Jacksonville, Florida
Fellsmere resident Zena M. Dreier became the first woman in Florida and the southern United States to cast her vote in a municipal non-school election on this date in 1915. Mrs. Dreier cast her vote five years before the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment to Read More …
By 1845 Almost half the state of Florida’s population were enslaved African-Americans working on large cotton and sugar plantations in the north-central part of the state. Slave labor accounted for 85% of the state’s cotton production. Black slaves used to be rounded up to work Read More …
School is out for the summer but that doesn’t mean children should go hungry without lunch. Summer Break Spot – Free Lunch Program is helping provide meals for kids during the summer break. Visit https://www.summerbreakspot.org/, call 2-1-1, or text FOODFL to 877-877 for locations
Governor Ron DeSantis announced Jacksonville and most of Florida will go to full Phase 1 starting Monday, May 18th from today’s press conference at Ascension St. Vincents Hospital. Restaurants, Retail may operate at up to 50% capacity Gyms can open at 50% capacity Museums and Read More …
The Short Time Compensation Program is a voluntary employer program designed to help employers maintain their staff by reducing the weekly working hours during temporary slowdowns instead of temporarily laying off employees. If an employer establishes a Short Time Compensation Plan and an employee meets the qualifications Read More …
If you have been unable to file for Florida unemployment online you may use this link to print a paper application in English. Spanish Creole Mail to: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity P.O. Box 5350 Tallahassee, FL 32314-5350
The Bacardi Bottling plant on the Northside has shifted all of their production from rum to hand sanitizer and will make more than 24,000 gallons to be distributed to healthcare workers and emergency responders all over Florida. They delivered a large batch to JaxReady earlier Read More …
Perry was commanding the U.S. schooner “Shark” and, having received his orders in February, proceeded to visit Key West and erect a flagpole flying the United States flag. The event was witnessed by local residents of the small community. Families had been moving to the Read More …
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 …
Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, and Spanish minister, Luis de Onís, signed the Adams-Onís Treaty, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, on this date in 1819, ceding the Floridas to the United States. After the end of the American Revolution, Spain received the Florida Read More …
The South Florida Fair and Gasparilla Carnival opened in Tampa on this date in 1921. In July of 1904 the South Florida Fair Association was formed, and plans for a new exhibition hall, a stadium, a coliseum, and stock stalls were developed. After a few Read More …
The Florida Department of Transportation is considering changes to the roadway, striping and medians on State Road 211 (St. Johns Avenue/Herschel Street) between Canterbury Street and Melrose Avenue, Financial Project Number 443551-1. Proposed improvements include replacing two signalized intersections with roundabouts at St. Johns Avenue/Herschel Read More …
The Florida Department of Transportation will hold a public open house to preview construction activities on the Butler Boulevard (State Road 202) and San Pablo Road interchange improvement project. The open house will take place Monday, January 6 in the Kinne Auditorium at Mayo Clinic’s Read More …
Amendment 1, Increased Homestead Property Tax Exemption would raise the portion of a home’s value that can be exempted from non-school property taxes. The Legislature voted to refer the exemption to the ballot in 2017, and the proposed changes would apply to the assessed value of a homestead property between Read More …