Longtime News4JAX reporter Jim Piggott retired last year, and during Pride Month, we’re sharing a more personal side of the journalist who provided thorough news coverage, no matter the topic, for decades to our Channel 4 audience.

The city of Jacksonville will recognize former WJXT employees who have shaped the community through more than two decades of dedication to local news.

The deadline for Nassau County homeowners to appeal their property tax assessments is Sept. 13.

After decades of covering the biggest stories in Jacksonville politics, Jim Piggott is retiring and plans to spend his mornings elsewhere.

We are celebrating our most senior reporter, Jim Piggott, as he is set to retire.

We’re honoring three newsmen who have made a difference in our community for decades.

Jacksonville is mailing out TRIM (truth in millage) notices Friday. It’s the first look at what your property tax bill will be this year -- and unfortunately, that bill will be higher than last year.

Flyers grading Duval County voters on their voting participation are raising eyebrows and sparking questions across the city.

News4JAX has learned that the Four Seasons Hotel will definitely be the new luxury hotel that is now being built at the old shipyards site. City council members got an update Monday on various associated projects.

With only 18 days until election day — many voters will be out casting their ballot early. Already, more than 29,000 people have cast votes by mail. That’s only about four percent of the registered voters — but by the time this election is over — it’s predicted to go 62.

The race to become the next sheriff of Jacksonville is heating up with negative campaign ads hitting the airwaves ahead of the start of early voting.

While cases of the virus are dropping in the U.S., health officials say communities should stay on the offensive.

It's still not clear when Duval County homeowners will get a higher tax bill to fund higher pay for teachers. Voters approved the property tax rate hike on Tuesday, but the details of when it will take effect are still not clear.

Jacksonville sheriff candidate T.K. Waters is speaking out about where he lives and where he’s registered to vote after a report on Thursday that said Waters is registered to vote in the Nocatee area within Duval County but doesn’t live there.

Sheriff Mike Williams faces questions about living in Nassau County for the past year while serving as sheriff of Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

City Council President Sam Newby wants a legal opinion from the General Council by 5 p.m. Wednesday. It’s unclear if the General Counsel will have it completed by then but that’s what Newby requested in a letter he sent.

Late Tuesday afternoon, the CEO of VyStar, Brian Wolfburg, sat down with News4JAX reporter Jim Piggott.

Many are surprised today to learn that Ribault High School in Northwest Jacksonville was a white-only school in the 1960s. Patricia Pearson, whose father was iconic civil rights leader Rutledge Pearson, helped change that.

The Northside Coalition and other groups held a demonstration at City Hall Monday morning -- saying they are concerned about the new congressional redistricting maps.

It's been six months since a recycling truck has been collecting curbside in Jacksonville, but next week, they return.

What are your thoughts on someone who had career in TV running for political office?

Choose the camera angle you want to watch when the Berkman Plaza II comes down.

For years, there have been promises of downtown riverfront development, yet nothing has happened. Now the promise of new parks along the St. Johns River is closer to coming true.

The free at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government have been showing up in local mailboxes for several days now.

At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, members are expected to approve using $4 million dollars in COVID-19 relief funds to help address the trash issue.

"Emergency rooms were packed the past week. They were filled with people waiting for hours," one patient outside UF Health said Friday.

Heavy rainfall typically leaves parts of Ken Knight Drive in Northwest Jacksonville flooded, and Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to bring rain to the area.

News4JAX is documenting how crews deliver the news while staying safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Its been a new experience for reporter Jennifer Ready and photographer Tommy Garcia. [RELATED: Read Part 1 of Vic Micoluccis behind-the-scenes coverage]Its changed a lot, you know, Ready said. [LEARN MORE: News4JAX launches Insider program]The different workflow was evident when the crew covered an RV resort and the crowded coast along Jacksonville Beach. He and his photographer, Randy Sell, wear their face masks and keep their distance from other crews.

Published: May 12, 2020, 8:38 am Updated: May 12, 2020, 1:31 pmJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Millions of events have been canceled because of COVID-19, including several local concerts. But some members from the First Coast Pops are keeping the music alive. A quartet decided to bring its talent to the Lakewood neighborhood. He tweeted out the video with the caption, “Getting a little culture as a quartet from the Jacksonville Symphony plays in front of my neighbor’s house.” But he later corrected himself and Tweeted that the quartet was with the First Coast Pops. Now that’s a treat!

No more than 50 people inside a businessPublished: March 16, 2020, 7:02 pmNews4Jax reporter Jim Piggott was there when the mayor made an announcement to a special emergency session of the the city council, asking area residents to limit social interactions Jim checked with some businesses to find out how they plan to comply.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jake Godbold, Jacksonville’s colorful and sometimes controversial mayor from 1978 to 1987, died Thursday at age 86. Jake Godbold is the second man on the left in the back row. During his time as mayor Godbold initiated a number of brick-and-mortar projects to revitalize the city’s failing downtown. "Colt Fever almost accidentally, and it turned out to be very, very important to Jacksonville," Godbold said. Godbold was proud to have grown up in public housing yet rose to hold the top office in the city.

News4Jax reporter Jim Piggott joins us from Lake city where he spoke to former students, parents and school officials about the teachers bullying accusations.

City Hall has gone into a hurry up mode with its latest attempt to force all adult arcades in Jacksonville out of business. News4JAX Reporter Jim Piggott visited a game room that's planning to fight... Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.

Ahead of the City Council's decision, the council chambers were cleared due to an outburst from the crowd while the sales tax measure was discussed. READ: Jim Piggott: 'I was not going to leave' City Council meetingAmong those asked to leave was state Sen. Audrey Gibson (D-Jacksonville). In June, the Duval County School Board approved its $1.9 billion Master Plan to repair or replace school buildings. Along with members of the School Board, theyre demanding city council put the half-cent sales tax to voters this year. Charter schools are public schools in that they offer free education, funded by taxpayers.

News4Jax reporter Jim Piggott joins from Downtown Jacksonville where Mayor Curry and Sheriff Williams have been sworn in for their second term.

NAHUNTA, Ga. – A more than 250-acre wildfire that's burning south of Nahunta in Brantley County destroyed one home and damaged two others on Tuesday, officials said. IMAGES: Wildfire burns in Brantley County"As we were going by, my neighbor's house was totally engulfed. The wildfire began as a controlled burn that jumped the fire lines near Britt Sill and Foxwood roads, according to the Georgia Forestry Commission. "We drove by it, watching it burn," Ronnie Newton said. You got wind blowing, you don't light a match and put on dry stuff like it is," Ronnie Newton said.