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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 75-year-old Jacksonville man died after driving the wrong way on Interstate 95 and colliding with two vehicles Friday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened at about 10:59 p.m. on southbound I-95 just south of Park Avenue, FHP said. The man was...

A popular lobster roll restaurant in Jacksonville is preparing to serve its final meals at one of its Florida locations. The closure comes less than two years after the restaurant…

Drugs, vehicles and thousands of dollars in cash were seized and a drug dealer was busted in Florida. The post Drugs, Vehicles, Cash Seized, Drug Dealer Busted in Florida appeared first on West Orlando News .

Aaron Zahn, the former head of JEA found guilty of charges connected to his contentious push to sell Northeast Florida’s public utility to enrich himself and his top executives in 2019, has been released from federal prison. Zahn, now 46, was found guilty of conspiracy and wire fraud after...

Florida researchers are building a tool to predict vibrio vulnificus locations ahead of potential outbreaks.

A crossing guard outside Oceanway Middle School in Jacksonville's Northside neighborhood says she has been nearly hit by drivers four separate times while trying to get students safely across Oceanway Avenue at its intersection with Magnolia Avenue. Phyllis Seligman, who has volunteered at the crossing for two years, s

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville renters can now search for reported housing code violations before signing a lease under a new online rental registry developed by Jacksonville Area Legal Aid. The tool, available at JaxStableHousing.org, allows current and prospective tenants to search rental properties by address and

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Filling up the tank is becoming a bigger expense for Jacksonville drivers, with regular gas averaging $4.36 a gallon on Friday and diesel reaching a record high statewide. According to AAA, Jacksonville’s average price for regular gasoline increased 4 cents overnight, up from $4.32 Thursday.

DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – The unemployment rate in Northeast Florida rose to 4.8% in August, according to the latest employment report by CareerSource covering Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns counties. The rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the region’s 4.5% rate in August 2025. The...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – DeShawn Russ, 36, of Jacksonville, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said, “Keeping this violent,...