Dozens of volunteers spent Saturday morning and afternoon wrapping gifts in preparation for the fourth annual “Tis the Season Giveaway.”

Day one of the annual Holiday Nerd Market drew gamers, artists and pop culture fans to the Aloft Hotel on Small Business Saturday, turning the downtown hotel into a hub for collectibles, food and costumed fans.

A man was shot dead in a Jacksonville home on Friday evening, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

A crash on I-295 North at San Jose Boulevard has blocked two left lanes.

Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, many people are traveling back home, which usually means more cars on the road and busier airports, including Jacksonville International Airport. When News4JAX arrived at the airport, it was business as usual inside, with more flights arriving than departing on Friday night after Thanksgiving.

Downtown Vision, Inc. debuted its annual holiday guide last week, inviting residents and visitors to experience Downtown Jacksonville throughout the holiday season.

Packed parking lots, early doorbusters and shoppers hunting for the best deals — that was the scene at St. Johns Town Center on Black Friday.

Jacksonville’s first-ever outdoor ice skating rink opened Friday morning in downtown Jacksonville, near the Riverside Arts Market.

All lanes of U.S. 90 near the U.S. 301 bypass were blocked Friday morning due to a crash with injuries, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A 32-year-old man riding a bicycle died Thursday evening after he was struck by a van on 103rd Street, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Downtown Jacksonville is currently experiencing a wave of development, but amid all of it, the city still wants to make sure it shines a spotlight on small businesses.

Whether it’s a good-paying job, a home, or even good health, we all have one reason or another to be thankful during Thanksgiving. But for one Jacksonville man, he says he’s just thankful to be alive.

Three years after her son’s murder, Yvonne Fields gathered with her family this Thanksgiving, marking her first holiday celebration since the tragic loss of her youngest child, Rashaud Fields.

Ascension St. Vincent’s associates and volunteers gathered on Thanksgiving to prepare and deliver more than 1,000 warm meals to local seniors in need.

HCA Florida Memorial Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) has a few babies who will be celebrating their first Thanksgiving this year and shared their cuteness with News4JAX.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said it is searching for three missing children who were last seen on the city’s Westside near Lane Avenue South and Lenox Avenue.

On Saturday, Jacksonville will host its inaugural “Holiday River Fest” event, which is set to include the iconic Light Boat Parade, a fireworks display, and a variety of family-friendly activities. The event is free and will stretch across the north and south banks of downtown Jacksonville.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside a car early Wednesday morning on the city’s Westside. Officers said they believe foul play was involved in the man’s death.

Over the last week, three arguments in Jacksonville escalated into shootings, leaving two men dead and others injured. Local community organizations are concerned about the trend.

Wanda Ebron, the mother of Ruben Ebron, told News4JAX on Wednesday after learning of Lonna Barton’s release that she met little Lonzie just weeks before his death.

In this episode of This Week in Jacksonville Business Edition, host Kent Justice talks with retired Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Terry Harris about his inspiring mission to revive roller skating and family entertainment on Jacksonville’s Northside.

The mother of a toddler at the center of one of the biggest missing child cases in the Jacksonville area was released from prison on Wednesday after serving time in connection with his death.

will be performing at the COJ Tree Lighting Ceremony

Handmade crafts from the Jekyll Island Art's Association for Christmas Gifts

The Jacksonville City Council voted Tuesday night to send a request to expand a Southside halal grocery store back through its hearing process before the Jacksonville Planning Commission and the Land Use and Zoning Committee.

Beaches Go Green is inviting the community to the annual “Paws for Claus” Holiday Cleanup and Bake Sale on Saturday, December 6, at the Beaches Town Center, encouraging participants to don festive attire and join the effort to keep Jacksonville’s shoreline pristine. From 9 to 11 a.m., volunteers of all ages—including families and pets—can participate in a beach cleanup

Florida State University freshman linebacker Ethan Pritchard and his attorneys are announcing a lawsuit on Wednesday against the apartment complexes where he was shot in the head as he drove by.

The holiday travel rush is here, with thousands of people expected to fly out of Jacksonville International Airport on Wednesday.

An argument over the price of an item at a liquor store ended in two separate shooting incidents that sent two people to the hospital Tuesday night on Jacksonville’s Southside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

JSO’s K-9 unit played a crucial role in locating a missing 9-year-old boy just a few hours after it was reported that he had left his home on the Northside.

If your power goes out, there is a strong chance a utility worker will be restoring it, and every time that happens, they’re exposed to danger. JEA tests every tool, including the gloves that its lineman workers use to ensure their safety. Inside the JEA high voltage testing lab, it looks like a laboratory on a college campus.

A rabid raccoon that was located in the Jacksonville area on Monday has prompted the state’s Department of Health in Duval County to issue a rabies advisory.

A Jacksonville city council member is facing criticism from a colleague after publicly alleging potential misuse of taxpayer funds in the city’s telehealth contracts — without providing evidence of illegal activity.

A list of grocery stores and restaurants open on Thanksgiving 2025

It’s Jacksonville vs. Tallahassee, and it all plays out when the Florida Legislature convenes in January. Jacksonville’s central 2026 challenge is defending fiscal autonomy and local governance against a state administration pushing top-down fiscal reforms and broader preemption.

