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SPOTLIGHT: Jazz Festival returns to Jacksonville for Memorial Day weekend
The Jacksonville Jazz Festival is back this Memorial Day Weekend, and is returning to its roots at Metropolitan Park and unveiling a fresh experience at Daily’s Place. The festival will begin on Thursday, May 23, with the Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition at the Florida Theatre, followed by three days of free live music at Met Park and Daily’s Place. Thursday, May 23: Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition - 7:00 pm - Florida Theatre Boeing Boeing - Starts May 23 - June 6 - Alhambra Theater and Dining
Safer food: Warning about lead in Lunchables prompts change
JACKSONVILLE, Fla – Lunchables are convenient, inexpensive and often a favorite among children, but, according to Consumer Reports, they are full of sodium and harmful chemicals like lead. CR’s researchers say the USDA should remove Lunchables from the National School Lunch Program. Kraft Heinz, the company behind the pre-packaged...
Hope Starts Here 5k brings new beginnings for former inmates as they rejoin society
There was a 5k Saturday morning in the name of second chances, and it’s part of Operation New Hope’s mission to reintegrate those affected by the criminal justice system into the workforce and keep them from falling back into a life of crime.
All-News4JAX boys basketball: Ribault needed more this year and Caleb Williams delivered it
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Ribault dad and a Raines mom. As many students in the Northwest Jacksonville community know all too well when it comes to that decision, Caleb Williams was conflicted. Williams grew up going to Raines football games on Friday nights and cheering on the Vikings. He...
First Coast YMCA emphasizes importance of learning how to swim
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The First Coast YMCA, in partnership with Farah & Farah, held a special event Saturday morning at Winston Family YMCA in Riverside to talk about the importance of learning how to swim. Saturday marked National Learn to Swim Day, a day that’s dedicated to educating parents...
Experts say 1 in 4 people will fall victim to travel scams this summer. Here’s how to prevent that
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – New data from the cybersecurity company McAfee predicted one in four people will fall victim to travel scams this summer. The American Automobile Association, also known as AAA, is already predicting a record-breaking summer travel season. Nearly 44 million people will travel 50 miles or more...
U.S. Navy secretary joins families welcoming warship home to Mayport from Mideast conflict
MAYPORT | Cheers, tears of joy and a whole lot of hugs and kisses greeted the officers and crew of the USS Carney on Sunday as the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer returned safely home to Mayport following a heroic Mideast deployment. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro was...
With slim chances of recovery, these trauma patients from the First Coast survived brutal attacks and tragedies
Madison Schemitz, the victim of a stabbing in Ponte Vedra who learned to walk again, was one of the survivors who met for a Trauma Survivor's Day Reunion Thursday.
P.K. Yonge basketball standout signs her NLI with Trinity Baptist College
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The senior class of the P.K. Yonge girls’ basketball team has seen remarkable success over their high school journey. From clinching a district championship to making it to the regional final during their junior year. That cohort was special. On Friday a third member of...
Jacksonville VFW post 'rescued' by reality TV show
Jon Taffer didn't even yell at anybody. Fans of "Bar Rescue," the Paramount reality TV show that sees long-time bar owner Taffer restoring failing taverns and nightclubs across the country, know that every episode includes at least one incident of Taffer yelling at the staff, calling someone an idiot and insisting that the place be shut down immediately.
Reports details issues with Duval County Jail, explains how relocation could help
A new Duval County jail could be built within the next few years. A new report found the issues with the sheriff’s office’s current facilities and provided suggestions moving forward.
Motorcyclist dies after speeding through intersection, hitting concrete median: JSO
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 35-year-old man died Thursday morning when the motorcycle he was riding hit a concrete raised median on Pritchard Road and he was thrown off, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. Sgt. Robert Hungerford said that just before 5 a.m., traffic headed eastbound was stopped on...
Going to the Jacksonville Jazz Festival over Memorial Day weekend? Here's what to know.
Consistency has never been the hallmark of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival. Onstage, it's produced decades of great performances, but some years they've been ticketed, some years free. It's been staged at Mayport, at Metropolitan Park, at the old Jacksonville Landing and in the downtown streets. For this year's festival, scheduled...
FHSAA state championships: Omaria Gordon sets record in 4A track
JACKSONVILLE — Omaria Gordon clinched her long-awaited girls long jump state championship with a monster third leap of 20-feet, 5 ¾-inches on Saturday at UNF. With that in mind and three more events to go on her loaded Saturday schedule, the Olympia High senior could easily have passed on her fourth allowed attempt and moved on No way. Gordon, the best long jumper in Central Florida history, ...
Tragedy at an Airbnb: Family awarded $1.3M after son drowns
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Virginia family has been awarded a $1.3 million dollar settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Airbnb. Cameron Brown drowned at an Orange Park Airbnb last May. The attorney representing Brown's family said if safety measures were in place at the pool, Brown would still be alive.
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