The festivities surrounding the City of Jacksonville’s Christmas tree lighting begin at 5 p.m., and at 5:30, News4JAX will have LIVE coverage from James Weldon Johnson Park, with a special appearance from Olympians like Poe Pinson, Ryan Murphy, and Caeleb Dressel.

The city of Green Cove Springs is hosting an unforgettable and festive Christmas parade this year and adding in a special guest star in its celebrations.

Snoop Dogg become has become a star of the Paris Olympics, ascending to new heights with several memorable moments.

No one can match America’s depth at the pool.

While some of the biggest names in American swimming have faltered at the Paris Olympics, Torri Huske has claimed a starring role.

Katie Ledecky has capped another stellar Olympics by becoming only the second swimmer to win the same event at four straight Summer Games, holding off Ariarne Titmus to win the 800-meter freestyle.

In another disappointment for the American swim team, Simone Manuel has been eliminated in the preliminaries of the 50-meter freestyle.

Léon Marchand completed his dominating run through the Paris Olympics, capturing his fourth swimming gold with another runaway victory in the 200-meter individual medley Friday night.

The Australian women are about the surest thing in swimming, and they showed it Saturday on the first night in the Paris Olympic pool.

Veteran U.S. swimmer Caeleb Dressel only knows the top of an Olympic podium in a decorated career.

The 2024 Olympics in Paris are right around the corner and the area has a handful of athletes who are headed to compete. Here’s a look at the athletes who were born or attended high school or college here who have qualified for the Olympics and Paralympics.

Also in this week's Olympic notebook, Caeleb Dressel still in good form, golf teams announced.

The crowds were large and raucous.

Caeleb Dressel has locked up his second individual race in Paris, giving him another chance to shine after his stellar performance at the last Olympics.

Caeleb Dressel has earned his first individual race of the Paris Games, winning the men’s 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

Clay High School graduate Caeleb Dressel finished third in the 100-meter freestyle on Wednesday night at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, qualifying for his third straight Games, but this time, only in the relays.

Coming back from long layoffs, American swimming stars Caeleb Dressel and Simone Manuel had to settle for relay spots at the Olympics on Wednesday night.

Caeleb Dressel has made his debut at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, posting the third-fastest time in the preliminaries of the 100-meter freestyle.

Ryan Murphy is headed back to the Olympics with a world-leading time in the pool, too.

Simone Manuel was the first Black female swimmer to capture an Olympic gold medal.

It was a night for teenagers to shine at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Anthony Nesty has made more history with his selection to lead the U.S. men’s swimming team at the Paris Olympics.

Caeleb Dressel failed to qualify for the biggest swim meet of the year.

Two years after winning five gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, Caeleb Dressel has failed to qualify for the swimming world championships.

Chase Kalisz has become the seventh American swimmer to make six world championship teams.

In a sport still struggling to diversify, Anthony Nesty is a significant presence on the pool deck at the U.S. national championships.

Caeleb Dressel has finished 29th in the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. nationals to fall far short of qualifying for the world championships in an event he won at the Tokyo Olympics.

Olympic star Caeleb Dressel has returned to the competition pool after a layoff of nearly a year.

Seventeen-year-old David Popovici of Romania has become the youngest swimmer to break the world record in the men’s 100-meter freestyle.

Two-time world champion Caeleb Dressel is not defending his title in the men’s 100 freestyle at the swimming world championships after withdrawing before the semifinals.

Torri Huske, Caeleb Dressel and Alex Walsh have all won golds for the United States on the second day of racing at the world swimming championships.

Green Cove Springs native Caeleb Dressel has seven Olympic gold medals and multiple swimming world records, and now he can add one more -- interesting -- trophy to the case.

Florida needs a pick-me-up, and there are few better cures for a broken-hearted Gators football team than having Vanderbilt next on the schedule.

Here’s a breakdown of what certain countries pay athletes when they win a medal in the Summer Olympics, according to Forbes.

The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics have officially come to an end.

The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games finally come to a close after an exhausting, enlightening and sometimes enraging run.

It’s just a blueprint for now, but this Fall, families will be navigating through a giant corn maze that bears the likeness of Clay County’s own GOLD MEDALIST, Caeleb Dressel.

More than 7,000 miles from Tokyo and hidden in a ballroom at a posh resort, Team USA family and friends are getting an Olympic experience they never would have half a world away.

Well, that was as fast as Caeleb Dressel swimming the 50-meter freestyle.

Caeleb Dressel and Emma McKeon earned milestone medals at the Olympic pool before the race to determine the fastest man in the world took center stage.

Emma McKeon won two more gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, making the Australian the first woman to earn seven medals in swimming at a single games.

Caeleb Dressel capped one of the greatest performances in Olympic history with his fourth and fifth gold medals of the Tokyo Games.

Caeleb Dressel and Ryan Murphy sewed up swimming in the Olympics with a bang.

American star Caeleb Dressel still has a shot at five gold medals.

Katie Ledecky made more history for the U.S. in the pool.

For all the focus on Caeleb Dressel, Australia’s Emma McKeon could leave the Tokyo Olympics with more swimming medals than anyone.

The willingness of athletes, led by Simone Biles, to talk about the pressures they face as elite athletes on the Olympics stage, has forced a look at how NBC presents the Games to the public.

