News4JAX is inviting the community to help make the holidays a little brighter for local pets through its annual Santa Paws donation drive, happening Dec. 15–19.

The Jacksonville City Council voted Tuesday night to send a request to expand a Southside halal grocery store back through its hearing process before the Jacksonville Planning Commission and the Land Use and Zoning Committee.

A request to expand a halal grocery store on Beach Boulevard advanced through the Jacksonville City Council Land Use and Zoning Committee after the applicant withdrew a request to build an animal processing facility, according to News4JAX partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.

A proposed slaughterhouse expansion to a Jacksonville halal grocery store was shut down after months of public pushback and negotiations with the owners, City Council President Kevin Carrico said.

For years, David Morales and his wife, María, have been committed not only to serving Mexican food but also to participating in events meant to uplift the local Hispanic community. However, Morales said one of those events had to be canceled this year due to concerns about immigration enforcement.

The Florida Department of Transportation announced that Interstate 295 will be closed overnight next week between Beach Boulevard and Town Center Parkway.

Duval County Schools is preparing to vote on a significant proposal that could move its district headquarters away from the Southbank riverfront location it has occupied for decades. However, District 3 Board Member Cindy Pearson expressed concerns about the deal on Facebook hours before the vote takes place on Tuesday afternoon, calling it “bad deals for DCPS and taxpayers.”

An unresponsive beachgoer was pulled from the water in St. Augustine on Thursday afternoon.

Community members continued their push Wednesday evening to prevent a local grocery store from adding a meat processing facility at its Beach Boulevard location.

A 69-year-old man died early Friday morning after crashing his SUV into the side of a business building on Beach Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

All lanes of Interstate 295 southbound at Beach Boulevard have reopened after a semi-truck that caught fire shut down all lanes for hours early Monday, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released body cam footage of an officer-involved fatal shooting of a 71-year-old man on July 19.

A 69-year-old man was shot and killed by police officers at the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Interstate 295 on Saturday.

A man died Sunday morning after his e-bike crashed into a motorcycle near Jacksonville’s Southside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

All traffic westbound on Beach Boulevard is being diverted onto I295 northbound or southbound because of a crash.

A bicyclist was hit and killed while crossing Beach Boulevard on Thursday afternoon, marking the 60th traffic fatality this year.

Cook Out bought a closed Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers on Beach Boulevard, which could be the site for the fast-food chain that sells burgers, barbecue and shakes, according to Jacksonville Daily Record.

Grab your sunscreen and beach chairs because Jacksonville Beach is set to host the Opening of the Beaches Parade on Sunday.

A man was killed Sunday night in a shooting on Beach Boulevard just west of Southside Boulevard, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Hamburger Mary’s Jacksonville is preparing to welcome back guests to its well-known restaurant and entertainment venue under new management and location in February.

A 27-year-old man wanted on an armed robbery charge was arrested Wednesday after a clerk recognized him at a Southside Estates business and immediately called the police.

A 68-year-old woman died Tuesday night after she was hit by a truck while crossing Beach Boulevard near St. Johns Bluff Road in Jacksonville.

A shootout that erupted during the morning rush on Monday left numerous vehicles, a business and a home along Beach Boulevard with bullet holes and caused several car crashes on Jacksonville’s southside.

If you are looking for a way to make a pawsitive impact during the storm, there’s still time to serve as a temporary foster with the Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS).

One person was killed and three others were injured in a Thursday night crash on Beach Boulevard, according to Jacksonville Fire Rescue.

Q: Jacksonville Today reader Stephen M. has a question about a neighborhood off Beach Boulevard that has no paved roads and experienced flooding during recent rains — again.

After days of rain, people who live on some dirt roads in Jacksonville, said their streets are impassable for cars too low to the ground.

Now that the strip mall is gone perhaps it could become the new home for many.

Republican Jessica Baker is seeking re-election in Florida House District 17, which covers the portion of Mandarin that is east of Old St. Augustine Road and Hood Landing Road, as well as a large portion of the Southside south of Beach Boulevard. She’ll face Democrat Bryson Morgan in November.

Democratic incumbent Kimberly Daniels defeated two primary challengers in Florida House District 14, which covers from Brooklyn and downtown north to include a sliver of Northwest Jacksonville and much of the Northside east of Lem Turner Road and south of Interstate 295 as well as Arlington and part of the Southside north of the Hart Expressway to Beach Boulevard and west of Southside Boulevard.

