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Police seal off the area after a shooting Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at a Dollar General Store in Jacksonville. | Dan Scanlan, WJCT News 89.9
August 26, 2023

Three dead in racial shooting at Dollar General in Jacksonville

Sheriff T.K. Waters said the gunman killed three Black individuals and then turned the gun on himself.…

By Randy Roguski and Dan Scanlan

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Mourners comforted each other after a funeral service for Eduardo Uvaldo, a victim of the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Ill. | Chicago Sun-Times via AP
July 18, 2022

OPINION | Kids should be able to live big

I was talking to my son recently about travel, and I suggested that for his next spring break we visit…

By Nikesha Elise Williams

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Gathering at a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. | AP
May 30, 2022

OPINION | The answer to gun violence? Abolish guns

Last week, I dropped off and picked up my son from school for the last time until the next school…

By Nikesha Elise Williams

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Mourners outside Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo, N.Y., a day after the mass shooting there. | AP
May 23, 2022

OPINION | Symptoms of a broken system

Imagine for a moment it’s a Sunday afternoon. You’ve just left church or brunch or finished a morning run or…

By Nikesha Elise Williams

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