JSO is investigating a homicide Thursday afternoon in College Gardens after officers were seen at Kings Road and Ella Street. The scene remains active and details are limited.

Jacksonville has opened an RFP for a Riverfront Plaza beer garden operator; proposals are due Aug. 13 with a mandatory pre‑bid on July 27. The city wants a build‑out-ready operator to run a family‑friendly brew‑pub.

Five children were removed from a Mixon Town home after hospital staff raised alarms; two adults were booked on child-neglect charges. Authorities say the youngsters were severely underweight.

Fat Tuesday posted on Instagram that it plans to open at 1045 Park Street in Riverside, taking over the former Rain Dogs space. No opening date has been announced.

St. Johns County approved a building permit for a 44,507‑sq‑ft Turner Ace Hardware on a five‑acre lot in Nocatee, roughly half a mile from the Splash Water Park.

A man was arrested after a viral video showed men using racial slurs and threatening a Black woman in Jacksonville. Authorities say investigators continue to pursue leads.

Erika McGriff pleaded guilty after biting an officer during an October school pickup scuffle; the sheriff’s office says the sentence blends jail time, supervision and treatment.

Hot and humid Friday with highs near 96 and heat indices near 105. Storms increase Saturday with showers and thunderstorms likely Sunday.

A Ponte Vedra Beach man was sentenced to nine years after federal prosecutors say he bought and resold more than 120 firearms while trafficking cocaine and Adderall. Authorities say the scheme produced six‑figure illegal proceeds.

A Centennial Towers employee was charged after an OIG probe found she deposited more than $10,000 in residents' rent into her personal accounts.

Forty‑nine arrests in Operation Icebreaker II capped a months‑long probe that officials say dismantled fentanyl, meth and cocaine networks across five Florida counties.

Merritt Properties paid $89.8 million for Center Point Business Park, adding nearly 538,000 square feet to its Jacksonville holdings. The purchase expands the firm's Southside industrial footprint near I‑95 and the Florida East Coast Railway.

A traffic stop on U.S. 1 in Callahan last Thursday turned up meth within reach of a child; two Callahan residents were arrested on drug and child-neglect charges. Deputies notified DCF and the child is with family.