A man’s body was pulled from the water Tuesday night at a boat ramp off Beach Boulevard, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

A mother whose son was injured last year in a bicycle crash said deaths like the bicyclist from Saturday morning are preventable.

Clean-up efforts continue after a tornado damaged businesses on Beach Boulevard on Friday.

A tornado warning was issued Friday afternoon in Duval County.

Construction to improve drainage on Beach Boulevard from Cedar Swamp Creek to Brougham Avenue begins in June, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

Beach Bowl is gearing up to let community members hit the new and improved lanes of the renovated venue on June 17.

A 73-year-old was arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter in a multi-vehicle crash on Southside Boulevard near Beach Boulevard that left a husband and wife dead in 2022.

At least one person was transported to a hospital following a multi-vehicle crash at St. Johns Bluff Road and Beach Boulevard Friday morning, Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department said.

A 56-year-old man died in a crash Saturday morning on Jacksonville’s Southside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A man is dead after being shot inside an apartment on Sunday around 1:20 a.m. in the St. Nicholas neighborhood a few blocks away from Beach Boulevard, according to a release from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A 54-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder in connection with a shooting on Beach Boulevard in September 2023, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Law enforcement officials are working on two separate Friday afternoon crashes with injuries impacting traffic along Interstate 295 on Jacksonville’s Westside and Southside.

A 10-year-old is in critical condition after a vehicle driving on Beach Boulevard hit the child Wednesday.

This comes as religious-based hates crimes are on the rise and law enforcement agencies are warning members of the Jewish community to be alert for possible threats.

Two southbound lanes of I-295 at Beach Boulevard are closed due to a crash Sunday morning.

A man was shot during a road rage incident while traveling south on Interstate 295 near Beach Boulevard and the Town Center exit at around 4 p.m. Saturday, according the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

One person was transported to a local hospital after getting shot Thursday morning in Central Parkway near the UNF campus, according to an emergency notification from UNF.

A man was arrested Wednesday after he was seen walking with a long gun in the San Pablo Road area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A man walking down Ridgecrest Avenue, just off Beach Boulevard in the Spring Glen neighborhood, was shot in the neck early Sunday morning, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is responding to at least three Jacksonville Target stores on Thursday night, according to multiple calls and emails received by News4JAX.

A 24-year-old motorcyclist is dead after an early Sunday morning crash on Beach Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A crash on Beach Boulevard at the Atlantic Intercostal Waterway Bridge has left multiple people injured.

All of the rain on Thursday in Jacksonville proved to be too much for a drainage pipe along Beach Boulevard. It created a washout just west of Hodges Boulevard.

A 30-year-old man has been in rehab recovering in the hospital for over a month after being hit while riding his bike along Beach Boulevard.

A driver who had struck three pedestrians and then left the scene in the New Town area was later spotted and pursued by police on the Southside before crashing into a light pole at Beach Boulevard and I-295, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

The mother of a man killed off Beach Boulevard almost three years ago is still searching for answers.

The Jacksonville Beach Police Department is asking for the public’s help after a dead body was found along Beach Boulevard Sunday night.

Police arrested a man who took off with money from a bank in the Isle of Palms area, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

A pedestrian was struck Tuesday night by a truck while crossing Beach Boulevard and later died at a hospital from his injuries, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Police are investigating after a man took off with cash from a business in the Isle of Palms area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A man is dead after a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection of Southside Boulevard and Beach Boulevard around 9:15pm Friday night.

At least one person is dead Friday night after a traffic accident closed down the northbound lanes of Southside Boulevard and the eastbound lanes of Beach Boulevard, the Florida Highway Patrol’s website reports.

Jacksonville Beach is moving forward on a project to replace the Adventure Landing amusement water park on Beach Boulevard.

Live roaches were found on the leg of a prep table...

Eastbound and westbound Beach Boulevard was closed Friday near the I-295 overpass due to “police activity” in the area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

It’s a new category for 2022! And your top pick for Jacksonville’s best geek business takes us to the hobby store on Beach Boulevard known as Darby’s Dungeon.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office confirmed that one of its officers was involved in a crash on Beach Boulevard and Kernan Boulevard Sunday afternoon.

