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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Four Jacksonville city council committees have greenlit a proposal to help the Jacksonville Transportation Authority pay off its debt. Starting Monday in the Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and Safety Committee, the JTA CEO and CFO led a budget presentation. CFO Randall Barnes prov

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man says a JEA security guard patted him down when he went to the utility’s Pearl Street office to change the billing address on his account. Michael Rodney said a guard asked him to enter another room, walk through a metal detector and...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Councilwoman Tyrona Clark-Murray has been suspended from her teaching duties at Alfred Dupont Middle School amid a Duval County Public Schools human resources investigation into alleged inappropriate physical contact. The suspension is for 10 days without pay. A DCPS board member said at the time t

Jacksonville city officials say the LaSalle Street Drainage Improvement Project in San Marco is now complete, capping a yearslong construction effort meant to tame one of the city's most flood-prone neighborhoods. The centerpiece is a new stormwater pump station eventually capable of pumping 70,000 gallons of water per

Barbecue chicken gets overlooked a lot. Most people walk into a smokehouse thinking about ribs or brisket and treat the bird as the backup plan. In Florida, a handful of kitchens are changing that by cooking their chicken low and slow over oak, the same wood that has fueled Southern pits for generations. Oak burns stea

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Emergency crews were on the scene of a crash on I-95 North between J. Turner Butler Blvd. and Bowden Road Tuesday afternoon. At one point, two left lanes were blocked, but have since reopened. The area has been experiencing persistent rain, but it’s unclear if rain...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — After five decades of running one of Jacksonville’s most recognizable independent bookstores, Ron Chamblin is preparing for a new chapter; one that could put part of the business in the hands of the people who have helped run it. The business first opened in Jacksonville...

Anthony Bryce Thompson, 23, was arrested Friday in the death of a child who died on July 15.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A northeast Florida veterinarian is in federal immigration custody after being arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Arizona last month. Dr. Melina Orozco was arrested Sept. 23 at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport by ICE officers from the agency’s Phoenix field office, according t

The spate of violence has left eight people shot or dead in separate incidents spanning multiple neighborhoods during the last three days.