Patchy smoke from south Georgia wildfires reduced visibility in Jacksonville this morning. Warm, breezy days ahead with spotty weekend storms.

County photos show crews finishing American Beach's long-awaited water and sewer conversion. The U.S. EPA recognized the project for financing and community outreach.

Council committees split over a $3.53M DIA-backed loan package to rehab long-vacant Laura and Monroe Street buildings, leaving a full council vote next week.

A 25‑year St. Augustine patrol supervisor was arrested and has resigned after being charged with two counts of felony intimidation, officials say.

Winnipeg’s Activate plans a company‑owned, 8,700‑sq‑ft live‑action game center at St. Johns Town Center with 12 interactive rooms and an estimated $1.6M build‑out. Opening is expected this year.

UF researchers at the Whitney Lab in St. Augustine are mapping how sea stars regrow tissue, revealing gene programs that could inform future human regenerative medicine.

JSO says a Moncrief home search turned up more than 20 pounds of marijuana, 17.2g of fentanyl (8,600+ doses), firearms and cash; one man was arrested.

Detectives renewed a call for information on April 18 in the unsolved 2009 killing of Mark Gregg, noting a missing shotgun and ongoing forensic work.

A federal indictment accuses Jacksonville broker Cedric Dewayne Griffin of PPP loan fraud as the SEC says his companies bilked nearly $5.9 million.

A 20-year-old Texas motorcyclist died after rear-ending a semi-truck on I-295 near Main Street, the Florida Highway Patrol says.

A heavy JSO presence closed the Circle K at Central Parkway and St. Johns Bluff Road after a reported shooting; officers taped off the entrance and urged drivers to avoid the area.

JAX LNG is weighing an expansion to supply LNG to cruise lines, cargo carriers and the Space Coast, building on recent bunkering wins and regulatory shifts.

BOCC asked the county attorney to draft a 12‑month moratorium on new data‑center applications while officials study infrastructure, land use and utility impacts.