Caeleb Dressel has won his third gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with a world record in the 100-meter butterfly.

Caeleb Dressel keeps the gold medals going.

Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica has broken Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record in the women’s 100 meters.

The final night of swimming gives Caeleb Dressel and four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel more chances to collect hardware on Day 8 of the Tokyo Games.

After an Olympics with plenty of free time, Simone Manuel has finally gotten back to racing.

The Olympic debut of the 4x-100-meter mixed medley relay lived up to its promise of utter chaos and unpredictability.

Caeleb Dressel has a shot to win six gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics.

Tatjana Schoenmaker knocked off the first individual world record in swimming at the Tokyo Olympics.

Ryan Murphy got another Olympic medal, this one a silver.

Caeleb Dressel is expected to be the star of Day 7 at the Tokyo Games as he seeks his third gold medal in Friday night coverage of the Olympics.

Caeleb Dressel and Ryan Murphy have already earned gold medals. Fans say chances are, they’ll return home with several more.

Caeleb Dressel tossed his gold medal from a winning relay at the Tokyo Olympics to a teammate in the stands.

Caeleb Dressel got his first individual gold medal, the Chinese women put together a record-setting relay and American Sunisa Lee won the women’s all-around gymnastics gold.

Make that two, Caeleb.

Caeleb Dressel lived up to the hype in an Olympics where many of the U.S. favorites have faltered.

The U.S. women’s volleyball team won its third straight match at the Olympics and is assured of a spot in the quarterfinals.

For the first time in more than a century, Britain claimed relay gold at the Olympic pool.

Day 5 of the Tokyo Games features another busy day at the Aquatics Centre with five swimming finals and the men’s diving synchronized springboard final.

Simone Biles and Team USA seek their third consecutive gold medal in women's gymnastics in Tuesday's team final.

Ariarne Titmus and Luka Doncic made memorable Olympic debuts.

Clay High School graduate Caeleb Dressel has his first gold medal of this year’s Olympics.

Caeleb Dressel got started on his quest for six gold medals in swimming, while Katie Ledecky found herself in a very unusual position: Second place.

Two of America's biggest stars begin their Tokyo Games on Sunday.

Chase Kalisz knows what’s coming: Pain, and lots of it in the 400-meter individual medley that gets swimming underway at the Tokyo Olympics.

A debate is brewing between former gold medalist Maya DiRado and some American swimmers over U.S. medal threat Michael Andrew’s decision not to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus on the eve of competition at the Tokyo Olympics.

Caeleb Dressel could win as many as seven medals in the pool at the Tokyo Olympics.

There won’t be any reaction shots of excited, shocked or crying family members in the stands at the Tokyo Olympics.

We lost a lot last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of those things was the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The US swimming trials are in the books and the results are in.

Simone Manuel is going back to the Olympics.

Caeleb Dressel looks ready for Tokyo.

The stars shined on the next-to-last night of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha.

The stars shined on the next-to-last night of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha.

Caeleb Dressel is heading back to the Olympics.

After a long week of waiting, Caeleb Dressel finally punched his ticket for the Tokyo Olympics with a victory in the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials.

Katie Ledecky’s most grueling night at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials resulted in two more victories.

The Lilly King Show is headed to Tokyo.

Olympic champion Ryan Lochte has failed to advance from the preliminaries of the 200-meter freestyle in his first event of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

Qualifying for the Team USA swimming team picks back up Sunday and quite a few local swimmers will be in the mix.

Outside of it, the Olympic champion is pushing herself in a new endeavor to boost the profile of women’s sports. AdShe’s aiming to defend her 100 free title at the Tokyo Olympics, delayed for a year by the coronavirus pandemic. When Stanford closed its facilities last March, Manuel and training partner Katie Ledecky found a backyard pool to work out in. He failed to make it out of the preliminaries, finishing 32nd in the 100 free and 25th in the 100 breaststroke. Blake Pieroni won the men’s 100 free in 49.19 seconds.

Irvine is hosting about 240 swimmers — a mix of national team members, collegians and high schoolers — competing outdoors under strict safety guidelines at a time when COVID-19 is surging again in many parts of the country. Ryan Lochte, seeking to make his fifth Olympic team at age 36, is competing at the U.S. Open site in Sarasota, Florida. Swimmers enter the complex through a designated spot and follow a progression from the warm-up pool, competition pool, warm-down pool and exit. The number of swimmers who can be in the same lane training at the same time is limited to a maximum of four. Multiple sessions are being staged to keep the number of swimmers at the complex at one time lower.

Caeleb Dressel competes in the men's 100-meter butterfly semifinal at the 2019 FINA World Championships. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)GWANGJU, South Korea - Caeleb Dressel broke Michael Phelps' world record in the 100-meter butterfly on Friday at the world swimming championships. Dressel was out in 22.83 seconds -- 0.53 seconds under Phelps' pace -- and came home in 26.67 to lead eight men into Saturday's final. It's the second world record of Phelps' to fall at this year's worlds. Caeleb Dressel celebrates as he sets a new world record of 49.50 seconds in the men's 100-meter butterfly semifinal at the 2019 FINA World Championships.