A precautionary boil order covers South Jacksonville customers west of Phillips Ferry Road to Route 100 after a reported water main break; officials advise boiled or bottled water until tests clear.

Sulzbacher is moving ahead with Phase 2 of its Enterprise Village — a $46M expansion that will bring clinics, job training and emergency housing to a 17‑acre Northside campus.

The Goff Family Shelter opened in Lincolnville with nine family rooms and 37 beds, aimed at keeping parents and children together while caseworkers help them find housing and jobs.

Angie Campbell, the Jacksonville Daily Record’s publisher, died June 25 at 49. Colleagues praised her energy and civic work.

Mayor Deegan unveiled a task force report and pitched River City Care — a public-private plan to lower child-care costs, grow infant care capacity and shore up the early-education workforce.

Nine puppies were found abandoned near Amelia Island; one is injured and the Nassau Humane Society is urgently seeking short-term foster homes.

Researchers say about 1,200 people are buried beneath Emmett Reed Park in Durkeeville, prompting plans for radar scans and memorial work. City officials and local researchers will use GPR to map burials and guide commemoration.

Survivors who leave abusive partners say police reports still don’t free them from shared leases — a bill to change that stalled in Tallahassee.

The state is backing a plan to equip every county and municipal law‑enforcement office with Bexley Boxes — refillable comfort kits for children who witness violence. Walmart pledged $100,000 to jump‑start distribution.

Ortega parents pressed the school board after a proposal to declare Ortega Elementary surplus property raised fears the historic neighborhood school could be sold or repurposed.

Fruit Cove nonprofit Noah's Agape Café says it's moving and is asking for donations and volunteers to keep its job-training programs for people with special needs.

MCAS Cherry Point will run boat and explosive‑ordnance training June 13–18. Neighbors along the Neuse may hear intermittent loud detonations into the late evening.

Fuller Seminary will take on the Robert E. Webber Institute’s programs as the Jacksonville school winds down independent operations after 27 years.