A man was grazed by a bullet after a fight outside a Springfield home on N. Market Street; investigators are canvassing the block and seeking tips.

A state labor report shows Florida’s unemployment climbed to 4.5% in January, about 499,000 people out of work and uneven gains across industries. Regions and sectors are diverging.

At a UNF town hall, James Fishback defended a viral exchange in which he told a man he 'should be lynched', saying he won't apologize and pledging to protect free speech.

Stuart residents say they were blindsided after a former bookkeeper vanished amid allegations she siphoned HOA funds to pay for trips and cosmetic procedures.

Duval County Public Schools says eight students were medically assessed after a school bus leaving the Jacksonville Zoo was in a minor crash. The incident follows a separate Zoo Parkway wreck last week.

High surf and life‑threatening rip currents make Jacksonville beaches unsafe Thursday morning. Minor tidal flooding is possible near the Buckman Bridge.

Florida is pairing the Attorney General’s Office with Othram to reprocess archived evidence using advanced DNA sequencing and genetic genealogy in thousands of cold cases.

Mayor Donna Deegan said Related Group will break ground in May on the long-delayed South Bank Residences at 835 Museum Circle after years of redesigns and incentive talks.

Ocean Alliance will call JAXPORT weekly, adding direct container links to Vietnam, China, South Korea and Japan and routing them into Blount Island.

A gust‑driven outage left about 4,300 customers in Neptune Beach and Jacksonville Beach without power as crews work to restore service amid windy conditions.

A head-on crash on Jacksonville's Main Street Bridge on Wednesday left one man dead and a woman injured, closing the downtown span while investigators worked the scene.

Infra Pipes, backed by private equity, added five U.S. plants months after launching a 169,000‑sq‑ft Jacksonville facility, aiming to boost capacity and cut lead times.

Surveillance images released by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office show a tattooed man who crawled through a fence and stole more than $1,000 in equipment from a Hart Haven business.