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Michelle Corum is a reporter who previously served as Morning Edition host at WJCT News 89.9 for a dozen years. She’s worked in public radio in Kansas and Michigan, had her stories heard on NPR, and garnered newscast recognition by Florida AP Broadcasters. She also oversees WJCT's Radio Reading Service for the blind. Michelle brings corporate communication experience from metro D.C. and holds a master's degree from Central Michigan University and a bachelor's degree from Troy University.
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EveryPet employees do surgical procedures to include spay and neuter services for pets. | EveryPet
2 days ago

Students spay and neuter pets to fill gaps in animal care

With veterinarians in short supply, veterinary students are providing pet care at EveryPet’s training center in Jacksonville.…

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First Coast Habitat for Humanity dedicated a new house in Fernandina Beach on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, for a couple striving for homeownership through the nonprofit’s affordable housing program. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
3 days ago

Habitat puts Nassau County couple into affordable home

Gavin Kay and Madison Kline will move into a Habitat for Humanity home in Fernandina Beach.…

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Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas speaks about the racial comments of a Clay County School Board member. | News4Jax
January 21, 2026

Clay School Board member fails to explain racial remarks

Clay board member Robert Alvero did not show up when summoned to a Florida Board of Education meeting.…

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St. Johns County Fire Rescue’s permanent Fallen Firefighter Memorial now sits at Fire Rescue headquarters at 3657 Gaines Road in St. Augustine. | St. Johns County Public Affairs office.
January 16, 2026

St. Johns County memorial honors fallen firefighters

The permanent Fallen Firefighter Memorial now sits at Fire Rescue headquarters on Gaines Road in St. Augustine.…

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The International Flavors and Fragrances in West Jacksonville is shown in November 2025. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
January 14, 2026

Lawsuit over Murray Hill odors will proceed as class action

A judge has granted class action status to residents’ lawsuit against International Flavors and Fragrances.…

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Drivers must stop from either direction for a stopped school bus. | News4Jax
January 7, 2026

‘Respect the Stop’: Bus safety campaign urges drivers to stop

A new bus safety program in Duval County raises concerns about people who don’t stop for school buses.…

Featured image for “Clay School Board member assailed over racial remarks”
Clay County Bishop Marvin C. Zanders II speaks Dec. 31, 2025, with a group of other regional faith, education and civic leaders. | Livestream of news conference
December 31, 2025

Clay School Board member assailed over racial remarks

More community leaders spoke out Wednesday against racial comments by School Board member Robert Alvero.…

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Local musician Joe Starkey died Dec. 10, 2025, in a road rage incident. | Family photo
December 18, 2025

Attorney demands justice in musician’s road rage death

Joe Starkey was shot death Dec. 10 in an incident that his attorney calls a road rage homicide.…

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Ability Housing has opened Village at Cedar Hills, an affordable housing complex on Jacksonville’s Westside. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
December 9, 2025

90 affordable housing units open in West Jacksonville

Ability Housing opened Village at Cedar Hills, 90 units of affordable housing at a time when it’s desperately needed.…

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Linda Schneader takes photos of her kids pumping water in the splash pad at the newly opened Riverfront Plaza. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
December 5, 2025

Expansive Riverfront Plaza and playground officially open

Visitors praised the first phase of Jacksonville’s newest park, which was more than a year in the making.…

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Emmy Noether is a character in the game Adventures with Emmy, a STEM-related game under development at the University of North Florida. | Art by Vic Sullivan.
December 3, 2025

UNF gets $1.3M grant to develop STEM game

The game, called Adventures with Emmy, will be similar to Dungeons and Dragons but with a STEM theme.…

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Riverfront Plaza is set to reopen after an 18-month renovation on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
November 25, 2025

Riverfront Plaza second ‘destination’ Downtown park to open this month

City officials are debuting Riverfront Plaza and RiversEdge public parks on the Nothbank and Southbank, respectively.…

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Acon Construction Project Manager Frank Anderson, project manager for Acon Construction, shows deatils of the road project to City Councilwoman JuCoby Pittman on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
November 14, 2025

Road project aims to attract business to New Kings Road

City officials hope the work in Northwest Jacksonville will stimulate commercial investment.…

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Dr. Nancy Staats, right, speaks against the elimination of vaccine mandates. She appeared Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, before the Duval Legislative Delegation. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
November 13, 2025

Doctors lobby against scrapping vaccine mandates

Dr. Nancy Staats told the Duval Legislative Delegation that removing vaccine mandates could be disastrous.…

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James Luu, right, attends a Genesys Works professional development symposium on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, with other students in the job internship program. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
November 11, 2025

Genesys Works puts Duval high schoolers in jobs

The workforce development program places Duval County students in internship jobs with major employers.…

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Representatives of the Black Power 96 radio station in St. Petersburg speak after a court hearing Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Jacksonville. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
November 6, 2025

Pinellas radio station argues 1st Amendment case in Jax

The radio station, Black Power 96, says Pinellas County withheld COVID relief funds for racial reasons.…

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St. Augustine conservation photographer Matt Keene captured this image of flowers.
November 5, 2025

Photographer turns back time to capture the outdoors

Photographer Matt Keene documents vulnerable ecosystems using an old-fashioned method called tintypes.…

Featured image for “#AskJAXTDY | Where can I donate to a local food pantry?”
Fresh milk and bagged goods are ready for pickup at the Mandarin Food Bank's food pantry. | Mandarin Food Bank
October 28, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | Where can I donate to a local food pantry?

The U.S. government shutdown could leave millions of people without enough food. Here are places to help.…

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The entrance of the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens highlights two new exhibits. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
October 24, 2025

2 new Cummer exhibits explore meaningful landscapes

The Cummer’s two new visual art exhibits explore painting and watercolor landscapes as sites of memory.…

Featured image for “Bakery helps federal workers weather the shutdown”
Bakery manager Linda Holfinger consults her Pie Chart in the kitchen of The Pie Heaven Bakery Cafe in Atlantic Beach. The bakery is offering free chicken pot pies to those working without pay during the government shutdown. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
October 20, 2025

Bakery helps federal workers weather the shutdown

The Pie Heaven Bakery Cafe in Atlantic Beach is offering free pot pies for unpaid workers during the shutdown.…

Featured image for “JWB helps renters with down payments during housing crisis”
JWB announced that it's distributing $20,000 to eight families to help with down payments for homes. | JWB
October 15, 2025

JWB helps renters with down payments during housing crisis

JWB helped eight families buy homes by contributing $20,000 to each of them for down payments.…

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Barnabas Center workers distribute food in Callahan. | Barnabas Center
October 7, 2025

Barnabas Center helping more of Nassau’s needy

Barnabas Center is expanding to western Nassau County because of growing demand for its services.…

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State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces an arrest in the 1994 murder of Tina Heins. Heins' image is shown on the TV screen at right. | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
September 25, 2025

DNA solves fatal Mayport stabbing — 31 years later

DNA preserved since 1994 led to an arrest in the murder of pregnant newlywed Tina Heins.…

Featured image for “#AskJAXTDY | Should I report my positive COVID test so it can be tracked?”
Lots of Duval County residents got this result from their at-home COVID tests in in August 2025. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
September 17, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | Should I report my positive COVID test so it can be tracked?

A Jacksonville Today reader took a COVID test and found she had the disease. Should she report the result somewhere?…