Jacksonville News (Page 447)

The North Florida School of Special Education is in urgent need of volunteers to assist in the iCan Bike summer camp. Volunteers will work alongside a rider to help teach them how to ride a two-wheel bicycle independently. The five-day camp, located at 223 Mill Creek Road, runs from July 10 through JulyContinue Reading

We’re digging deeper into the history of swimming in the Black community, and how exclusion in the past has had a ripple effect that still affects people today. It comes as the Consumer Product Safety Commission calls for more drowning prevention efforts this summer. The agency’s newest report found Black childrenContinue Reading

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office on Monday announced a new member to the team — Forensic K-9 Ripley! Ripley will assist Crime Scene Tech Christie Vore to help solve crimes.Continue Reading

Friends and loved ones who knew local civil rights activist, Ben Frazier, will gather Tuesday afternoon to honor his memory during a candlelight vigil at James Weldon Johnson Park. Frazier died on Saturday night from a long battle with cancer. He was 73. His daughter sent News4JAX the following statement:Continue Reading

Dozens of volunteers with Changing Homelessness, alongside other groups, will collect valuable data on the homeless population in Duval, Clay and Nassau counties this week. The counting will start on Tuesday and go until Thursday. The goal of counting the number of people without homes is to better gauge theContinue Reading

Temps will reach the mid 90s this afternoon but the humidity is higher which will make it feel even hotter. Higher dew points surging in advance of a cold front headed our way will put the feels like index up to 105-108° across NE FL. Drier air over Georgia willContinue Reading

While the word ‘adulting’ is new, being a grown-up is not, and it’s not easy. In a recent survey, sixty-three percent of Gen Z and millennials said they didn’t feel prepared for the responsibility and were burnt out by the time they reached adulthood. Feedback like that became motivation forContinue Reading

Alachua County Fire Rescue is asking the community for prayers for two firefighters injured in the line of duty. County officials say at 3:06pm Monday, Fire Rescue Units from Alachua County Fire Rescue, Newberry, and High Springs were dispatched to Southern Fuelwood in Newberry. This is a business that dealsContinue Reading

Just days before the inauguration of Mayor-elect Donna Deegan, her transition team is hard at work to make some changes to programs in the city. Deegan said she’s ready to be sworn in on July 1 as Jacksonville’s first female mayor. “It feels like I’ve already been here for fourContinue Reading