Duval County News

County attorneys on Friday sought dismissal of a civil lawsuit filed against St.

More than 60 executives spent the day as " Principals For The Day" at Duval County schools.

The Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville announced last week the results of an economic impact study of the nonprofit arts industry in Duval County.

As vaccines for the H1N1 flu are just becoming available, the Centers for Disease Control has set priorities for the first people to receive the nasal mist or shots: Pregnant women People who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age Health care and emergency medical services personnel Persons between the ages of 6 months and 24 ...

The Duval County School Board's monthly meeting is at 6 p.m. today in the auditorium of the School Administration Building at 1701 Prudential Drive.

Stephfan Wilson sat on the stand inside a Duval County courtroom for roughly two hours, and his testimony is far from over.

A 43-year-old Nassau County teacher is in Duval County jail for allegedly carrying on a two year relationship with a student.

The Duval County health department confirms that a 57 year-old woman has died from the swine flu.

A suspect has been charged after a retirement-age Jacksonville woman was repeatedly raped one night at her home in the Riverside-Avondale area.

Hartsfield arrested in Collier shooting. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jury selection in the trial of Tyrone Hartsfield began in a Duval County courtroom on Monday.

Tony Bellamy may have the toughest job in education on the First Coast. He's not a teacher in a high-needs school or a principal of a large urban high school, although he's done both of those painstaking and important tasks.

Residents in Sawgrass Players Club's Oakbridge area expressed relief this week after an arrest was made in the slaying of 92-year-old Alyce Bowles, one of their neighbors.

Jacksonville City Council Vice President Jack Webb resigned his role heading a landfill expansion oversight committee Wednesday, days after his legal representation of a potential bidder on the project became public.

A man behind bars for another violent crime is now being charged with the murder of a 92 year-old woman.

The sheriff's office has arrested Richard Medeiros for the murder of Alyce Bowles.

In an effort to promote professionalism and civility in the courtroom, the Young Lawyers Section of The Jacksonville Bar Association hosted its annual 'Afternoon in the Courthouse' program to educate new lawyers on the Duval County Courthouse and the etiquette and procedures of the Fourth Judicial Circuit.

Some of us on the edges, bathed in shadowy uncertainty, watch Escambia county and city governments fume and fuss about money, public service, sometimes absurdities, with little emotional energy except when fired by fears of wrongdoing.

The lobby of Guy Benrubi's obstetrics clinic looked like the staging area for a massive disaster-relief effort this morning -- and, in a way, it was.

A dozen Duval County patients have now died from the H-1-N-1 Swine Flu virus. The health department in Jacksonville confirms a 50-year-old woman died from the flu strain October 4. To date, there have been 109 laboratory confirmed H1N1 Swine Flu deaths in Florida.

The 12th swine flu death in the county was confirmed Wednesday. A 50-year-old female who died Oct.