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Clay County students head back to school Thursday and their teachers will have a new tool to alert police, students and staff about any crisis on campus this year. It’s called Signal Alert For Education, or “SAFE.” It’s a small device teachers can attach to a lanyard and wear aroundContinue Reading

As students in 11 local counties head back to school on Thursday, police and road crews want drivers to remember the rules of sharing the road with buses, and the Florida Department of Transportation is reminding parents of simple ways to keep students safe at the bus stop. More thanContinue Reading

A new school year means more cars and students back on the road. It is up to both pedestrians and drivers to be aware, cautious and ready to react. Child pedestrian deaths have jumped 11% in the last decade, according to annual reports on traffic trends from the American AcademyContinue Reading

Clay County’s newest school will welcome its first students to class Thursday morning when more than 600 kindergarten through sixth grade students begin the school year at Spring Park Elementary on County Road 315 in Green Cove Springs. “My favorite part is the anticipation of what is to come,” PrincipalContinue Reading

City leaders on Wednesday met with Ken Knight Drive residents to discuss solutions to the neighborhood’s flooding problems. The area sits on the Ribault River and recent hurricanes have caused waters to engulf residents’ homes. One solution is a FEMA grant that would allow the city to buy out homesContinue Reading

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man’s body was found in a wooded area of the Highlands neighborhood near Beckner and Doniphan Drive. JSO said the body has been decomposing for a while and calls were made to police after people in the Northside neighborhood noticed a smell.Continue Reading

In Clay County work crews have been scrambling to prepare sidewalks in front of Lake Asbury Junior High and Lake Asbury Elementary School in time for school Thursday morning. Clay County said Wednesday that the sidewalks along Sandridge Road are now complete and children can walk to school in theContinue Reading

Now:  A warm night with a few showers through 9 p.m.  Patchy fog overnight with light to calm wind. Tonight:  Temperatures will slowly fall through the night.  Most areas will still be in the 80s to midnight. Thursday: Excessive Heat Warning and a Heat Advisory, through 8 pm.  Patchy fog earlyContinue Reading

Carol B. Thomas believes since she was a little girl, God’s plan was for her to take care of those older than her. “My grandmother always said that I had healing hands and I was just, I don’t know, I just always took a special interest in seniors,” the registeredContinue Reading