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JACKSONVILLE, Florida, July 16, 2026 — Mayor Donna Deegan will deliver her FY26-27 Budget Address to City Council on Monday, July 20, 2026. Following that, she will hold a brief media availability in her office. (Please […]
For more than 19 years, the Ritz Theater and Museum has showcased local talent through its popular “Puttin’ On the Ritz” competition. Created off of the legendary Showtime at the Apollo format, the competition features […]
More than 80 mothers from across the country gathered in Jacksonville for the sixth annual Angel of Mine Brunch, an event dedicated to supporting women who have lost children to gun violence, suicide, illness, traffic […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of people gathered Saturday at Clanzel T. Brown Park for the 11th Annual Duval Day, celebrating Jacksonville’s culture, local businesses and community pride in an event that concluded without incident, according […]
In a landmark moment for one of the nation’s oldest and largest child advocacy organizations, the Florida Parent Teacher Association has elected Jude Bruno as its new state president, making him the first Black […]
As debates over voting rights, diversity initiatives and civil rights protections continue nationwide, community organizations across Jacksonville are joining a national “Good Trouble Lives On” weekend to honor the legacy of the late Congressman John […]
The Sulzbacher took another major step in its decades-long mission to combat homelessness Friday, breaking ground on the next phase of its transformative Enterprise Village development in Northwest Jacksonville. City officials, community leaders and nonprofit […]
In 1916 and 1918 – when Willie Mae Jackson and Sallie Chatman were born – America was still deeply segregated under Jim Crow laws. For African Americans, life in much of the South meant restricted […]
By Sylvia Perry JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When abolitionist Frederick Douglass rose to speak on July 5, 1852, he did not come to celebrate America’s independence. He came to confront it. Standing before the Rochester Ladies’ […]
by Will Brown| Jax Today ‘All men are created equal’ Anthropologist Johnnetta Betsch Cole, a Jacksonville native who is president emerita of both Spelman College and Bennett College, has seen plenty over the last […]
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