Former Jaguars star running back Fred Taylor is once again a semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, making the cut to 26 on Tuesday morning.

A man was arrested and accused Saturday of shooting another man who was searching through a neighbor’s discarded furniture for use in a bonfire, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

Days after an 18-year-old Riverside High School senior was gunned down while working at a Westside Burger King, his family and friends are still grappling with the sudden violence that took his life.

Jacksonville saw one of the sharpest home-price drops in the nation, with the region’s median home price falling more than $16,000 year over year in October, the steepest decline among the country’s 40 largest metro areas, according to new data from Homes.com.

An opportunity for educators to expand teaching horizons

Film and comedy event featuring local comedians and cast

An Arlington family is heading into the holiday season without a home after a fire earlier this month destroyed nearly everything they owned in the middle of the night.

A man died early Tuesday after an argument ended in a shooting inside a home on Jacksonville’s Westside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Beginning on Friday, Nov. 28 and running through Jan. 19, downtown Jacksonville will be host to the city’s first-ever outdoor ice skating rink at the Artist Walk Skatepark near the Riverside Arts Market.

Gateway Jax plans to seek at least $43 million in public incentives for the Publix-anchored mixed-use tower it has proposed on the site of the former First Baptist Church main auditorium.

The family of a woman who died in a house fire last Wednesday in the Hidden Hills neighborhood has confirmed her identity to News4JAX.

An 18-year-old working at a Burger King on the Westside was fatally shot Saturday night when he tried to break up a fight between two men inside the restaurant, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

Nearly a week after Downtown Vision, Inc., released its 2025 State of Downtown comprehensive report, the Special Committee on the Future of Downtown held a meeting Monday to get an update from the Downtown Investment Authority.

Project Underground could bring a $10 million investment and 100–120 manufacturing jobs to Northwest Jacksonville; city offers a five‑year REV tax grant up to $275,000 to keep the expansion local.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is actively searching for a missing 9-year-old after he left his home on Lydia Estates Drive near Dunn Avenue around 10:40 a.m. Monday.

It's the perfect time for homeowners to prepare for cooler weather, protect their equipment, and understand how winter conditions can impact the power grid.

Florida is holding onto more than $2 billion in unclaimed property and some of that money might have your name on it. To show just how easy it is to check, we took our Holiday Money Hunt to the Riverside Arts Market, where shoppers walked away not with gift but with their own forgotten dollars.

A young man on a path to serve our country was gunned down Saturday night while working at a Burger King on Jacksonville’s Westside, his mother tells News4JAX.

Florida based non-profit aiming to give back to the community

Charter a yacht for your next St. Johns River experience

A widely opposed plan to build a Chick-fil-A restaurant in the Oceanway community is moving forward after the city issued the permits for construction, according to News4JAX partners at The Jacksonville Daily Record.

City officials will meet Monday afternoon to review Mayor Donna Deegan’s budget.

A Jacksonville educator with three decades of teaching experience has been named Preschool Educator of the Year by the Florida Association for the Education of Young Children.

An arrest was made in the fatal Saturday night shooting that left one person injured.

On Sunday morning at 5:13 a.m., JSO responded to a shooting at 600 Cesery Blvd. and found a male victim in his early 20s suffering a gunshot wound to the calf. The victim was transported to a local hospital in stable condition.

A convicted felon with multiple arrests is facing new charges after the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office found illegal drugs in his apartment.

A $10,000 donation from the law firm Farah & Farah will help feed veterans at Five-Star Veterans Center, one of the largest veterans services centers in the region, center officials said.

The Jaguars have officially activated Brenton Strange from the Injured Reserve list and he is expected to play Sunday at the Cardinals.

Mayor Donna Deegan emphasized the success of Jacksonville’s telemedicine program, Health Link Jax, which connects uninsured residents to doctors and reduces costly emergency room visits.

Political analyst Rick Mullaney discussed President Trump’s recent decision to sign a bill releasing Jeffrey Epstein files, describing it as a strategic move.

Nearly 1,000 runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes took to the streets of San Marco on Saturday for the third annual Nemours Children’s Health Run and Walk.

A woman died after she was struck by a car that was backing out of a driveway early Saturday morning, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred Friday evening on Johnson Avenue. At approximately 6:30 p.m., officers responded to reports of an adult male who had been shot.

A dachshund dash unfolded this morning at Animal Care and Protective Services (ACPS) in Jacksonville, where a line of hopeful adopters waited outside the shelter hoping to adopt one of 19 available dogs. A local dachshund rescue, Dachshund Adoption Rescue and Education (DARE), expected to take in all the dogs but ultimately received only a few dozen. Alicia Duval, president of DARE, said she was initially preparing to pick up 100 dachshunds.

A Jacksonville woman's quarter-sized tortoise grew into something unexpected: a conservation movement. Now she's using her sassy shelled companion to save endangered species and butterflies.

