Jacksonville FL

Monday, July 20, 2026: Mostly clear and about 80°F at 5:03 a.m. EDT near Jacksonville International Airport, with humidity already feeling sticky. A seasonably hot summer day is on tap, with highs near 95°F and peak heat index values headed for the low to mid 100s by late afternoon. Scattered afternoon showers and thun

More than six years after acquiring Maple Street Biscuit Co. with plans to expand the brand, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. said July 20 it sold the downsized restaurant chain founded in Jacksonville. Cracker Barrel said it sold Maple Street to Biscuit Belly, which describes itself as a “gourmet...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Billy Plummer, the DJ and promoter known as DJ Bigga Rankin, died Monday, his family said. He helped launch and promote Southern rap stars including Rick Ross and T.I and was a longtime community advocate. “It is with great sadness that we announce that the patriarch...

Nehemiah Turner is the first volunteer in Jacksonville Humane Society’s Pawsitive Reading program to spend 100 hours reading to pets

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Fire and Rescue confirmed that it responded to a house fire on Jefferson Road in the Sandalwood neighborhood. The agency said as of Monday evening, the fire was under control. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office also confirmed that it assisted another agency in that area.

Sprouts Farmers Market is the first signed tenant for a commercial development planned for the former Sears site at Orange Park Mall, which closed in 2020 and was sold in April. Cory Presnick, principal of the property owner, Corta Orange Park FTU LLC, said Sprouts is the shopping center’s “primary...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said it is investigating the in-custody death of an inmate on Sunday. JSO said it was notified on Sunday just after 8 p.m. that Christopher James Lumpkin, 40, had died. Lumpkin was arrested on Friday on a Clay County issued Writ...

Florida Real Estate (File) A new nationwide survey shows that out-of-state movers frequently encounter a...

Many students in the greater Jacksonville area will be headed back to school in less than a month. A majority of our Northeast Florida counties head back to class on Aug. 10. In the meantime, Florida is holding its annual back-to-school sales tax “holiday” from now through Aug. 20.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla – Dozens of Jeep owners, clubs, families, and community members rolled through Jacksonville’s streets Sunday afternoon as part of the second annual Stop the Violence Jeep Ride, a nationwide movement born from one grandmother’s grief and growing into a call for change in cities across the country.