May 8, 2023 Clay County woman takes national role with Moms for LibertyTia Bess of Clay County is the new national outreach director for Moms for Liberty.…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
April 24, 2023 Trees could be swamped when water rises in Lake GenevaEnvironmentalists fear a lakebed forest could be at risk when a new pipeline carries water from Black Creek to shrunken…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
February 28, 2023 IT firm pays to outfit tech lab at Andrew Jackson High SchoolCSI Cos. spent about $300,000 to repurpose most of the school library and started mentoring a crop of young people.…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
February 20, 2023 Parents sue JU and ex-coach over daughter’s suicideFormer track and cross country coach Ron Grigg is accused of berating and bullying Jacksonville University student Julia Pernsteiner.…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
February 14, 2023 Jacksonville wants your thoughts on coping with climate changeJacksonville policymakers — for the first time — are developing a resilience strategy to prepare for the effects of climate…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
February 10, 2023 Jacksonville mayoral candidates share views at Interfaith CenterLeAnna Cumber, Donna Deegan and Audrey Gibson discussed crime, faith and culture wars during a forum at the Interfaith Center…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
February 8, 2023 First Coast homeowners eligible for storm erosion grantsFlorida has begun taking applications for repairing coastal erosion from Tropical Storms Ian and Nicole in Duval, Nassau and St.…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
February 3, 2023 Few diversity changes necessary, FSCJ saysOfficials who pledged to remove critical race theory from coursework and policies found almost nothing to change at Florida State…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
January 30, 2023 Black firefighters lose suit over Jacksonville’s shaving rulesJacksonville firefighters challenged rules requiring them to be cleanshaven even if they had a condition called pseudofolliculitis barbae, or PFB.…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
January 25, 2023 Land deal saves Little Tiger Island for conservationNearly a square mile of marsh and uplands facing Fernandina Beach’s historic waterfront is being preserved.…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
January 13, 2023 Sheriff T.K. Waters goes unopposed in electionJacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters retained his job unchallenged as the qualifying deadline for Duval County’s spring elections passed Friday.…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
January 5, 2023 Bank settles lawsuit against founders of Celebration ChurchStovall and Kerri Weems, founders of Celebration Church, settled a lawsuit that argued the couple owed more than $700,000 on…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
November 21, 2022 Ian and Nicole washed away tons of Jacksonville’s beachJacksonville’s beaches lost about 1.2 million cubic yards of sand to Tropical Storms Ian and Nicole, magnifying a need for…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
October 25, 2022 Duval Schools did better than most during pandemicDuval County students’ fourth-grade test scores fell for both math and reading as part of a national slide blamed on…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
October 17, 2022 Scientists have concerns about St. Johns River, report saysData about the St. Johns River show “the need for concern in many aspects of the health of the river,”…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
October 7, 2022 Land deal conserves 400 acres to buffer Camp Blanding from growthA conservation nonprofit in Jacksonville has bought 400 acres of Clay County woodlands using government money budgeted to buffer military…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
October 4, 2022 Pastor loses legal appeal over muting at City Council meetingAn appeals court has affirmed a federal judge’s ruling rejecting a lawsuit by a Jacksonville pastor who was stifled while…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union
October 4, 2022 Court rules against Celebration Church foundersA Jacksonville judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit that Celebration Church’s founders filed over a church report accusing its former…By Steve Patterson - Florida Times-Union