Three teenagers -- aged 13, 16, and 19-- were recently arrested and accused of participating in a downtown Jacksonville attack that left a 64-year-old man dead, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said on Friday.

The Jaguars handled business as an underdog last week. Can they keep that momentum going this week as the favorite?

Jacksonville City Councilmember Rory Diamond wants to strip about $247 million from funding that was promised to the Jacksonville Transportation Authority for phases two and three of the Ultimate Urban Circulator project.

JEA is a step closer to constructing a $1.57 billion natural gas power plant in Jacksonville’s Northside, according to a report from News4JAX news partner the Jacksonville Daily Record.

An anonymous tip submitted through First Coast Crime Stoppers led directly to the arrest in Texas of a man wanted in the fatal shooting of a Jacksonville mother of two on Sunbeam Road, the organization said.

A new Organized Retail Theft Task Force initiative, announced Friday by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, is designed to help coordinate prosecutions across multiple jurisdictions for those who participate in retail theft rings.

The father of Jacksonville rapper Hakeem “Ksoo” Robinson will be sentenced on Friday in connection with the 2020 shooting death of 23-year-old Charles “Lil Buck” McCormick Jr.

More than a dozen weiner dogs have new homes thanks to a big adoption event held Friday at Jacksonville’s Animal Care and Protective Services.

Rapper, actor and comedian Tip “T.I.” Harris is bringing his comedy troupe, the HaHa Mafia, to Jacksonville for four shows at the Comedy Zone on Friday and Saturday.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said it has arrested a man accused of shooting and killing a mother of two who was found dead in a parking lot outside of a gym on Sunbeam Road.

A Jacksonville motorcyclist and his stepdaughter were hospitalized Sunday after a car pulled from a parking lot and struck their bike, throwing both riders onto a curb and underscoring growing safety concerns for motorcyclists in the region.

A proposed ordinance that would reduce the time Jacksonville animal shelters must hold stray pets before putting them up for adoption continues to draw mixed reactions from the community, as officials hosted another public discussion today. The ordinance would cut the current six-day hold period to three days for unidentified strays, while maintaining the longer hold time for pets with identification tags or registered microchips.

A Jacksonville resident was forced to leave her rental home after Locklear Property Management deemed it unsafe due to compromised flooring.

Over a four-year span, from 2021 until 2024, Jacksonville had a larger share of its homicides classified as justifiable killings by civilians than any other city or county with a population greater than 500,000, according to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal.

Rolls-Royce is planning to open a luxury car dealership in East Arlington, Jacksonville, with a showroom expected by 2026.

Largest college basketball event on the East Coast

Maurice Solomon was found dead on East 15th Street on Nov. 15, and now the family of the 26-year-old is seeking answers as authorities continue their investigation.

CLUE On Tour takes the stage at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, November 18–23, 2025. Inspired by the beloved Hasbro board game and the 1985 Paramount Pictures film, this hilarious whodunit invites audiences to join six eccentric guests at Boddy Manor for an unforgettable night filled with murder, blackmail, and nonstop laughs. Tickets are available through the FSCJ Artist Series at fscjartistseries.org or by calling 904-632-5000.

An 8-year-old girl successfully defended her mother by stabbing her grandmother with a kitchen knife during an attack Monday at their Clay County home, the Sheriff’s Office said.

This week on "This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition," the focus is on Glen Kernan Golf Club's transformation under Hampton Golf's management. The club has redefined private golf culture in Northeast Florida by emphasizing exclusivity, luxury, and community. With membership capped at 250, the club offers a rare level of access and a no-tee-time golf experience, attracting notable members like Trevor Lawrence and Jim Furyk.

Travelers passing through Jacksonville International Airport in just over a year will get more than a seat on their flight — they’ll get a taste of the city itself.

Rumors about a serial killer in Jacksonville have been circulating widely on social media, but the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says those claims are false. The situation began Saturday afternoon when officers found a man in his 20s or 30s dead on the side of the road.

The Downtown Vision, Inc. tracks that progress and released its 2025 State of Downtown comprehensive report recapping downtown’s development from Jan. 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department confirmed to News4JAX at least one fatality at a house fire in Hidden Hill.

The JEA Board of Directors approved on Tuesday millions of dollars in funding for a project that aims to recharge the Floridan Aquifer, restore springs and river flows, and ensure the region’s sustainable water supply.

Variety / comedy shows with a view of the St. John's River

Opening up dialogue for those in need of therapy

Bored Teachers, known as the #1 teacher comedy brand with over one billion views and ten million followers globally, will bring their “Is It Friday Yet?!” Comedy Tour to the Florida Theatre in Jacksonville on January 16, 2026, at 7:30 PM.

A request to expand a halal grocery store on Beach Boulevard advanced through the Jacksonville City Council Land Use and Zoning Committee after the applicant withdrew a request to build an animal processing facility, according to News4JAX partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.

Weeks after News4JAX exposed a late-night noise problem during car meetups at the Westside shopping plaza parking lot, a manager of one of the businesses is speaking out. Josie Sakoo, manager of the Paxon Liquor Store and Lounge, said the situation is hard to control, adding, “I personally cannot control anything beyond my door.”