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This school year, DCPS said it saw a 1.9% decrease in student enrollment, largely among its elementary and middle schools. In response, 115 teaching positions are being cut and teachers in lower-enrolled schools are being moved elsewhere.
More and more spay and neuter surgeries are being made possible in Northeast Florida, one license plate at a time. Florida Animal Friend's 2025 grant recipients have now been announced.
In a meeting Tuesday evening, Green Cove Springs’ City Council voted unanimously to scrap its curbside recycling program. The last pickup will be made in late September.
The City of Green Cove Springs will hold a final vote on Tuesday, September 2, on whether or not to scrap its curbside recycling program. Officials cite low participation, sparked by changes at the county level.
In a statement to Action News Jax, a spokesperson for UNF said two UNF Police Department officers are currently enrolled in online ICE training. As part of ICE’s 287(g) Program, trained officers will be authorized to carry out immigration enforcement on campus.
One of six suspects in the murder of 7-year-old Breon Allen has since been charged for two other murders. 21-year-old Dannel Larkins is now accused in deadly shootings from 2023, 2024, and 2025.
A woman who was being held in the Duval County Jail died Friday, one week after being hospitalized following a confrontation with another inmate, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Jema Schunke was 47 years old.
Edward Waters University announced that it now has more than 1200 enrolled students for the first time in 20 years.
An advisory was issued Wednesday after several local sentinel chickens tested positive for West Nile virus. A human infection was reported in Clay County in the week of August 10-16.
The Lake City Humane Society will not receive county funding following the end of its contract at the end of September. The decision by the county was prompted by the Humane Society’s new mission to maintain no-kill status.
