City of Jacksonville opens applications for rent and utility assistance totaling $3 million

NASSAU COUNTY, FLORIDA, Fla. — Residents living in the Nassau County will have a new place to enjoy delicious craft beer. Mocama Beer Company announced it will be opening a new satellite taproom in the Wildlight community after opening its first location in Fernandina Beach in 2020. Occupying 2,000...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Sidewalks to nowhere have become a growing trend around Jacksonville, and one builder wants to see it put to an end. Jacksonville has a long history of pedestrian safety concerns - just last year, it ranked the 6th highest for pedestrian fatalities. That's prompted a more...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is looking for a woman who they say robbed a bank near Regency Square Mall Thursday. Police say around 2 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 300 block of Monument Road in reference to a bank robbery at a Truist Bank. JSO...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Black firefighters who sued Jacksonville for grooming standards that could help them manage a common skin problem have lost their case, a federal judge has ruled. The firefighters went to court in 2020 arguing the fire department was wrongly burdening Black firefighters by requiring them to...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An attorney under investigation by the Florida Bar following numerous failures to appear in court may have had a more tenuous legal practice than some clients realized. First Coast News has learned that the headquarters of Benjamin Buck Law in Tampa law is actually a mail...

Feeling more like winter this weekend especially on Saturday with breezy conditions and temperatures back where they should be with highs in the lower 60s. Sunday it will be a little warmer with a lighter wind off the ocean. Highs in the 60s at the beach to the lower 70s inland. Good luck to all the runners!

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Hot diggity dog! The Oscar Meyer Wienermobile is making several stops in Jacksonville this week. The hot dog shaped vehicle will make an appearance at the Jacksonville Humane Society on Feb. 3 at 8464 Beach Boulevard from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. On Feb. 4 the...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville landmark for 37 years, the Morocco Shrine Center on the city’s Southside is coming down to make way for a new, $200 million redevelopment project, bringing more residences and restaurant and retail options to the greater Town Center area. Built in 1985, the...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A former Duval County teacher is speaking out about his decision to leave the state out of frustration with the recent state's laws and restrictions that prevent teachers from including certain class material to students. From the 'Don't Say Gay' Law, the Stop WOKE Act, and...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On the first day of Black History Month a local organization is expanding the way that it helps the community. First Coast Community Development, which is run by Marine veteran Charlie Griffin, will offer ten $1,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who plan to pursue a STEM major at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Northeast Florida.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis wants to ban funding of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, critical race theory initiatives, and other "discriminatory initiatives" at higher educational facilities around the state. The move is raising concerns from one University of North Florida professor who believes this could lead to...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida Department of Health in Duval County has issued a rabies alert for the Wesconnett area of Jacksonville's Westside. The rabies alert area is bordered on the south by Lacy Jane Way and Vivera Lane, on the north by Robert Gordon Road and Princess Lane, on the west by Judy Drive and Nancy Drive, and east by the St. Johns River.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding the vehicle in these photos. An older model Ram pick-up truck was seen towing a 1999 Infiniti QX SUV.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The video above is from First Coast News' initial coverage of the incident. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office released a recorded statement about an officer involved shooting investigation on Thursday afternoon. JSO published their account of body camera footage from an officer involved shooting on Jan. 19...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — A final pre-trial hearing is set for Wednesday in the murder case of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey. Her accused killer, former classmate Aiden Fucci, is set to go to trial next week. Jury selection starts Monday. Fucci faces a first-degree murder charge. He is being charged as...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two adorable ducklings were rescued from a storm drain Wednesday by The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. Police say Kenneth Miles came upon them and alerted Officer Kinlaw, who was in the area, that these two little guys had fallen into a storm drain. Working together, Miles and...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Temperatures are warming back up and many of you might be asking, when is the best time to start getting your garden ready?. Rhonda King from Earth Works Jacksonville noted "All year long in Jacksonville, there really isn't a right or wrong plant to plant right now" but there are some that you need to take extra care of.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office responded to an armed robbery in the Royal Terrace area on Sunday. Investigators believe the man in the pictures pointed a gun at the clerk at 2300 block of Edgewood Avenue West while demanding money. He was given money before he took off in a white Chevy Impala.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — There will soon be a new undersheriff with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. Shawn Coarsey, who currently serves as Director of Investigations and Homeland Security, will be appointed to undersheriff. The change is as a result from the planned retirement of Undersheriff Nick Burgos, says JSO. Undersheriff...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A former Jacksonville company CEO has been sentenced to prison after attempting to evade the assessment of his federal income taxes. Jason Cory, 49, of Jacksonville, was sentenced to 32 months in jail on Monday, according to a news release from the United States Department of Justice.