New Simulator To Help Jacksonville Bus Drivers Prep For Local Roads
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority unveiled a high-tech bus-driving simulator Tuesday. It can be programmed for a number of scenarios, including the top three challenges facing bus operators in...
View ArticleNon-Profit Working To Improve Downtown Jax Beach
A non-profit in Jacksonville Beach is trying to draw more families to the area through a crowdfunding campaign. It’s part of push to clean up the city’s image in the wake of several violent...
View ArticleJacksonville Crime Prevention Organization Gets Support From Sheriff's Office
Jacksonville police are giving hundreds of thousands of dollars they seized during arrests to community groups on the First Coast. The City Council unanimously approved the measure Wednesday.One...
View ArticleReport: St. Johns County Healthiest In Florida, Duval Improves
For the fourth year in a row, St. Johns County was ranked the healthiest county in Florida, according to a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin. Other counties...
View ArticleGov. Scott Attends Jacksonville Deployment Of Florida National Guard
Florida Gov. Rick Scott was in Jacksonville Monday to send off a Florida Air National Guard Wing on a deployment to Europe.Two hundred airmen from the 125th Fighter Wing will spend the next six months...
View ArticleBishop Declines To Endorse Any Candidate, Will Run For Mayor In 2019
In a much-anticipated announcement Tuesday, former Republican mayoral candidate Bill Bishop said he’s not endorsing anyone in May’s runoff election. Incumbent Democrat Alvin Brown and Republican Lenny...
View ArticleOne Spark Announces Improvements To App, Transportation, Parking
One Spark and Jacksonville city officials announced details of the third annual One Spark festival. "The World's Largest Crowd Funding Festival" runs next Tuesday through Sunday.
View ArticleJefferson Receives Holderfield's Endorsement For Sheriff
Update: Friday, April 3, 9:10 a.m.: A cross-party endorsement in the Jacksonville Sheriff race is coming as a shock to the local GOP.The chairman of the Duval County Republican Party is decrying an...
View ArticleMayport Park Temporarily Closed For Mile Point Navigation Project Construction
Officials have closed a Mayport park while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers uses it as a construction staging area. Helen Cooper Floyd Park, also know as “Little Jetties,” lies along the St. Johns...
View ArticleOverland Bridge Project Becomes Battleground Between Church And State
The widening of Interstate 95 on Jacksonville’s Southside has come with the usual growing pains of progress: traffic congestion, lane closures and noise. The project has put one church congregation...
View ArticleExpiration Date Looms For Florida Enterprise Zones
A state-sponsored job-creation program that serves two large swaths of Jacksonville is due to expire this year — and may not be renewed. The future of Florida’s “enterprise zones” is uncertain.
View ArticleOperation New Hope Breaks Ground On Springfield Apartment Complex
Ground broke Tuesday on a new housing development in Jacksonville’s Historic Springfield neighborhood. It’s part of the city’s weeklong celebration of federally funded projects.
View ArticleOne Spark Kicks Off With Speaker Summit
The third annual One Spark is off and running.'The World's Largest Crowdfunding Festival' got off to a slow and thoughtful start Tuesday with a day-long speaker summit.One Spark Communications Director...
View ArticleEdward Waters College Celebrates 149th Anniversary
The City of Jacksonville celebrated Edward Waters College Day Wednesday, the 149th anniversary of the school’s founding. Mayor Alvin Brown declared the holiday in an official proclamation.
View ArticleJSO: Man Shot By Undercover Detectives Was Screaming, Waving Gun
A Jacksonville man is in stable condition after being shot by two undercover narcotics detectives from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Wednesday night on Jacksonville’s Westside.
View ArticleJacksonville Early-Learning Program Hailed As National Model
A Jacksonville pilot program for early-childhood education is getting national attention. Educators from around the country are in town to learn about early learning coaches.
View ArticlePort Task Force Supports Dredging, Still Unsure About Funding
Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown’s port task force voted this week in support of deepening the Jacksonville Harbor and increasing offsets for environmental harm that may result. What they did not decide...
View ArticlePort Task Force Decision Reignites Rodman Reservoir Advocates
Mayor Alvin Brown’s Port Task Force has voted in support of breaching a Putnam County dam as an offset for proposed deepening of the Jacksonville Harbor.A coalition of Jacksonville business and...
View ArticleHemming Park To Receive $100,000 Grant From Southwest Airlines
A major U.S. airline is giving $100,000 to promote a public space in downtown Jacksonville.Southwest Airlines chose Hemming Park as one of six public spaces nationwide to receive the grant as part of...
View ArticleGulliford Announces New Solution To Pension Problem
A new plan is on the table to solve the City of Jacksonville’s $1.6 billion pension woes.Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Gulliford announced his proposal for Police and Fire Pension Reform at City...
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