Two Jacksonville educators are filing lawsuits against Duval County Public Schools for what their attorney describes as “recent biased persecution, suspension and possible termination” over online speech.

Duval County school board members are facing backlash from parents over pink shirts they wore at a recent meeting. The shirts, worn by four board members, including Chair Charlotte Joyce, featured the phrase “This Is The Turning Point” in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. However, some parents believe the message is linked to the conservative group Turning Point, founded by Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last month.

The attorney representing a prominent Jacksonville activist and adjunct Douglas Anderson School of the Arts teacher, who’s under fire for controversial remarks on social media, called for her return to the classroom.

A prominent local activist has been reassigned from her position as an adjunct teacher at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, the district confirmed to News4JAX on Friday.

The 2023 TEDxJacksonville Conference "Human/Nature" features internationally and nationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and education, neurobiology and technology, resilience and human connection, food and music, and more.

Northside Coalition of Jacksonville, other groups call for rollback of Gov. DeSantis administration policy on Instruction Planning and Reporting

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project, an initiative of 904WARD, held a soil collection ceremony Sunday afternoon to commemorate a Black man who was the victim of a lynching 96 years ago in Duval County. Speakers at the event say lynchings were meant to instill fear in Black communities and threaten their civil rights. According to the Equal Justice Initiative, Duval County has seven documented lynchings with eight victims. Speakers at the ceremony say this tragic reality is one people of color still face today. AdGroups like 904WARD and the Equal Justice Initiative say they work to increase awareness of racism, its history, trauma and impact today.

Jacksonville's Northwest neighborhood on Ken Knight Drive is prone to flooding, as the Trout River runs along the community. Me in this boat, we had to go down these houses here and help the people out," said Alton Gordon, who has been a Ken Knight Drive resident for 52 years. Hope McMath, the director of the organization, said the Ken Knight Drive community has been neglected for decades. Ken Knight Drive residents are asking for more help before the hurricane. If you would like to donate supplies, you can drop them off across the street from the day care on Ken Knight Drive.