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
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
More than 53 million Americans provide unpaid caregiving to family members in their home. This difficult responsibility challenges caregivers with life and death decisions they are sometimes unprepared to make. Local nonprofit ElderSource has spent decades supporting those who find themselves in this tough-but-crucial position. As part of that work,Continue 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
A child was struck by a car Friday morning on Lane Avenue in the Hyde Park area of Jacksonville’s Westside. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department confirmed a pedestrian, later identified as a pediatric patient, was hit around 7 a.m. Friday on Lane Avenue and Miss Muffet Lane. The childContinue Reading
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