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President Donald Trump was in Miami for his latest appearance at a sports event as he watched UFC fighters and was joined by several Cabinet members and top administration officials.
The Florida Gators men’s basketball team celebrated its national championship run during halftime of the Orange & Blue Game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday.
A bill in the Florida Senate is taking a look at how college and university leadership is selected. The legislation has advanced through the Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education and is now one step away from reaching the Senate floor.
The Varsity 4 Super 6 high school baseball rankings presented by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp will be published on Fridays during the regular season. Records are through April 3.
Saturday, April 12, will mark 6 months since off-duty Jacksonville Sheriff’s corrections officer, Brad McNew, was shot and killed while intervening during a domestic dispute at a northside gas station.
Dozens of University of Florida students are asking for an immigration attorney to be added on campus following the deportation of an international student who was initially arrested over a traffic violation.
A small plane carrying three people crashed Friday morning in South Florida near a major interstate highway and pushed a car onto railroad tracks, officials said.
The LifeSouth Bloodmobile will be at the newly opened Nassau County HCA Florida Yulee Emergency.
When you think of termites, you probably don’t imagine them aboard yachts, cabin cruisers, sailboats or other watercrafts floating across oceans.
A federal judge this week refused to toss out a lawsuit filed by a star football recruit who alleges that a University of Florida booster and officials reneged on a deal that would have paid him millions of dollars to play for the Gators.
The Florida Gators men’s basketball team will celebrate its season on Saturday during halftime of the Orange & Blue Game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
The attorney for the family of an inmate who was critically injured in an unspecified incident involving nine Duval County jail officers said on Wednesday that the man remained hospitalized and on a ventilator.
The Clay County Board of County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday supporting the Florida’s recently-established Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) team.
The Florida Gators may have won a national title, but the real winner of the 2025 NCAA Tournament is the Southeastern Conference, colloquially known as the SEC.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced Monday the arrest of an 18-year-old who is accused of murder in the death of three people on Jacksonville’s Northside.
A proposed Florida bill aimed at enhancing the efficiency of DNA testing by law enforcement is moving through the Florida Legislature.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Thursday in Miami to continue to push for relief for condominium owners.
As the Florida Legislature considers two bills that could slash funding for popular acceleration programs in public schools, students, parents and school district leaders are sharing vocal opposition to the changes.
Moncrief’s mission to revitalize the Memorial Cemetery continues. They’re cleaning up the resting grounds of local Jacksonville legends.
A bill moving through the Florida Capitol could have significant implications for victims of deepfakes, with its roots firmly planted in Jacksonville.
In an effort to better protect North Atlantic right whales in Northeast Florida, a company announced it will be adding more technology to enhance communication with boaters and, in turn, prevent collisions with these endangered whales.
The Corner at Debs Store in Jacksonville is hosting a celebration Thursday at 2 p.m., where 250 people will receive a laptop to help bridge the digital divide.
The event will showcase the offload of over 48,400 pounds of illicit narcotics, which are valued at more than $509 million.
Duval County Public Schools could lose up to $8 million in funding if proposed changes to state laws pass, potentially cutting 50% of financial support for critical student programs like Advanced Placement and Career Education.
According to admission data, before UF’s first men’s basketball championship in 2006, total applicants numbered around 22,000. After winning back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007, applications for Fall 2008 rose to around 27,500.
A missing 4-year-old died Tuesday after he was found in a retention pond in a subdivision, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
A man was arrested after being accused of assaulting a woman on Sunday on Interstate 95 in Yulee, according to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office.
A bill aimed at preventing a return of efforts to build golf courses, pickleball courts and resorts in state parks is ready to go to the full Florida House.
In Jacksonville, one special fan was cheering on the Florida Gators during their championship win over the University of Houston. Robert “Bob” Nichols, a former player for the Florida basketball team in the 1950s, may be one of the oldest living Gators letter winners and basketball alumni, and there are some signs that he’s a die-hard fan.
The Florida Gators have returned home after their thrilling 65-63 championship-securing victory over the University of Houston in the 2025 National Championship Game.
Florida is a unanimous No. 1 in the final Associated Press men’s college basketball poll of the 2024-25 season after winning the national championship.
Following a University of Florida victory over the University of Houston in the NCAA National Championship basketball game Monday night, a Gators fan climbed a traffic light before falling into a crowd that was celebrating the win on the street, a video published by WJCB in Gainesville shows.
Wildlife is thriving beneath Gainesville's streets, including raccoons, bats, and even alligators, in this University of Florida study that reveals a hidden urban ecosystem.
Gators fans who want to celebrate the national champion men’s basketball team can gather for a welcome home rally in Gainesville at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Gators fans in Jacksonville showed up Monday night to celebrate their team as Florida pulled out a national championship victory over Houston in San Antonio.
Leave it to the Gators. It was a nail-biter. But they are the National Champions Florida’s first title win since going back-to-back in 2006 and 2007. They pulled out a 65 to 63 win against Houston’s ferocious defense with a second-half rally to claim their third national championship.
With a maxed-out crowd watching from the O’Connell Center and fans across the country glued to their televisions, the Florida Gators brought home the team’s third national title with a 65-63 victory over Houston on Monday night.
The University of Florida is the only school to have won three NCAA Division I titles in both men’s basketball (2006, 2007, 2025) and football (1996, 2006, 2008).
A thrill-a-minute NCAA title for the Florida Gators in San Antonio has reminded us all of what’s so good about the games these college athletes play.
