June 3, 2025
Q&A | New 904Ward CEO outlines her plans amid shifting DEI landscape
Audrieanna Burgin discusses her journey, her hometown and how she envisions the organization moving forward.…
November 25, 2024
904Ward CEO announces her departure
In a statement shared with donors Monday, 904Ward CEO Kimberly Allen said she will move to Houston for another opportunity.…
August 18, 2025
Ceremony will remember Dollar General shooting victims
Community members will reflect Sunday on the racially motivated shooting two years ago.…
August 5, 2025
Jacksonville mayor launches data portal to try to reduce politics in policymaking
The City of Jacksonville launched a data analysis portal, State of Jax, to identify and eradicate local discrepancies in life…
June 5, 2025
Appeals court hears bid to revive Jacksonville Confederate monuments lawsuit
A Jacksonville civil rights attorney asks a federal appeals court to allow his suit against Confederate monuments to go ahead.…
August 25, 2024
Soil collection ceremony marks 1-year anniversary of Dollar General shooting
More than 300 people gathered to remember AJ Laguerre, Angela Carr and Jerrald Gallion with a soil collection ceremony.…
July 8, 2024
#AskJAXTDY | Are funds still set aside for Confederate monument removal?
A Jacksonville Today reader asks what’s happening with the money set aside for Confederate monument removal…
April 4, 2024
A.L. Lewis fund sparks Black philanthropy with first grants
The A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact fund announced grants toward health, education and economic development in predominantly Black neighborhoods.…
March 26, 2024
PHOTO ESSAY | Jacksonville Alumnae Chapter welcomes first new Deltas in a decade
After 10 years, the Jacksonville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta welcomed new members in front of a cross section…
March 4, 2024
Edward Waters president battles old HBCU perceptions as university grows
For Faison, outdated impressions of Edward Waters are especially irksome as he leads the university through historic firsts.…
February 28, 2024
Deegan forms African American Advisory Board
The board will enable residents to share information and perspective with Mayor Donna Deegan. Appointments are expected later in the…
January 26, 2024
#AskJAXTDY l What happens with the money set aside to remove Confederate monuments?
There was already money in the budget for the removal of the Confederate statues at Springfield Park. A reader asked…
January 16, 2024
Monument-removal money never flowed through city coffers, Jax top lawyer says
The city’s chief lawyer came under fire again Tuesday from City Council members as he sought to explain his department’s…
January 2, 2024
Jacksonville Council rails over removal of Confederate statues
City Council members spent over an hour Tuesday criticizing General Counsel Michael Fackler for the removal of Confederate statues in…
December 27, 2023
Confederate monument removed, but debate persists
In an interview with Jacksonville Today, Mayor Donna Deegan said she hopes the monument’s removal is just one step in…
June 4, 2023
Duval Schools doesn’t know what to do with unapproved books
Duval County Public Schools sent almost twice as many library books to its recycling plant this school year than it…
February 16, 2023
‘Little Free Diverse Libraries’ find a home during book debate
904Ward and Yellow House Art are making diverse authors available in Jacksonville to fill “book deserts.”…
May 17, 2022
Some Black groups say they were left out of Jacksonville’s bicentennial, so they’re holding their own events instead
Celebrating the city’s two centuries of history – warts and all – was the challenge the Jacksonville Historical Society was…