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The old Jacksonville Landing site is finally getting a makeover. After more than three years of waiting for development, the city of Jacksonville said construction will begin Monday at Riverfront Plaza. The goal of the construction is to transform Riverfront Plaza into a park with a large green space andContinue Reading

It takes millions, if not billions, of dollars to take a drug from the lab to the pharmacy. Last year out of thousands of drugs in clinical trials, the FDA approved 37, the fewest to pass regulatory scrutiny since 2016. But now, artificial intelligence, or AI, may help to weedContinue Reading

Senior caregivers are very special people. They are patient and kind while helping our Senior Citizens in times of need. How cool would it be to help one of them win a free car? WE NEED A HERO: Meet the 2023 Hyundai Hometown Hero Educator | ‘They make me strong’:Continue Reading

The name is the game. Now that John Gaughan has “sailed off” into retirement, new Chief Meteorologist Richard Nunn is looking for a new name for the Gaughan Gauge. Back in May, we asked our News4JAX Insiders to submit their creative ideas. After receiving hundreds of entries, we came upContinue Reading

A man was charged with second-degree murder following police activity at a home in the Duclay neighborhood on Saturday. David Torres was booked into the Duval County Jail Sunday morning. Neighbors said Jacksonville sheriff officers were spotted walking through the neighborhood to talk to residents on Plantation Club Drive. JSOContinue Reading

The National Hurricane Center is tracking a development in the Central Atlantic. A non-tropical low is expected to form in the next couple of days northeast of Bermuda. As the low could develop some subtropical characteristics it is expected to lose growth and dissipate. It has a zero percent ofContinue Reading

Isolated and Scattered storms will move through parts of SE GA and NE FL for the early afternoon. One cluster of storms is moving from the I-10/I-75 corridor towards Waycross and Brunswick, Georgia Another cluster of storms is moving along I-10 from Lake City and High Springs towards Middleburg, Macclenny,Continue Reading

A concerned Jacksonville family is hopeful that missing a 25-year-old man who was last seen thousands of miles from home in April will be located safely. It’s been over two months since Trammell Evans was last seen hiking at Joshua Tree National Park in California. Evans’s family said a friendContinue Reading

Two beach ramps in St. Johns County will be closed as the FEMA dune enhancement project is set to begin Monday at Butler Beach. The A street vehicle access ramp will close on Monday, and the Ocean Trace Road ramp will shut down on Thursday during construction. The $62 millionContinue Reading