Florida wins its third NCAA basketball title and denies Houston its first, rallying for 65-63 victory.
Jacksonville fans at the Island Wing Grill still held out for a Gators championship win as the national game started off a little rocky with turnovers in the first half.
Preliminary injunction expected to stay in place, not allowing state law enforcement to arrest or prosecute people.
You could call them Florida Gator die-hards or just pumped up students. With the Florida men’s basketball team set to take on the Houston Cougars in San Antonio for a shot at a national title, fans in Gainesville are already lining up outside the Exactech Arena hours before the gates open for the University of Florida’s watch party, which is set to kick off at 7 p.m.
Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston’s spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller not decided until Clayton’s own D stopped the Cougars from taking a game-winning shot at the buzzer.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference Monday afternoon with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Executive Director Roger Young.
Princeton’s Eviction Lab tracking system has released new data about which landlords file the most significant amount of evictions in Jacksonville.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Commissioner Mark Glass and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will discuss major developments in an international child sexual abuse materials case on Monday morning.
This year, the Florida Gators have had the pleasure of witnessing one of their players do everything possible to cement his name among the college greats: Walter Clayton Jr.
Two bills moving through the Florida Legislature aim to block development in nine state parks, including Anastasia State Park, but environmental advocates are concerned the bills lack specific protections. Protests are being held throughout April, urging lawmakers to amend the bills to ensure stronger safeguards against commercial development.
Beach tilling in St. Johns County to help maintain sea turtle nesting habitats began on April 3 and will continue in phases throughout the week.
Erasing the Gulf of Mexico from state laws and educational materials won Florida House approval Thursday. The Republican-controlled House passed two bills along party lines to carry out President Donald Trump’s directive to rename the gulf as the Gulf of America.
Whoever said there were no great underdog stories left in March Madness, or that the title would go to whoever spends the most money — or amasses the best collection of big names from the transfer portal — clearly never checked out Houston.
Alijah Martin never really liked talking too much about his first Final Four experience because of the heartbreaking ending with Florida Atlantic two years ago.
Across the state of Florida, there are more than 100 different ordinances written to address how and when people can apply fertilizer. A recent study of Floridians revealed more than half of people polled did not know if they live in one of the areas with a residential fertilizer ordinance. 22% polled did know.
Florida has gone from being picked to finish sixth in the rugged Southeastern Conference to playing for national championship.
Gator fans across the country are celebrating now that their squad is headed to the National Championship Game for the first time in nearly two decades.
Two All-Americans, one chance to give their their team a chance to win a national championship.
Walter Clayton Jr. scored 34 points and Florida beat Southeastern Conference rival Auburn 79-73 in the Final Four on Saturday night, sending the Gators to the national championship game for the first time since their titles in 2006 and 2007.
Auburn and Florida are the last two standing of a record 14 Southeastern Conference teams that made the NCAA Tournament.
Pointing to the federal government’s power to regulate immigration, a U.S. district judge Friday temporarily blocked a new Florida law aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants.
The Florida Gators men’s basketball team is in San Antonio for the Final Four. Student broadcasters from the University of Florida are also gearing up for the excitement of March Madness.
Southeastern Grocers, which owns Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarkets, confirmed to News4JAX on Friday that it has laid off multiple employees as a part of a restructuring.
Auburn and Florida are the last two standing of a record 14 Southeastern Conference teams that made the NCAA Tournament.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida and other pro-immigrant groups filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday to challenge Senate Bill 4C, a law that makes it a crime for people to enter the state illegally.
Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) is working around federal cuts to programs to maintain food availability for the community.
The Varsity 4 Super 6 high school baseball rankings presented by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp will be published on Fridays during the regular season. Records are through April 3.
Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls is serving up New England favorites in St. Johns County
On many days, before Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ even opens its doors, customers are lined up outside.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the solving of four Florida homicides connected to MS-13 gang activity, along with federal murder charges against several MS-13 gang members.
Beyond numbers and statistics, sports have a way of bringing people together and really showcasing some of the most inspiring stories filled with hope and resilience.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office will host the 2025 local Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics on Friday at 10 a.m.
The city of Jacksonville is considering a plan to build townhouses, duplexes and other multi-family homes to address the “missing middle” in the housing market. But not everyone is on board.
A new Florida bill, filed in January by Florida State Senator Barbara Sharief, aims to decrease the number of families who are separated due to wrongful child abuse allegations.
Jacksonville ranks number five in the Florida best high school list according to U.S. News & World Report.
Senate Bill 140 could significantly impact how school districts buy or sell property, prompting reactions from Duval County parents and leaders.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration faced criticism after a report from Tallahassee suggested the Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) may have lost $160 million.
A woman was arrested on Friday night after deputies claimed she held two boys at gunpoint for fishing in her backyard, according to News4JAX sister station WKMG.
A Florida mother faces a manslaughter charge after her 5-year-old son died after ingesting methamphetamine, according to an arrest report.
Sporting Club Jacksonville (Sporting JAX) has officially named Stacey Balaam as the first head coach of its women’s professional soccer team in the USL Super League.
The United States Postal Service announced changes to its service standards that it said will save at least $36 billion over 10 years.
The Canadian government is pushing back against President Donald Trump‘s proposed tariffs on Canadian imports with a series of new digital billboards across the county, including the Jacksonville area.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is holding a press conference Wednesday morning in Ocala. He will speak at the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
