DONNA DEEGAN

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters came out with strong statements during a news conference on Wednesday in the wake of a surge of shootings and child deaths. The sheriff asked where the leaders were and accused some of having selective outrage.

Deegan is meeting with 50 companies and agencies to promote the city. Most of it deals with financial technology, known as “Fintech.”

Mayor Donna Deegan is in London, but she talked with News4JAX on Wednesday about the troubling violent crimes happening in Jacksonville.

On Tuesday night, the Jacksonville City Council is expected to pass Mayor Donna Deegan’s $1.7 billion budget.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan met with 50 companies in London over 5 days in an effort to form what she called a “great partnership” that could produce more jobs in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan will be traveling to Washington on Friday to meet with President Joe Biden to discuss gun violence.

Gateway Jax, a commercial real estate company, announced plans Wednesday for a mixed-use development in the North Core area of Downtown Jacksonville that will cost $500 million.

The city of Jacksonville started the Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations Monday morning at City Hall with a special exhibit called Voces Hispanas, an oral history project that aims to embrace the legacy of the Hispanic community in Northeast Florida.

The woman who is the top choice of Mayor Donna Deegan to become the city’s next top lawyer has taken her name out of the running

It was a packed house filled with plenty of listening ears as Mayor Donna Deegan held her 12th community conversation event.

On Friday morning, family members gathered at The Bethel Church in downtown Jacksonville to celebrate her life.

Family, friends and the Jacksonville community are paying their final respects to those who died in a racist attack at a Dollar General store in New Town.

The woman who is the top choice of Mayor Donna Deegan to become the city’s next top lawyer is running into some resistance.

Nearly one week after a gunman killed three Black people in New Town, National civil rights leader Al Sharpton, the family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and the Anti-Defamation League announced plans Monday to bring a hate crime summit to Jacksonville.

The Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism issued a warning Friday as online chatter indicates antisemitic, white supremacist groups may be planning a march somewhere in Florida this weekend.

In her final media briefing on the impacts of Hurricane Idalia, which became a tropical storm Wednesday evening, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan acknowledged that Duval County was lucky that it was spared the worst of the impacts.

Hurricane Idalia made her way through Riverside on Wednesday, leaving damage and wet conditions behind.

A beloved former Jacksonville City Council member has died.

The latest updates on Hurricane Idalia preparations for Duval County.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan on Monday is set to hold a news conference along with emergency management officials to give an update on preparations for Tropical Storm Idalia.

A Jacksonville church held a prayer vigil to remember the lives of those killed in Saturday’s shooting and to encourage a hurting community during a difficult time.

A shooting attack Saturday inside a Dollar General on Kings Road that the sheriff said was “racially motivated” came five years to the day of a deadly mass shooting at The Jacksonville Landing.

Three people are dead after what Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said was a “racially-motivated” shooting that is being called a hate crime by the FBI at a Dollar General on Kings Road that prompted heavy police and SWAT response in Northwest Jacksonville.

The property where a liquor store was projected to open across from an elementary school in Northwest Jacksonville will be purchased by the City of Jacksonville, according to Mayor Donna Deegan, who made the announcement at one of her most anticipated meetings.

Members of the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee voted to not fund the Director of Diversity position that pays over $180,000 a year.

Saying her nominee for general counsel is “facing a smear campaign,” Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan held a news conference Wednesday to rally support for Randy DeFoor’s appointment.

Former City Council member Randy DeFoor is Mayor Donna Deegan’s pick to become Jacksonville’s next general counsel. But it’s DeFoor’s former role as a city council member that might be the problem.

There were more people than seats available at Monday night’s Arlington meeting hosted by Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan.

The River City was once the winter film capital of the world and a major contributor of silent films. Norman Studios, located in Arlington, was among the first studios in the nation to produce films starring African Americans in positive roles.

Mayor Donna Deegan on Wednesday announced a huge budget increase of $21.7 million for Jacksonville’s Mowing and Landscape Maintenance Division — a 95-percent increase from the 2022 budget.

While the Jacksonville Jaguars are gearing up for another preseason game, the city is now gearing up for contract talks to renovate the stadium and surrounding areas.

Fix the problems by Saturday or don’t get paid. That’s the message Jacksonville housing officials have for the landlords of a troubled apartment complex that the News4JAX I-TEAM first exposed last month. City leaders tell the I-TEAM that management at the Cascade Apartments in Grand Park has been told to correct all problems by Saturday otherwise affected residents can withhold their rent.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan and Councilman Joe Carlucci on Thursday night continued her series of community meetings in San Marco.

