The cost and availability of child care are a major concern for many Jacksonville residents, and the Mayor’s Office is launching a task force to address the issue.

High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended with two separate shootings on Friday night.

As Jacksonville city council members approach a vote on the final budget and a proposed millage rate cut, a debate unfolded over the potential impact on road maintenance funding.

Jacksonville’s Finance Committee is adding back some funding for the Meals on Wheels program. In its final budget hearing, the committee moved forward with $1.7 million for the program after pushback against proposed cuts to Mayor Donna Deegan’s initial budget request.

Longtime News4JAX reporter Jim Piggott retired last year, and during Pride Month, we’re sharing a more personal side of the journalist who provided thorough news coverage, no matter the topic, for decades to our Channel 4 audience.

A proposal from the city of Fernandina Beach to implement paid parking in the historic downtown district has gotten major pushback from the community. A public town hall is being held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall to discuss the issue.

Rallies to call for justice in the case of Duval County inmate Charles Faggart continued on Friday after the officers involved in the “incident” that led to his death were reassigned.

A man fell off a 15-foot ladder Friday and was critically injured while working at St. Augustine City Hall in the Lightner Museum, according to a spokesperson for St. Johns County Fire Rescue.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is promising to move forward with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Los Angeles despite the waves of unrest.

Three people were arrested after a disturbance at a City Council meeting, and one of them was charged with possessing a concealed weapon at the meeting. The incident has led to a review of security at City Hall, but it left a Jacksonville Today reader with a question: “What exactly is the law here regarding this?”

After Mayor Donna Deegan said that changes will be implemented to enhance security at City Hall following the arrests of three people during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, a knife expert explained how a knife could have gone undetected at security checkpoints.

This issue of whether to renovate or relocate the jail has been debated for years, and now some residents in Duval County want to be sure their voices are heard.

The Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee met Monday to address a growing controversy surrounding an alleged illegal firearm registry reportedly maintained by the city for nearly two years.

Green Cove Springs residents are welcome to attend two public hearings regarding the possibility of a 14% electric rate hike to address sustainability, technology and infrastructure maintenance.

Mayor Donna Deegan’s Office said that the firearm registry policy that’s being questioned by a councilmember was created before she took office.

Mayor Donna Deegan’s Office said that the firearm registry policy that’s being questioned by a councilmember was created before she took office.

The City of Jacksonville is hosting a celebration on Thursday to honor Arab American Heritage Month at City Hall.

The Brentwood community is protesting outside of Jacksonville’s City Hall to demand that the medical examiner facility that’s being built be repurposed to benefit the community.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan announced new transparency legislation Tuesday morning which, if approved, would bring changes to how the city of Jacksonville awards funding to non-profits.

Lawmakers in South Africa have laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax by 0.5%, a move that will raise the cost of living.

The board’s 11 newly appointed members will be having their first meeting Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Lynwood Roberts Room at City Hall.

The Mayor’s African American Advisory Committee held an event at City Hall on Thursday morning to commemorate Black History Month.

Dozens of students gathered at City Hall for a mock city council session led by Councilmember Jimmy Peluso to introduce young people to the workings of local government.

The main international forum for drumming up weapons and ammunition for Ukraine will for the first time meet under the auspices of a country other than the U.S. as uncertainty surrounds the future of Washington’s support for arming the war-torn country.

A fight on New Year’s Eve near downtown Jacksonville caused some damage to the City Hall building after a fight broke out at James Weldon Park, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Unrivaled finally has its teams set.

Tenants searching for an apartment in New York City have long been forced to pay thousands of dollars to real estate brokers.

The City of St. Augustine is inviting residents to share their feedback and vision for the future of the City through an online survey as they revisit the 2014 Vision Plan.

Paris is getting a colorful splash of Olympic creative spirit with nearly 30 vibrant street art pieces, popping up at bustling metro stations and airports and in front of city hall.

The City of Jacksonville will hold a ceremony Friday morning at City Hall recognizing LGBTQ+ Pride Month.

Same-sex spouses were typically younger and were more likely to be employed than those in opposite-sex marriages, although many of those differences disappeared after the legalization of gay marriage in 2015.

