Chief Judge Mark Mahon has issued Administrative Order 2020-09 restricting access to the Duval County Courthouse until April 10, 2020

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, Chief Judge Mark Mahon has issued Administrative Order 2020-09 restricting access to the Duval County Courthouse until April 10, 2020. No member of the general public will be able to enter the Courthouse except under the limited circumstances Read More …

Duval County Public Schools Grab and Go free lunch and snack program

The Duval County Public Schools Grab and Go free lunch/snack program not only continues, but it gets bigger and better. Students can still go to any district-managed school from 11am to 1pm and pick up a free lunch. You go not have to go to the school Read More …

Federal Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Site To Open This Weekend For Seniors, Healthcare Professional, And First Responders

The free federally-sponsored drive-thru COVID-19 testing site will open Saturday, March 21, at TIAA Bank Field in parking lot J. The site will operate seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for as long as supplies last. While a doctor’s order and Read More …

Effective 5pm today, all Duval County beaches will close

Mayor Lenny Curry has just announced that effective 5pm today, all Duval County beaches will close. Police and lifeguards will patrol the beaches for enforcement, violators will face trespassing violations. Mayor Curry: “We know people aren’t going to like it, but we have to operate Read More …

Drive through COVID-19 testing at Prime Osborn Convention Center

Mayor Lenny Curry announced this morning that the City of Jacksonville along with Baptist Health Jacksonville and Telescope Health are providing Duval County residents with a drive through COVID-19 testing site at the Prime Osborn Convention Center (1000 Water Street). Testing begins Friday, March 20th from 11am to 7pm. Read More …

Duval County Public Schools will extend spring break until March 22nd

Duval County Public Schools will extend spring break until March 22nd. Superintendent Dr. Diane Greene made the announcement Friday afternoon. There will be no school or academic activity next week, with one exception: SAT testing planned at several high schools tomorrow, and that testing will go Read More …

ALL DUVAL COUNTY LIBRARIES CLOSED AS OF 6 P.M. FRIDAY MARCH 13

To slow the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease) in accordance with Mayor Lenny Curry and the City of Jacksonville, all Library locations will be closed as of 6 p.m. Friday, March 13, 2020 until further notice. Early voting and Election Day voting are expected to Read More …

Census Safety & Security Seminar for Duval County Seniors

Attention Duval County Seniors: The City of Jacksonville’s Senior Services Division is hosting a 2020 Census Safety & Security Seminar: Wednesday, March 11th 10am to 1pm Duval County Agricultural Extension Office 1010 McDuff Ave. 32254 This free event, which includes a free boxed lunch, is Read More …

Jacksonville: The Inside Story – Consolidation

  This episode of Florida Community College (now Florida State College) at Jacksonville’s Jacksonville: The Inside Story offers a look at the complicated and frequently overlapping systems of city and county government that existed before Jacksonville and Duval County consolidated in 1968, and the process Read More …

Clay County

 Clay County, Florida’s thirty-seventh, was created on this date in 1858 by carving out part of Duval County in northeast Florida. Named after American statesman Henry Clay, the U.S. senator from Kentucky and secretary of state under President John Quincy Adams, its county seat is Read More …