As efforts move forward to clean up 31 acres of contaminated land used to manufacture, store and ship pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides, the groups taking on the task talked about what the project entails.

As the cleanup of a contaminated manufacturing site in Jacksonville is underway, the groups tasked with sanitizing the location are looking to hear from the community.

The long-anticipated cleanup of a manufacturing site in Jacksonville is finally underway, according to officials.

The 31-acre Kerr-McGee Jacksonville Superfund site on Talleyrand Avenue has been on the EPA’s priority list for cleanup since 2010.

Some more of Jacksonville’s history is now gone. The nearly 100-year-old Ford Motor plant site has been demolished.

Firefighters were called Wednesday morning to a fire in a tank at an asphalt plant on Talleyrand Avenue, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said.