Two children and a teen were killed and several others suffered severe injuries after a Saturday morning crash on Interstate 95 in Nassau County. The Florida Highway Patrol said a car and an SUV were driving south around 7 a.m. on I-95 near mile marker 381, close to the GeorgiaContinue Reading
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Stacy M. Brown By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – In a one-on-one interview with the Black Press of America, Kennedy spoke about his relentless focus on combating environmental racism, ending qualified immunity for law enforcement officers, and addressing the alarming racial disparities withinContinue Reading
Duval County Public Schools released a video on its social media accounts Monday of Highlands Elementary School being demolished. A new school will open in 2024 thanks to the half-penny sales tax. Students are temporarily attending school on the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School campus for the 2023-24 schoolContinue Reading
Two Northeast Florida school districts had the highest scores in the state on end-of-year math and English language arts tests, according to recently released statewide data. Last week, the Florida Department of Education published standardized test results for every county around the state. It was the first year the standardizedContinue Reading
Fireworks are fun to watch on the Fourth of July and a yearly tradition for many. But if you plan on lighting them off yourself, Dr. Purva Grover, an emergency medicine physician for Cleveland Clinic Children’s, urges you to keep a few things in mind. “You have to be veryContinue Reading
Jason Jones, Sheila Adams, Jarrett Green and Bobby Parks Shown are Board Members Kevin Waters, Kim McKissick and Sam Newby. As the mantra states it takes a village to raise a child, one cannot help but consider our community entities play in shaping those foundations. Founded in 1948, as theContinue Reading
Shown is Photographer Greg Miller putting his money where his mouth is in the day’s agenda of buying black! With the support of over 225 vendors at the Melanin Market Juneteenth Celebration, thousands of revelers from around the state and beyond trekked to the eastside of Jacksonville for the 6thContinue Reading
By Lynn Jones – While art may lie in the eye of the beholder, so does the creation of it. Along the corridors of Pearl Street resides artist Will Carpenter. Carpenter has been painting for more than 50 years. At the age of 12, his mother inspired him to pursueContinue Reading
A 51-year-old Palm Coast man is facing multiple child sex charges related to a victim younger than 12 years old, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said. Michael Wayne Jennelle was arrested Friday on charges of sexual batter on a victim younger than 12 and two counts of lewd and lasciviousContinue Reading
Jacksonville, Fla., June 27, 2023 – The Jessie Ball duPont Fund (duPont Fund) announced today that The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida (TCF) has committed $250,000 to expand economic opportunity through the JAX Microfinance Fund (JMF), which invests in innovative and non-predatory online platforms that lend to small business owners in the seven NortheastContinue Reading
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