Jacksonville News (Page 362)

Sunday marked 63 years since Ax Handle Saturday unfolded in Jacksonville and a commemoration was held at Jessie Ball duPont Center on Adams Street. On August 27, 1960, a mob of white men with axes and bats attacked young black people after a peaceful sit-in at a segregated lunch counterContinue Reading

Columbia High School (CHS) will close and move to virtual learning on Monday, August 28 to work to install metal detectors to enhance school safety. The school, which has a student population of 1,700, said the decision to add the security measure is “a testament to the school’s unwavering commitmentContinue Reading

A Jacksonville church held a prayer vigil to remember the lives of those killed in Saturday’s shooting and to encourage a hurting community during a difficult time. The St. Paul AME Church on New Kings Road hoped to combat hate with prayer following Saturday’s deadly shooting that claimed three innocentContinue Reading

Community members, faith and city leaders joined together Sunday at a prayer vigil to remember the live of three victims who were violently killed in a Saturday’s mass shooting at a Dollar General. Mayor Donna Deegan, Sheriff T.K. Waters, Councilmember Ju’Coby Pittman, and other city and state representatives are amongContinue Reading

Sunday evening ends with temperatures in the low 80s, light winds from the southeast, and partly cloudy skies. No rain. Monday morning temperatures will begin in the low 70s, with a light wind and mostly cloudy skies. Light rain could begin just after sunrise. Looking Ahead: Tropical Storm Idalia couldContinue Reading

Former Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Director Tom Hackney, who was working during the mass shooting at The Jacksonville Landing, said the racially motivated mass shooting sparked painful memories. The attack came five years to the day of a deadly mass shooting when a gunman from Baltimore opened fire and killed twoContinue Reading

President Biden penned a statement Sunday in response to the racially motivated mass shooting that left three dead in a Black community in Northwest Jacksonville. Biden said the attack fell on the same day as the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, which is a march that advocates forContinue Reading

A 21-year-old Clay County man was identified as the shooter who went into a Dollar General Saturday and senselessly took the lives of three people in the New Town neighborhood, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said at a news conference. The sheriff broke down an extensive timeline of the racially-motivated attackContinue Reading

The Justice Department announced Sunday that it is investigating a mass shooting at the Dollar General in New Town as a hate crime. Saturday, three victims who were black were murdered. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters says the alleged shooter left three manifestos where he wrote about his hatred for blackContinue Reading