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Corner Lot Tower could be the site of a new hotel. | Jacksonville Daily Record
April 23, 2025

Corner Lot considers adding hotel in Riverside

An appplication submitted to JEA refers to a 115-room hotel and 30 restaurant seats near the Corner Lot Tower.…

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April 23, 2025

Solar recycling company plans $90M expansion in Green Cove

OnePlanet Solar Recycling, a Jacksonville company, will open its second plant in Green Cove Springs.…

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JEA crews set up poles for demonstrations at this weekend’s Jax Ready Fest at the Prime Osborn Convention Center. | JEA
April 23, 2025

Hurricane season is near; Jax Ready Fest will get you ready

Jax Ready Fest offers demonstrations, hands-on learning and interactive exhibits to prepare for any emergency.…

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Emanuel Fortune circa 1868 | Florida Memory
April 23, 2025

THE JAXSON | Emanuel Fortune: A legacy of resilience in Reconstruction-era Florida

Emanuel Fortune was warned that his political prominence as a Black leader made him a target in post-Civil War Jacksonville.…

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Volunteers clean a Jacksonville beachfront during a recent St. Johns River Celebration. | City of Jacksonville
April 23, 2025

BIT OF JOY | Volunteer opportunities

A volunteer expo Wednesday showcases opportunities to volunteer in Jacksonville.…

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Jacksonville University's Rip Current Athletic Band held a concert Tuesday, April 22, 2025, outside the campus to protest the closure of the school's music and theater programs. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
April 22, 2025

JU students protest cuts as financial details emerge

Protests have continued since JU announced it will eliminate music and theater programs and cut 40 faculty jobs.…

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UF Health's Brentwood facility. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
April 22, 2025

UF Health reaches agreement with UnitedHealthcare

UF Health announces people with employer-sponsored commercial plans as well as Medicaid are in network under the agreement with UnitedHealthcare.…

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One of the RESTORE transitional homes in Jacksonville, where women stay after their release from prison. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
April 22, 2025

RESTORE gives women a 2nd chance after prison 

The nonprofit has helped more than 100 women transition back into society after prison.…

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St. Augustine police cars. | St. Augustine Police, Facebook
April 22, 2025

St. Augustine police chief suspended over email use

Police Chief Jennifer Michaux was suspended for one day for discussing official business through a private email account.…

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Sizemore's Coastal Kitchen will take the space of Salt Jax Beach. | Jacksonville Daily Record
April 22, 2025

Oceanfront restaurant soon to open in Jax Beach

The restaurant, Sizemore’s Coastal Kitchen, will take the space of Salt Jax Beach, which closed last year.…

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April 22, 2025

Florida Senate unlikely to vote on lower gun-buying age

Senate Rules Chairwoman Kathleen Passidomo said her committee won’t take up the gun measure.…

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One pet who is both vaccinated and loved | Heather Henderson, Jacksonville Today
April 22, 2025

BIT OF JOY | Free vaccines for Clay County pets

Clay County is offering free vaccines for pets.…

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Lake Shore Middle School | Google
April 21, 2025

Lake Shore Middle teacher’s assistant, arrested for child abuse, says she acted in self-defense

A teacher’s assistant arrested after punching a student says she was defending herself.…

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Baptist Health has added another helicopter to its fleet. | Michael LeGrand
April 21, 2025

Baptist Health adds 3rd helicopter to Life Flight fleet

Baptist says the speed of helicopters can make all the difference in cases of stroke, heart attack or trauma.…

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City Councilman Jimmy Peluso wants the mayor to establish a landlord registry. | News4Jax
April 21, 2025

Landlord registry proposed to strengthen rental oversight

City Councilman Jimmy Peluso will introduce a resolution Tuesday calling on the mayor to establish a landlord registry.…

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Christine Watson-McCloud was one of more than 100 volunteers who participated in third annual Neighborhoods United Cleanup on Saturday, April 19, 2025. Watson-McCloud has lived in the Grand Park community for more than 50 years and says the cleanup was a way to spread love in her neighborhood. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
April 21, 2025

BIT OF JOY | Neighborhoods United Cleanup

More than 100 volunteers cleaned up trash in Northwest Jacksonville Saturday.…

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A sea turtle hatchling near its nest. | Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol
April 21, 2025

Sea turtle season is coming. Here’s how you can help.

Coastal officials are asking the public to follow simple rules as sea turtle nesting season begins May 1.…

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The city of St. Augustine celebrated the legacy of George & Ollie Smith with the opening of a park adjacent to their Lincolnville home on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. George, and his late wife Ollie, welcomed people into their home during the Freedom Summer demonstrations in 1964. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
April 18, 2025

Proposed law could stymie neighborhood improvements

A law proposed in the Florida Legislature would end Community Redevelopment Agencies.…

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Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez, 20, a U.S. citizen, hugs his mother in Tallahassee after his release from jail on Thursday, April 17, 2025. | Thomas Kennedy via AP
April 18, 2025

FHP arrests US citizen on immigration charge

Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez was arrested just over the Georgia border and was held despite having a birth certificate.…

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Students gather on a stretch of sidewalk near the center of the Florida State campus in sight of the Student Union building in Tallahassee on Friday, April 18, 2025. | Gary McCullough, AP
April 18, 2025

FSU students gather at vigils the day after shooting

Some FSU studentsreturned to retrieve their belongings less than a day after they had barricaded classroom doors.…

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Pecan Kitchen, a southern cooking-inspired restaurant, was granted a special-use permit to allow for the sale of alcoholic beverages. | Jacksonville Daily Record
April 18, 2025

Pecan Kitchen approved for alcohol sales in Julington Creek

The southern-cooking restaurant is under construction where a Broudy’s liquor store previously operated.…

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Akel’s Deli is in the Bank of America Tower at 50 Laura St. | Jacksonville Daily Record
April 18, 2025

Akel’s Deli will remain in Downtown tower for now

Akel’s has renewed its lease in the Bank of America tower through November.…

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People comfort each other on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, where law enforcement responded to a reported active shooter incident Thursday, April 17, 2025. | Kate Payne, AP
April 17, 2025

FSU shooting kills 2 and injures 6; deputy’s son suspected

Police say the 20-year-old gunman used his mother’s former service weapon in the shooting.…

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Andrea Reyes is a Jacksonville immigration attorney who expects a local ordinance that can send undocumented immigrants to jail for up to 60 days will be challenged in court. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
April 17, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | How does Jacksonville’s immigration ordinance work?

Jacksonville Today reader Susan A. wants to know whether police can use the new local immigration law to stop anyone…