The Jacksonville City Council began debating how your tax dollars are going to be spent. On Thursday, they took up two top priorities, the fire department and the sheriff's office. Each department is asking for more financial help, and it looks like they're going to get it.

City leaders are asking Jacksonville drivers to obey Florida law and Move Over for first responder vehicles.

One of the biggest concerns in Jacksonville is housing, or the lack of it. The News4JAX I-TEAM has been showing you many of the concerns over the years. Most recently the poor conditions at an eastside apartment complex.

Thanks to a local union, 20 Florida college students had their financial load lightened on Monday.

Jacksonville city officials, nonprofit leaders and private stakeholders met this week on Mayor Donna Deegan’s housing subcommittee on Friday.

Some comments from Mayor Donna Deegan on Thursday during her first of 14 community conversations had many people talking about the city's stadium negotiations with the Jaguars.

Mayor Donna Deegan made promises during her campaign to bring back a popular crime-fighting tool in Jacksonville that was dumped or changed by past administrations: The Jacksonville Journey.

Mayor Donna Deegan will host her first “community conversation” event next Thursday. She hopes to cover everything from infrastructure and the economy to arts and entertainment and says it will be a chance for every voice in Jacksonville to be heard.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is planning on getting to know their neighbors Tuesday night during the annual National Night Out event.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan on Monday is set to announce plans to help keep city residents cool when extreme temperatures hit.

As part of her campaign promises, Mayor Donna Deegan called for changes in how Jacksonville handles public safety. Now members of her transition committee are working to make that happen.

City officials said that since October 2021, code enforcement inspectors have found 86 code violations at a Jacksonville apartment complex that has come under scrutiny after residents revealed they have been dealing with mold, crumbling staircases, rodents and more.

July is already the warmest month on record and the excessive heat has Mayor Donna Deegan’s administration worried about what is to come.

Mayor Donna Deegan will host her first “community conversation” event next Thursday. She hopes to cover everything from infrastructure and the economy to arts and entertainment and says it will be a chance for every voice in Jacksonville to be heard.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan's administration hopes to meet with the Jaguars to formally discuss stadium renovations by the end of next month.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan joined other city officials and HUD representatives at the Cascade Apartments on Kings Road Tuesday afternoon. This comes after the News4JAX I-TEAM reported on the mold, pest and structural problems there.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters and Mayor Donna Deegan held a news conference on Tuesday evening to announce the end of a $98 million contract with Armor Correctional Health Services, which administers healthcare to inmates at the Duval County jail.

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

The city has spent most of the COVID-19 relief money but now there is nearly $65 million left, and as the saying goes: it’s time to use it or lose it.

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke adamantly Thursday against standards approved Wednesday by the Florida Board of Education that would teach middle school students that some Black people benefited from slavery.

Jacksonville is moving ahead with plans to fix a broken promise by putting people on city sewers instead of septic tanks. It could end up costing billions – over years - using both federal and local tax dollars

Jaguars owner Shad Khan opened a very large, $120 million birthday present Tuesday when he and other team leadership joined Jacksonville city and community representatives in cutting the ribbon on the Jaguars’ new training facility next to the stadium.

Mayor Donna Deegan presented her $1.7 billion budget Monday to the Jacksonville City Council — her first as the city’s newly elected mayor.

Mayor Donna Deegan will present her first 2023-2024 budget to the Jacksonville city council Monday.

Miller Electric broke ground Friday on a new innovation design center for electric vehicles that will pave the way for the future as more people move away from traditional transportation.

The budget proposal that Jacksonville mayor Donna Deegan will present to city council next week could include $429 million in city construction projects over the next year.

This week the city has been learning more about Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan’s plan for Jacksonville’s future.

With rents in Jacksonville in some places over $3,000 a month, affordable housing is a dream for over 100,000 people in the city.

Many of the city’s pools have been closed to start the summer, but there might be some hope ahead.

After years of promises and debate, residents could finally start seeing work begin on the old Jacksonville Landing site. A new park will eventually be built on what is now called Riverfront Plaza.

Mayor Donna Deegan was sworn in as the first woman mayor in Jacksonville on July 1, 2023. The ceremony brought up emotional moments in her life, tributes to her family and included an optimistic look ahead.

450 people were ticketed for the event at the River Club of Jacksonville, marking the night before Donna Deegan was to be officially inaugurated as Mayor of Jacksonville.

