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Tiger Academy students produced drawings and other artworks this year following a November 2023 field trip to The Cmmer Museum of Art & Gardens in November 2023. | Submitted

Cummer and The Links bring arts to Northwest Jax students

Art can help people overcome emotions they do not realize are present. That was one of the motivations of staff…

By Will Brown

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The Laura Street Trio at Forsyth and Laura streets Downtown.

OPINION | If at first you don’t succeed

It’s tiresome for sure, this yearslong Laura Street Trio restoration project conversation.…

By Sherry Magill

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Maj. Scott Surrency, director of the Putnam County jail, has been placed on leave.

Putnam jail director on leave after complaint

Maj. Scott Surrency was put on leave Tuesday during an internal investigation and audit.…

By Dan Scanlan

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A day camp aims to get girls interested in firefighting. | St. Augustine Fire Department.

Girls can be firefighters too; new day camps show the way

Registration will be Saturday for two one-day camps in St. Augustine, designed for middle school girls.…

By Noah Hertz

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Cellphone video shows large crowds of people on the beach Sunday night near the pier in Jacksonville Beach on March 17, 2024. Two people are seen fighting in the sand. | Jacksonville Beach Police Department

Jax Beach considers options to stem unruly crowds

The city may crack down on unauthorized events after three shootings on St. Patrick’s Day.…

By Steven Ponson

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The Latitude 360 entertainment venue operated near The Avenues mall. It closed in 2016. | News4Jax

Former Latitude 360 owner sent to prison over taxes

Brent Brown was sentenced to 30 months for failing to send the IRS money withheld from employees’ paychecks.…

By Randy Roguski

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TRUE Commission Chair Keshan Chambliss, left, listens as Commissioner Daniel Henry speaks on his concerns about procurement-contract training at a meeting of the commission on April 4, 2024. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today

At dawn of huge stadium deal, Jax commission sees ‘pattern’ of lax contract oversight

Commissioners want to know how to help the city tackle what they view as repeated shortcomings in enforcing contracts.…

By Casmira Harrison

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Imam Bilal Malik leads an Eid al-Fitr prayer. An estimated 7,000 people gathered inside Dream Finders Homes Flex Field at Daily’s Place for an Eid al-Fitr celebration on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Muslims in Jacksonville celebrate end of Ramadan

More than 7,000 people gathered inside the Dream Finders Homes Flex Field at Daily’s Place for an Eid al-Fitr celebration.…

By Will Brown

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The Lofts at Cathedral in Downtown Jacksonville are an affordable housing development using Sadowski trust funds.

Jacksonville pledges $10M for affordable housing

The city says the money would jump-start a loan fund for developers that could lead to more than 1,000 new…

By Dan Scanlan

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ARTS PICKS | April 12-14

A piano show at the Beaches, folk festival in St. Johns County and celebration of female artists and dancers are…

By Matthew Shaw

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THE JAXSON | 5 Arab American historic sites in LaVilla

Starting with the arrival of the first immigrants in the 1890s, Arab Americans have had a major impact on the…

By Ennis Davis

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Atlantic Beach city commissioners approved a resolution Monday urging Duval County Schools to keep Atlantic Beach Elementary School open. | News 4 Jax

Leaders fight possible closure of Atlantic Beach Elementary

Duval County Public Schools is considering a recommendation to close 37 schools across the county.…

By Steven Ponson

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Assessing Jacksonville’s health insurance campaign

The Get Covered Jax program signed up nearly 41,000 people for health insurance, but it trailed other large metro areas…

By Steven Ponson

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ICARE board member Geneva Pittman lays a flower atop others on the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office steps. The 124 carnations represented how many people were murdered in 2023 in Jacksonville. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

ICARE lays murder toll at sheriff’s doorstep

ICARE again implored Sheriff T.K. Waters to adopt the Group Violence Intervention program to stem murders in Jacksonville.…

By Dan Scanlan

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Former Florida Highway Patrol trooper Joshua Earrey. | News4Jax

Ex-trooper faces prison for drugs, firearms and fraud

Joshua Grady Earrey pleaded guilty to federal drug and fraud charges. A related investigation of former Nassau County Sgt. James…

By Dan Scanlan

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A JTA electric bus.

JTA proving to be an alternative to school buses

The My Ride to School program has exceeded expections as Duval Schools wrestles with transportation costs.…

By Will Brown

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The Jacksonville Jaguars have proposed renovating EverBank Stadium into the "Stadium of the Future."

OPINION | Jacksonville deserves a stadium referendum

Why can’t Jacksonville taxpayers weigh in on the biggest capital obligation in local history?…

By A.G. Gancarski

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Melissa Nelson is state attorney for the 4th Judicial Circuit. | News4Jax

State Attorney Melissa Nelson files for reelection

Nelson filed for election to a third term in the 4th Judicial Circuit, which includes Clay, Duval, and Nassau counties.…

By Dan Scanlan

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Photos of different types of solar eclipses — partial, annular and total solar eclipse. | NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The solar eclipse: Here’s what we’ll see in Jacksonville

People in Northeast Florida will see about 70% of the sun’s disc missing — like a bite out of a…

By Dan Scanlan

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Construction will begin soon on a cafe at Riverfront Plaza — but not yet on a separate waterfront restaurant there. | City of Jacksonville

What’s going on at Riverfront Plaza?

Park plans include two different businesses that will both serve food: a “cafe” and a “restaurant.”…

By Heather Henderson

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OPINION | A pocketful of miracles: Are parks central to Northbank plan?

Are parks central to plans for Downtown Jacksonville’s Northbank? Or are they an after-thought?…

By Sherry Magill

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The new logos for two new St. Johns County Schools. Lakeside Academy and Trout Creek Academy will open for the 2024-25 school year. | St. Johns County Schools.

Live in St. Johns? Your kids may be Terrapins or Sasquatches

Two new K-8 academies are opening in St. Johns County next school year, and the schools finally have mascots.…

By Noah Hertz

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Rebecca Williams is the CEO of Fruit of Barren Trees Pipeline Inc. The nonprofit strives to erect affordable housing in the Moncrief Springs community in Northwest Jacksonville. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

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.…

By Will Brown

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Go-kart teams will compete wheel to wheel Saturday at the 22nd Jacksonville Grand Prix to benefit Spina Bifida of Jacksonville. | Spina Bifida of Jacksonville

Wheel-to-wheel go-kart racing helps longtime charity

The annual Jacksonville Grand Prix, featuring professional and amateur drivers, raises money for Spina Bifida of Jacksonville.…

By Dan Scanlan

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