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Speakers will include Meghan Wagner, daughter of Navy Capt. Scott Speicher, the first American combat casualty of the Iraq War.

Batson-Cook Construction built the parking deck that partly collapsed Tuesday in Riverside.

Florida’s private schools are not bound by the same controversial standards as public schools. Many are preserving lessons rich in civil rights history.

Randy DeFoor, the former Jacksonville City Council member who Mayor Donna Deegan nominated to lead the city’s Office of General Council, withdrew her name from consideration.

Climate Central, a nonprofit group, is simulating how rising sea levels could endanger well-known landmarks, including several in Jacksonville.

Nearly half of the 642 Florida faculty surveyed said they plan to seek employment in another state within the next year.

More than 300 books have been removed from Florida school districts in the last year, and Clay County had the most.

Ty Christopher Head, 22, shot and killed two women at a rail crossing on Hendrick’s Avenue, police said.

Acme Barricades has agreed to help remove a stripe that runs 22 miles across Duval and St. Johns counties, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

The Homeland Security Division is currently housed at 711 N. Liberty St., in a building that is too small for its growing staff.