The city of Jacksonville is bringing awareness to Women’s Veterans Recognition Week.

The Fire Chief Scholarship is privately funded and pays for students’ tuition for EMT school and helps them receive the mentoring and training they need to succeed.

For the second time in three seasons Real Madrid has been celebrating a Champions League title with its fans on the streets of the Spanish capital.

New York City’s rat-hating mayor has once again been ticketed for a rat infestation at his Brooklyn property.

The City of Jacksonville will hold a special event commemorating Victims’ Rights Week at City Hall Monday morning.

Black immigrants have turned out in the hundreds across from a City Hall, drawing attention to racial inequities in the city’s shelter and immigrant support systems.

Representatives of two armed groups in Congo signed solemn pledges this week to both their violence-wracked country and the wider world: We will do better to respect and protect civilians.

The city of Jacksonville is trying to find more housing and local groups are trying to help and state lawmakers are trying to find solutions too.

Over 300 people rallied in downtown Jacksonville to bring community awareness to the recent attacks against mail carriers on Saturday.

Supervisors in San Francisco have formally apologized to African Americans and their descendants for the city’s role in perpetuating racism and discrimination.

Parisians have voted to muscle SUVs off the French capital’s streets by making them much more expensive to park starting next September.

Black lawmakers in California are proposing ways to remedy the long-lasting effects of slavery.

The City of Jacksonville Beach announced Monday that it will temporarily shut down due to an information systems issue and has shut down all business for the day.

New York City’s mayor has vetoed bills aimed at banning solitary confinement in city jails and requiring more transparency in police encounters with civilians.

New York City is suing more than a dozen charter bus companies for their role in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s operation to send tens of thousands of migrants to urban areas.

The forecourt of Paris City Hall sparkles with activity this holiday season, including a Christmas market and huge signs advertising the 2024 Olympics.

Migrant families and their advocates marched outside New York City Hall on Tuesday to demand Mayor Eric Adams end his plan to limit the number of days newly arrived immigrants can remain in city-run shelters.

Environmental activist Jill Stein is launching another long-shot Green Party bid for the presidency.

New York City is intensifying efforts to transport migrants out of the city as its shelter system reaches capacity.

Hundreds of people gathered at City Hall Saturday to support Palestine amid the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel.

Russia says its air defenses shot down 31 Ukrainian drones in a nighttime attack on border regions.

More than 200 people rallied outside San Francisco's City Hall to urge supervisors to act on reparations for Black residents.

Belgium has a century-old fling with surrealism and is always proud to flaunt it.

With thousands of migrants still arriving in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams is renewing his appeal to the federal government to help the city avert a budgetary crisis as expenses mount.

Ten individuals — most between the ages of 15 and 17 — were arrested after an investigation into a shooting at James Weldon Johnson Park in Downtown Jacksonville, Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Tuesday.

Mayor Donna Deegan presented her $1.7 billion budget to the Jacksonville City Council earlier this month.

The Atlanta City Council has approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center, rejecting the pleas of hundreds of activists who packed City Hall and spoke for hours in fierce opposition to the project they decry as “Cop City.”.

Hundreds of activists are at Atlanta’s City Hall ahead of a council vote over whether to approve tens of millions in public funding for a police and firefighter training center.

The city of Jacksonville will be celebrating and recognizing women veterans this week.

February 24 is recognized as the 13th annual “Missing Adults’ Day.”

The International Olympic Committee has stepped up efforts to explain its position on trying to help Russian athletes qualify for the Paris Games.

California's first-in-the-nation task force studying reparations for Black residents is meeting in Oakland to discuss potential eligibility requirements and what form reparations could take.

San Francisco supervisors have voted to put the brakes on a controversial policy to let police use robots for deadly force.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a bullet was fired through the fourth-floor window of the mayor’s office at City Hall.

“With more than 10,000 people in Duval County living with AIDS, we are grateful to recognize and honor them today and everyday,” the City of Jacksonville said.

A man already in custody in last month’s attack on the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of assault and attempted kidnapping.

The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and severely beating her husband with a hammer appears to have made racist and often rambling posts online, including some that questioned the results of the 2020 election, defended Donald Trump and echoed QAnon conspiracy theories.

