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Jacksonville’s quality of life is being questioned on Tuesday night. What issues are important for people living here? The city council worked for months studying those concerns and released a report last year. On Tuesday, that committee passed on those concerns to the new council leadership. In the report, andContinue Reading

A Duval County School Board member is speaking out to News4JAX about Florida’s new controversial educational standards for African American studies and how the new curriculum could be rolled out into local schools. Darryl Willie who reviewed the academic standards doesn’t only have an issue with the new curriculum whichContinue Reading

Isolated thunderstorms with areas of rain will continue through around 8 pm then fade after sunset. Areas of patchy fog can be expected across our inland areas tomorrow morning. Isolated storms return Wednesday afternoon with better chances across our inland areas as the wind turns onshore. Tonight: Isolated thunderstorms withContinue Reading

President Biden delivers remarks on expanding access to mental health care. The White House announced new proposed rules focused on bolstering mental health. Under the rules, health plans would be required to make changes if they are found to be providing “inadequate access” to mental health services, based on whetherContinue Reading

Today the Biden Administration dedicated three memorials in two states for Emmitt Till. He’s the 14-year-old who was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955. His killers were eventually acquitted by an all-white jury. That injustice was one of the primary catalysts for the Civils Rights movement. 68 years after EmmittContinue Reading

When President Joe Biden signs a proclamation on Tuesday establishing a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, it will mark the fulfillment of a promise Till’s relatives made after his death 68 years ago. The Black teenager from Chicago, whose abduction, torture and killing in MississippiContinue Reading

The Baker County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Tiffany Dillman, 26, with four counts of child neglect after they found four children left in a hot car outside a restaurant in Macclenny Friday. The mom is accused of leaving them unattended for at least 20 minutes. According to the arrestContinue Reading

Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts made an official announcement Tuesday that it is partnering with Shad Khan through Iguana Investments to build a new hotel and private residences in downtown Jacksonville. The property will be a center point of the Jacksonville Shipyards development. Built on the banks of the St.Continue Reading

The Duval County Medical Society is gearing up to give out flu shots on the First Coast. The campaign called #FluVaxJax will soon get underway, and right now, the DCMS Foundation is asking people to pre-register to get their vaccine. The pre-registration will get you a no-cost flu vaccine voucherContinue Reading