Dan Scanlan

4 days ago | news4jax.com | Dan Scanlan

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Sign up for the Jacksonville Today newsletter. Q: As the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season kicks off, concerns about flooding along Duval County’s dozens of creeks during storms resulted in this question from Jacksonville Today reader Tessa D. She had a specific question after wondering who decides if one of those creeks needs dredging to prevent flooding into neighborhoods?

5 days ago | jaxtoday.org | Dan Scanlan

Mayor Donna Deegan and Sheriff T.K. Waters both received high marks in the latest poll from the University of North Florida. The state attorney also got high approval, but the Jacksonville City Council earned a slightly negative opinion, the polls says. Jacksonville Today thanks our sponsors. Become one. The poll, conducted from May 22 through 30 by the Public Opinion Research Lab at UNF, included 742 registered Duval County voters.

6 days ago | news4jax.com | Dan Scanlan

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Sign up for the Jacksonville Today newsletter. Q: Three people were arrested this week after a disturbance at a City Council meeting, and one of them was charged with possessing a concealed weapon at the meeting. Conor Cauley, 29, had a short knife that folded into a case the size of a credit card. He had managed to get into the meeting with the knife despite two levels of screening.

1 week ago | newsbreak.com | Dan Scanlan

Former Florida lawmaker John Thrasher, a House speaker and Florida State University president who was raised in Jacksonville, has died at age 81 after a battle with cancer. Thrasher’s family and FSU announced the death Friday. Senate President Ben Albritton called the former House and Senate member “a tremendous person” who lived a life with many accomplishments. “Integrity, perseverance, and strength propelled John to success at every level of public service and private industry,” Albritton wrote.

1 week ago | jaxtoday.org | Dan Scanlan

Two weeks after a massive fire tore through a parking garage at Jacksonville International Airport, about 60 vehicles remain trapped on the most seriously damaged floors. The vehicles sit on the the third and fourth floors of the garage as an investigation of the fire continues. Airport officials continue to shore up lower decks in preparation for safely removing vehicles still on its upper decks. Jacksonville Today thanks our sponsors. Become one.