Travis Gibson

A controversial social media post by a member of the Clay County School Board captured the attention of the Florida Commissioner of Education on Monday, and he’s calling for the board member to explain himself at a State Board of Education meeting next month.

Spencer Calvert, who owned Pineapple Corporation, was arrested in 2024 and accused of misappropriating over $15 million.

Over the course of three days in February, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officers and detectives said they visited businesses across the city to search for illegal gambling machines.

A Palatka man died early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash in Putnam County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The University of North Florida (UNF) announced an $8 million gift from the estate of Kernan R. Hodges to support renovations and upgrades at Hodges Stadium. The stadium is home to UNF men’s and women’s soccer and the university’s track and field teams, as well as professional Sporting Jax soccer teams.

A man who stopped to break up a fight outside a Putnam County school ended up seriously injured after a group of students turned on him Friday afternoon, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.

In February, the St. Johns County School District said it was bracing for the potential of a big budget gap next school year.

A former Jacksonville youth pastor is behind bars following a nearly three-month investigation by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office into allegations of sexual battery against a minor.

Detectives with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 61-year-old man accused of child sex crime charges following a joint investigation with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and state and federal agencies, according to SJSO.

A Florida State Prison employee was fired on Wednesday after he was arrested and accused in a domestic incident involving a woman and six children that started on the Fourth of July.