Planning Commission fails to decide on Jacksonville halal grocery store’s request to add meat...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Planning Commission failed to recommend approval or denial of a measure that would allow a halal grocery store to open an animal processing facility on its Beach Boulevard property, according to our news partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record. According to the JDR, dozens...
JSO officer helps Vietnam veteran safely return home after being found disoriented
A Jacksonville Sheriff’s officer helped a Vietnam veteran find his way home after he was found disoriented in his car at an intersection.
Safe Harbor reels in top honors as best seafood in Jacksonville for JAXBest 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With 1,100 miles of navigable water, Jacksonville has more shoreline than any other city in the nation. So it’s not surprising that we take our seafood seriously!. From fish fillets and crab legs to shrimp and chowder, Jacksonville residents know what we like and who...
Clay County detectives seek public’s help identifying suspects in Oakleaf Plantation vehicle burglaries
OAKLEAF PLANTATION, Fla. – Detectives with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office are asking for the community’s help identifying individuals seen in surveillance videos connected to a series of vehicle burglaries in the Grove Point neighborhood of Oakleaf Plantation. Investigators say the incidents occurred during the...
Florida shouldn’t ban 7-OH; it helped save my life after Afghanistan | Opinion
I was born and raised right here in Jacksonville. Like a lot of young men from this city, I joined the Army after high school, wanting to serve something bigger than myself. In 2012, I deployed to Afghanistan with Operation Enduring Freedom. I came home a year later with a bullet wound to my hand and nightmares that...
Fireball seen across Florida likely from old Chinese rocket
ORLANDO, Fla. — Early Saturday morning, residents in Central Florida witnessed a streak of light across the sky, which was visible from Tampa to Jacksonville and even South Georgia. There was speculation initially since it wasn't from a planned space launch, which was halted just seconds before it was...
Jacksonville man finds sense of normalcy after ‘revolutionary’ combined procedure for a-fib treatment
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Cardiologists at Ascension St. Vincent’s are celebrating a transformative way they are treating patients with atrial fibrillation (a-fib). They are now doing two crucial procedures at the same time. One man who got that treatment recently says he can now get back to doing the...
Jacksonville City Council Member is taking action to address delays in federal food assistance
A Jacksonville City Council member plans to file legislation to help tackle delays in federal food assistance.
City of Jacksonville to host 2025 Veterans Day Parade in downtown
The City of Jacksonville will host the 2025 Veterans Day Parade on Tuesday, November 11, at 11:01 a.m. in Downtown Jacksonville to honor military personnel past and present.
City records show Hard Rock Hotel proposed on former Berkman II condominium site
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – City records show that developers of a potential Hard Rock Hotel on the Downtown Northbank presented the city with two versions of financial models for the project, one containing publicly funded incentives of nearly $70 million and the other with more than $40 million. The hotel...

















