First Coast

Ascension St. Vincent’s is holding a COVID-19 vaccination event on Monday, Jan. 18, for Clay County residents age 65 and older, which the hospital said filled up shortly after the event was announced Friday morning.

State Rep. Jason Fischer, R-Jacksonville, opened a campaign account Thursday to run in 2022 for a Northeast Florida Senate seat, setting up a potential race against Rep. Clay Yarborough, R-Jacksonville, according to the state Division of Elections website.

The Jaguars reached an agreement Thursday to hire Urban Meyer as their next head coach, replacing Doug Marrone, the franchise announced.  

Earth Fare, the natural and organic grocer, announced Jan. 14 it will reopen in St. Johns County.

St. Johns County School District employees who are 65 or older can now get the COVID-19 vaccine through a new program at Flagler Health+ in St. Augustine.

An Ocala-area man is charged in connection with this week’s armed assault on the U.S. Capitol. He was taken into custody as part of a joint operation between the FBI Jacksonville Division and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

Now that Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan is “pulling the plug” on Lot J, team President Mark Lamping says Khan wants to advance his $535 million plan to redevelop Metropolitan Park and the Shipyards.

Jacksonville City Councilman Matt Carlucci announced Thursday he intends to run for mayor in 2023, becoming the first candidate to enter what is expected to be a crowded race for the open seat.

District 9 Jacksonville City Councilman Garrett Dennis called for Mayor Lenny Curry to resign Thursday on WJCT News’ First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross.

“Lenny Curry and his administration is probably the most corrupt administration the city has ever seen,” Dennis said on air.

The Duval County Public Schools district is adjusting its timeline for notifying the public about new COVID-19 cases.

Jacksonville’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade will be held Monday, Jan. 18, at 10 a.m., while two annual MLK Day breakfasts on Friday, Jan. 15, are going virtual this year.

A Downtown Investment Authority committee advanced a proposed parking rate increase Jan. 12 for on-street metered parking in areas of the Northbank deemed high-demand. 

Governor Ron DeSantis has announced the state is partnering with Publix to establish COVID-19 vaccination sites at select locations throughout Florida and on Wednesday he said that several would be in St. Johns and Flagler Counties.

A $245.3 million taxpayer funded incentive package for Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s proposed Lot J development failed to get the support it needed from the Jacksonville City Council during Tuesday night’s meeting.

St. Johns County has another 500 doses of the coronavirus vaccine it plans to administer this Friday.

The Brumos Collection classic car museum announced Tuesday it's planning to reopen to the public on Thursday, Jan. 21, after being closed to the public since back in March of 2020 as a pandemic safety measure.

Grants ranging from $500 to $50,000 have been distributed to 117 First Coast area nonprofits to help offset costs they have incurred during the pandemic.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that $1.4 billion in emergency rental assistance to Floridians is on its way as part of the federal COVID-19 relief legislation signed into law on Dec. 27.

The developer that wants to raze the unfinished Berkman Plaza II on the St. Johns Riverfront Downtown no longer plans to implode the high-rise.

Southeast Georgia’s Coastal Health district has temporarily paused all scheduling Tuesday so they can manage the requests already received.

Farm Share plans to host two food distribution events in the Jacksonville area this week.

The first is Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the American Legion Post on County Road 218 in Middleburg. Distribution begins at 8:30 in the morning.

A public hearing about safety improvements on the Westside’s San Juan Avenue is being hosted Tuesday, Jan. 12, by the Florida Department of Transportation.

St. Johns County has run out of COVID-19 vaccine doses and officials don’t expect another shipment for at least a week.

Calling his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives who objected to Electoral College election results "embarrassing," Democratic North Florida Representative Al Lawson says he expects efforts to impeach President Donald Trump to move quickly this week in the House of Representatives.

Jacksonville firefighters doused hot spots overnight to prevent flare-ups as investigation ramped up into a three-alarm fire that destroyed a historic building Downtown and threatened neighboring businesses Saturday night.