Month: August 2026

The New Stanton Senior high School Class of 1957 was in rare form as classmates flew in to Jacksonville from around the country to celebrate 58 years of friendship.  Classmates flew in from Californian, Washington, […]

St Paul Missionary Community Fest celebrates families in the community – Over the weekend, St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church took over Ribault High School with a community festival designed to bring families, church members and […]

By Kionta Brooks – The Ritz Chamber Players hosted a Hat Luncheon at the Jacksonville Garden Club on May 30 at 11:30 a.m. The event benefitted the Ritz Chamber Players organization. The program included classical […]

The 25th Annual Jacksonville “Foodfight” was held at the EverBank Field Touchdown Club East on Thursday, June 4, 2015 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Each year, volunteers representing the local restaurant community host “The Jacksonville FOODFIGHT.” […]

THE GUARDIAN – Rachel Dolezal, the civil-rights leader in the middle of a firestorm over accusations that she has been misrepresenting herself as black, has resigned unapologetically from her post at the National Association for […]

McKinney, TX – A police officer’s response to a neighborhood “disturbance” last weekend was so much more disturbing that he was given administrative leave. The unnamed cop from the McKinney, Texas police department was one […]

Kalief Browder, the young man who was robbed of his youth after spending three years incarcerated at Riker’s Island without being convicted of a crime, is dead of apparent suicide, the New Yorker reports. He […]

Tallahassee—Tonnette Graham who was recently elected FAMU Student Body President for a second term, was recetly elected chairman of the Florida Student Association. Graham is the first African American woman to lead the non-partisan organization […]

City of Jacksonville political members were invited to join a small business development discussion during the First Thursday Jacksonville June meeting at the Jacksonville Urban League. First Thursdays has been a driving force behind assisting […]