One person was hospitalized after a car crashed into a store in the Englewood neighborhood early Monday morning, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said.

A shooter in a vehicle opened fire on a car filled with five men on Beach Boulevard just after 12 p.m. Saturday, striking one of the men in the back, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said.

Armed undercover narcotics officers raided a townhome Tuesday afternoon on Dean Road near Beach Boulevard next door to a daycare center.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is still investigating a shooting that happened in the early morning hours of March 9 on I-295.

A man told police he was wounded in a shooting on I-295 north early Saturday morning after someone in a car behind him flashed headlights at him, then pulled beside him and opened fire.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority will break ground on a new project that will ease traffic jams on San Pablo Road.

Video obtained Wednesday night by News4JAX appears to show people driving erratically in a parking lot along Atlantic Boulevard near the intersection of Kernan Boulevard.

A crash involving a motorcyclist closed all eastbound and westbound lanes of Beach Boulevard at Spring Glen Road on Tuesday night.

One person is dead and another person is injured after a car struck them at the intersection of Beach Boulevard and 12th Street.

A crash that involved a Jacksonville Transit Authority bus blocked all lanes of Beach Boulevard on Friday night.

The News4JAX I-TEAM is receiving more complaints about speeding drivers in a specific section of town.

Police are investigating a person’s death after a body was found near a Jacksonville Walmart.

The News4JAX I-TEAM is investigating more complaints about car groups that are damaging large parking lots around the Jacksonville area.

For the past couple weeks, News4JAX has been chronicling complaints of street racing and car groups tearing up local parking lots throughout Jacksonville.

Fire rescue used the “jaws of life” to remove a Clay County deputy from their patrol vehicle early Thursday morning after a crash at Beach Boulevard and St. Johns Bluff Road.

Inspectors shut down Time out Sports Grill twice in two weeks for dozens of rodent droppings, food temperature control, and more.

All eastbound lanes of Beach Boulevard shut down at Thalia Road due to traffic accident

Police said they have taken a man into custody believed to be connected to what police initially described as an officer-involved shooting Wednesday morning on Jacksonville’s Southside.

The protest was at the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Third Street in Jax Beach early Saturday.

This week’s Restaurant Report holds a trio of repeat violators.

The Jacksonville chapter of MAD DADS, a group that supports victims of violent crimes, revealed Monday the identity of a man found shot to death outside Passions Gentlemens Club on Beach Boulevard.

Detectives with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office are investigating an overnight homicide without any leads to go on.

A day after Adventure Landing closed the doors of its Westside site, a Jacksonville Beach City Council meeting was held Monday to discuss plans for the Beach Boulevard location.

Two people were injured, one critically, after a crash at the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Peach Drive on Jacksonville’s Southside just after midnight.

A middle-aged man was struck and killed Wednesday afternoon while trying to cross Beach Boulevard, authorities said.

Officers with the Jacksonville Beach Police Department are investigating after a pedestrian was struck Monday night by a vehicle on Beach Boulevard.

Police have arrested a man who they said broke into a Jacksonville Beach woman’s home and performed a lewd and lascivious act as she slept on the couch. The woman woke up, pushed him away and ran out of the house.

A 31-year-old woman accused of walking away from a crash on Beach Boulevard on Friday night before shooting her way into the Sam’s Club across the street was arrested and charged with seven counts of aggravated assault, shooting into an occupied building and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Police arrested a woman after a Friday night incident that began with a crash on Beach Boulevard followed by shots fired at a nearby Sam’s Club.

Investigators with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office are searching for a man who is wanted in connection with a reported armed burglary and sexual battery on the city’s southside.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 28-year-old woman was struck and killed early Monday morning after she hit a guardrail along the entrance ramp to southbound Interstate 295 from Town Center Parkway and then got out of her car, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The report said the woman “exited the vehicle and began to stand on passenger side” when an SUV traveling up the ramp to southbound I-295 struck the woman and the sedan. The driver of the SUV, a 58-year-old Jacksonville Beach man, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, troopers said. Due to the deadly crash, all southbound lanes of I-295 at Town Center Parkway for more than four hours, causing heavy delays for morning commuters. But they say also this is 3 in the morning and that needs to be taken into account.