I’ve known Ben Frazier for years, as an activist, a former broadcast journalist and — I have to say — as a friend. I have learned a lot from Ben about community involvement and life itself. Now, Frazier is gone. The president of the Northside Coalition died Saturday night afterContinue Reading
The City of Jacksonville and the Keep Jacksonville Beautiful organization have partnered with Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol to help clean up the beaches after Independence Day celebrations. The two-hour beach clean-up will start at 7 a.m. and end around 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 5. Volunteers will collect litter andContinue Reading
Formal charges have been filed against the woman accused of shooting and killing an Ocala neighbor earlier this month, and she will not face murder charges in the woman’s death, according to our sister station WKMG in Orlando. William Gladson, the state attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Florida,Continue Reading
Elena Johnston is a cancer patient getting chemotherapy infusions. In the middle of treatments, her treatment center ran out of carboplatin, then they put her on cisplatin. News4JAX reported last week that there was a critical shortage of the two drugs for cancer patients. It can delay when patients getContinue Reading
More school vouchers. Expanded restrictions on teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity. Limits on using TikTok. Carrying guns without concealed-weapons licenses. A larger Florida State Guard. More than 200 laws passed during the 2023 legislative session, including a record $116.5 billion budget, will take effect Saturday. Gov. Ron DeSantisContinue Reading
The Jacksonville Icemen’s Community First Igloo just became the first hockey team sports venue to earn Certified Autism Center (CAC) designation, according to a release. “This designation is awarded by the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES) to help make venues like the Community First Igloo moreContinue Reading
News4JAX is highlighting the best murals in Jacksonville. The murals below have been submitted through SnapJAX by those living in Jacksonville and the surrounding area. The first mural featured on “Mural Monday” was the painting of Bill Murray in Murray Hill on the side of an 80-foot wall on PlymouthContinue Reading
A judge on Friday granted a change of venue request for Othal Wallace, who will stand trial in the 2021 shooting death of a Daytona Beach police officer. The trial will now be held in Clay County. Wallace, 31, is accused of shooting Daytona Beach police Officer Jason Raynor. Wallace,Continue Reading
We are digging deeper into the disparities the Black community faces when it comes to swimming in Northeast Florida. It was a skill that was largely denied to Black Americans, especially in the Segregated South. There was a time when there was no pool for Black people to use inContinue Reading
Thousands of alumni gathered at Ribault High School for Trojan “Come Together Day” to celebrate the school’s history before it’s torn down. This past weekend graduates from the classes of 1970 through 2023 came together for the fun. The current principal, Dr. Bostic, and the Ribault Booster Club wanted toContinue Reading
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