools: Hundreds of incidents reported in Duval, St. Johns and...
NORTHEAST FLORIDA – Hundreds of vaping-related incidents were reported across North Florida’s three largest school counties during the 2024–25 school year, according to data from the Florida Department of Education’s School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting system. The I-TEAM analyzed the data county by county, b
Airport adding coffee, seafood in new Concourse B
Three more tenants are preparing to start work toward opening in Concourse B, the six-gate addition under construction at Jacksonville International Airport. Concourse B is expected to open by year-end, bringing new flavors and options to the North Jacksonville airport at 2400 Yankee Clipper Road. Salt & Tide, Starbuck
Hip-hop legend Bigga Rankin to posthumously receive key to Jacksonville on Saturday
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The city of Jacksonville will posthumously honor hip-hop legend Billy ‘Bigga Rankin’ Plummer with a key to the city, recognizing his decades of influence on music, culture and community. Family, friends and members of the music industry gathered Saturday to celebrate the life of...
Jacksonville man arrested weeks after street takeover near University Blvd Wawa
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man was arrested more than two weeks after allegedly participating in a street takeover near a Wawa gas station on University Boulevard, according to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office records. Amir Buie, 21, was taken into custody July 23, 2026, after JSO’s Community Problem Response...
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Top commercial sales of the week
Seller: 555 Chestnut Street Associates and CJ Select LLC. Seller: Vivian C. Holley and Vivian C. Holley Revocable Trust. Type: Eight rental homes in District Oakleaf Village Phase 1. Parcel size: Not available. Building size: Not available. Buyer: Oakleaf BTR SPE LLC. Seller: Meritage Homes of Florida Inc. DUVAL. $1,71
Employers recruit skilled-trades students at Jones Technical Institute career fair
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than 60 employers packed Jones Technical Institute’s campus recently to recruit students training for careers in the skilled trades. The career fair brought 63 companies to the trade school, giving students in programs such as diesel technology a chance to meet hiring managers and apply for jo
‘It’s very frustrating’: Jacksonville apartment tenants say they’ve gone nearly a month without AC
In early July, a tenant says the power went out in her building. Two days later, she says a man came to install a generator, but when he turned it on, it blew all of the AC units in her building.
THE JAXSON | Sophia Nickerson Starks, the woman who built Jacksonville’s beauty empire
Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Long before entrepreneurship became a buzzword, Sophia Nickerson Starks built one of Jacksonville’s most influential Black-owned institutions. When people tell the story of Jacksonville’s Black business pioneers, the names of bankers, physicians and civil rights le
Why Locals Adore This UNFORGETTABLE Breakfast Spot in Orange Park, FL
Open Mon–Tue 6:30 AM–2 PM | Wed–Sat 6:30 AM–8:30 PM | Sun 7 AM–8:30 PM. Tucked along the bustling Park Avenue corridor, The Urban Bean Coffeehouse Cafe has quietly transformed into a beloved morning ritual for countless Orange Park residents. This charming eatery delivers far...
