Jacksonville FL

Downtown restaurant and bar-goers could soon find more umbrellas, tables and chairs outside their favorite place or pub. The Jacksonville City Council has cleared the way for restaurants within the Downtown footprint to expand outdoor food and beverage service and seating to the sidewalk next to their establishment.

Living by the river can be an exciting experience, but it also comes with its unique set of challenges. One of these challenges is dealing with abandoned boats or canoes that drift up near your dock. A new resident on the river recently encountered this situation and took to social media to seek advice on what to do...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A long fixture in Jacksonville’s Beach Boulevard shopping scene formally withdrew its request to build a halal meat-processing facility on its Beach Boulevard property after months of community pushback and zoning wrangling to "keep the peace," according to the owner of Apna Bazar. Mohammad...

A Jacksonville man, Eugene Campbell IV, 35, has been indicted on federal charges for armed robberies at two local pizza shops. He faces two counts of Hobbs Act robbery and two counts of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. If convicted, Campbell could receive up to 20 years for each robbery and 10 years...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Court TV) — New filings ahead of a murder trial show the confessed hitman at the center of a murder-for-hire plot has threatened to change his testimony. Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan, 33, was shot and killed on Feb. 16, 2022, after getting out of his vehicle to remove a tire from the road....

Police are investigating a shooting that sent a man in his 40s to the hospital with life-threatening injuries early Saturday morning.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Even as the federal government works to restore SNAP benefits, families across the First Coast are still struggling to keep food on the table. To help fill that gap, Bethel Church near Downtown Jacksonville has opened what it calls the “SNAP Store,” which stands for 'Showing Neighborly Acts of...

Residents in Northwest Jacksonville are one step closer to long-awaited improvements in their community, following the launch of a multimillion-dollar infrastructure project.

A long-running fight over foul odors in Jacksonville’s Murray Hill neighborhood is heading back to court.

Downtown Jacksonville is about a year away from having a marine fireboat station capable of quicker response to shipboard blazes and riverfront conflagrations. Station 39 will open in the fall of 2026 off Gator Bowl Boulevard. It will be the first phase of a bigger Downtown firefighter presence as plans continue to...