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Calonda Henry of Broad Horizons Speech Therapy has been named 2025 Overall Small Business Leader of the Year. The 11 Northeast Florida business leaders were selected for the honor by the Chamber Councils, the Beaches […]

The Longest Table is a meal shared with neighbors at a dinner table that stretches more than 600 feet to foster conversation and build relationships across economic, racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds. The dinner held […]

Attorneys for Le’Kiann Woods, a local man who was brutally beten as revealed in a taped viral video by Jacksonville Sheriff’s officers last year, will be moving forward with a federal lawsuit against the officers […]

Recently pronounced husband and wife, Antonio Benton married Quisha King in a fairytale wedding held at the beautiful Casa Isabel mansion in Lake City, FL. The couple met through a mutual friend whom informed the […]

Proud parents Vincent and Jaynell Cameron, joined family and friends for a trek to Miami to witness their daughter being crowned Miss Florida Memorial University. The Bishop Kenney High School graduate has been active on […]

Fifth Street and Florida Avenue was overwhelmed with ‘Out East’ residents, dignitaries and sponsors for the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of The Corner at Debs Store. Debs store began its  journey on the corner […]

For the 15th year, the Ms. Senior Jacksonville and Diva Pageant contestants wowed the over 300 audience members with their statesmanship. The energized contestants under the directorship of Kenyonn Demps energized the audience with a […]

By Lynn Jones | The LOL Jax Film Festival was formed in 2016 by filmmakers and husband and wife team, Adam and Monique Madrid to herald area filmmakers showing that we “Loves Our Locals” while […]

by BOTWC Staff : Selma Hortense Burke, the sculptor behind the dime design, was born on December 31, 1900 in Mooresville, North Carolina. She found her passion for art at a young age, parlaying that into […]

Jacksonville — The Duval Voting Rights Coalition, a group of grassroots and community organizations, is kicking off early voting at the newly re-opened early voting site at Edward Waters University (EWU) with a press event, on August […]