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Baptist Health plans to develop a medical campus in the Silverleaf community of St. Johns County including this freestanding emergency department. | Jacksonville Daily Record
July 26, 2024

Baptist Health campus under review for Silverleaf

The medical campus would open in early 2026 with an emergency room, office space, maintenance building and later a helipad.…

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The Florida Supreme Court.
July 26, 2024

Florida Supreme Court asked to reject abortion statement

Floridians Protecting Freedom contends a statement that will appear on the ballot with Amendment 4 is inaccurate and political.…

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July 26, 2024

Back-to-school sales tax ‘holiday’ starts Monday

Floridians can save on clothes, school supplies, computers and more beginning Monday.…

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Nadine Ebri answers questions during a District 1 School Board forum on July 25, 2024. | Jacksonville Public Education Fund/screenshot
July 25, 2024

Duval School Board District 1 forum: Ebri alone as Ricardo calls out sick 

Nadine Ebri was one of five Teacher of the Year finalists in Duval County in 2020-21. Tony Ricardo taught at Andrew…

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The "after" photo from a green schoolyard makeover at a Colorado elementary school. | Children & Nature Network, "Green Schoolyards" report
July 25, 2024

OPINION | ‘Go outside and play’ -Every Boomer’s mother

Green schoolyards is a movement to turn public school playgrounds into “outdoor classrooms,” with plant and vegetable gardens, trails, trees,…

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July 25, 2024

1,100 fewer Duval students qualify for buses this school year 

Previously, the district bused all students who lived outside a mile-and-a-half radius of their assigned school.…

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A. Philip Randolph, one of the chairmen for the March On Washington, stands in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial after a parade through the streets of the capital, Aug. 28, 1963.
July 25, 2024

Highway 17 North Heritage Trail celebrates local icons

The trail will preserve the legacies of Augusta Savage, A. Philip Randolph, and brothers James Weldon and J. Rosamond Johnson.…

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Fans at last year's Enchantment Con gaze at a statue of a basilisk — a fictional serpent-like creature. | Enchantment Con
July 25, 2024

Enchantment Con will beguile Jax on Saturday

Enchantment Con will wrap together sci-fi, fantasy and cosplaying for lovers of all things fantastic.…

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The November ballot is hefty this year. l Tiffany Tertipes via Unsplash.
July 25, 2024

#AskJAXTDY l Can you really receive a digital vote-by-mail ballot?

A Jacksonville Today reader wants to know whether voters can receive a digital version of their vote-by-mail ballot.…

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Sheriff T.K. Waters announces the arrest of a suspected serial rapist from the 1990s. State Attorney Melissa Nelson and other law enforcement staff joined Waters at a news conference Thursday, July 25, 2024. | News4Jax
July 25, 2024

Suspected serial rapist arrested after three decades

Advances in DNA testing led to the arrest of Calvin Dumas, 68. Police said he attacked women in their homes…

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Samuel Pace, "Monk In Dali Land" ca. 2017, mixed media on wood. | Gordon W. Bailey Collection.
July 25, 2024

ARTS PICKS | July 26-28

Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw couldn’t pick just three Arts Picks this week. His FIVE picks include a new…

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Andrew Jackson's TayVion Lawson finishes beyond the outstretched arm of Raines' forward Zion Kemp during the 2024 Gateway Conference boys basketball tournament final on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. Lawson and the Tigers won 57-48. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
July 25, 2024

NIL deals approved for high school athletes

The Florida Board of Education allowed high school athletes to make money through endorsements and other kinds of deals.…

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The Cross Regions Group tower would be taller than the The Bank of America Tower about three blocks away. | Jacksonville Daily Record
July 25, 2024

New high-rise could become Jacksonville’s tallest building

Cross Regions Group is working with the Downtown Investment Authority on a condo tower next to Riverfront Plaza.…

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Mixed Fillings Pie Shop is known for made-fresh-from-scratch pies.
July 24, 2024

Mixed Fillings Pie Shop is closing in Five Points

Owners said it was “time for a new chapter in our journey.” Preorders can still be placed for July and…

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The Related Group is proposing a 25-story residential tower, a river-facing restaurant and a ship store at the site for the former River City Brewery on the Downtown Southbank. | Jacksonville Daily Record
July 24, 2024

Southbank high-rise headed to council

Jacksonville City Council will consider $58.79 million in incentives for The Related Group project.…

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Former JEA CEO Aaron Zahn walks out of the Bryan Simpson U.S. courthouse in Downtown Jacksonville after being convicted of conspiracy and wire fraud March 15, 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
July 24, 2024

Prosecutors seek years in prison for former JEA CEO

Aaron Zahn will be sentenced July 30 for conspiracy and wire fraud in a scheme to sell JEA.…

Featured image for “#AskJAXTDY | Can a judicial candidate advertise herself as ‘conservative’?”
A former Putnam County school resource officer was sentenced to life in prison for a sexual relationship with a child.
July 24, 2024

#AskJAXTDY | Can a judicial candidate advertise herself as ‘conservative’?

A Jacksonville Today reader wonders why a judicial candidate can advertise as a conservative in a nonpartisan race.…

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Mayor Donna Deegan announces the LGBTQ+ Advisory Board during a Pride Month event June 28, 2024, at City Hall. | city of Jacksonville
July 24, 2024

Members sought for first LGBTQ+ Advisory Board

Applications are open until Aug. 9 for the mayor’s inaugural LGBTQ+ Advisory Board…

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District 3 School Board incumbent Cindy Pearson speaks at the JPEF candidate forum on July 23. Opponent Becky Nathanson did not attend. | JPEF via web stream
July 23, 2024

Nathanson a no-show at Duval School Board District 3 candidate forum

Rebecca “Becky Nathanson” and Cindy Person are running to represent District 3 on the Duval County School Board.…

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Holiday Harbor resident Molton Smith gestures down Hogpen Creek toward neighbors who initiated the creation of a new taxing district residents say was a surprise to many. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
July 23, 2024

Intracoastal West residents face $4,500 annual tax that many say was a surprise

Opponents say what started as a petition to “explore” dredging Hogpen Creek for boating now threatens to price them out…

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Lawmakers did not identify which social media companies are affected by a ban for young children.
July 23, 2024

Here are the new rules on kids and social media

The state has published details about how it will carry out a new law aimed at keeping young children off…

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July 23, 2024

THE JAXSON | 6 Jacksonville expressway names you likely did not know

Here are a few Jacksonville expressways you may not have heard of, despite being one of the thousands who drive…

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The Laura Street Trio has been deteriorating for decades. | Jessica Palombo, Jacksonville Today
July 23, 2024

Is it time to discuss razing the Laura Street Trio?

Some City Council members say the option should be considered if it makes more sense than restoring the buildings.…

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An illustration shows the Rise Doro apartments. | Rise: A Real Estate Company
July 23, 2024

Jacksonville weighs incentives for Rise Doro rebuild

The Mayor’s Budget Review Committee voted Monday to advance legislation for $15.45 million in incentives…