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Ex-Jacksonville City Council Members Sentenced to Prison in Fraud Case

October 29, 2020 admin 0

By Ashley Harding, Reporter & Joe McLean, Reporter – Katrina Brown sentenced to 33 months, Reggie brown gets 18 months in prison. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The long-delayed sentencing hearing for ex-Jacksonville City Council members Katrina Brown and Reggie […]

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Community Giant Ebony Payne-English Becomes First Black Executive Director

October 28, 2020 admin 0

 The leading non-profit arts education organization The Performers Academy (TPA) will take a new direction in its next calendar year. Art Influencer, Poet and Educator Ebony Payne-English will assume the position of Executive Director as […]

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Hubbard Houses’s 26th Annual Barbra Ann Campbell Memorial Breakfast Raises Awareness and Funds to Save Local Lives

October 28, 2020 admin 0

Hubbard House’s 26th Annual Barbara Ann Campbell Memorial Breakfast program – free and virtual for the first time – raised more than $88,000 and reached more than 14,000 people. The live program, accessible on Hubbard […]

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Duo Team Up to Advocate for Voting and Youth Empowerment

October 28, 2020 admin 0

by Lynn Jones-Turpin – The First Coast Leadership Foundation (FCLF) CEO Nahshon Nicks and COO Siottis Jackson have teamed up to S.E.A.L (Social Emotional Academic Learning) the deal through martial arts and P.U.N.C.H. (Prevention Under […]

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Race for The Ballot Brings in Big Names

October 28, 2020 admin 0

By Lynn Jones-Turpin – Devoted fans and concerned voters showed up at Lonnie Miller Park on the northside to attend the #Freethevote rally featuring Common. The objective was to motivate Duval County’s black young adults […]

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Mayor Curry Extends Jacksonville Mask Mandate Another 30 Days

October 27, 2020 admin 0

By JESSICA PALOMBO – Mayor Lenny Curry announced Tuesday afternoon he’s extending the city’s mask mandate for another 30 days, making the new expiration date Thursday, Nov. 26. The executive order declares that every person over […]

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Vote Yes for Safe. Secure. Modern Schools

October 22, 2020 admin 0

By Warren Jones Duval County School Board  Chair – Our school buildings are on average 44-years old. Some have been around 100-years. That makes them the oldest in Florida, as well as the state’s worst […]

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Dream Comes True of Wheelchair Bound Youth

October 21, 2020 admin 0

Dreams Come True of Jacksonville, the First Coast’s locally-based wish granting organization for children battling life-threatening illnesses, presented 5-year-old Caila Landua-Figueroa with her own customized Axiom Racer dream jogging chair. Caila was born in March […]

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Robinson Promoted to Chamber Chief Innovation Officer

October 21, 2020 admin 0

 JAX Chamber executive and entrepreneur Carlton Robinson has been named the business resource powerhouse Chief Innovation Officer. In that roll he will lead the Venture Services Division that has been revamped to better reflect roles […]

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Voting Rights Advocate Stacey Abrams Challenges Jax Voters

October 21, 2020 admin 0

Former State of Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams visited Jacksonville and held a press conference on the eastside of Jacksonville. Abrams visit also included the Prime Osborne Convention Center for a “Drive-In Get Out the […]

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