Jacksonville, FL News Headlines

By Dr. Juan P. Gray Mayor Lenny Curry is leading a plan to sell off a portions of the Black Community to build a Charter...

The development group renovating the historic and long-vacant Ambassador Hotel in downtown are seeking a permit for $6...

LifeWay Christian Resources will close all 170 of its retail locations by the end of year, the company announced...

March Madness has officially started and downtown Jacksonville is abuzz with hoops fans from across the country supporting...

Plant Vogtle, the only nuclear power construction project in the U.S., is expected to receive a $3.7 billion infusion from...

The Surface Transportation Board, a federal regulator, announced Wednesday that it will hold a public hearing May 22 on...

The tourism-marketing agency Visit Florida would only be funded for three months, while Enterprise Florida wouldn’t get any...

Brooklyn's Unity Plaza asking price has recently dropped to $3.5 million, according to marketing materials from Avison...

Nick Cannon seemed to have a question for Oprah Winfrey after her controversial ‘Leaving Neverland’ special aired on HBO...

Special to The Georgia Star The Detroit Lions are set to have a major family affair brewing in their secondary, considering...

On Tuesday, March 12, Jacksonville’s city council has unanimously agreed to move forward with the renaming of the...

By Shirley Keith For The Florida/Georgia Star On February 20, 2019, The National Geographic crew flew from London to...

By Opio Sokoni The Florida/Georgia Star Jacksonville, Florida rapper Yungeen Ace is in the news again concerning a deadly...

Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A Georgia police officer recognized as an expert on impaired driving has been arrested on...

Antoinette “Toni” Harris, a 22-year old Black woman, is the first woman ever to attend college on a full football...

Age 81, Wife of the late Deacon Leevant Smith, retired Certified Nursing Assistant & Private Caregiver, entered into...

By Dr. Juan P. Gray Mayor Lenny Curry chose not to attend a Mayoral Debate to address issues specific to the Black...

Charles “Sonny” Gillum, 69, died February 23, 2019 in Jacksonville, surrounded by his loving family. A longtime resident of...

By Scott Kornberg Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp general manager Harold Craw was...

By HERBERT G. McCANN Associated Press CHICAGO — Two African-American women will face each other in a runoff for Chicago...

By Opio Sokoni Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime lawyer and protector, accused him on Wednesday of being “a racist, a con man...

By Dr. James B. Ewers Jr. February is Black History Month. I am a legitimate senior citizen and I can remember when this...

The Georgia Star Staff The True Soldiers Motorcycle Club was founded in 1998. This particular motorcycle club is a...

By Ny MaGee Former President Barack Obama has teamed with the NBA and International Basketball Federation (FIBA) to create...

NEW YORK — Payless ShoeSource has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is shuttering its remaining stores in...

By DON BABWIN Associated Press “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was charged Wednesday with making a false police report when...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, Sr., a 1950 alumnus of Bethune-Cookman College (now University), and former...