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Photo courtesy of Jacksonville Jaguars Travis Etienne Jr. celebrates on Sunday with teammates in the end zone.

Week 3 redemption for Jaguars

Marisa DeMar

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

The Jacksonville Jaguars bagged a 17-10 win against their long-standing AFC rivals, the Houston Texans on their home turf on Sunday. Tensions were high as the team took on the Texans who they had yet to beat in the previous few attempts.

UF Health employees (from left) Sarah Harrell, Libby Harrington, Lindsey Perrotta, Captain Hutchens, and Lieutenant Williams pose outside of the mobile stroke unit at the Council on Aging. Marisa DeMar/News-Leader

Florida’s first 24-hour mobile stroke unit underway

Marisa DeMar

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

UF Health has created Florida’s first 24-hour mobile stroke unit. The vehicle is “a primary stroke center on wheels,” according to Lindsey Perrotta, the stroke program manager at UF Health, Jacksonville.

Bean wants NASA headquarters in Florida

News Staff

Friday, July 11, 2025

U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean is leading a bipartisan group of Florida Members of Congress to urge President Trump to move NASA’s headquarters from Washington to Florida’s Space Coast. NASA’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., is set for demolition and currently has only 8% occupancy.

Disaster Supplies tax free year-round

News Staff

Friday, July 11, 2025

Certain disaster preparedness items will be tax-free year-round thanks to a state exemption that takes effect on August 1. With the adoption of the 2025-2026 budget, the state legislature passed what the state Senate called “historic tax relief, relieving $1.

Nassau schools No. 1 in Florida

News Staff

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

The Florida Department of Education released its 2024-25 school grades and performance results Monday, with the Nassau County School District ranked No. 1 among the state’s 67 public school districts. This is the first time Nassau County has ever achieved first place.

Workers restore power following Hurricane Helene in Madison County. News Service of Florida

Regulators approve FPL storm costs

News Staff

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Customers of Florida’s largest power company will see a bump of about $12 in monthly bills next year to cover restoration costs from the 2024 hurricane season. The state Public Service Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a $1.

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Administration gets Florida flavor

News Staff

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump looked to his adopted home state as he quickly started to fill in his administration, with Floridians drawing key appointments and some gasps.

Florida Board of Governors. Submitted

Board digs into college athlete pay

News Staff

Friday, November 1, 2024

State university-system leaders are trying to quickly educate themselves about how a tentative legal settlement involving compensation for athletes, including some no longer in school, might change college sports in Florida.

Democrat Daryl Parks and Republican Corey Simon debated Tuesday in a fiercely contested state Senate race. Photo by Mike Exline/News Service of Florida

Simon, Parks spar on insurance, abortion

News Staff

Thursday, October 17, 2024

With voters already casting mail-in ballots, candidates in a hotly contested North Florida legislative race squared off on Tuesday as Democrats try to chip into Republicans’ supermajority in the state Senate. Republican Sen.

Gov. Ron DeSantis discusses Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall early Thursday. Submitted photo

Crews ready to go 'house to house'

News Staff

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

More than 1,400 urban search-and-rescue crew members — and more than 100 swift-water boats — were staged throughout the state in advance of Hurricane Milton’s expected landfall Wednesday night on Florida’s Gulf Coast.