Jacksonville’s downtown is undergoing some changes with new development, but there is one problem that’s going to get worse as the city’s core grows — parking.

Russell Crowe, who won a best actor Academy Award for portraying a gladiator in the 2000 film of the same name, is being feted by the city of Rome, home to the Colosseum where real gladiators clashed before thousands of spectators through the time of the Roman Empire.

Local activist groups including Florida Rising, Florida For All and the Jacksonville Community Action Committee gathered for a rally Tuesday evening in front of City Hall, speaking out against rising rent costs.

He told News4JAX they are being shut down and city resources are being used to do it, which is a cost to taxpayers.

Brown said to expect uniformed and plain-clothed officers all over the area.

The 78th anniversary of D-Day this year also falls at the beginning of Women Veterans Recognition Week in Jacksonville. This marks the ninth year of the event in the city.

Members of the Unity Project gathered Monday on the steps of City Hall.

Mothers living in Northwest Jacksonville who are fed up with gun violence took to the steps of City Hall on Tuesday.

The City of Jacksonville says they had no option but to break-up a protest over affordable housing in front of City Hall.

A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled that Boston violated the free speech rights of a conservative activist when it refused his request to fly a Christian flag on a flagpole outside City Hall.

An affordable housing rally downtown was disrupted on Sunday when city workers took props from the rally and threw them away.

Starting Wednesday night, Rio de Janeiro samba schools’ elaborate floats and feather-festooned dancers will parade between packed bleachers.

The dust, debris and the dead lying in Kharkiv’s central Freedom Square are showing Ukrainians what might become of other cities if Russia’s invasion isn’t countered in time.

Repairs were underway Friday afternoon after more than a dozen windows of Jacksonville’s City Hall were damaged overnight.

San Francisco's police department has released preliminary figures showing a 567% increase in reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from the previous year.

Supreme Court justices seem to have little doubt that Boston was wrong to refuse to fly a banner described as a Christian flag outside City Hall.

A push at City Hall to bring back curbside recycling in Jacksonville.

Authorities in France want to accelerate vaccinations against the coronavirus before Christmas as infections surge and more people with COVID-19 seek medical attention.

A group in favor of keeping Confederate monuments in Jacksonville took to the steps of City Hall on Friday to offer a proposal to keep the current statues and add others to honor all cultures.

The Jacksonville Community Action Committee on Tuesday afternoon joined together with other local organizations for a rally, demanding the Jacksonville City Council reinstate its “Safer Together” committee.

An 1833 statue of Thomas Jefferson will be removed from New York’s City Council chamber by the end of the year.

For weeks, the Northside Collation of Jacksonville has been pressing the city follow through with the removal of all remaining Confederate monuments, and on Tuesday, the organization held another rally outside City Hall.

About two dozen people with the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville gathered Tuesday at City Hall to call for the removal of all Confederate monuments in the city.

Members of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville and other people rallied Wednesday at City Hall to call for the removal of a Confederate monument.

City Hall was struck by gunfire during one of two shootings early Sunday morning in Jacksonville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A sculpture symbolizing Britain’s complex colonial ties and an artwork featuring the faces of 850 transgender people are set to go on display in Trafalgar Square, one of London’s highest-profile venues for public art.

San Jose officials have passed the first law in the country that requires gun owners to carry liability insurance and pay a fee to cover taxpayers’ costs associated with gun violence.

Faith leaders, celebrities and lawmakers across the political spectrum are condemning a rise in antisemitic incidents around the world triggered by the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.

Ahead of a special forum to discuss a proposed local option gas tax in Duval County, the Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday heard from members of the public during a town hall meeting at City Hall.

People who live along Ken Knight Drive in the Washington Heights neighborhood no longer have to walk out their door and see and smell piles of trash that they said went uncollected for a long period of time.

The city of St. Augustine on Sunday lowered the American flag at City Hall to half-staff in honor of former Mayor George Gardner.

Los Angeles police have announced the arrest of a suspect in an alleged attack by a pro-Palestinian group on Jewish men outside a restaurant earlier in the week.