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Ocean Network Express is expanding its service from JaxPort to include the Middle East and Asia. ONE already offers service from JaxPort to Asia and Canada. | Jacksonville Daily Record
December 5, 2023

Jaxport gets link to ports in Middle East, India and Spain

Ocean Network Express will operate a fleet of nine vessels to connect Jaxport with seven overseas ports beginning in May.…

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December 5, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Dec. 8-10

Holiday music, a new art gallery opening and a Gingerbread Extravaganza make this week’s list of Arts Picks.…

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December 4, 2023

SPORTS | Jaguars lose game, and maybe Trevor Lawrence

In the fourth quarter of the Jaguars-Bengals game Monday, the game, and maybe the season, changed. That’s when Trevor Lawrence…

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Jaguars offensive tackle Walker Little will wear cleats supporting the Wounded Warrior Project in the team's contest against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football | Jacksonville Jaguars
December 4, 2023

Jags’ cleats put Wounded Warrior Project in spotlight

Jacksonville Jaguars players Walker Little and Seth Jones will wear cleats featuring Wounded Warrior Project during Monday Night Football.…

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The Florida Supreme Court.
December 4, 2023

North Florida redistricting fight heads to Supreme Court

Voting rights groups will appeal the elimination of Congressional District 5, a Black-majority district that included parts of Jacksonville.…

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Convicted killer Donald Smith appears in court. | News4Jax
December 4, 2023

Hearing delayed in murder of Cherish Perrywinkle

A court hearing for Donald Smith has been postponed until January after one of his attorneys resigned over the weekend.…

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The former TGI Fridays will become a Banfield Pet Hospital and Starbucks Coffee Co. | Jacksonville Daily Record
December 4, 2023

Closed TGI Fridays will become Banfield and Starbucks

TGI Fridays in Regency Park closed in 2019. Its space is being divided into two businesses.…

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A illustration shows Chili's at the entrance to Concourse A at Jacksonville International Airport. | Jacksonville Daily Record
December 4, 2023

Expanded Chili’s in review at Jax airport

The city is reviewing a permit application for the restaurant beyond the security checkpoint at Jacksonville International Airport.…

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December 3, 2023

REVIEW | Abstrakt Filipino Essence

Restaurant Review of Abstrakt Filipino Essence in Jacksonville Beach.…

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Former Jacksonville City Council member Brenda Priestly Jackson challenged state Rep. Angie Nixon. D-Jacksonville, in the Democratic primary. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
December 3, 2023

OPINION | Most compelling race of 2024? The Democratic primary in House District 13

Rep. Angie Nixon, who had close to 90% of the vote in her 2022 Democratic primary, will face off against…

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December 2, 2023

Jennifer Weitzel Berry

Jennifer Weitzel Berry, a beacon of love and kindness, was called home to the Lord on November 25, 2023, at…

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December 1, 2023

Court backs DeSantis on North Florida redistricting

The 1st District Court of Appeal upheld the elimination of a majority-Black district stretching from Jacksonville to Tallahassee.…

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Eastside High School is in the Alachua County School District in Gainesville. | Fresh Take Florida
December 1, 2023

Alachua school district returns LGBTQ book to shelves

The school district determined that a complaint about the book came from a woman who did not live in the…

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December 1, 2023

$5 million gift helps Bolles build Center for Innovation

Dr. Dana Fender and his wife, Hope, have committed to match a $5 million gift from Frank Sanchez.…

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December 1, 2023

JEA seeks 100-plus drivers for study on EV charging

The year of research will record how people charge their electric vehicles, when they do it and where.…

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Goodwill Industries has multiple stores in Northeast Florida. | Monty Zickuhr, Jacksonville Daily Record
December 1, 2023

Goodwill growing with new store and headquarters

Goodwill Industries of North Florida intends to build a 22,000-square-foot St. Augustine store, donation drive-thru and career center next year.…

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The FBI Jacksonville is encouraging the public to report hate crimes. l Steven Ponson
December 1, 2023

Law enforcement renews push against hate crimes

The FBI Jacksonville and other agencies are encouraging the public to report hate crimes, which are increasing in Florida and…

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Cherish Perrywinkle and Donald Smith. | News4Jax
December 1, 2023

Child killer returns to court to put his attorneys on defense

Donald Smith was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle. He claims his attorneys represented…

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The Florida Supreme Court building in Tallahassee. | Katalina Enriquez, Fresh Take Florida
December 1, 2023

Marsy’s Law doesn’t shield names, Supreme Court rules

The court said police involved in fatal shootings cannot not withhold their names — nor can crime victims.…

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Mayor Donna Deegan, left, listens as Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Chief Keith Powers speaks during a news conference Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. | Dan Scanlan, WJCT News 89.9
November 30, 2023

Fire department reorganized to increase diversity

The staff of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department will be reorganized to make it more diverse and better trained,…

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November 30, 2023

Above-normal hurricane season comes to an end

Twenty named storms formed in the Atlantic this season, tied for the fourth-most ever. Seven became hurricanes.…

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Former Jacksonville Jaguars running back Fred Taylor acknowledges the crowd as he is inducted into the Pride of the Jaguars on Sept. 30, 2012. | Phelan M. Ebenhack, AP
November 30, 2023

Former Jags star Fred Taylor joins soccer ownership group

Taylor, the Jaguars’ career rushing leader, joins fellow University of Florida alumnus Tim Tebow as an owner for JAXUSL.…

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Dan Manjack and Jessica Rodriguez oversee the construction and renovation of First Gear Coffee shop at the College Park shopping center in Arlington. | Drew Dixon, Jacksonville Daily Record
November 30, 2023

College Park contractor bets on Arlington’s renewal

Veteran contractor Dan Manjack was so impressed with the area that he moved from Clearwater to Northeast Florida and invested…

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An estimated 2,000 people attended an abortion rights rally in front of the Duval County Courthouse on May 4, 2022. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
November 30, 2023

UNF poll finds support for legal pot and abortion rights

Florida voters largely support proposed constitutional amendments to legalize recreational marijuana and to protect abortion rights, the poll shows.…