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Members of the Lift Every Voice and Sing Children’s Choir as well as The Ritz Voices are captured moments before they sing Lift Every Voice and Sing as part of a 125th anniversary celebration for the song inside The Bethel Church on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
February 13, 2025

‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ highlights Jacksonville’s past and promise

On its 125th anniversary, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is being celebrated with five days of events and programming.…

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The University of North Florida is a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. | UNF via Facebook
February 13, 2025

Jacksonville considers funding for ASUN basketball tourney

City Council will consider spending $100,000 per year to host the Atlantic Sun Conference basketball championships.…

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Members of the The National Women's Liberation group and Planned Parenthood paint a wall commemorating the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion on Jan. 10, 2019. in Gainesville. | Chris Day, Fresh Take Florida
February 13, 2025

What the latest data shows about Florida’s abortion ban

Abortions in Florida have declined for the first time since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.…

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February 13, 2025

February brings 40 more minutes of daylight

Days have been growing longer since Dec. 21, but the increase will accelerate quickly this month.…

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City archaeologists work on the site of an 18th century British redoubt — or fort — in the Lincolnville part of the historic city. | St. Augustine Archaeology Program
February 12, 2025

Buried beneath Lincolnville: a 240-year-old British fort

St. Augustine archaeologists have uncovered a first of its kind on a Lincolnville lot – a small British redoubt, or…

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This is the water gun that teens were using during a game of Senior Assassins. | Nassau County Sheriff's Office
February 12, 2025

FDLE officer shoots teen as he plays ‘Senior Assassin’

Teens play the game using water guns to “assassinate” one another. The FDLE officer thought the gun was real.…

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Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to stop the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission from making "intrusive" checks on boaters. | WFSU
February 12, 2025

DeSantis wants to stop ‘intrusive’ checks on boaters

Gov. Ron DeSantis says FWC officers use boat safety inspections as a pretense to pull over boaters.…

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San Sebastian Winery in downtown St. Augustine wants to add an adjacent marketplace. | St. Johns County Property Appraiser
February 12, 2025

San Sebastian Winery plans marketplace with restaurant

The proposal includes a restaurant, retail building and additional surface parking adjacent to the winery..…

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February 12, 2025

Legislators reject ‘bailouts’ for condo owners

Condo owners shouldn’t expect the state to pay for complying with new state laws after the Surfside collapse.…

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A Jacksonville Solid Waste Division worker collects recyclables in 2022. | Dennis Ho for Jacksonville Today
February 11, 2025

Jacksonville raises residents’ trash fees

The annual fee that Jacksonville residents pay for trash collection is going up, after a 12-to-7 vote by the City…

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Anastasia State Park in St. Johns County was on of nine parks where the state proposed lodges, golf courses and other development last year.
February 11, 2025

Lawmakers move to block development at state parks

The state last year proposed lodges, pickleball courts and other development at Anastasia State Park and eight others.…

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The former Serenata Beach Club is now called the South Ponte Vedra Ocean Club. | News4Jax
February 11, 2025

Troubled Serenata Beach Club reopens under new owners

The private club, purchased by Kevin Merritt and Lynda-Culhane Merritt, is now called the South Ponte Vedra Ocean Club.…

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Adams Street, along with Forsyth Street, will soon become a two-way street. | Google
February 11, 2025

Adams and Forsyth will soon become 2-way streets again

Resurfacing could begin as early as this week as the one-way streets revert to two-way traffic.…

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Members of the Manasota chapter of the Florida Young Birders Club watch birds through binoculars at Red Bug Slough in Sarasota on Jan. 25, 2025.
February 11, 2025

COVID pushed kids outdoors. Now they’re into birdwatching.

More young birder groups are popping up for teens and tweens who enjoy getting outdoors together to gawk at wildlife.…

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February 11, 2025

Florida lawmakers call another special session on immigration

The latest session reflects new cooperation between the Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis.…

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Hundreds of people crowd downtown St. Augustine in November 2024 to see the annual Nights of Lights. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
February 10, 2025

Nights of Lights needs more county funding, St. Augustine says

St. Augustine’s latest Nights of Lights set new records for attendance, and city leaders say they need more cash if…

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Iguana Investments Florida LLC, a company owned by Jaguars owner Shad Khan, now owns the Jacksonville Fairgrounds site Downtown. The fair is moving to West Jacksonville. | Jacksonville Daily Record
February 10, 2025

Shad Khan’s company buys Downtown fairgrounds

The fair is leaving the site near EverBank Stadium and moving to West Jacksonville.…

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Construction crews continue building Phase 1 of Riverfront Plaza. The foundations for a cafe with rooftop garden and other parts are underway. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
February 10, 2025

Downtown’s resurrection is on the horizon, city says

Riverfront Plaza will open late this year, one of several projects coming together on the Downtown waterfront, city officials say.…

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Lynyrd Skynyrd performs at TIAA Bank Field. | Bill Bortzfield, Jacksonville Today
February 10, 2025

Inductions are next week for Florida Artists Hall of Fame

Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd and St. Augustine artist Roger Bansemer will be inducted into the Artists Hall of Fame.…

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February 10, 2025

Historic cemetery bulldozed to build home in Putnam County

Local historians say cemetery headstores have been offered for sale after the landowner graded the property.…

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Winn-Dixie opened Sept. 20, 2024, at 999 University Blvd. N. in the College Park Shopping Center. | Karen Brune Mathis, Jacksonville Daily Record
February 10, 2025

Aldi sells Winn-Dixie chain to investor group

A consortium of private investors has acquired Southeastern Grocers, Winn-Dixie’s parent company.…

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Duval school Board members Charlotte Joyce, April Carney, and Darryl Willie debate travel on Feb. 4, 2025. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today
February 9, 2025

What the Duval School Board’s travel spat says about shifting politics

The Duval School Board voted against sending a member to serve in a leadership role with a group others perceive…

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The Gateway Jax development would include 11 floors of residences, five floors of hotel rooms, two floors of podium parking and lobbies, a floor of public food and beverage space, and a public sky garden terrace. | Gateway Jax via Jacksonville Daily Record
February 7, 2025

Land swap for UF could bring new riverfront tower

The Downtown Investment Authority is proposing a swap of two city-owned riverfront properties with Gateway Jax.…

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February 7, 2025

Prosecutors say they discussed ‘nothing’ with witness after he alleged ‘false testimony’

Prosecutors say nothing came of a meeting with a witness who said he gave “false testimony” in the Bridegan murder…