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First Coast ConnectA nationally known journalist and Florida native says the verdict in the Michael Dunn murder trial marks “a day of shame” for Florida, and the nation.A…
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The Casket Factory, a mysterious brick building on the edge of downtown Jacksonville long thought to be haunted, will be the site of what is being billed…
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Local authors Maggie FitzRoy and Taryn Rodriguez-Boette recently published a new book, Images of America: Jacksonville Beach, which chronicles the…
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During his glorious military career he logged 75,000 miles on horseback. Some might slyly suggest he also logged 75,000 lovers. But as "The Liberator"...
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Tonight at 8 p.m. WJCT Public Television will premiere a new one-hour documentary "Shadows of the Past: Mysteries from Florida History."The film,…
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Did you know that the first flag to fly over Florida's capitol after admission into the Union read "Let Us Alone?"Yes. That's right. Neither did we. But
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Slavery in the U.S. came to an end 148 years ago today, when Union soldiers sailed into Galveston, Texas with the news that President Abraham Lincoln had…
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Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was perhaps the most influential playwright of the twentieth century. During the 1940s and 1950s , his work took the...
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African American author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston is best known for her 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Hurston was 13 years old when…
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This week marks the 500th anniversary of Juan Ponce de Leon's arrival in Florida. On April 2nd, 1513, the land we know today was claimed as a Spanish…