Jacksonville FL

As home prices and interest rates continue to climb, more families are struggling to cross the threshold into homeownership, especially single parents trying to save on a single income. Dieudonne Phanor is one of them. The Jacksonville mom of three is working two jobs and launching a fundraiser in hopes...

Two Fernandina Beach parents are facing charges after their 5-month-old baby died last week, with investigators suspecting fentanyl exposure may have played a role. According to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a home on South 6th Street on June 19 in response to a cardiac arrest involving...

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A Jacksonville, Florida, man was arrested Tuesday night in Marathon following a domestic dispute where he allegedly struck his wife. Daniel Nabil Shaqareq, 45, faces charges of domestic battery. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vacation rental on Sombrero Boulevard at...

This is part of “Cold-Blooded,” a series of stories by The Tributary’s senior investigative reporter Nichole Manna that unravels the 1993 prosecution of Kenneth Hartley, who is on Death Row. To read the whole series go to jaxtrib.org/cold-blooded. The day after Christmas 1984, Sidney Jones walked out...

This story first appeared in Dining Notes, the free weekly restaurant newsletter from the Times-Union's Gary Mills delivered to your email inbox each Wednesday. Sign up now . A legendary Southern California-based hamburger chain is planning its first Jacksonville-area restaurant. But it’s not the hamburger chain...

Officers reviewed a receipt showing more than $1,500 worth of stolen items.

Attorney General Uthmeier Announces Major Arrests, Links Fentanyl Flow to Border Crisis. Two alleged major fentanyl suppliers are off the streets of North Florida thanks to a year-long investigation, Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Tuesday. Ron Alexis Wilson and Johnon Christopher Hughes face charges of...

If you’ve ever dreamed of exploring a deserted island with a 19th-century brick fort and snorkeling just steps from the shore, Dry Tortugas National Park is calling your name. Tucked 70 miles west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico, this off-the-radar gem feels like stepping into another era — or a vivid daydream.

A couple - between the ages of 75 and 80 - were found dead in their Jacksonville home on Clements Woods Lane.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man was arrested in connection with a crash that killed a 9-month-old and injured three others in 2023. The Florida Highway Patrol in Jacksonville said Lenford Killings was accused of driving drunk at 100 miles per hour on Merrill Road near Interstate 295 on December 10, 2023.