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August 29, 2024

St. Johns superintendent makes pitch for school taxes

St. Johns County Schools Superintendent Tim Forson makes the case for proposed new taxes that would help fund schools.…

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August 29, 2024

Another Douglas Anderson teacher accused of misconduct

The teacher has been reassigned after allegations they engaged in inappropriate communication with a student during the 2022-23 school year.…

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Some of Mark Creegan's past work. LEFT: Standing (handles up), acrylic paint and mediums on tennis racquets and wood, 29. 5” x 5”, 2022. RIGHT: Syllabus, acrylic on panel, 12” x 12”, 2015
August 28, 2024

ARTS PICKS | Aug. 30-Sept. 1

Jazz, an art opening and the launch of a book about a legendary local rock club are the Labor Day…

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A new support wall was being laid Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, at Memorial Park. The metal fence damaged in a vehicle crash remained to be fixed. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
August 28, 2024

#AskJAXTDY | Is the city fixing the smashed fence at Memorial Park?

A Jacksonville Today reader asks about repairs she saw at Memorial Park – now underway by the city.…

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City Council is expected Sept. 10 to consider the remaining portions of the Community Benefits Agreement in the EverBank Stadium deal. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
August 27, 2024

Community Benefits Agreement inches ahead with money for neighborhoods

A special committee is forwarding recommendations to City Council regarding the EverBank Stadium deal with the Jaguars.…

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JTA will use the EV Star Passenger Van to transport people in Brooklyn. | GreenPower Motor Co.
August 27, 2024

You can now ride a driverless vehicle to lunch in Brooklyn

JTA is testing autonomous vehicles along Riverside Avenue in advance of launching its Ultimate Urban Circulator next summer.…

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Two bonobos at the Jacksonville zoo — Jenga and Jumanji — have succumbed to the Shigella bacteria. | Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
August 27, 2024

Shigella infection kills 2 bonobos at Jacksonville zoo

The deaths of brothers Jumanji and Jenga comes just four days after a western lowland gorilla died from the infection.…

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Brother Quan Laguerre and grandmothers Cheryl Joachin and Eva Mobley hold the posthumous associate's degree awarded to AJ Laguerre Jr. on Aug. 26, 2024, the one-year anniversary of his death. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
August 26, 2024

New lawsuits and a scholarship: Families reflect one year after Dollar General shooting

Three families grieved differently on Monday – the first anniversary of the shooting rampage that targeted Black people at a…

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Jacksonville University’s new College of Law is housed in more than 50,000 square feet on four floors of the former Atlantic Bank Building, built in 1909 at 121 W. Forsyth St. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
August 26, 2024

JU law school opens at new Downtown site

Jacksonville’s only law school has officially opened its home in the historic former Atlantic Bank Building.…

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A forthcoming public school code-named "PP" sits in the heart of St. Johns County's Rivertown development. It's scheduled to open next year. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
August 26, 2024

School taxes will be on St. Johns ballots in November

St. Johns County voters will decide whether to extend a sales tax for school buildings and enact a new property…

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The lowest gas prices in Northeast Florida are in Clay County.
August 26, 2024

Labor Day gas prices are lowest in 3 years

The average price in Florida was $3.29 on Sunday, the lowest price ahead of Labor Day since 2021.…

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A soil collection ceremony was held in Grand Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, to remember Angela Carr, AJ Laguerre, Jerrald Gallion on the one-year anniversary of their deaths. A white supremacist killed the trio near a Dollar General on Aug. 26, 2023. The Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project says one jar will be presented to the families of the victims, while another will head to the Equal Justice Initiative’s National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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.…

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Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Mac Jones (10) in the middle with the offense during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Atlanta. The Jaguars defeated the Falcons, 31-0. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
August 25, 2024

SPORTS | What we learned from the Jaguars’ preseason

Predictions based on the preseason work by the Jaguars include the biggest area of concern for the season: the offensive…

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Mike Weinstein, right, Jacksonville's chief negotiator on stadium renovations, explains the stadium deal at a community meeting earlier this year. With him are Mayor Donna Deegan and Jag's President Mark Lamping. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
August 23, 2024

Salary for city’s stadium negotiator comes under fire

Some City Council members question Mike Weinstein’s $292,006 salary now that the stadium deal is nearly complete.…

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Bulera, a 35-year-old female western lowland gorilla, has died at the Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens. l Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens.
August 23, 2024

Jacksonville Zoo gorilla dies unexpectedly at age 35

Bulera, a female gorilla, died of a bacterial infection that can cause digestive complications.…

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Trevor Lawrence will be the focus of nationwide marketing campaigns for EverBank. | EveryBank
August 23, 2024

Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence featured in EverBank ads

The Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback has been named EverBank’s new brand ambassador.…

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August 22, 2024

OPINION | Feelings about the franchise and Jacksonville voters

Jacksonville voters vote less frequently in local elections than in presidential elections.…

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August 22, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Most Northeast Florida voters stayed home in August

See where people in the Jacksonville area voted most in this week’s local elections.…

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St. Augustine scored three second-half touchdowns to pull away from Palatka on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. The Yellow Jackets' 42-10 victory gave them a 57-43-4 advantage in Northeast Florida's oldest high school football rivalry. (Photo by Will Brown)
August 22, 2024

High school football kicks off Friday in Northeast Florida

Here’s the local high school football schedule for the season-opening week across the Jacksonville area.…

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The 120-unit Lofts at Cathedral is a mixed-income apartment community at 325 E. Duval St. in Downtown Jacksonville. | Ric Anderson, Jacksonville Daily Record
August 22, 2024

Affordable housing complex takes applications Downtown

The Lofts at Cathedral is pre-leasing units on Duval Street in the Cathedral District.…

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A sign at the Legends Center in Northwest Jacksonville advises people how to report problems on Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
August 21, 2024

#AskJAXTDY l Can people hand out political fliers near polling locations?

A Jacksonville Today reader wants to know whether political groups can pass out pamphlets near polling sites.…

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Roger Handberg, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida, joins local and federal law enforcement officials to announce the indictment of two Jacksonville men. | News4Jax
August 21, 2024

2 indicted in drug-related shooting on I-95

The two Jacksonville men are suspected of running a large drug operation between California and Jacksonville.…

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August 21, 2024

ARTS PICKS | Aug. 23-25

The Jacksonville Caribbean Carnival, free art museum visits, and a performance honoring a Latin-jazz great are this week’s Arts Picks.…

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St. Johns County's entryway on State Road A1A. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
August 20, 2024

2 incumbents lose seats on St. Johns County commission

Roy Alaimo and Henry Dean lose to challengers Ann Taylor and Clay Murphy, who are promising to slow growth in…