Authorities arrested Brandon Calloway and charged him with first‑degree murder in the 2018 shooting death of Lavert Durden in West St. Augustine.

Nearly $6.8 million in EPA funding will pay to replace septic tanks in Christobel, connecting roughly 500 properties to city sewer and beginning construction this spring.

Arianna Aryana Walton was sentenced to 20 years after an infant she cared for died; an autopsy ruled the death a homicide and charges were later upgraded, court records show.

A national blood shortage and summer donation slump have left Jacksonville centers low. LifeSouth and JFRD explain what’s needed and where to give.

JSO arrested 30-year-old Shawn Walker after investigators linked him to the Nov. 1 fatal shooting of Kenance “Tiger” Bronson II in Brentwood. Detectives say video and witness accounts led to the arrest.

Cross Regions has filed for about $1M in site work at the former Westside Plaza and plans a phased mixed‑use conversion that begins with renovating the Office Depot building.

A 63-year-old Ponte Vedra Beach man allegedly drove off in a marked Jacksonville Beach K‑9 patrol truck with the dog and firearms inside; police recovered both and made an arrest.

Longtime City Commissioner Cynthia Garris will become St. Augustine’s first Black mayor after running unopposed; she’ll take the helm at the December City Commission meeting.

Bold City Brewery will close its Downtown taproom on June 27 and move brewing equipment to its Rosselle production facility.

A Fort Myers federal judge ordered the immediate release of Dmitrii Iastrebov after finding the government ignored a prior court mandate. The decision gives him 48 hours to be freed and criticizes the agency's reversal.

A mating herd off Porpoise Point left an exhausted female and two males beached Saturday; wildlife crews guided all three back to deeper water.

Two Donatos Pizza restaurants in Jacksonville abruptly closed this week; online listings and state records show mixed statuses. Locals are seeing conflicting information across apps and directories.

Thick mats of sargassum have returned to Jacksonville Beach, producing a foul smell and complicating cleanup as crews juggle turtle protections and a June 13 festival.