The Block Jax responds to parking complaints with new solution addressing overflow issue
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Months after The Block Jax, an outdoor food hall, opened in the Deerwood area to large crowds and not enough parking accommodations, the venue rolled out a solution for customers. The Block Jax owner, Daniel Moffatt, told News4JAX that parking instantly became his biggest challenge after...
UNF Students Clash Over ‘License Plate Spy’ Cameras Flooding Town Center
Solar‑powered license plate cameras have quietly stacked up along roads around the University of North Florida and the nearby St. Johns Town Center, and students are not exactly shrugging it off. The Flock Safety devices now line feeder roads into campus and busy shopping corridors, turning what used to be routine comm
Drivers rack up $719K in fines for passing Duval school buses
Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. More than 3,000 Duval County drivers were fined last month forillegally passing a school bus, the result of new cameras installed on buses. The Duval County School District Police Department issued 3,197 citations in May at $225 each,...
4T’s Eatery Opening in Jacksonville with “Family. Flavor. Tradition.”
Launched on Phoenix Avenue in 2023, Phoenix Eatery quickly became a local favorite. “We were giving a test run,” co-owner Torrey Jones told What Now on Friday. “But we got it going and got a big turnout, with a lot more people than expected.”. After a successful, if...
Jacksonville serial robber convicted by jury for firearms possession
A federal jury has convicted a Jacksonville man on firearms charges after he pointed a short-barreled rifle at three young men in September 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced.
Milano Bakery Cafe Bringing Italian Pastries and More to Mandarin
The Gates of Olde Mandarin, the retail center on the northwest corner of San Jose Boulevard and Mandarin Road, will soon be home to a new modern European cafe serving up Italian pastries, coffee, and more. Milano Bakery Cafe will launch at 11362 San Jose Boulevard, Suite 19, in Jacksonville early this fall.
Oliver Lopez shot and killed during Jacksonville repossession
Oliver Lopez showed up to the Sanctuary Walk apartment complex on East 21st Street in Jacksonville, Florida, around 10 p.m. on a Tuesday. He was there to do his job. Lopez owned and operated Oliver Towing, a business he had built over more than two years, and that night he had a repossession to complete. He never made
Flame Broiler Restaurant Planned for Orange Park
Currently home to a Starbucks cafe, and previously home to an AT&T store, the northeast corner of Park Avenue and Kingsley Avenue in Orange Park looks to be welcoming a new restaurant into the mix. This week, What Now came across plan review documents submitted by ACM Restaurant Holdings Clay,...
Florida ranked worst state for renters, but Jacksonville offers a cheaper alternative
Florida has earned a title no renter wants to hear: the worst state in the nation for apartment hunters when it comes to how much they pay in rent.
Pier 95 town homes planned on Southbank near RiversEdge
Ten months after the Downtown Development Review Board granted conceptual approval for town homes on undeveloped land adjacent to the RiversEdge development on the Southbank, there is a new concept for the site. On June 11, the DDRB is scheduled to hear a request for conceptual approval for Pier 95,...
