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Following a near-perfect football season, the William M. Raines High School football team was honored today with a proclamation by Mayor Lenny Curry for their state championship win. The Vikings defeated Cocoa High School 13-10 […]

Local nursing students received firsthand insight into the lives of the city’s Black nurses during segregation at a program sponsored by the First Coast Black Nurses’ Association and the Nursing department at FSCJ. Brewster Hospital, […]

By Carla Meche Over one hundred children and their parents got in the college spirit with the I’m A Star Foundation’s Family Empowerment Forum and College Fair. The event was held inside the gym at Ribault High […]

Latosha Hall and Johnny Williams originally met in 2005,  drifted apart for over a decade and reconnected in May 2017. The couple crossed paths again thanks to the groom’s cousin and instantly became intertwined as a […]

by J’na Jefferson via vibe.com Taylor Richardson, a 14-year-old aspiring astronaut from Jacksonville, Fla., exceeded her goal of raising money to send 1,000 girls to see the upcoming film A Wrinkle In Time. Her GoFundMe page for the […]

The Jacksonville Chapter of Jack and Jill of America Inc. kicked off the year long celebration marking their 50th Anniversary with a “Country Club Chic” Day Party at the TPC Sawgrass last weekend. More than […]

The William M. Raines National Alumni Association, Inc. held their 2nd annual “Black & White Ball” scholarship fundraiser at the Omni Hotel bringing hundreds of alumni together to benefit their beloved alma mater.  The event raises monies for […]

The 2018 Pro Bowl was held this past weekend in Orlando at Camping World Stadium. As a prelude to the event, the NFL hosted Pro Bowl Week Festivities across the Orlando area, including the Pro […]