Recently released data from the Florida Department of Education is providing a better idea of how school students across the state are faring in core subjects. Nassau and St. Johns County had some of the best results in the state.

The free Petco Love Mega adoption event in Jacksonville has wrapped up, and the final numbers are in: 510 dogs and cats said goodbye to the shelters and hello to their new homes.

While recognizing Pride Month, Mayor Deegan announced the first-ever members of her 11-person LGBTQ Advisory Committee, which was created via Executive Order in 2024. Some of those advisors include Cindy Watson of JASMYN, performer Karissa Wade, Mason Manion of Equality Florida, and Mayo Clinic’s Jacob Eleazer.

The hotel has been a landmark in the Jacksonville Beach community since its construction in 1925. Real estate development firm Corner Lot plans to redevelop Casa Marina for another successful 100 years.

Despite issues with the building detailed in multiple new surveys, some locals demand the Magic Beach Motel be preserved due to its bold appearance and cultural significance. The potential demolition will again be debated at a public meeting on June 30.

Live Release Rates and intake numbers are both up at ACPS, meaning more animals are being helped and getting a happy ending. Still, more animals means more strain on resources.

Rather than scrap or sell its outdated ambulances, CCFR is revamping them as brush trucks, designed to fight wildfires in challenging terrain.

Jacksonville’s newest live music venue is nearing its official opening and stacking up show dates following months of delays. Aly & AJ and Bowling For Soup have now joined the line-up for later this year.

According to officials, construction will begin on MOSH’s new location on the Northbank in 2026, before a projected grand opening in Summer 2028.

“It’s like clockwork, we always get our first nest during the first week of May,” Georgia Sea Turtle Program Coordinator Mark Dodd said. Nests have already begun popping up in Florida.

In a new partnership with Camden County Sheriff Kevin Chaney and an anonymous benefactor, two 24-hour microchip scanning stations are now available to people in the area.

The rally happened just hours after ICE announced the results of a “first-of-its-kind” partnership between Florida and federal agencies this week, arresting nearly 800 undocumented immigrants in four days.

The Caffeinated Cat pounced onto the scene as an offshoot of a local non-profit, Mayport Cats, which has operated for nearly two decades.

K9s for Warriors, a non-profit organization based out of Ponte Vedra Beach, said it worked with the senators to get the SAVES Act ready for consideration.

The advocacy group Bear Warriors United said this ruling sets a new national precedent: “No state agency is above the Endangered Species Act, even when it comes to regulating itself. The decision signals a turning point for environmental enforcement in Florida and across the country.”