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An interim CEO will lead JEA while the utility company’s current CEO, Vicki Cavey, takes an extended leave of absence, effective immediately.

St. Johns County homebuilder Spencer Calvert was sentenced to the maximum of five years in prison, followed by 30 years of probation after pleading guilty to 45 felony charges tied to a construction fraud scheme.

A 41-year-old Orlando man is facing more than a dozen felony charges connected to an alleged counterfeit check fraud scheme that investigators say spanned multiple counties, targeted seven businesses, and defrauded approximately seven financial institutions across Northeast Florida.

What started as a normal day at the pool quickly turned into every parent’s worst nightmare. But one mother’s training and determination helped bring her daughter back to life.

A St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office corrections sergeant has been arrested, terminated and transferred to a neighboring county jail following a criminal investigation launched last week.

A Heat Advisory and Extreme Heat Warning today with scattered showers and thunderstorms, some locally strong to severe, have prompted a Weather Authority Alert Day.

Jacksonville is seeing fewer crashes on the road this year, but more people are dying in those crashes. The trend is raising questions about what factors are making some crashes more severe and what drivers can do to help prevent deadly outcomes.

Since the beginning of July 2026, the spot that records the official temperatures of the day has seen nine (after today, 10) “feels like” temperatures over 108 degrees.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying the person responsible for abandoning a dog in a crate outside a local church — leaving it without food or water for three days.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a voluntary recall of eight Rohto Cooling Eye Drop products.

The JTA Board is expected to discuss the future after the recent resignation of chief executive officer Nathaniel Ford, who has accepted the job as president and CEO of Dallas Area Rapid Transit.

More people are turning to ChatGPT and other AI tools for health questions. The answers are fast, and they often sound reassuring and trustworthy, but, as Consumer Reports says, they aren’t always accurate.

A former White House attorney is warning that a series of executive actions — from changes to voting rules to the removal of election oversight officials — may be laying the groundwork for unprecedented federal intervention in the upcoming midterm elections.

We’ve compiled a county-by-county list of back-to-school giveaways and events around Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.

Global trade volatility isn’t fading - it’s becoming the baseline. In this episode of This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition, Kent Justice talks with Robert Peek, Chief Commercial Officer at JAXPORT, about how overlapping shocks (wars, tariffs, Panama Canal drought, Red Sea disruptions, oil-price spikes) are reshaping supply chains — and why Jacksonville’s port strategy is to “play the long game” with infrastructure and capacity.

Matt Corrigan, a political analyst from Jacksonville University, joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on this week’s Politics & Power to discuss the ethics questions raised about policy and profit colliding after President Donald Trump’s $2.2 billion financial disclosures.