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Jags 5k Challenge Supports Youth and Fitness Programs in Northeast Florida

August 17, 2016 admin 0

The Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation 2nd Annual Jaguars 5K Stadium Challenge returned to EverBank Field this past weekend in support of youth sports and fitness programs in northeast Florida.  Held under the stadium lights, the one-of-a-kind […]

Local

Local 1408 Awards More Than $26,000 in Scholarships to Area Students

August 16, 2016 Staff 0

Local 1408 of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) awarded over $26k in scholarships last week to 35 area high school seniors and college students, the largest group of recipients to date. The scholarship recipients were […]

Entertainment

Charles Barkley to Host New TNT Series, “The Race Card”

August 16, 2016 Staff 0

Inside the NBA analyst and former Sixers star Charles Barkley has a new gig that’s likely to take him further than usual from sports. During a recent meeting with reporters at the Television Critics Association’s […]

Editorials

Can We Rebuild Black Wall Street?

August 16, 2016 Staff 0

By Dr. James Clingman “There are [Blacks] who are willing to worship the pyramids of 4,000 years ago, but will not build pyramids in the present so their children may see what they left behind […]

Editorials

Even Funerals Are Not Family Reunions Anymore

August 16, 2016 Staff 0

By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist Most of the relatives on my mother’s side migrated from Tuscaloosa, Ala. to Johnson City, Tenn., where my oldest aunt, Julia Mae Cousin, established roots after she […]

Community

First Coast No More Homeless Pets to Do Free Spay and Neutering for Large Dogs

August 16, 2016 Staff 0

First Coast No More Homeless Pets to Do Free Spay and Neutering for Large Dogs First Coast No More Homeless Pets (FCNMHP) has begun The Big Fix II providing free spay or neuter surgeries for […]

Sports

Gabby Douglas Opens Up About ‘hurtful’ Social Media She’s Endured During Olympics

August 15, 2016 Staff 0

By Rob Perez After winning yet another gold medal at the 2016 Rio games, what should be a week Gabby Douglas celebrates for the rest of her life has been anything but. Whether it was […]

National

Republicans are at Breaking Point with Donald Trump

August 15, 2016 Staff 0

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — The Republican Party could be nearing a breaking point with Donald Trump. As he skips from one gaffe to the next, GOP leaders in Washington and in the most competitive states […]

Education

Bennett College President to Step Down

August 11, 2016 Staff 0

by Julie Knight Bennett College and its president are parting ways. The college’s board of trustees issued an announcement Thursday that Rosalind Fuse-Hall, who was named president in the summer of 2013, will step down […]

Lifestyle

New Social Security Policy Benefits Youth Leaving Foster Care

August 11, 2016 Staff 0

Online Toolkit Now Available to Immediately Assist Families (August 11, 2016) – A new policy from the Social Security Administration (SSA) went into effect on August 1st to allow foster youth of all ages with […]

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