Jacksonville FL

NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – The average home in Nassau County now costs nearly $500,000, according to the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors, a price tag that’s pushing many working families out of reach of homeownership and even stable rentals. One longtime resident, who asked us not to use...

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying individuals wanted for questioning in connection with multiple shoplifting incidents at Academy Sports in Orange Park, Florida.

Publix Super Markets Inc. wants to expand an existing freezer warehouse in West Jacksonville at a project cost of $35 million, according to city permitting in review. Plans show that Publix wants to make two additions of 41,205 square feet of produce space, which would operate at 35 degrees, and 15,391 square feet...

Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that Armaund Sims, 44, of Fernandina Beach, was convicted of cocaine trafficking. The conviction is related to an incident in Jacksonville on October 11, 2023. During that incident, Sims fled a traffic stop, crashed into another vehicle, and law enforcement recovered two...

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 and condominium is proposed...

A semi driver repairing his big rig on the side of Interstate 95 north of Ormond Beach on Wednesday, Nov. 5, was hit by another tractor-trailer that fled the scene , the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers are asking for help in locating the big truck that drove off from the crash scene. The 1:39 a.m. accident at...

Neighbors in one community are stepping up the fight against a plan to put a slaughterhouse on Jacksonville’s Southside.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Following a deadly crash Wednesday on Edgewood Avenue, First Coast News is raising questions about roadway safety when it comes to motorcycles. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, motorcycle deaths from crashes rose this year, while non-deadly crashes went down from the year prior....

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville councilman said Friday that he will be crafting legislation to formally request $2 million in emergency funding to help local families impacted by the disruption of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits amid the federal government shutdown. Councilman Rahman...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Clara White Mission is hosting a cleanup at Pinehurst Cemetery and celebrating the birthday of Dr. Eartha M.M. White on Saturday. The veteran cemetery cleanup and flag placement ceremony is in honor of a pre-kick-off of Veterans Day and the birthday of Dr. White, who was a lifelong veterans...