Jacksonville FL

Officials say 100,000 kids on their way to and from Duval County public schools will be safer if drivers heed a new “Respect the Stop” public awareness campaign about school bus safety.

Chewy Vet Care can build-out its first Jacksonville clinic. The city issued a permit Jan. 7 for Loberg Construction Co. of Palatine, Illinois, to build-out 2,795 square feet of space at a project cost of $373,500 at Tamaya Market at northeast Beach and Kernan boulevards. Chewy Vet Care will occupy...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville community is rallying behind a local father who lost his wife just one day after she delivered their sixth baby, who was born premature at just 29 weeks. Aaron Spaulding, 31, who currently lives in Jacksonville but plans to relocate to Gainesville, faces the...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Cellphone video capturing a deadly encounter between a woman and an ICE agent in Minnesota is fueling outrage nationwide and prompting action here in Jacksonville. Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed during an immigration operation in Minneapolis Wednesday, and while federal officials call...

Work continues to convert Downtown’s closed Burger King into GŪD Essence, a cannabis products retailer from Miami that intends to expand in the state, opening in Jacksonville in April. With an interior demolition permit issued Sept. 5, the city is reviewing three permits for an estimated $350,000 interior...

"You looked very proud of yourself as you rolled away with a whole cart full of soda you didn’t pay for," a JSO social media post states.

The New Year has brought a new baby right whale to the waters near Jacksonville — one more member of an endangered species of marine mammals. An aerial survey team saw a right whale named Boomerang and her new calf about 9 miles east of the St. Mary’s River entrance in Florida on Jan. 1.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville case that sparked national attention and tough conversations on social media about policing in Jacksonville will be back in the spotlight Thursday. Erika McGriff was set to appear in court Thursday morning for a pretrial hearing. However, only her attorney attended her pretrial...

You can now pull off a busy Jacksonville artery and pull into a gravel lot in front of a long red‑barn building with white trim and a simple wooden sign: River City Amish Market, 8421 Country Lane Road, Jacksonville, FL 32221. The front porch is lined with rocking chairs, seasonal flowers, and handwritten chalkboards...

By a narrow margin and over the objection of board Chair Charlotte Joyce, the Duval County School Board voted Tuesday to add a controversial charter school law to its list of legislative priorities for the state’s upcoming session.