Beaches Today

10/19/2023

An oceanfront home in Atlantic Beach is now the most expensive sold in Duval County.

The 5,246-square-foot oceanfront home is the most expensive ever sold in Duval County.

10/19/2023

"Diamond has been excused from every City Council meeting since August 2022 because of military training and deployments."

Jacksonville City Council member Rory Diamond has been on deployment and training with the Florida Army National Guard.

10/11/2023

10/11/2023

Fun Friday Photo! While working at the school today Detective Fissel saw these two ride up 💙🛵💀🎃👻

10/11/2023

We are ready 🎃🍩

09/27/2023

07/03/2023

Donna Deegan was sworn in Saturday as the first woman to serve as mayor in city history, capping a two-year journey that overcame the political odds... 🇺🇸

At a historic swearing-in ceremony Saturday, Donna Deegan became mayor of Jacksonville and highlighted the themes that will guide her four-year term.

06/04/2023

Debuting in Jacksonville Beach, a Metro Atlanta-based restaurant and microbrewery is serving up 24 craft beers on tap along with a menu featuring a Bison-Waygu beef burger and innovative Low Country fare.

Jekyll Brewing also features a renovated Airstream travel trailer as the centerpiece of its second-floor bar.

Offering 24 craft beers on tap and innovative pub grub, Jekyll Brewing debuts in Jacksonville Beach.

06/04/2023

Deputies said the incident happened around 4:30 p.m. at Mr. Chubby’s Wings on Valley Circle.

News4JAX received several calls Saturday about police activity at Mr. Chubby’s Wings on Valley Circle in Ponte Vedra Beach.

05/20/2023

It was a golden night for the Ponte Vedra boys track and field team...

It was a golden night for the Ponte Vedra boys track and field team.

05/20/2023

Richard Bonsell, of Pennsylvania, who is now 31 years old, was booked into the St. Johns County jail Friday morning.

The man who St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said was shot after opening fire on a deputy who approached a stolen pickup truck in the parking lot of the Publix-anchored mall strip shopping mall Wednesday was last seen three days ago when authorities were told he left to go fishing.

05/17/2023

05/17/2023

Throwback Thursday to the Jacksonville Beach Boardwalk circa 1940!

Jacksonville Beach was quite the party place, we had a roller coaster, carousel, games of chance, a dance pavillion, shooting galleries, boxing and wrestling matches, world renowned bands visited and much more!

The Roller Coaster pictured here reached heights of 93 feet and speeds of 50 mph, what a wild ride!

You can learn more about the Jacksonville Beach Boardwalk at our exhibit, "Wish You Were Here: Tourism at the World's Finest Beach."

05/16/2023

If you haven't voted yet, POLLS CLOSE AT 7PM! 🕖🇺🇸

 Candidate on General Election Ballot   Candidate financial reports and filing documents  Deadline to receive campaign contributions: May 11, 2023 Midnight

05/12/2023

Troubling, to say the least.

It’s a question still whispered at Jacksonville City Hall: Why did recently reelected Councilman Rory Diamond leave his cushy $300,000-plus job last

04/29/2023

The endorsement gives Deegan, a Democrat, a well-known Republican on her side while she and Daniel Davis, a Republican who is CEO of JAX Chamber, are locked in a tight runoff election for mayor.

City Council member Matt Carlucci's endorsement of Donna Deegan praises how she has run her campaign with a message of "uniting us."

04/23/2023

MONROE: "Davis the man is not the cynic his campaign has transmogrified him into, but he has agency and is responsible for the choices that have delivered us this candidate."

Eight years after a Republican won office promising a reduction in crime and more cops, another Republican is running for mayor pledging the same

04/20/2023

After months of negotiations, volunteer lifeguards will once again help patrol Jacksonville Beach this summer, keeping alive a 112-year-old tradition that's unique to the beach city.

An agreement between Jacksonville Beach and volunteer lifeguards is hailed as a win for everybody, although the American Red Cross logos are gone.

04/07/2023

Jacksonville will permit The Donna Foundation’s Mother’s Day 5K run for its original date after an uproar on social media opposed the possibility the permit could be denied.

The city initially asked the breast cancer advocacy organization to move the day of the race to avoid "appearance of improper election influence."

04/07/2023

A top administrator at City Hall asked the Donna Foundation, which was founded by mayoral candidate Donna Deegan, to consider moving its planned Black Knight Donna Mother's Day 5K so it will be after the May 16 run-off election between Deegan and JAX Chamber President Daniel Davis.

The Donna Foundation's 5K race has been a tradition on Mother's Day weekend. A city administrator suggested moving it to after the May 16 election.

04/04/2023

″I’m very pro-police,” Deegan said. “I believe that we need to make sure we are taking care of our police officers and I want to make sure we are taking care of our community. I don’t think those two things are mutually exclusive.”

The ad approved by Republican candidate Daniel Davis accuses his Democratic opponent Donna Deegan of attending all the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Jacksonville after the 2020 death of George Floyd.

03/21/2023

The fast-casual restaurant is known for its huge, made fresh-from-scratch biscuits that serve as the foundation of its over-stuffed sandwiches and other Southern comfort food.

The Vicious. Silence of the Hams. The Sea Biscuit. These are just some of the biscuit sandwiches on the menu of a new Jacksonville-area restaurant.

02/23/2023

Candidates vying to become the next mayor of Jacksonville met Wednesday night for a forum at the Beaches Vineyard Church in Atlantic Beach.

02/23/2023

The city manager of Atlantic Beach, Shane Corbin, is stepping down this Friday from his position after serving a 45-day notice.

Next door in Neptune Beach, the City Council fired Stefen Wynn as its city manager last month. Wynn was fired for how he handled the big “green water tank” project and the construction of a new senior center.

By the end of this week, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach and Fernandina Beach will be searching for new city managers. These vacancies are all for different reasons.

02/19/2023

Donna Deegan seems almost certain to advance to the May run-off, the big question is which other candidate she'll face one-on-one...

Duval voters are already casting ballots to decide the next Mayor of Jacksonville and a newly released poll from St. Pete Polls gives us our first glimpse into who they may be favoring.