A body was recovered from the St. Johns River on Jacksonville’s Northbank Thursday; the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating and details remain limited.

The Seventh Circuit stayed a federal judge’s block on Florida’s suit against the American Academy of Pediatrics and agreed to hear the appeal en banc. The move raises new legal stakes for care of transgender youth in Florida.

Clay County deputies were on scene Thursday after officials reported an armed person barricaded inside a car near 800 Oakleaf Plantation Parkway. Oakleaf Plantation Parkway was closed between Ivory Crossing and Eagle Landing Parkway while deputies worked the scene.

A Jacksonville rider is critically injured after a pickup struck his motorcycle on an I‑295 flyover ramp; troopers are searching for the truck that fled the scene.

City Council approved a $1M loan to demolish Franklin Arms, clearing the way for a $50M plan to replace 98 units with 130 affordable senior apartments.

An 18-year-old was arrested July 9 in Palm Coast in connection with a November apartment shooting that wounded two people. He faces aggravated battery and weapons charges.

Columbia County detectives arrested 20-year-old Connor A. Gooding after an investigation that allegedly found child sexual material and images of animals; bond was set at $430,000. The sheriff's Facebook post lists multiple felony counts and says Gooding was released on bond the next day.

Sheriff T.K. Waters will hold a 12:05 p.m. news conference to announce an arrest in a nearly 40‑year‑old Jacksonville cold case; family and local partners will be present.

Founding Dean Nick Allard says JU’s downtown law campus is "rocket fuel" for Jacksonville, promising more students, clinics and court‑adjacent work to West Forsyth.

Regulators pressed Duke Energy Florida over a tariff meant to keep AI data‑center costs off household bills. A late‑August PSC hearing will test whether the filing meets SB 484.

AdventHealth's first ground‑up facility in St. Johns County opens this week, bringing a 12‑bed, 24/7 ER and dozens of local jobs.

A 64-year-old scooter rider died Wednesday on SR‑16 after a speeding Tesla struck her and overturned in a hotel parking lot. Troopers are investigating.

Two Sisters and A Deviled Crab will close its Orange Park Mall counter this Saturday and return to a food-truck model.