Jacksonville News (Page 353)

Dollar General on Friday announced it plans to donate more than $2.5 million to efforts and organizations focused on healing and hope for Jacksonville. The company also is working toward extending counseling services to the broader community. The donation comes after the racist attack that left three Black residents deadContinue Reading

Nearly one week after a gunman killed three Black people in New Town, National civil rights leader Al Sharpton, the family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and the Anti-Defamation League announced plans Monday to bring a hate crime summit to Jacksonville. “It’s time for number two and we wantContinue Reading

The Jacksonville City Council is still working on plans to move the jail from its current location downtown to another area of town but it could take years before that happens. Until then, there are plenty of other issues that have to be dealt with now. The jail along EastContinue Reading

After completing site surveys in Glynn County, the National Weather Service said it found damage showing three separate tornadoes touched down in wake of Hurricane Idalia on Wednesday. The first one was around 7:34 a.m. According to the NWS, the tornado which spanned about 9.79 miles and was around 50Continue Reading

President Joe Biden plans to visit the Big Bend region of Florida this weekend to survey the damage left behind from Hurricane Idalia. Residents have a long road ahead of them as they pick up the pieces. The storm smacked the coast as a powerful Category 3 storm on WednesdayContinue Reading

The aftermath of Hurricane Idalia left some Florida animal shelters, including Lake City Humane Society (Lake City) and North Florida Animal Rescue (Wellborn) without power. Both of the facilities also have outdoor kennels that were damaged by Idalia. The Jacksonville Humane Society is stepping in and partnering with national nonprofitsContinue Reading

Saying the insurance industry “dodged a bullet,” a reinsurance firm Thursday estimated that Hurricane Idalia caused $3 billion to $5 billion in insured losses. The firm, BMS, pointed to Idalia making landfall Wednesday in the Keaton Beach area of rural Taylor County before moving through other sparsely populated areas ofContinue Reading

Student loans will start accruing interest again Friday after a three-year pause. This is the first step toward resuming student loan payments next month. Borrowers will be charged the same interest rate they were paying before March 2020. You can see your balance and interest rates through your loan servicer.Continue Reading

People across Florida and Georgia who were in Idalia’s path are picking through the pieces of the rubble where their homes once stood. Jimmy Butler returned to find his Horseshoe Beach home had survived the storm, but many of his neighbors weren’t as lucky. “It’s the worst storm we’ve everContinue Reading