Plans move forward for Silverleaf high school

The St. Johns County School Board has approved plans for a new high school in the sprawling Silverleaf community, with plans to open the school in time for the 2029-30 school year.  The school district is moving along as quickly as it can to expand its roster of schools as the county’s population continues to […]

State attorney subpoenas JTA for records involving top executives, NAVI

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority has now received a subpoena from the 4th Circuit State Attorney’s Office, signaling another investigation into the agency that is dealing with the fallout of a financial crisis. The subpoena covers records from Oct. 1, 2023, through the present, related to JTA projects and services, including the Neighborhood Autonomous Vehicle Innovation […]

Compromise incentive deal for Downtown Publix-anchored high-rise passes Jax City Council

Compromise incentive deal for Downtown Publix-anchored high-rise passes Jax City Council

Plans to build a residential high-rise with a Publix grocery store in the Pearl Square neighborhood Downtown have been salvaged by a compromise incentives package that shifts funding sources and delays other Downtown projects. The Jacksonville City Council approved the incentives for developer Gateway Jax in an 11-to-8 vote Tuesday, after Florida’s passage of the […]

LUTO EN LA EDUCACIÓN DEL NORESTE DE FLORIDA TRAS EL INESPERADO FALLECIMIENTO DE DOS RECONOCIDOS DIRECTORES ESCOLARES

LUTO EN LA EDUCACIÓN DEL NORESTE DE FLORIDA TRAS EL INESPERADO FALLECIMIENTO DE DOS RECONOCIDOS DIRECTORES ESCOLARES

Las comunidades educativas de los condados de Duval y Clay se encuentran profundamente conmocionadas tras confirmarse el repentino fallecimiento el pasado lunes de dos directores escolares de amplia trayectoria. En Jacksonville, las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Duval lamentaron la pérdida de Vincent R. Hall, director de la escuela preparatoria William M. Raines, quien dedicó […]

NASA astronauts aboard ISS answer SJC students’ burning questions

In a first for St. Johns County, students at Freedom Crossing Academy had the opportunity to connect live with two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.  Students at the K-8 school packed into the school’s cafeteria Tuesday to see and hear two astronauts aboard the space station, Jessica Watkins — the first Black woman […]

Jacksonville lynching victim Benjamin Hart honored with commemorative marker

Jacksonville lynching victim Benjamin Hart honored with commemorative marker

Samelia Adams spent decades believing her grandfather abandoned her family. The truth is Benjamin Hart was lynched. In Jacksonville. Sunday, Hart’s life was memorialized with a marker in Jacksonville’s Grand Park community. Marking the truth In August 1923, a white woman claimed a Black man peered into her window. A group of white men sought to […]

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