Florida News (Page 233)

The developer of RISE Doro, a downtown apartment complex that caught fire Sunday, is a real estate company named RISE. According to the company’s website, it has dozens of apartment complexes located across the country in its portfolio, including several in the Jacksonville area. The company put out a statementContinue Reading

The City of Jacksonville Beach announced Monday that it will temporarily shut down due to an information systems issue and has closed all business for the day. The issues are affecting the following areas: City Hall and Parks and Recreation facilities, including the tennis center and the golf course, areContinue Reading

Did you make the switch back to heat? Sunny skies and seasonal highs means that jacket weather is back, especially during the morning hours.  Widespread frost is possible north of Waycross, GA with patchy frost possible early Tuesday morning across our inland areas.  It’s a great week to get outsideContinue Reading

As more than 100 firefighters worked through the night battling a massive blaze at a downtown Jacksonville apartment building, they were also working to protect nearby businesses. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue crews from across the city surrounded the new RISE Doro Apartments at 960 E. Adams St. late Sunday night after theContinue Reading

Members of the first African American sorority gathered in Jacksonville to celebrate 116 years of service. More than 500 members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated flooded downtown with pink and green. “It’s exciting to see our members gathered together all through this area to celebrate 116 years of aContinue Reading

Bringing life to downtown Jacksonville by adding more housing and entertainment has been slowgoing for decades. When Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan was elected last year, she vowed to renew efforts to develop downtown and make it a destination for all Northeast Florida residents. But after the RISE Doro apartments caughtContinue Reading

Three US Army soldiers were killed and more than 30 service members were injured in a drone attack in Jordan. The attack happened at Tower 22 in Jordan near the border with Syria. Specialist Kennedy Sanders of Waycross, Georgia, was one of the three killed. On Monday, flags within theContinue Reading

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Paul Renner are set to hold a news conference Monday morning in Naples. It’s not clear what the subject of the news conference will be, but it is being held at Founder’s Square. You can watch live startingContinue Reading

Before a brand new luxury apartment complex set to open near the downtown sports complex in March caught fire Sunday night, there was controversy over a historic building demolition and major cost overruns. The city issued a permit in December 2021 for the developer, Jacksonville Properties LLC, to build theContinue Reading