Libby Clifton

Demolition has begun at Jacksonville’s Regency Square Mall, marking the end of an era for a once-popular shopping destination. Councilman Ken Amaro and former visitors, reflect on the mall’s past while looking ahead to Blackwater Development’s plans for a new mixed-use community called Nexus at Regency.

Newly appointed Baldwin Middle-Senior High School Principal Michael Smith was reassigned to his home Tuesday after a loaded firearm was found in his vehicle on campus, Duval County Public Schools officials said.

Demolition has begun at Jacksonville’s Regency Square Mall, marking the end of an era for a once-popular shopping destination. Councilman Ken Amaro and former visitors, reflect on the mall’s past while looking ahead to Blackwater Development’s plans for a new mixed-use community called Nexus at Regency.

Duval County voters will decide in November whether to renew a 1-mill property tax that funds an $8,600 annual teacher bonus for Duval County Public Schools. The district recently launched a website to help voters understand the referendum.

Parents and community members are urging Duval County Public Schools to slow down its plan to expand Venetia Elementary School into a 1,200-seat mega campus.

Jacksonville City Councilman Jimmy Peluso is revising proposed legislation that would give residents more input on the installation and removal of license plate-reading cameras, even after the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said it would suspend use of the technology across Duval County.

Northeast Florida sheriff’s offices have vowed to discontinue the use of license plate reader (LPR) technology after the Florida Department of Transportation revoked permits and licenses it had issued to law enforcement agencies for its use on state roads.

A Florida house candidate says she and her husband were punched and knocked to the ground by a man outside a St. Johns County early voting site Tuesday morning after a parking lot dispute escalated into a physical confrontation. The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office arrested Charles Hunt on two counts of simple battery in connection with the incident.

Nassau County Schools transportation officials are responding to a parent complaint about bus delays on the first day of school.

Two Northeast Florida school districts that were millions of dollars in the red say they have balanced their budgets before the new school year begins. Duval County Schools closed a projected $100 million shortfall and St. Johns County Schools erased a $23 million deficit.

Hundreds of Duval County Public Schools students could face bus service impacts when school starts Monday as contract negotiations between Durham School Services and its drivers’ union continue.

One of the two vendors that run school bus routes for Duval County Public Schools could be short hundreds of drivers when school begins on Monday if the vendor and the drivers can’t come to a contract agreement.