In 13 days, newly minted Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan will have to have a budget ready to present to the city council.

A 4-year-old boy died Sunday night after drowning in a pond in the Spring Park neighborhood.

Mayor Deegan is officially in her new office on the fourth floor of city hall.

Several people who attended the historic inauguration for newly-sworn in Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan said witnessing history was their duty and standing behind Deegan is important to move the city forward.

History was made Saturday morning with Donna Deegan’s inauguration, making her the first woman to lead the River City.

Jacksonville is one day away from having a new mayor, meaning the pre-celebrations have commenced.

Mayor-Elect Donna Deegan, the first woman to be elected mayor of Jacksonville, will be officially sworn in to office Saturday amid two days of celebrations of the historic event.

Preparing for a new mayor and administration in Jacksonville--transition teams are starting to meet to discuss how to better the city. Mayor-elect Donna Deegan takes the oath of office on Saturday, taking over for outgoing Mayor Lenny Curry. Wednesday – we sat in on the first infrastructure committee meeting – it’s a group that covers everything from potholes to police.

After eight years in office, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is stepping aside.

On Tuesday, Deegan spoke with News4JAX about what is ahead, from stadium negotiations to appointments and a new openness at City Hall.

Just days before the inauguration of Mayor-elect Donna Deegan, her transition team is hard at work to make some changes to programs in the city.

Democrat Donna Deegan will be sworn in on July 1 but already her new administration is looking at changes in how the city will operate.

Even though the last Jacksonville Jaguars “Huddle Up” to get community input was held at the Jacksonville Zoo, no one was monkeying around with questions.

Slowly, steadily and passionately, the vision of the JAX USL soccer is coming together. The slow and steady, the waiting game, is the tough part. Jacksonville’s entries into the United Soccer League is still years off, with the men’s and women’s teams pegged to begin in 2025-26. The passion is easy to spot.

All 19 members of the Jacksonville City Council will be formally sworn-in Thursday night, including the body’s newly elected president, Ron Salem, and vice-president, Randy White.

In 11 days, Jacksonville will have a new mayor. And already Mayor-Elect Donna Deegan’s transition team is working on changes to programs in Jacksonville.

In 12 days, Donna Deegan will sworn in as Jacksonville’s new mayor. We’ve already learned who some of her key staff will be - and now we going to learn more about policy plans. Starting Tuesday, a series of meetings will be held that will focus on important issues her team will tackle, particularly crime.

The Jaguars held their fourth community meeting Friday. The Huddle Up is where the community is able to learn more about the $2 billion dollar upgrades to TIAA Bank Field.

The organization Take Em Down Jax has continuously advocated for the removal of Confederate monuments in Jacksonville for years.

News4JAX on Thursday obtained documents showing their salaries and learned more about the new roles Deegan is creating for her staff.

As of Tuesday, nearly half of Jacksonville’s public pools were closed which has left many residents asking why.

Jacksonville Mayor-Elect Donna Deegan will announce Wednesday who she plans to work with when she takes office next month, which is a different crop of leaders than her transition team.

With a new mayor and new council members preparing to take office, current city leaders are preparing a budget for them to get started.

The stadium renovations and the new contract between the city and the Jaguars are expected to be very complicated.

The current talk of the town is about the upgrades for TIAA Bank Field.

T.K. Waters is asking for nearly $600 million, about $35 million more than last year.

The city is still buzzing about the potential $1.3 billion major revamp of the Jaguars stadium.

The was a buzz in the city after the Jacksonville Jaguars released plans for a futuristic stadium remodel.

Mayor-elect Donna Deegan talks about the future of parks in Jacksonville, while Friendship Fountain could reopen in a few months.

Mayor Lenny Curry is gathering stakeholders from city leadership to give updates on hurricane preparedness prior to the start of hurricane season.

Jacksonville mayor-elect Donna Deegan on Thursday held her first news conference in City Hall to announce her six-person, bipartisan transition team.

Local sheriffs and Jacksonville’s next mayor on Wednesday evening are set to hold a news conference to discuss what they are saying is a growing issue of violence against law enforcement officers.

The fallout from Jacksonville’s mayoral election is making waves in the Republican race for President.

Taking a closer look at Tuesday's election results – which saw more voters show up - than in the March election. And, it wasn’t just how many turned out – but who those voters were.

Work is now beginning to transition to a new Jacksonville mayor and administration at City Hall. In an historic election, Democrat Donna Deegan will be the first female mayor of Jacksonville, leading a city of nearly a million people.