Jacksonville, Fl \u2014 Three Big Things to Know for Wednesday, September 3, 2025:<\/p>\n
First Alert Weather: <\/b>Mainly dry with building heat into the weekend. It\u2019s a dry morning commute for Jacksonville. Highs today will be in the mid to upper 80s. A brief shower coming off the Atlantic is possible along the coast to about I-95. We are near or just above 90 degrees inland over the rest of the week and into the weekend.<\/p>\n
TROPICS: <\/b>No active storms. A tropical wave is southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands off the West Coast of Africa and could develop in the long-range over the open ocean. The next name is Gabrielle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Thanks for the memories:<\/b> A beloved Jacksonville BBQ restaurant is closing for good after nearly seven decades. Jenkins Quality Barbecue will be closing its doors for good<\/a>. \u201cIt breaks my heart to know that they\u2019re closing,\u201d said loyal Jenkins customer Alisa Hill. The restaurant chain posted a message to its Facebook page saying all three Jenkins locations will be closing later this month due to \u201crising costs of food and labor, shifting consumer trends and supply chain issues.\u201d Doors officially close September 30th.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Breaking overnight: A man was shot and killed inside a home in the Pine Forest neighborhood. The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office says a man in his early 40s was killed late Tuesday night. JSO says two people were being questioned, but so far, no arrests have been announced. Action News Jax Finn Carlin spoke with a neighbor moments before updating the story on Jacksonville\u2019s Morning News. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Jimmy Failla joined Jacksonville\u2019s Morning News at 8:20 am with hot takes on the rumor mill regarding President Trump\u2019s health and thoughts on using National Guard troops for law enforcement support. Is it legal? Necessary? Too much? Hear more from Jimmy Failla on Fox Across America, every weeknight at 6pm on WOKV!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u25b6 Listen to Jacksonville\u2019s Morning News Interviews<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and traffic app. And click here<\/a> to subscribe to our daily 3 Big Things newsletter.<\/p>\n \u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville, Fl \u2014 Three Big Things to Know for Wednesday, September 3, 2025: The Duval County School headquarters…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":207450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[18000,5229,26459,51793,17998,113978,15048,3188,723,7310,16047,113975,108610,8423,18005,17999,113977,7325,64031,25530,113976,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-207449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-18000","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-dcps","11":"tag-drug-bust","12":"tag-duval","13":"tag-duval-county-school-board","14":"tag-first-alert-weather","15":"tag-fl","16":"tag-florida","17":"tag-jacksonville","18":"tag-jacksonville-sheriffs-office","19":"tag-jenkins-bbq","20":"tag-jenkins-quality-barbecue","21":"tag-jso","22":"tag-mike-buresh","23":"tag-ne-florida","24":"tag-nights-of-lights","25":"tag-northeast-florida","26":"tag-southbank","27":"tag-st-augustine","28":"tag-st-johns-county-commission","29":"tag-united-states","30":"tag-united-states-of-america","31":"tag-unitedstates","32":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","33":"tag-us","34":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115162719439693739","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}