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By Ashley Harding | News4Jax.com |  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville city leaders will discuss the idea of renaming a local school after civil rights attorney Earl Johnson Sr.. Johnson was the first Black attorney admitted […]

The state business regulation chief says the restrictions have served their purpose. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation will allow bars to reopen at 50% capacity Monday as COVID-19 continues subsiding in Florida. DBPR Secretary Halsey […]

Election Day is only eight weeks away and that timeline has some folks voicing concerns about voting practices in Duval County. Picketers organized by Rev. R. L. Gundy, gathered outside the Supervisor of Elections office […]

The Social Security Administration announced a new service for people awaiting a hearing decision.  In addition to telephone hearings, Social Security will offer the opportunity for an online video hearing using the Microsoft Teams platform […]

The Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project recently held a soil collection ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the lynching of Benjamin Hart in Jacksonville. The lynching, one of thousands of crimes of racial terror designed to […]

Just in time for the opening of the school year, local members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. followed in the footsteps of their forefathers and came to the aid of the community. In the […]

The annual Ax Handle Saturday commemoration this year receive all of the due deserving fanfare in its 60th year. A special highlight was the designation of the former Hemming Plaza, now James Weldon Johnson Park, […]

The Acosta Bridge will be lit gold this week in recognition of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and to show our support to the world-class medical facilities and professionals that are helping families fight childhood […]