Duval County News

Asthma is the third leading cause of hospitalization among children under 15 years of age, and the leading cause of absence in school.

One year after a CDC official described a North Florida tuberculosis outbreak as the worst in the nation in 20 years, the state's Department of Health has declared the outbreak contained and pulled back on a massive public health surge to find and test over 2,200 "high-priority contacts" of contagious sick people.

Head Start in Duval County has gone through a lot of changes in recent weeks. Now, the Duval County School Board wants to look at possibly running it.

CONFRONTATION IN THE AIRPORT PARKING GARAGE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE NOW HEARING FROM THE MAN WHO OWNED THE CAR THAT POLICE WERE TRYING TO STOP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

As top Senate Republicans continue to aim sharp-tongued jabs at the group, Florida Tax Watch released its annual list of budget "turkeys." The business-backed group deems a "turkey" any spending item inserted in the budget during last-minute negotiations - known as conference - or funding not requested by state agencies.

"I remember thinking, 'wow, you're ridiculously good looking.'" Authorities thought this about these guys.

Duval County students who fall behind in their class work next year may not be able to use a popular computer program to catch up.

A judge has decided that one 14-year-old girl in Jacksonville, Florida is not fit for any of the schools in that county.

The Florida Department of Health welcomes Dr. Kelli T. Wells, M.D., as the new Director of the Department of Health in Duval County.

Has Florida simply created more needless stress, anxiety and heartache for the sake of an education reform movement that's a run off its rails? May is here, with all the banquets, end-of-year concerts and graduation plans thereunto appurtenant.

A 13-year-old girl was at the wheel of an Infiniti sport-utility vehicle involved in a Monday morning hit-and-run that injured four Arlington Middle students, driving because her 25-year-old passenger has a suspended license, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office report.

Police have arrested a 25-year-old man in Monday's hit-and-run of four Arlington Middle School students.

Since July 1996, John Sornberger has been volunteering at the Teacher Supply Depot in Jacksonville.

Several children were hurt in a hit-and-run crash on Lone Star Road in Arlington, according to Jacksonville Fire Rescue.

A commuter rail line using the Florida East Coast Railway could provide relief to St.

After a violent attack on a middle school student in Jacksonville, a judge said he'd seen enough.

Historic City News was informed that 59 new troopers from the 124th Basic Recruit Class graduated from the Florida Highway Patrol Academy yesterday morning; six are headed to our local Troop G and one will be assigned to St Augustine and St Johns County.

Kathryn Leroy, a Duval County educator, bandied questions for more than an hour Thursday, May 9, in her final meet and greet with Polk county residents and school personnel.

Starting this fall, all 183 Duval County schools will not be lumped in clusters based on grades taught in the school.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Several Duval County agencies are investigating after a car was found in a retention pond.