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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On Tuesday, March 3, residents of the First Coast should be able to spot a blood moon low in the western sky. This is the next Lunar eclipse, and while Jacksonville and the First Coast will not be able to see it directly overhead, it should be visible just before sunrise.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – For 69-year-old Joyce Wilcox, LaVilla wasn’t just a chapter in Jacksonville’s history — it was her childhood. Growing up in the Blodgett Homes, she remembers a neighborhood alive with music, laughter, and community spirit. “We had pools, we had playgrounds, we had the...

ORANGE PARK, Fla. (WFLA) — Clay County deputies went door-to-door issuing evacuations on Monday after a brush fire broke out in Orange Park, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said. As deputies evacuated residents to the area and sent them to the local YMCA, Clay County Fire Rescue worked to put out the brush fire,...

Divine Dessert by Tamara is a locally owned bakery on the Westside of Jacksonville that has been in business since 2019. Tamara King, owner of Divine Dessert, knew from a young age that she had an interest in baking and a desire to make people happy. “When my grandmothers would...

In downtown Jacksonville, a one-way bus ticket out of town has quietly become one of the city’s go-to tools for dealing with homelessness. The Homeward Bound program offers travel to people living on the streets who say they have family or other support systems somewhere else. It pairs the Jacksonville Sheriff’s...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has been arrested after he claimed more than 200 hours of overtime for traffic enforcement shifts that he never worked, Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Thursday. Waters acknowledged that during at least some of those false overtime claims, which...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — Officers located a missing man sitting alone in the woods on Jan. 20 after his daughter reported that he wandered away earlier that day, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said the daughter called after her elderly father wandered away from his home, saying she...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Months after he and his cousin were sentenced to life in prison for the 2020 murder of 23-year-old Charles “Lil Buck” McCormick Jr., Hakeem “Ksoo” Robinson pleaded guilty in the death of another fellow Jacksonville rapper. In the separate murder charge, Robinson...

A man from Jacksonville was found alive after he went missing this month, says the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — The Jacksonville Beach Police Department says it is preparing for another possible teen gathering after five young people were shot during a weekend takeover in Jacksonville Beach. Investigators say the shooting happened Saturday night near Beach Boulevard and 2nd Street — close to the...