Jacksonville News

Five years ago this spring, a Jacksonville Children's Commission task force, co-chaired by former sheriff Nat Glover and community volunteer extraordinaire Pam Paul, identified New Town, an impoverished neighborhood adjacent to Edward Waters College, to attempt its comprehensive turn around.

The owners of popular Orlando-based Hawkers Asian Street Fare appear to be planning to bring their two-year-old concept to Jacksonville's Five Points.

One of several "I will" statements hangs on a bulletin board at the JAX2025 pep rally May 18 at EverBank Field's Touchdown Club.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A toddler is in critical condition after nearly drowning in a pool at a home on the Westside.

Another day -- Wed. -- of local storms but earlier in the day & more numerous as we had a good deal of morning sun as well as an upper level disturbance in the area.

Hannah Aldridge has music running through her veins. Learn more about her before she performs May 30.

Will.Dickey@Jacksonville.com Above, Chris Dunn of Atlanta looks for vinyl records at Deep Search Records on Lomax Street Friday, May 10, 2013 in Jacksonville, Florida.

A Jacksonville woman was able to safely get out of a disabled car Tuesday before it was hit by a train in the Ortega area, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Jim Stubblefield, of Norman, Okla., raises a tattered flag he found while helping his sister salvage items from her tornado-ravaged home Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla.

He had spent a decade working for the Jacksonville city government, a job that brought him a good salary and benefits.

People associated with the event in its early days and those involved with it now say the competition, which kicks off the festival on Thursday, has lost little of its importance over the years, despite brief glitches in the festival's history.

A 38-year-old Jacksonville man claimed a $1 million Powerball prize from Saturday night's drawing and split his winnings with a friend.

A massive manhunt for a Westside Jacksonville man with serious medical issues will resume early Tuesday after a third day of searching turned up no sign of him in and around his neighborhood off Old Middleburg Road.

Head to The Mudville Grill to watch your favorite team on the big screens while filling up on some delicious food.

Three Jacksonville men walked up Pangola Drive about noon Monday. As a car passed, someone inside fired a gun at them.

Corys Thunder, a manufacturing company relocating from South Georgia, has chosen its Northeast Florida location: 1351 Tradeport Drive, in the Jacksonville International Tradeport on the Northside.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Emergency roadwork will shut down parts of two Westside streets Tuesday.

Police in Jacksonville are seeking information after a 25-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Northwest Jacksonville early Saturday morning.

Here's a look at some of the events and major Southwest Florida local government meetings that could generate news reports in the coming week: a- The Lee County Commission will review a $15.3 million budget cut scenario during its management and planning meeting.

County commissioners have approved funding a variety of projects for next fiscal year as well as the remainder of the current fiscal year.