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Edward Waters announces it will build first on-campus dorm since 1982
HBCU Dorm Jacksonville Will Brown/Jacksonville Today Florida’s oldest historically Black university will build its first dormitory in four decades because of financing secured through the Rice Financial Products Co. Edward Waters University announced Thursday that $25 million in financing from the Rice Capital Access Program will fund portions of the $33 million in capital improvements that will be made at the New Town-based campus. The city of Jacksonville allocated $2 million in its 2026 budget to help the university erect a track and field facility that will be open to both students and the surrounding neighborhood. The university expects its new dormitory will open in the Fall 2028 semester. Building a foundation for growth “This facility, is going to, at long last, give us the additional beds that we need to be able to grow that traditional population,” Edward Waters University President and CEO A. Zachary Faison told Jacksonville Today. “I’m excited that we’re on the cutting edge of the growth that we’re seeing in HBCUs nationally.” The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reported that HBCU enrollment was 267,235 in the Spring 2025 semester. It reported HBCU enrollment grew 3.6% to 276,855 in the Spring 2026 semester. Faison told Jacksonville
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High school football ‘26: Friday night’s scoreboard and looking ahead to Week 9
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Rain and lightning scrambled up the high school football schedule in Week 8, with multiple games postponed and rescheduled as Hurricane Isais made its way toward Florida. The Varsity 4 Game of the Week between Middleburg and Orange Park was postponed at the start of the...
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New JROTC Teacher Carlos Betancourt
Carlos Betancourt has recently joined Robinson as the new JROTC teacher. Betancourt is now beginning his first official year with the school, after being introduced in December of last year. Although he is not entirely new, he deserves a proper introduction. Despite Betancourt being new to the school, he is...
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Another big win for Nease Panthers
Many high schools across the First Coast brought in the month of October with a bye week, but there was still plenty of high school football action to go around. The Nease Panthers defeated the Riverside Generals 49-14 on Friday, Oct. 2. Senior running back Enrique Ordonez had a big...
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Jacksonville councilwoman suspended from teaching position at DCPS middle school amid HR investigation
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Councilwoman Tyrona Clark-Murray has been suspended from her teaching duties at Alfred Dupont Middle School amid a Duval County Public Schools human resources investigation into alleged inappropriate physical contact. The suspension is for 10 days without pay. A DCPS board member said at the time that...
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Duval school board approves headquarters sale, employee suspension, and book removals
Duval County School Board members approved the sale of district headquarters, suspended a Jacksonville City Council member who works for the district, and voted to remove several books from school shelves during Tuesday night’s meeting.
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High school football ‘26: Picking all the winners for Week 8 games
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – High school football season is back and so are our weekly predictions for local games. Each Thursday during the season, News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney will offer his picks on the games. (Indicates Super 6 and Super 10 rankings). Last week: 24-9. Season: 216-38-1 (.849). Week...
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FHSAA bans two more high school football programs from postseason for 2026
If the message wasn’t clear as of yet before Thursday from the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA), they have made it loud and clear by the evening: Fighting will not be tolerated as a part of its sportsmanship initiative. [ $19.99 gets you a FULL year of On3 | Rivals national coverage ] Rivals confirmed with FHSAA Executive Director Craig Damon on Thursday afternoon that two more programs have been hit with restrictive probations barring them from postseason play, bringing the overall total to five teams that are no longer eligible to partake in the 2026 Florida playoffs. Damon t...